Macbeth Main Themes
- Created by: laurenlowe___
- Created on: 09-04-19 17:58
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- Key Themes
- Ambition
- 'impedes the from the golden round'
- 'stars hide your fires'
- Ambition takes over Macbeth until he cannot see reality anymore
- Guilt
- Many recurring themes of guilt throughout the play
- 'I could not say amen'
- 'could all the sea of Neptune wash away the blood from my hands'
- Supernatural
- Linked to-The Witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
- Witches are the main evil
- 'fair is foul and foul is fair'
- 'is this a dagger I see before me'
- Religion
- Many quotes from Macbeth and Lady Macbeth go against the beliefs of the time
- Religion and the great chain of being are closely linked
- Relationships
- Lady Macbeth has control over Macbeth
- 'to full o the milk of human kindness'
- Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth and emasculates to pressure him into murdering Duncan
- Ambition
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