Macbeth Rising Action Quotes, Analysis and Context

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In the quote "vaulting ambition" what device is used?
personification
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Here, we can see Macbeths recognition of what?
his harmatia
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What is Macbeths hamartia?
ambition
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The personification of ambition may foreshadow what?
how ambition (hamartia) will slowly take over his whole life
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This may be the beginning of what?
the process through which hamartia will consume Macbeth
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This may contribute to the sense of what?
anagnorisis
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which will what later on in the poem?
become more extreme
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The audience may view him as what?
a tragic hero
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Why would Macbeth be viewed as a tragic hero?
since a key criteria of a Shakespearian tragic hero is to have a hamartia
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Due to this, this may foreshadow Macbeths later what?
downfall
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This could relate to what?
The Great Chain of being
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How?
since Macbeth is trying to move up the chain which is not meant to happen
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We can also see Shakespeare about to what?
play with the natural order
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In the quotes "kinsman...host...virtues...angels", what language device is used here?
listing
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The listing here shows Macbeths admiration of who?
King Duncan
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This is because the list contains what?
the qualities of a good king
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This is in stark contrast of who?
Macbeth
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Here we may also see Macbeth fit what?
a key criteria
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A key criteria of what?
a Shakespearian tragic hero
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This is because here we see Macbeth what?
internally conflicted
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What is his internal conflict?
whether he should commit regicide
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Here we may say that this links to the _____belief on_____?
jacobean belief on the divine right of Kings
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How was regicide considered in the 1600s?
as going against or challenging God
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This is because Kings were given what by who?
authority to rule by God
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Therefore regicide is a what?
mortal sin
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Furthermore, Macbeth also breaks the rules of what?
hospitality
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This is because he is considering to what?
kill the King
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This was very what?
immoral
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This may also reinforce how Macbeths what?
Why?
how his downfall is inevitable since his hamartia has already began to consume him
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In the quote "dagger", what devices are used?
symbolism
soliloquy
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The symbolism of a dagger may represent what
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murder or regicide
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This may be Macbeths cue for what?
cue for action
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Shakespeare may also use Macbeth to exemplify what?
a typical tragic hero whose psychological state deteriorates due to their hamartia
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Here at first glance, the dagger may be symbolic of what?
Macbeths lack of control
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How does this show Macbeths lack of control?
since he can see it but not touch it
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This further develops the what?
tragic hero
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Since we get an insight into what?
his internal suffering
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Which comes in the form of what?
mental instability
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This hamartia also overrides what?
his logic
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Since we see Macbeth being what?
overwhelmed by the hallucination
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This may emphasise the Jacobean belief in what?
the Divine Right of Kings
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Since if Macbeth was?
rightfully chosen
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He wouldnt be so what?
internally conflicted
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This may lead on to the audience viewing Macbeth as what?
a tragic hero
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The "dagger" may also be a symbol of what?
sacrifice and betrayal
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Which Biblical story may this be in?
Cain and Abel
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One may view this Biblical journey as what?
mirroring the journey of Duncan and Macbeth
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Shakespeare also uses the structure of what?
a soliloquy
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to show how Macbeth overcomes what?
his internal suffering
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Initially the soliloquy begins with what?
complex sentences and rhetorical questions
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This highlights Macbeths what?
anxiety and confusion
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These later shift to what?
shorter sentences
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These demonstrate Macbeths mental shift to what?
being more resolute
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One can therefore view this part as what?
the final moment of suspense before the climax in which Macbeth will reach the point of no return
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