Macbeth - Theme Madness
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- Created on: 02-05-19 19:43
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- Madness
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- "The castle of Macduff I will surprise"
- Macbeth decides to murder without hesitation after seeing the witches for a second time due to his madness increasing.
- "The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me"
- Macbeth's madness has caused him to hallucinate his dead friend.
- After seeing the witches for a second time, Macbeth's madness increases as he begins to think he is invincible and murders without hesitation.
- "The castle of Macduff I will surprise"
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- "Sleep no more; Macbeth does murder sleep"
- Macbeth is panicking that he will not be able to sleep. With the lack of sleep being associated to madness.
- "LM" "dash'd the brains out"
- The first sign of madness is shown with Lady Macbeth's extremely violent reaction. It shows that she does not care for the loss of human life to fulfil a promise.
- The first sign of the Macbeth's going mad is shown with Lady Macbeth's reaction to the witches prophecy and Macbeth's reaction to committing regicide.
- "Sleep no more; Macbeth does murder sleep"
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- "Hell is murky"
- Lady Macbeth begins to hallucinate herself in hell because of her madness and guilt. Going to hell is also linked with madness reinforcing her situation.
- "the thane of Fife had a wife"
- The use of repetition in Lady Macbeth's soliloquy shows her decent into madness. She is sort of aware of the murderess acts Macbeth has committed.
- Shakespeare's play depicts how a good character like Macbeth can descend into madness - whether that is through his own unchecked ambition or the influence of the supernatural.
- "Hell is murky"
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- "Brave Macbeth"
- Macbeth is prevented as a honourable soldier. Shows that his peers think highly of him. No sign of madness.
- "I have begun to plant thee"
- Shows that Macbeth is successful to Duncan as Duncan is willing to put time into caring about Macbeth.
- At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare presents Macbeth as an successful and honourable soldier, showing no sign of madness.
- "Brave Macbeth"
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- "I am a cabin'd, cribb'd, confined"
- Shows that Macbeth feels like he is being pushed into a corner. With the repetition of the "c" sound adding to Macbeth's madness.
- "We have scotched the snaked, not killed it"
- It shows that Macbeth's paranoia has made him lost all his morals. He views Banquo as evil by associating him with a snake.
- By Act 3, Macbeth's paranoia and guilt is making him mad. His morals appeared to have vanish as he plots to murder Banquo and his son - as they are a thread to him.
- "I am a cabin'd, cribb'd, confined"
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