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• 1:2 "Brave Macbeth"


  How we are first introduced to him

  Sets him up as a hero so he can fall from grace (pattern of tragedies)

  Sets out his good qualities eg. brave, strong, etc
• 1:2 "smoked with bloody execution"


  Shows he is skillful and experienced

  Shows a sign of viciousness with "bloody"
• 1:2 "He unseamed him from the naves to the chaps"


  Unnecessary cruelty/maliciousness

  forshadowing his actions for later in the play
• 1:3 "So foul and fair a day i had not seen"


  Chaos/ reference to 1:1

  Motif of physical earth mirroring the actions of people in the play

  Shows Macbeth as a mouthpiece for the witches, is easily manipulated by them
• 1:3 Banquo: "He seems rapt"


  "Rapt" implies entraced, or with great intensity

  1st sign of Macbeth's ambition
• 1:3 "Speak, I charge you"


  Shows his power/ masculinity - things very important to his identity, imperative verb of "speak" shows he is commanding

  Shows his excitement/ ambition
• 1:5 To Lady Macbeth "My dearest love"


  Shows vunerability

  Contrast to her, who only loves him for his power
• 1:7 "Vaulting ambition"


  Macbeth's hamartia - his one flaw, that will lead to his downfall

  He has no reason to kill Duncan but ambition
• 2:1 "A dagger of the mind"


  The hallucination is poisoning his identity as it is persuading him to break his loyalty
• 2:2 "Macbeth does murder sleep"


  He will never find peace or escape from his crime

  He will always be haunted by it
• 2:2 "I'll go no more"


  Trying to stand up to Lady Macbeth, showing growth from 1:5 "partner of greatness"
• 2:2 "Will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood ... no"


  Guilt

  Shows magnitude of his crime
• 2:2 "Wake Duncan with thy knocking"


  Regrets killing Duncan

  Guilt
• 2:3 "Had I died but an hour before ... I'd have lived a blessed time"


  Deception
• 2:3 "Loyal and neutral"


  Deceiving the lords

  Duality
• 3:1 "Their cruel parricide"


  Deception as he frames Malcolm and Donalbain for his crime

  "Cruel" uses emotive language to persuade people to believe him
• 3:1 "Rancours in the vessel of my peace"


  Rancours means bitterness, meaning that Banquo is souring Macbeth's peace
• 3:1 "Worst rank of manhood" (the murderers)


  Hypocritical as he calls them "worst rank" but Macbeth is also a murderer

  Dellusional, shows his warped sense of masculinity, due to Lady Macbeth
• 3:1 "It is concluded"


  Shows finality in the command, contrast to 2:2 "Wake Duncan with thy knocking" as Macbeth feels less guilty about the murder

  Shows how Macbeth is becoming more evil / corrupt
• 3:2 Lady Macbeth "Noughts had alls spent"


  Duality

  They have everything they've always wanted, but Macbeth is still not happy

  Macbeth's hamartia - ambition

  Paranoia
• 3:2 "We have scotched the snake, not killed it"


  Snake represents ambition

  Macbeth still wants more
• 3:2 "Full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife"


  Mental torment

  Shows fight between guilt and ambition within Macbeth

  Middle ground between start and end of play as he is not entirely good but not entirely bad

  Shouting at Lady Macbeth, shows that they are separating
• 3:2 "Be innocent of the crime, dearest chuck"


  Chuck shows there is still endearment

  However, not including Lady Macbeth shows separation

  Middle ground between start and end of play
• 3:5 Banquet scene


  Starts as pinnacle of his power, but ends as beginning of his downfall
• 3:5 "Never shake thy gory locks at me"


  Commanding guilt to stay away

  Seeing Banquo's ghost, rejecting supernatural
• 3:4 "You make me strange" to Lady Macbeth


  Blames Lady Macbeth for his torment

  Source of their separation
• 3:4 "We are yet but young in the deed"


  There will be more evil deeds commited
• 3:6 known as a "tyrant" 


  Contrast to 1:2 "Brave Macbeth"

  Shows his downfall - tragic structure
• 4:1 "Answer me"


  Commaning the wiches, thinks he has more power than he does

  Arrogant
• 4:1 "Deny me this and an eternal curse will fall upon you"


  Forgets that they are the supernatural ones, not him

  Hubris, immoral attribute

  Entitled
• 4:1 "Firstlings of my heart shall be firstlings of my hand"


  Impulsive

  Unkingly attitude

  A trait that will lead to his downfall
• 5:2 "Do not call it valiant fury"


  Downfall in the eyes of others

  No longer has respect

  Contrast to 1:2 "Valours minion"
• 5:2 "Like a giants robe on a dwarfish child"


  Duncan was a giant compared to Macbeth

  Deception that Macbeth deserves the crown has been destroyed

  Macbeth is undeserving
• 5:3 "The heart that I hear shall never sag with doubt not shake with fear"


  Rhyming, unnatural way of speaking shows he is unrelatable to audience

  Still trusts the witches prophecy

  Arrogant
• 5:3 "Thou cream-faced loon" "Go prick thy face"


  Rude, cruel to his subjects

  Shows he is a bad king

  Undeserving

  Further proves that kings are chosen by god and ones that aren't should not rule (Divine right of kings)
• 5:3 refers to Lady Macbeth as "your patient"


  Complete detatchment

  "Your" contrast to "my" in 1:5 shows how he doesn't want to associate with her anymore

  Contrast to "My dearest partner of greatness 1:5
• 5:3 "Put mine armour on"


  Feels unsafe

  Needs protection
• 5:5 "I have almost forgotten the taste of fears"


  No longer relatable, human
• 5:5 "I have supped full with horrors" 


  Fully corrupted

  Resigned to his fate, no fighting his fate
• 5:5 "She should have died hereafter"


  No care

  All affection lost