Villainy In Macbeth

Villainy In Macbeth

1. The Supernatural

   • The Witches
     • Actual Elizabethan representation of evil
       • Thought to be sent from the Devil so suggests that evil and inmoral things will occur in the play
     • They Know Macbeth will be there, "There we'll meet Macbeth"
       • They Know Macbeth
         • He's in league with the Witches already
           • He's a villian, in Shakespears times Witches were evil, James The 1st and his witch hunts.
             • Play was written for James the 1st
             • Deamonolgy
       • They're already planning to put a spell on him
         • Something unfortunate is about to happen to Macbeth, the witches are the villains
   • The Visions
     • Placement
       • The dagger appears before Macbeth Murders Ducan
     • Part of the witches Spell "Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? "
       • The witches have imense power over Macbeth
         • Macbeth is not a villain he is bewitched
       • The Witches Have planned the murder all along
         • The witches are responsible for Ducan's death, Macbeth is just their chosen weapon
     • From Macbeth's head
       • art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
         • Macbeth is going Mad
           • Driven mad by the witches
           • He was always mad, the insanity is just starting to show
             • He is a Villian dressed as a war hero, a wolf in sheep's clothing
               • He's betraying his king
                 • James the 1st Divine right of kings

2. Soliliquys

   • Placement
     • Before Ducan's murder
       • Is this a dagger
         • Show's that macbeth is either mad or it's to do with the witches, however if it is from his head, show's he's already made up his mind to kill Ducan,. yet still feels guilt.
           • Suggests the villianous act of killing a king
             • To kill a King is the worst crime
               • The divine right of kings

3. The murders

   • Ducan
     • Off Stage
       • Socially unacceptable to kill a king on stage.
         • James the 1st, on the Divine rights of kings
           • God chose the king
             • To kill a king is an act against God
               • To show it on stage would be to encourage sinning, puritism was comming in
     • Committed by Macbeth
       • Macbeth cared about this murder, so he carried it our himself
         • Show's his raw passion and ambition
           • Villany
   • Banquo
     • very brutal
     • Muderer's hired
       • Macbeth doesn't have a care for this murder
       • He can't kill Banquo himself
         • He's his bestfriend, he knows he has to die, but he just can't
     • Shown on stage
   • Macduff's Household
     • Extreamly brutal

4. Lady Macbeth

   • Influnces Macbeth to kill Ducan
     • "When you durst do it, then you were a man"
       • Challenges his mannilieness
         • Macbeth is a brave warrior, very macho
           • "for brave Macbeth"
             • Being called not manly would really get his goat