themes in Macbeth

themes in Macbeth

1. BETRAYAL

   • look like the innocent flower but be the spent under't'
     • come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here
       • that is a step on which I must fall down or else o'er leap for in my way it lies

2. TRADEGY

   • double double toil and trouble
     • false face must hide what the false heart doth know
   • Macbeth does murder sleep
     • is this a dagger which i see before me
       • whats done cannot be undone
         • or have we eaten on the insane root

3. LOYALTY

   • the loyalty I owe - to duncan
   • duncan says he has "absolute trust" this is very ironic

4. FATE

   • I bear a charmed life