Themes of Macbeth

Themes of Macbeth

1. Revenge

   • Family
   • McDuff

2. Ambition

   • Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into having excess ambition.
     • "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it."
     • "I would have dashed the brains out if I had sworn as so to you."
   • Leads to Macbeth's tragic downfall.
     • "Vaulting ambition."

3. Violence

   • Murder
   • Regicide

4. Guilt

   • Symbol of blood
     • "Out! Out out damned spot I say!"
     • "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
     • "Here's the smell of the blood still;"

5. Supernatural VS Natural Order

   • Witches VS Humans
   • Kingship / The Natural Order
   • Good VS Evil
   • Devine Right Of Kings

6. Gender

   • Mascilinity
     • "When you durst do it, then you were a man."
     • "Leave all the rest to me."
     • "My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white."
   • Lady Macbeth defies stereotypes being in power.
     • "Unsex me here"
     • "Pour my spirits into thine ear."

7. Madness

   • Lady Macbeth leads Macbeth into madnss
   • Eve leads Adam into falling from God's graces.

8. Power

   • Lady Macbeth
   • Macbeth
   • The Witches

9. Fate

   • Prophecies - The Witches
   • Religion - Sin
   • Good VS Evil