Macbeth Essay Plan on Act 1 Scene 7
Lines 46 - 73
- Created by: iandis
- Created on: 14-03-19 19:22
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- Question 1
- 'What beast was’t, then That made you break this enterprise to me?'
- Start of the extract
- 'Beast' shows that Lady Macbeth knowns that it’s an atrocious thing to do, yet is still going on with it
- 'enterprise' shows that the idea is a bold one and possibly dangerous
- Referring to the plan to murder Duncan
- 'Break' makes the idea seem fragile, as if it was a delicate object
- Be so much more the man
- Between the start and the middle of the extract.
- Attacking his masculinity
- Would shock the audience as women were to respect men and abide by their wishes
- Shakespeare wants the audience to hate Lady Macbeth
- very dangerous as he views himself as a brave and noble warrior
- Links to 'But screw your courage to the sticking-place
- Would shock the audience as women were to respect men and abide by their wishes
- Shakespeare wants the audience to hate Lady Macbeth
- Would shock the audience as women were to respect men and abide by their wishes
- Would shock the audience as women were to respect men and abide by their wishes
- 'More' possibly suggesting that Macbeth could do better, be better,
- What cannot you and I perform upon Th’ unguarded Duncan
- Near the end of the extract.
- Shock the audience as plotting to kill the king is treason and also destroying the 'man chosen by God'
- Implying that Lady Macbeth has also a role in the Plot
- Audience may think that Lady Macbeth is the reason why Macbeth Murders Duncan
- 'What beast was’t, then That made you break this enterprise to me?'
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