MACBETH STUDY MAP
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- "This is a pleasant seat"
- This is an example of dramatic irony as Duncan is unaware of what she said in her soliloquy.
- "The fatal entrance of Duncan"
- LADY MACBETH
- "Raven" is a symbol of death
- MACBETH
- LOYALTY
- Banquo
- Good friend
- Warns Macbeth about the witches saying that they are "equivocators" that tell "false truths". They are also "instruments of darkness"
- Macbeth kills Macdonwald, the traitor
- Shows his capacity for blood thirsty crimes
- He has always been mad, never loyal
- MADNESS AND GUILT
- Macbeth's dagger soliloquy
- "Dagger of the mind"
- "Heat oppressed brain?"
- "?" shows he is confused
- "Heat oppressed" means he is going mad
- "incardine"
- The sea cannot wash away Macbeth's guilt.
- "Neptune's ocean"
- Metaphor for how not even the gods can help him
- Contrasts with Lady Macbeth as she says "A little water clear us of this deed"
- Later in the play she changes and becomes obsessed with the "damned spot" and kills herself because of the guilt
- She, along side with Macbeth, disturbed the natural order, thus creating chaos in the world. God will not help them for this reason.
- ACT 2 VS ACT 5
- She, along side with Macbeth, disturbed the natural order, thus creating chaos in the world. God will not help them for this reason.
- Later in the play she changes and becomes obsessed with the "damned spot" and kills herself because of the guilt
- Contrasts with Lady Macbeth as she says "A little water clear us of this deed"
- God will also not help Lady Macbeth, this can be seen when she is using a "candle"
- Candles are symbols of light and hope and that is what she is trying to achieve by having a candle with her at all times. She wishes to repent.
- Later in the play she changes and becomes obsessed with the "damned spot" and kills herself because of the guilt
- She, along side with Macbeth, disturbed the natural order, thus creating chaos in the world. God will not help them for this reason.
- ACT 2 VS ACT 5
- She, along side with Macbeth, disturbed the natural order, thus creating chaos in the world. God will not help them for this reason.
- Later in the play she changes and becomes obsessed with the "damned spot" and kills herself because of the guilt
- Candles are symbols of light and hope and that is what she is trying to achieve by having a candle with her at all times. She wishes to repent.
- Metaphor for how not even the gods can help him
- "Neptune's ocean"
- Metaphor for how not even the gods can help him
- Contrasts with Lady Macbeth as she says "A little water clear us of this deed"
- Contrasts with Lady Macbeth as she says "A little water clear us of this deed"
- God will also not help Lady Macbeth, this can be seen when she is using a "candle"
- Candles are symbols of light and hope and that is what she is trying to achieve by having a candle with her at all times. She wishes to repent.
- Candles are symbols of light and hope and that is what she is trying to achieve by having a candle with her at all times. She wishes to repent.
- Metaphor for how not even the gods can help him
- Macbeth's dagger soliloquy
- MADNESS AND GUILT
- He has always been mad, never loyal
- "Like Valour's minion carved his passage"
- Courage has been personified to show Macbeth is the epitome of bravery
- Shows his capacity for blood thirsty crimes
- Banquo
- MADNESS AND GUILT
- Macbeth's dagger soliloquy
- "Dagger of the mind"
- "Heat oppressed brain?"
- "?" shows he is confused
- "Heat oppressed" means he is going mad
- "incardine"
- The sea cannot wash away Macbeth's guilt.
- Macbeth's dagger soliloquy
- LOYALTY
- "Come, you spirits"
- The use of the imperative verb "Come" shows that she is trying to parallel the witches with the use of power.
- "Unsex me here"
- She wants all feminine qualities removed in the patriarchal society she lives in so she can be strong.
- "Top-full of direst cruelty"
- This shows she is evil and suggests that her impurities motivates Macbeth.
- "Act like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it"
- Hide her guilt?
- Appearances vs reality
- Implies that Macbeth should be the devil through the noun "serpent" as they have connection with the garden of Eden and temptations.
- "Devilish Macbeth"-Malcolm
- The porter refers to himself as the porter of "Hell-gate" as a form of comic relief (in prose as he is of lower class)
- This is a form of dramatic irony as Macbeth is continuously referred to as the devil or something like that.
- "Act like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it"
- This shows she is evil and suggests that her impurities motivates Macbeth.
- EMASCULATES MACBETH (takes away his masculinity)
- "And live a coward in thine own esteem?"
- She cleverly uses words to manipulate Macbeth
- "When you durst do it."
- "And live a coward in thine own esteem?"
- Refers to the murder of Duncan (regicide) as "deed"
- This is called a euphemism.
- She does this because she cannot cope with the fact that she has helped in a murder.
- Contrasts with the fact that she said Macbeth should not leave it to chance and kill Duncan.
- She does this because she cannot cope with the fact that she has helped in a murder.
- This is called a euphemism.
- LADY MACBETH
- "This is a pleasant seat"
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