Macbeth Themes
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- Created on: 20-05-19 11:46
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- Themes
- Power and Kingship
- Divine Right of Kings
- Monarchs appointed by God, making them just below God in the social hierarchy
- Killing a King a very serious crime
- This is why Duncan is shown as the best King possible
- Monarchs appointed by God, making them just below God in the social hierarchy
- Idea of power corrupts Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
- Drives Lady Macbeth to suicide
- Makes Macbeth cold, paranoid and tyrannical
- 'tyrant... sole name blisters our tongues'
- Divine Right of Kings
- Ambition
- Macbeth's ambition is his downfall
- Encouraged by the witches and his wife
- Immediately starts to think about regicide when given the prophecy
- 'Let not light see my black and deep desires'
- Lady Macbeth is very ambitious
- Needs Macbeth's help as he is a man
- Drives her to insanity
- 'Out, damned spot!'
- Macbeth's ambition is his downfall
- Masculinity and Femininity
- Lady Macbeth dominates and controls Macbeth
- She manipulates him by questioning his manhood
- 'When you durst do it, then you were a man'
- Macbeth is weaker than her at the start
- Roles switch later on
- 'be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck'
- 'My hands are of your colour, but I shame/ To wear a heart so white'
- Roles switch later on
- She manipulates him by questioning his manhood
- Macduff provides a more modern definition of masculinity
- 'I must also feel it like a man'
- Fights but also feels and grieves
- Macbeth is seen as manly because he was a powerful and ruthless warrior
- Lady Macbeth dominates and controls Macbeth
- The Supernatural
- Most likely added for King James' pleasure
- He wrote 'Demonologie' which was about the supernatural
- Instrumental in starting witch hunts
- Witches presented as evil
- 'can the devil speak true?'
- Speech often links to violence
- 'killing swine'
- Corrupt Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
- Most likely added for King James' pleasure
- Power and Kingship
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