Macbeth

• Macbeth is

  • Ambitious
  • Brave
  • Changeable
  • Guilty conscience
• Ambitious

  • Wants more power so kills the king to become king of Scotland
  • “Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires”
  • Shows he knows there will obstacles but determined to overcome them
  • Hopes no one sees him doing this
• Brave

  • Mighty warrior that leads scotland to victory
  • “For Brave Macbeth well he desveres that name
  • The used of strong adjectives proves the courageousness of macbeth
• Changeable

  • Macbeth keeps hesitating on killing King Duncan
  • “We will proceed no further in this business”
  • Convinced himself that killing King Duncan is wrong
  • L.M soon changes his mind
• Guilty Conscience

  • Macbeth is tormented by thoughts of the evil things he has done
  • “Let the earth hide thee”
  • Banquo ghost appears for Macbeth, showing his overactive imagination triggered by his guilt
• “Is this a dagger which I see before me?”

  • Dagger - weapon which Macbeth uses to kill duncan
  • Guilt will keep stabbing him after the murder, just like what a dagger does
• Reality/illusion quote

  “Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires”
• Reality/illusion quote

  “Is this a dagger which i see before me”
• “Don’t shake thy gory lock at me”

  • gory- murder
  • Ghost of banquo
• Ambition quote

  “cannot be il, cannot be good … seated heart knock”
• Ambition quote

  “The worm that’s fled in time will venom breed”
• Ambition quote

  “I’ll make double sure”
• Guilt quote

  “Will all great Neptune‘s oceans wash this blood clean from my hand”
• Reality/ Illusion

  “O, full of scorpions is my mind”