Macbeths violence

• PARAGRAPH ONE: At the start of the play, Macbeth is praised for his violent actions against a traitor, he is seen as heroic and admirable and in return rewarded the title Thane of Cawdor
• PARAGRAPH TWO: Then his violence becomes transgressive and criminal as he commits regicide against Duncan and murders other people in his way
• PARAGRAPH THREE: Then he becomes a victim of violence as he is suffering mental turmoil and eventually gets killed at the end of the play
• SHAKESPEARES MESSAGE: Consequences of transgressing status, it will lead to mental instability and death, it is a warning to the Jacobean audience
• PARAGRAPH ONE: “brave macbeth he deserves that name”

  “Smoked/carved”
• PARAGRAPH TWO: “Is this a dagger I see before me?”

  Killing Duncan with a dagger shows that his murder is deliberate and personal
• PARAGRAPH 3: “O full of scorpions is my mind“

  This suggests that Macbeth‘s mind is filled with anxieties, fear and tormenting thoughts. The scorpions represent the poisonous and painful mental anguish he’s experiencing as a result of his guilt and paranoia after murdering Duncan and plotting further misdeeds.
• Displaying the heads of traitors was a common practice in the 11th century to serve as a stark warning against disloyalty to the crown
• Macduff's display of Macbeths head at the end of the play creates a sense of irony and close mirroring Macbeths earlier acts of violence however serves as a different purpose: justice and restoration
• Violence from Macbeth as a soldier

  “Unseamed him from the nave to the chops”

  This is a brutal description of him killing macdonwald the traitor in battle