Macbeth Context&Notes

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Macbeth has murderous intentions, extreme violent tendencies, sanity and insanity, tyrannical power, conflict of good and evil

Divine Rights of Kings; kings get their power from God, rebellion was the worst of crimes, a sacrilegious act

Binary opposition- we only understand how evil Macbeth becomes because of Duncan's noble nature

Lady Macbeth masculine traits for power, male characteristics reflects the patriarchal society

Her sanity is destroyed by her guilt

Ambition leads to both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's demise