Secrets and Lies
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- Secrets and Lies
- Macbeth
- secretiveness first shown through soliloquies and asides in act 1
- hides his true thoughts from Banquo, Ross and Angus
- plotting against the King and his sons
- letter to Lady Macbeth reveals everything
- does not want her to be "ignorant of what greatness is promised thee"
- shows how much Macbeth trusts and values his wife
- does not want her to be "ignorant of what greatness is promised thee"
- secretiveness first shown through soliloquies and asides in act 1
- Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to lie
- warns her husband that his intentions can be read upon his face.
- uses metaphor to compare his face to a book
- "beguile the time" LADY MACBETH
- he should use deception and charm to appear innocent in front of the King
- forms plan to kill the King and frame his guards
- murder is discovered
- she and Macbeth pretend to be shocked
- murder is discovered
- Macbeth learns how to lie effectively by act 3
- convinces murderers to kill Banquo
- "it was he in the times past which held you / so under fortune, which you thought had been / our innocent self" MACBETH
- shifts grievance against him onto Banquo
- regal noun phrase "our innocent self" emphasises Macbeth's duplicity and use of status
- dramatic irony
- "it was he in the times past which held you / so under fortune, which you thought had been / our innocent self" MACBETH
- convinces murderers to kill Banquo
- warns her husband that his intentions can be read upon his face.
- act of kindness
- Malcolm presents himself as a future tyrant to Macduff
- hides his true feelings about Macbeth
- "I should forge / quarrels unjust against the good and loyal, / destroying them for wealth." MALCOLM
- tests Macduff on where his loyalties lie
- Malcolm tells the truth when he's convinced of Macduff's honesty
- tests Macduff on where his loyalties lie
- "I should forge / quarrels unjust against the good and loyal, / destroying them for wealth." MALCOLM
- hides his true feelings about Macbeth
- Ross initially lies about Macduff's family
- "they were well at peace when I did leave 'em." ROSS
- dramatic irony
- can't bear to tell the truth of their slaughter
- dramatic irony
- "they were well at peace when I did leave 'em." ROSS
- Malcolm presents himself as a future tyrant to Macduff
- Macbeth
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