Macbeth Lecture Notes

Flashcards from lecture notes on Macbeth

ambition is a temptation/

a temptation that defies natural order and can unleash a relentless amount of guilt

Ambition can be a __

toxic fuel if misplaced and uncontrolled

Guilt may be perceived as __

a consequence from God of fulfilling your selfish desires

Shakespeare intended to warn committing __

rejects and disrupts the Jacobean belief of the ‘Divine Right of kings’ and will inevitably lead to consequences

The Inevitable repercussions of regicide exemplify __

serious heinous acts do not go unnoticed and Inflicts fear

If chance will have me king,why,chance may crown me,without my __

he is impatient and his ambition overpowers fate

Lady Macbeth __

doesn’t have good psychological insight, exemplified by her suicide

"__"-this murder confirmed things he didn't know about himself.

to know my deed twere best to not know myself

__ is a repeated motif throughout the play

repeated motif throughout the play

The witches' prophecies all come true, but __

they are deliberately worded to deceive Macbeth

Corruption of __

Macbeth's once moral compass has been destroyed

Fear is __

presented as a consuming emotion that can cause great distress

“stick deep” __

suggests this is a deep-rooted problem that perhaps needs a resolution which further foreshadows Banquo’s murder

His ambition is __

unchecked leading him down a path of moral corruption

"So foul and fair a day" mirrors the witches unintentionally, which __

warns the audience to beware of his deceptive words

MACBETHS ASIDE expresses __

his uncertainty is expressed in the ‘seesaw’ rhythm-inner turmoil he Is conflicted

“THAT NO COMPUNCTIOUS VISITINGS OF __”-doesn’t want visitings from conscience-natural moral law?

doesn’t want visitings from conscience

"That my keen knife see not the wound __,"

She doesn't want to see the consequences of her violence—even her own weapon should be blind

"Stop up the access and passage __,"

She asks to block any route through which guilt or regret could affect her

"To beguile the time,look like __"-begule means deceive-duplicitous

deceive showing he is duplicitous

"'Tis the eye of childhood / That fears a painted __."

only a child would be afraid of such a thing, suggesting Macbeth is acting immaturely

Duncans death __

has disrupted the natural order

"To be thus is nothing, but to be safely __."

being king means nothing unless he is safe and secure in that position, as he needs to protect it

DOCTOR SAYS”UNNATURAL DEEDS DO BREED UNNATURAL TROUBLES, __”

infected minds