Macbeth: Supernatural
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- Created on: 18-03-18 12:11
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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
- she mirrors Macbeth which shows that her guilt has caught up to her
- "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
- "all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
- 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
- "stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"
- 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
- "is this a dagger I see before me?"
- 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"
- Macbeth's guilt is causing his mind to believe that Banquo is in the room, mocking him
- "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
- Blood
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