Macbeth

• "Stars,hide your fires,let not light see my black and deep desires."

  • Reveals depth of ambition
  • His desires is morally wrong
  • Wants to hide his thoughts from God (God described as the stars.)
  • Desires power but wants to challenge God by killing divinely appointed king.
  • Language devices-Alliteration-/let light/deep desires
  • Juxtaposition-Starts,fires,light Vs Black and deep.
  • Uncontrolled ambition.
• "Is this a dagger which i see before me?"

  • Macbeth does this as hes on the way to kill duncan.Act 1,scene 2
  • Vision of bloody dagger could be hallucinations from anxiety or use it as an excuse
  • He's conflicted until before the Murder.
• "Sleep no more Macbeth does murder sleep."

  • Heard a voice saying these haunting words.
  • Supernatural element.
  • Condemned his soul as he committed regicide.
  • Realises there will be consequence
  • Sleep is used as innocence but in this quote it's destroyed
  • Shows that he won't have no peace.
• "Tis unnatural even like the deed that's done."

  • Nature reacts to Duncan's death. (Murder of divinely appointed king makes nature act violently.)
  • Bizarre occurrence happens like kings horses eating each other.
  • Emphasises these events are common
  • Foreshadows the failure of his reign as nature is also against him.
• What is Macbeth fatal flaw?

  • Ambition and desire of power.
• How does Macbeth change from start to end?

  He was a celebrated war hero to a murderous usurper (sezies position of power.)
• "Brave Macbeth." Act 1,Scene 2

  • Messengers is relaying outcome of battle to Duncan.
  • Describes how Macbeth killed the Kings foe.
  • (He unseamed him from the navel to th' chops."
  • We can see Macbeth is no stranger to war and not squeamish about taking the lives.
  • Portrayed as a hero figure.