Macbeth- Theme of Violence

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  • Created on: 09-11-21 16:52
In Act 1 Scene 2, what quote shows Macbeth as violent?
"unseamed him from the nave to the chops"
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What does the verb "unseamed" literally mean?
cut apart as if ripping up clothes
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How does this present Macbeth?
ruthless and violent
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This is because he does not ?
hesitate to rip people apart
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This does what to Macbeths victim?
dehumanises him
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This also shows the_________ with which he is killing his enemies?
aggression
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Who is he fighting for?
King Duncan
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This also presents him as?
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noble
patriotic
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This also shows his what towards the King?
his loyalty
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And how he can go to any extent of_______?
violence
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to_____ him?
defend
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What may this foreshadow?
the brutality with which Macbeth may treat others
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May also reflect his?
his own death
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Context
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Mac_______ Mac_______?
Mac Bethad Mac Findlaich
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Was King of?
Scotland
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From what years?
1040-1057
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This was known to be a what?
a very violent time period
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Here the audience feels?
pride
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as Macbeth is fighting for?
his King
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May also feel?
nervous
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As the violence may foreshadow?
his own downfall
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As he may treat?
others the same way
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In Act_ Scene_?
In Act 2 Scene 1
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What quote shows Macbeth as violent?
"Is this a dagger"
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This is where Macbeth is?
hallucinating a dagger pointing towards Duncans room
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This shows the?
violence
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Within Macbeths ?
mind
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Due to the handle pointing?
towards him
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his may show the_____ in Macbeths____-?
this may show the desire in Macbeths heart
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To become?
King
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This _______him to?
encourages him
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To _____ the______?
to commit the murder
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The blood on the end of the dagger foreshadows what?
how Duncan will die
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The bloody dagger may become a?
symbol
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For Macbeths growing?
growing ambition
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The growing ambition may suggest that Macbeth will continue to?
continue to commit more murders in the future
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Blood may represent Macbeths ?
evil instinct
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Context
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Within this era, what was the worst crime?
regicide
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This shows Macbeths greed for?
power
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And violence as he?
kills the king
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Audience feels?
disgusted
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As Macbeth kills?
the King
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In Act_ Scene_?
In Act 3 Scene 4
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Macbeth is shown as violent in the quote?
"I am in blood. Stepp'd in so far should I wade no more"
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Means that Macbeth has gone so far into?
killing
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that he cant?
turn back
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Shows Macbeth is on a ?
killing spree
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and that he is so?
accustomed
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to killing that it would be more?
difficult to stop than to just continue
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This shows theme of?
violence
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Blood may also symbolise?
Macbeths guilt
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"I am in blood" may foreshadow?
Macbeths death at the end of the play
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Context
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Macbeth was the____ play by________
first play by Shakespeare
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That puts us into the mind of a ?
murderer
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This doesnt only portray him as a?
villain
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But allows us to see the?
tragedy of the situation
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Here, Macbeth feels?
guilty and addicted
greed keeps growing
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Audience feels?
anger
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As Macbeth wont?
stop murder
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Conclusion
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Shows conflict between?
good and evil
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Shows how ambition and greed can?
corrutp a person
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And when violence is introduced how it can?
control our lives
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In the beginning, violenec is used for?
moral purposes
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But by the end?
it is used for his own greed and desire
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