Macbeth

Macbeth

1. Quotes

   • Come , you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here, - Lady Macbeth
   • Are you a man - Lady Macbeth
   • “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?” - Macbeth
   • “Out, damned spot; out, I say . . . who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?" - Lady MAcbeth
   • "Fair is foul and foul is fear"- Weird sisters

2. Themes

   • Gender roles
   • Power/Ambition and Fate/free will
     • Writer's purpose: To show how unchecked ambition, that of macbeth and Lady Macbeth can be a destructive force
   • Supernatural
   • Symbolism
     • Dagger
     • Blood
       • Represents Guilt for their actions

3. Language Features/techniques

   • Ambiguous
     • many characters say things which are ambiguous. This means that you can interpret them in different ways, so the witches might be talking about the weather, or they might mean something completely different.
     • Another example of ambiguity is when Lady Macbeth says the daggers 'must lie there' - she could mean the daggers must be placed there, but also that the daggers will hide the truth and pin the blame on the servants.