Macbeth Themes Moments

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Macbeth Moments

  1. Macbeths loyalty but brutality and ambition is foregrounded

  2. Manipulated by Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan

  3. Guilt and remorse following murder

  4. Murder of Banquo, banquet scene and descent into madness

  5. Ends with hubristic but melancholic reflection on life

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Lady Macbeth Moments

  1. Calls upon spirit world, vows to coerce Macbeth

  2. Manipulation of Macbeth

  3. Involvement in Duncan’s murder ignores Macbeth’s fear

  4. Banquet scene - having to create a facade

  5. Descent into madness

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Banquo Moments

  1. Initial response to prophecies - contrast to Macbeth

  2. Feels burden of prophecy before Duncan’s murder

  3. Growing suspicion of Macbeth

  4. Banquet scene - Ghost, his murder

  5. Apparition - Macbeth cannot escape fears of Banquo

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Power/Kingship/Ambition Moments

  1. Macbeth’s loyalty to the King - but also ruthlessness

  2. Prophecies ignite desire for power

  3. Lady Macbeth faces Macbeth to act upon his ambitions

  4. Macbeth’s tyrannical role and murder

  5. Hubristic clinging to power is overthrown by Macduff

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Supernatural Moments

  1. Macbeth receives prophecy which catalyses his ambition

  2. Lady Macbeth calls upon supernatural world

  3. Supernatural /strange events following Duncan’s murder - disturbance to natural order

  4. Banquo’s ghost during the banquet scene

  5. Second round of prophecies - catalyses immortality for Macbeth

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Murder/Violence Moments

  1. Macbeth’s violent nature is foregrounded

  2. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth attitudes to violence

  3. Duncan’s murder and consquences of actions

  4. Macbeth decides to murder Banquo and becomes haunted by his ghost

  5. Macbeth’s violent fight to the end, order is restored by his violent removal

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Guilt/Regret Moments

  1. Macbeth murders Duncan

  2. Macbeth murders Banquo but Fleance’s escape

  3. Lady Macbeth shows humanity and regret

  4. Lady Macbeths goes insane and writes confession letters

  5. Macbeth becomes meditative and reflects on life

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Evil Moments

  1. Witches prophecies awaken evil ambitions in Macbeth

  2. Lady Macbeth calls upon evil spirits

  3. Murder of Duncan - Macbeths corruption through evil

  4. Lady Macbeth feels consequences of evil

  5. Macbeths reflects on the evil of his life - his removal and cleansing of Scotland