Macbeth: Supernatural


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  • Supernatural
    • Blood
      • "all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
        • she mirrors Macbeth which shows that her guilt has caught up to her
          • she knows that she will never be able to dispose of her guilt so this is why she commits suicide
      • "out damned spot"
        • the guilt is consuming Lady Macbeth as she uses the imperative to be cleansed of her guilt
      • "will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
        • the use of a rhetorical queston shows that Macbeth is uncertain whether or not he can conquer his guilt or if it will conquer him
    • Fate and the stars
      • "stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"
        • Macbeth understands his flaws but his conscience continues to process evil thoughts
      • "come thick night"
        • Lady Macbeth wants the stars to be hidden and the night to cover up her evil
      • Macbeth changes fate due to the grasp of the witches altering his ambition to change his fate
      • Macbeth tries to 'realign the stars' by changing fate
        • he changes from a noble hero to the villain who commits treason and shares conspiracies with the supernatural
    • Witches
      • The witches fuel Macbeth's ambition by implanting ideas into his head
      • "stay you imperfect speakers"
        • They have brainwashed Macbeth as he will commit the crime but knows it is wrong
        • Imperative, Macbeth isn't afraid of the supernatural
          • Antithesis to a typical Jacobean audience
      • "black midnight hags"
        • Macbeth has become comfortable embracing evil
      • "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"
      • "All hail Macbeth, who shalt be King hereafter"
        • Macbeth has been given a taste of power and craves more
        • False prediction, the witches are giving voice to Macbeth's desire
    • Other hallucinations
      • "is this a dagger I see before me?"
        • A challenge of his masculinity
      • "heat oppressed brain"
        • Macbeth pins his hallucinations on his worry and pressure
      • Hallucination = weak and guilty
      • "out damned spot"
        • Lady Macbeth believes that she can see blood on her hands, proving that her guilt is causing her to hallucinate
    • Ghosts
      • Banquo's ghost is used to haunt Macbeth and be a constant reminder that his guilt will hang around forever
      • Ghosts were feared by the Jacobean audience so Shakespeare did this to create fear in the audience
      • "never shake thy gory locks at me"
        • Macbeth's guilt is causing his mind to believe that Banquo is in the room, mocking him
          • links to "heat oppressed brain"
      • "thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold"
        • Macbeth has had the fear enstilled in him and he proclaims that he is guilty and evil

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clansfly6575

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Many Thanks!

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can you upload a full version, half of it has been cut off 

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