Macbeth themes

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  • Created by: lewis0202
  • Created on: 27-02-18 01:49
Dangerous ambition can turn a man ruthless
from a ''valient'' soldier to a ''dead butcher''
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Weakness of ambition going against morals
''fatal flaw'' and ducan calls him ''noble'' He has been called noble however he kills the king
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Context of ambition
In shakesperes Tragedies the hero is usually a noble person with one main character flaw that leads to death. This is Macbeths ''fatal flaw'' As his ambition drives him further to become what the witches predicted
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Loyalty and betrayal - Macbeth pretends to be loyal
Macbeth used to be loyal to Duncan as he was a nobleman however he betrays the king when he kills him upon his visit to Macbeth
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Kingship
duncan-''gracious'' ''most sainted king'' ''lowliness'' ''justice''
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Good and Evil- Good people can be led To bad hun power and ambition
Macbeth from- ''noble'' to ''devilish”
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Good and evil - gender
Lady macbeth- ''unsex me'' ''dirtiest cruelty'' Witches- ''Devil'' these are all associated with evil
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Good and evil through war
An army led by a traitor ''merciless Macdonald'' ''villanies of nature''- shows hes evil. At the end the battle macduffs men have ''dar causes'' and fight ''dew the sovereign flower''. Macbeth is now a ''abborred tyrant''-represents evil
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''fatal flaw'' and ducan calls him ''noble'' He has been called noble however he kills the king

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Weakness of ambition going against morals

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In shakesperes Tragedies the hero is usually a noble person with one main character flaw that leads to death. This is Macbeths ''fatal flaw'' As his ambition drives him further to become what the witches predicted

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Macbeth used to be loyal to Duncan as he was a nobleman however he betrays the king when he kills him upon his visit to Macbeth

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duncan-''gracious'' ''most sainted king'' ''lowliness'' ''justice''

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