Violence and Tyranny/Kingship

Malcolm - Kingship

Shows Malcolm’s loyalty towards Scotland - emphasises how Macbeth’s tyranny has affected everything (him disrupting the Natural Order only inflicted chaos on the entire country)

[Our country] weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds - A4S3

Lady Macbeth/Macbeth - Masculinity/Tyranny

LM ends up being labelled as Macbeth’s belonging (possessive) - conforms more to societal gender roles - Macbeth fallen in everyone’s estimations - defined by his tyrannical rule - lacks prestige

This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen - A5S9

Macbeth - Masculinity

How the perception of Macbeth depreciates as the play progresses - stereotypically ‘good’ according to male stereotypes of the time (good warrior)

For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name - A1S2

Macbeth - Violence/ Masculinity

Highlights the idealisation of violence and power - Macbeth has the capability to commit violence (but when he kills Duncan he’s plagued with regret and guilt) - defied both God and nature

[Macbeth] unseamed him from the nave to the chops - A1S2

Macbeth - Violence and Tyranny

Macbeth now defined by his actions rather than his name - gained a reputation for violence - highlights the harm he has done

This tyrant whose sole name blisters our tongues - A4S3