Macbeth - english lit

Macbeth - english lit

1. Plot

2. Characters

3. Themes

   • Ambition
     • Macbeth is willing to kill anyone for the throne and his ambition ends up killing him. "Two truths are told as happy prologues to the swelling act of th'imperial theme"
     • Lady Macbeth wants to gain power. "Thou wouldst be great art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it"
     • Macbeth doubts his plan to kill Duncan but he still has ambition. "
   • Supernatural
     • The witches can control the weather. "In thunder, lightning, or in rain"
     • The witches predict seeing Macbeth. "There to meet with Macbeth"
     • The witches can influence Macbeth's thoughts to present guilt. "Is this a dagger I see before me"
     • Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost. "Never shake thy glory locks at me!"
   • Guilt
     • Duncan's blood is a symbol of macbeth's guilt. "Will all Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
     • Lady Macbeth hallucinates blood on her which shows her guilt. "Out damned spot! Out I say!"
     • Macbeth becomes paranoid about being caught. "How is't with me, when every noise appals me?"

4. Context