Macbeth Key Themes
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- Created on: 20-05-18 18:30
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- Macbeth Key Themes
- Ambition
- The witches' prophecies provide Macbeth with ambition which motivates him to do bad thing
- The phropheries are that he will become Thane Of Cawdor, Then King and that Banquo's sons will be the descendents
- Ambition is Macbeth Fatal flaw
- Macbeth is rewarded as a god man at the beginning of the play due to his loyalty but his ambition causes this ot change
- Sometimes Ambition is actually a good thing
- Ambition for their country enable Malcom and Macduff to fight to defeat Macbeth and restore the rightful king
- The witches' prophecies provide Macbeth with ambition which motivates him to do bad thing
- Kingship
- A good King is holy
- Macbeth is not a good example of a king as he commits very bad deeds that go against his country's beleifs
- It was believed that the King was chosen by God so Macbeth's doom is foreshadow the way he becomes king
- Macbeth is not a good example of a king as he commits very bad deeds that go against his country's beleifs
- There are expectations of how a king should behave and Macbeth doesn't follow them
- Macbeth is described as a 'tyrant'
- Untrue king brings uproar
- There is lots of order and disorder when Macbeth is King so this represents how he is not a true king
- A good King is holy
- Supernatural
- Displayed by the witches
- The witches come in a 3, emphasising their power and also manipulate both Macbeth and the weather in the plau
- Controls Macbeth
- Represents Guilt in the play
- Supernatural visions like the dagger and the ghost of Banquo displays Macbeth's inability to be evil
- Displayed by the witches
- Good and Evil
- Evil is associated with gender and therefore it is right that Macbeth is semi Evil
- However Lady Macbeth is just as evil so breaks this sterotype
- The witches' gender is unknown making them more evil
- Macbeth is actually a good man
- Macbeth is commended for his loyalty at the beginning of the play, it is just the acts he does that make him appear evil
- Evil is associated with gender and therefore it is right that Macbeth is semi Evil
- Bravery
- Macbeth's lack of bravery is shown through his guilt and conscience
- Lady Macbeth has to persuade Macbeth to create a false appearance therefore showing his lack of bravery, he is being told by a woman!
- Bravery is a key quality to be had by the king
- Macbeths lack of bravery would have scared a Jacobean audience as they would have wanted a strong ruler
- Shows the change in characters
- Macbeth starts the play as 'brave' and 'valiant'
- Macbeth's lack of bravery is shown through his guilt and conscience
- Ambition
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