Power and Corruption
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- Created on: 07-11-18 19:12
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- Power and Corruption
- King Duncan
- main symbol of power at start of play
- hasn't been corrupted
- main symbol of power at start of play
- desirable
- witches tempt Macbeth
- "the swelling act / of the imperial theme" MACBETH
- metaphor
- "the swelling act / of the imperial theme" MACBETH
- Lady Macbeth
- tempts Macbeth
- "solely sovereign sway and masterdom" LADY MACBETH
- sibilance suggests sinister corruption of power
- "solely sovereign sway and masterdom" LADY MACBETH
- excited by thoughts of gaining power
- Macbeth's letter about the witches
- "transported me beyond / this ignorant present, and I feel now / the future in the instant" LADY MACBETH
- Macbeth's letter about the witches
- tempts Macbeth
- witches tempt Macbeth
- changes Macbeth
- sacrifices his goodness for power
- referred to as "tyrant" instead of King
- affects how he speaks
- royal plural pronouns "we" and "our"
- gets to his head
- royal plural pronouns "we" and "our"
- desire to maintain power makes him paranoid
- behaves like a dictator
- "fled the snares of watchful tyranny" MALCOLM
- metaphor
- "fled the snares of watchful tyranny" MALCOLM
- behaves like a dictator
- sacrifices his goodness for power
- types of power
- supernatural power
- witches
- power Lady Macbeth has over her husband
- gender would make her seem weaker at the time
- power of goodness and God
- placing the rightful King on the throne
- supernatural power
- King Duncan
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