Macbeth : Macbeth

A1S1

“Brave Macbeth [..] with..”

“His branish’d steel.”

Macbeth is courageous and loyal

Audience view positively, their first introduction to Macbeth

Desensitised to violence, foreshadows future violence

Patriotic and possessive pronoun

Motif of swords

A1S4

“Stars hide… let light…”

“Your fires… see not my black and deep desires.”

After meeting the Witches, engulfed with immorality

Introduces Macbeth using darkness to fulfill his goals

He wants to hide his evil from God and the country.

Stars show destiny, Macbeth wants to defy his and the Chain of Being

His ambitions are rooted within him already

Motif = light and dark

A2S1

“Is this a … the handle…”

“Dagger I see before me… toward my hand.”

A manifestation of the treachery he will commit

Embodied by the idea of murder emphasising the control of the Witches over him

Audience recognise hamatia

Corrupt: no longer loyal, Cyclical: fought traitors now is one

Rhetorical question show mental state

Motif = daggers

A2S3

“The wine of… and the mere…”

“Is drawn … lees is left this vault to brag of.”

After KD murder, metaphor to represent life

Deceit and insecure

Kindhearted lies juxtapose sin - almost oxymoron

Dramatic irony

Biblical allusions - the last supper foreshadowing

Hamarita, greed and continual sin

A3S2

“Our fears in..”

“Banquo stick deep.”

Depth of Macbeth’s paranoia and inner turmoil

Reference to initial prophecy ; Banquos descendants get the throne

Links to motif of daggers - betrayal and stabbing in the back

Biblical allusions (refers to Banquo as the ‘snake’) of deceit

Links to LM be the innocent flower but the serpent underneath

Snakes are poisonous - Banquo is poisonous to Macbeths reign

A3S4

“Thoust casnt not… never…”

“Say i did it… shake they gory locks at me.”

Does not accept blame: reflecting guilt

Manifestation of guilt and consequence of his actions

The evil and supernatural is taking over

Ghost associated with Satan - Macbeth turn away from God

No one can change natural order

Motif of blood

A4S1

“None of woman…” and “never vanquished until..”

“Born shall harm Macbeth” and “Great Birnam Wood to High Dunsinane Hill.”

Instills false hope in Macbeth leading to him feeling invincible

Shows the hope Macbeth puts into the supernatural

Highlights how evil should not be trusted

Motif of trees = nature

Foreshadows how natural (being born from a woman and trees) will return

A4S1

“A show of eight kings..” and “the blood…”

“The last with a glass in his hand; the Ghost of Banquo following.” And “bolstered Banquo smiles at me.”

Macbeth is unable to hide from fate- his ‘fruitless crown’

Banquos desedanats will take the throne

Smiling imagery of murder mocks Macbeth

Motif of blood - a metaphor of his guilt

Banquo still smiles showing contrast: morality vs immorality

A5S3

“Bring me.. [..] till Birnam Wood remove..”

“No more reports. [..] to Dunsinane I cannot taint.”

False sense of control

Embodiment Of the Witches prophecies

His own delusions engulf him

Evil has taken over the light of Scotland

A5S5

“Out,out,out, brief candle! Life’s but”

“A walking shadow.”

Links to “out damned spot, out” from Lady Macbeth

LM dies from guil;y, Macbeth dies because of greed

Realises control of witches

Shadow shows how the prophecies and evil controlled him

References to previous “prologues” he sees his life as a show

Juxtaposition to him now and at the start

Macbeth is killed

Natural order is resumed

Cyclical structure

Tyrants will never win

Light>evil