Macbeth Scene 1 Acts 1 & 2
- Created by: harleybreeze
- Created on: 11-05-17 18:00
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- Act 1 Scene 1
- Appearance versus reality
- The battle is both 'lost and won'
- 'Fair is foul and foul is fair'
- Reinforces idea that this is frightening, mysterious world where the supernatural hold some power
- The first line we hear is 'When shall we three meet again'
- We arrive at the end of whatever they were doing
- The witches would have been a big draw for audiences in Elizabethan times as there was a huge amount of interest and belief in witchcraft
- The witches speak in rhyming couplets and blank verse
- Gives a sinister tone to the play
- Trochaic tetrameter added to the rhyming couplets
- Creates an entertaining scene
- Creates a clear break between the witches and other characters in the play
- Act 1 Scene 2
- Macbeth and Banquo are described through their actions in battle
- Builds anticipation in the audience for when they meet Macbeth
- Shows how well-respected Macbeth is by the other characters in the play
- This gives the subsequent events more drama and emotional impact
- He was universally loved at the beginning and ruins everything he has by his own actions
- This gives the subsequent events more drama and emotional impact
- The 'bloody' sergeant describes Macbeth as 'brave'
- The imagery that the sergeant uses in this scene is brutal and shocking
- Macbeth 'carved' a path through the soldiers of the rebel forces and 'unseam'd' the rebel leader from his 'nave to his chaps'
- The response to this story is not horror, but praise for Macbeth
- Gives the audience a good indication of the type of world in which this play is set
- The response to this story is not horror, but praise for Macbeth
- Macbeth 'carved' a path through the soldiers of the rebel forces and 'unseam'd' the rebel leader from his 'nave to his chaps'
- The imagery that the sergeant uses in this scene is brutal and shocking
- The Thane of Cawdor is stripped of his title, which is given to Macbeth for his bravery and loyalty
- 'What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won'
- Shakespeare is foreshadowing Macbeth's betrayal later on in the play
- 'What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won'
- 'Go, pronounce his present death'
- Reinforces how low a value is put on life
- Macbeth and Banquo are described through their actions in battle
- Appearance versus reality
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