Themes of power in/and Macbeth
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- Themes of power and corruption in Macbeth
- Power = Corruption
- Macbeth takes the prophecy into his own hands
- Stereotypes of Women in Jacobean England
- Men assume a position of power and dominance over Women
- Lady Macbeth controls Macbeth
- She convinces him to murder the king which sparks his killing spree
- One murder leads to the next.
- She convinces him to murder the king which sparks his killing spree
- Lady Macbeth controls Macbeth
- The Witches are women who twist the mind of Macbeth. The play was written during King James' reign where witches were hunted, tried and executed. King James was very superstitious about witches.
- Negative Display of women
- Themes of power and corruption in Macbeth
- Power = Corruption
- Macbeth takes the prophecy into his own hands
- Stereotypes of Women in Jacobean England
- Men assume a position of power and dominance over Women
- Lady Macbeth controls Macbeth
- She convinces him to murder the king which sparks his killing spree
- One murder leads to the next.
- She convinces him to murder the king which sparks his killing spree
- Lady Macbeth controls Macbeth
- The Witches are women who twist the mind of Macbeth. The play was written during King James' reign where witches were hunted, tried and executed. King James was very superstitious about witches.
- Negative Display of women
- Men assume a position of power and dominance over Women
- Corrupt power leads to paranoia
- Macbeth realises the crown was not worth his soul
- We see this in quotations such as "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown". (Act 3, Scene 1, line 63)
- Macbeth realises the crown was not worth his soul
- Corrupt power leads to paranoia
- Macbeth realises the crown was not worth his soul
- We see this in quotations such as "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown". (Act 3, Scene 1, line 63)
- Macbeth realises the crown was not worth his soul
- Power = Corruption
- Men assume a position of power and dominance over Women
- Power = Corruption
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