macbeth

    Cards (10)

    • Macbeth: '"so foul and fair a day I have not seen"'
    • Macbeth's first line
      • Echoes the paradoxical (conflicting) expression "fair is foul and foul is fair"
      • Foreshadows that he will become a vessel for the witches' twisted misconduct right from the offset
    • Macbeth emulating the witches' paradoxical and oxymoronic phrases before encountering them

      Suggests a predestined susceptibility to manipulation and deception
    • Macbeth's overreaching ambition
      Causes his downfall
    • Supernatural forces

      Exerted influence over Macbeth, a catalyst for the inevitability of his tragic fate
    • Macbeth's unchecked hubris (ego/pride)

      Becomes a driving force leading him astray
    • Macbeth: '"vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself and falls on th' other"'
    • Macbeth acknowledging his ambition's eventual "fall"

      Indicates his awareness that his all-encompassing ambition is his hamartia (fatal flaw that leads to his downfall) destined to lead to his mental and physical decline as he will be violating the true essence of kingship - the divine right of kings
    • Macbeth's ambition
      Positions him as a victim ensnared (trapped) by his own ambition, showcasing his introspective understanding of its fatal consequences and presenting him as vulnerable to its relentless influence
    • Macbeth's belief in his ability to harness control over his ambition

      Suggests self-deception, as he believes he can transcend the societal, political and divine limitations placed upon him
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