Supernatural in Macbeth
The witches
Ideas of witches at the time
Macbeth's visions and hullicinations
Many women, especially old were assumed to be witches at the time if they were seen as "unusual
Evil
Speak in riddles
"All hail Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!''
can predict the future
The weather
Hated
King James I
MACBETH'S SOLILOQUY
deamonoligy
Lady MacBeth's speech after getting the letter from MacBeth
Anti witches book
Macbeth saw a dagger right in front of him
Believed that witches tried to attack him
its too dark
Taught others how to spot a witch
pathetic fallacy
rain and thunder (Storm)
stormy night
Lady MacBeth's speech before suicide
Shakespeare was the royal playwright so he would have written the play to King James I ideologies
Paradoxes
after war
Saw banquos ghost at the feast
Feared
porter
Scary
Seen as the gatekeeper of hell
Banquo. "How goes the night, boy? Fleance. The moon is down; I have not heard the clock".
Comic relief
Shakespeare wanted to portray witches as evil and dangerous
Worry
Very paranoid about witches being out to kill him
Macbeths castle is an unholy
dagger appears infront of him
Witches prochecies
the sin that has happened there
Gone against god
Shows the declining of his mental state
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birnam wood
"Let every soldier hew him down a bough,/And bear't before him," Malcolm commands that the plan is to conceal the forces gathered with the tree branches from birnam wood and birnam wood moves towards Macbeths castle
"Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman
Shall e'er have power upon thee."
"shall never vanquished be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him."
Lady Macbeths suicide
Propehcies were only told to Banquo and Macbeth
No longer the powerful one in the relationship
Macbeth is more postive about the prophecies, Banquo is sceptical (witches are evil)
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Lack of light showing a lack of hope
couldnt handle it, only option to her
god can not see
Shows something bad will happen soon (the King's death)
'Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires'
foreshadowing the death
1st set
King
Thegn of cawdaw
Banquo son will become king
2nd set
Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife
none of women born Shall harm Macbeth
Die when burnham wood moves
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Knocking
Satan knocking
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