Language, Form and Structure of Macbeth- What will help me to get a Level 9 in Macbeth
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- Language, form and structure of Macbeth
- Structure
- The play has a twofold structure following Macbeth's rise to power and then his fall.
- Tragedy
- The play is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy with all action focused in Macbeth's rise to power and his fall. His ambition is his fatal flaw as tragic hero.
- Blank Verse
- Most characters speak in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter- where there are ten syllables in each line, and eaach unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one.) When this pattern changes, it is often because of high emotion.
- Rhyming Couplets
- The witches speak in rhyming couplets to show how spells are chanted. This rhythm adds an almost light-hearted rhythm to their sinister prophecies.
- Motifs
- The motifs of sleep and blood run throughout Macbeth and both are used to signify the menace and destruction that ensues from the witches' prophecies.
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