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Card 6

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LM has a sensitive side to her and that she does feel, not like the women that is presented at the start of the play. Moreover it further presents women as being emotionally controlled, which was thoroughly believed at the time.

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Card 7

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Pathetic fallacy, creates an eerie atmosphere and the witches are seen as a gothic element

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Card 8

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Macbeth repeats the witches, clearly shows the connection that the two have clearly foreboding Macbeth will go to dark side

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Card 9

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Banquo here questions the fates, as finding out that Macbeth is now Thane of Cowder he is wondering about the witch’s prophecy. Banquo is in disbelief and Macbeth is planning to kill the king

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Card 10

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LM talks to her husband as if she is talking down to a child; this clearly shows that she is in control of the situation.

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Card 11

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LM fears that Macbeth has not done the deed, and that they will be getting caught for what they have done. This shows just how little LM knows her husband as he did commit the crime, this foreshadows his later change of character as he loses all gui

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Card 12

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Macbeth cannot sleep because he is already asleep metaphorically, and real sleep would mean the riddance of guilt, yet both he and LM can’t do this.

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Card 13

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After hearing that Duncan will visit his castle, Macbeth finds himself fantasizing about seizing power for himself. He wishes to obscure these evil thoughts from outside observers.

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Card 14

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Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here,

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Card 15

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Biblical imagery.theme of appearance versus reality. While Macbeth still remains uncertain about whether he wishes to deceive and kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth is fully committed to the cruel idea.

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