Macbeth

Macbeth

1. Lady Macbeth

   • Power
   • Manipulation
     • Lady Macbeth: "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." (Act I, Scene V)
     • Lady Macbeth: 'Hie thee hither that I may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round'. (Act 1.5)
   • Gender

2. Macbeth

   • Greed
     • Macbeth: '(aside) If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.' (Act 1.3)
   • Power
     • Lady Macbeth: 'Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.'(Act 1.5)
   • Masculinity
   • Before killing Duncan
     • Captain: 'brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name' (Act 1.2)
     • Captain: 'As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.’ (Act 1.2)
     • Duncan: 'What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.'(Act 1.2)
   • Link with supernatural
     • Macbeth: 'So foul and fair a day I have not seen.' (Act 1.3)

3. Banquo

   • Morality
   • Status
   • Loyalty

4. Duncan

   • Loyalty
   • Appraisal of Macbeth
     • Duncan: 'What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.'
   • Just

5. Three Witches

   • Supernatural
   • Prophecy
     • Witch: 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair.' (Act 1.1)
     • Witch:'When the battle's lost and won.' (Act 1.1)
     • Witch: When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly 's done, When the battle 's lost and won. (Act 1.1)
   • Power