english (macbeth)

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    • how is Macbeth presented at the start of act 1?
      loyal, brave, trustworthy, heroic
    • what 3 titles do the witches present Macbeth with and why is the 2nd one particularly relevant?
      thane of cawdor
      glamis
      king
    • what warning does banquo give Macbeth?
      “don’t trust the instruments of darkness” (witches”
    • who is Malcolm and why is he important to the plot?

      kind duncan’s son, rightful heir to the thrown
    • how does lady macbeth know about the witches prophecies?
      letter she reads
    • what quality of her husband does she think will be an obstacle to him becoming king?
      “to full of the milk of human kindness” (too kind”
    • what different reasons does macbeth come up with for not killing the king?
      duncan has honoured him and thinks he’s a good leader
    • how does lady macbeth convince him to continue with theirs murderous plan?
      questions his masculinity
    • act 2 - what vision does macbeth have on his way to kill the king?
      a bloody dagger
    • why didn’t lady Macbeth kill the king herself?
      he reminded her of her father
    • whag does he forget to do once he has killed the king
      leave the daggers to fame the guards
    • how do m and lm respond differently to what they have done?

      m hallucinates and is frigtened
      lm doesn’t care, wants her title
    • who discovers duncan’s body?
      macduff
    • what does macbeth do after seeing the kings body? slaughter the guards
    • why do malcolm and donalbain flee and what is the consequence of this?
      think they will be hlames
      macbeth then becomes king
    • act 3 - how has banquos relationship with macbeth changed?

      ba who becomes suspicious, macbeth sees banquo as a threat
    • why does macbeth want to kill fleance?
      because he became king
    • why is lady macbeth worried about her husband?
      he spends time alone, wouldn’t discuss his plans with her
    • what does macbeth not tell her about?
      doesnt say how he was going to kill banquo
    • how does macbeth behave at the start of the feast?
      regal, welcoming acting like a king
    • what different feelings does the murderers news give macbeth?
      relieved, scared because fleance is dead
    • how does macbeth behave when he sees banquos ghost?
      guilty, scared of the ghost
    • what evidence is there that the country is beginning to turn against their new king?

      lords and lennox complain and call him a tyrant
    • act 4 - when macbeth goes back to the witches, how does the apparations give him confidence?
      they say any man born of a women can not harm him
    • where has macduff gona and which important character does he join?
      gone to england
      joined malcolm
    • what opinions are given about the way macbeth is ruling scotland?

      hes a cruel tyrant
    • how is lm presented differently from previous scenes?

      hallucinates about the killing duncan scene (mental breakdown)
    • how are 2 of the witches visions shown to be misleading?
      burnam wood carried by soldiers to dunsinane
      macduff wasnt born a women
    • who kills macbeth?
      macduff
    • why is malcolm crowned king?
      he’s the rightful heir
    • “yet do i fear thy nature“ - lady macbeth about macbeth
      soliloquy
      after she receives macbeths letter
      AO3: presentation of a women as move powerful shock to jacobeans afraid of his lack of ambition - negative association with terror
    • “afraid to think what i have done“ -
      macbeth committing regicide
      AO3: divine right of kings
      ambition taking over
      after he kills duncan
    • “ i fear thou playdst most foully for ‘t”
      terror of macbeths ambition
      suspicious of macbeth
      AO3: treason wouldve been a topical subject + divine right of kings
    • “what need i fear thee”
      talking to macduff
      divine right of kings
      no man born a women can harm macbeth
    • “our fears in banquo stick deep”
      the further he achieves his ambition the more terror he feels
      talking about himself AO3 divine rights
    • macbeth quotes
      fair is foul… and foul is fair
      full of scorpions… is my mind
      is this a… dagger in which i see before me
    • macbeth context
      significant in terms of philosophy religion and morality
      feels guilty after regicide and hallucinates
    • shakespeares intent (macbeth)
      uses tragic hero to teach his audience the importance of morality and respecting gods will
    • lady macbeth quotes
      too full of… the milk of human kindness
      unsex… me here
      look like the innocent flower… but be the serpent under’t
      have plucked my nipple… from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out
    • lady macbeth context
      strong, ruthless and ambitious
      not typical of a jacobean woman
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