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Macbeth - Coggle Diagram
Macbeth
guilt
"will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand" (to Lady M (after killing Ducan))
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"thy bones marrowless They blood is cold thou hast no speculation in those eyes" (when Banquo's ghost appears (in the banquest scence)) (after ordering to kill Banquo + Fleance)
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"How is't with me, when every noise appals me" (after killing Ducan) to LM))
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"whose horrid image doth un fix my hair" (Macbeth has just found out that he will be Thane of Cawdor (straight after the witches' prediction of this event))
"horrid image"
he is imaging relates to the witches' prediction that he will be kind : possibly killing Ducan in order to take the throne
his reaction to this image shows hos guilt at even thinking about it "unfix my hair" "heart knocking at my ribs/Against the use of nature"
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"to know my deed 'twere best not know myself. Wake Ducan with thy knocking, I wouldst thou could" ( just after killing Ducan)
comitatus (King/Thane bond of loyalty. A Than e must defend his King at all costs, after which he may be handsomely rewarded)
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gender
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"noble Macbeth
Thane of Cawdor.
This description shows Macbeth was brave, noble and honourable at the start of the play
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“When you durst do it, then you were a man”.
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ambition
" i have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition" (Macbeth speaks these lines as he starts to doubt his plan to murder Duncan.)
He uses a complicated metaphor that compares his experience to horse riding. He describes being unable to motivate himself to take action by likening himself to a rider who cannot use his spurs to motivate his horse to go faster. The one thing he does have is ambition, which he compares to a horse and rider who overestimate their ability to leap over an obstacle and end up falling down. The passage describes the tension between Macbeth’s unwillingness to move ahead with his plan, and his acknowledgment that his ambition is leading him down a dangerous path.
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"two truths are told As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of th’imperial theme" (Macbeth speaks these lines as he realizes that the witches’ prophecy (that he will be Thane of Cawdor) has come true.))
He immediately starts to wonder whether this means that their third prophecy (that he will become king) will also be true. The eagerness with which he turns to this idea suggests that he finds the possibility appealing, even though he also realizes he would have to commit a terrible and violent act in order to achieve the position. These lines hint at Macbeth’s ambition and foreshadow his later actions even though, at this point in the play, he seems to refuse to consider acting upon it.
"To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus" (Macbeth speaks this line after he has become king, but continues to feel restless and insecure.)
He is afraid that he might lose his position and is also frustrated by the fact that he has no heir. Without the knowledge that his lineage will continue after him, Macbeth finds it meaningless to be king. This quote reveals how his giving in to his ambition and murdering Duncan has not brought him peace, but rather has just left him more paranoid and anxious. The line also reveals how Macbeth’s first violent action sets off a chain reaction of him continuing to commit violent actions in order to maintain his hold on the power he has gained.
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supernatural
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"fatual vision"
because it is what Macbeth used to kill Duncan, which caused the deaths of many others including Duncans grooms and Macbeth himself. He means that the dagger is just in his imagination, created by his guilt.
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"Hail Macbeth thane of Glamis" "Hail Macbeth Thane of Cawdor" "All hail Macbeth shall be King here after"
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"hence, horrible shadow, unreal mockery, hence
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