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- 11. Macbeth is a loyal warrior who becomes duplicitous (two faced) as he becomes obsessed with the witches' prophecies of Power. "Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it." (Act 1 Scene 5) - Themes: Ambition and Power. At this time the witches prophecy leads him to murder Duncan so that he can be King. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?" (Act 2 Scene 1 Macbeth's soliloquy) - Themes: Blood, Ambition, Power, Fate and free will and Visions. - Macbeth is justifying the murder of Duncan and his grab for power.2. Duncan is King of Scotland and he is presented as a true and gracious monarch. "Let not light see my black and deep desires." (Act 1 Scene 4) - Themes: Conflict, Power and Ambition. After being honoured by King Duncan, Macbeth wrestles with his desire to murder him.
- 23. MacDuff "Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripp'd." (Act 5 scene 8) -Macduff tells Macbeth that he is the man not "of woman born." - Basically MacDuff was born through a C-section unlike being born the natural way so MacDuff was the only one that could kill Macbeth. - Themes: Betrayal and Conflict.4. Malcolm is Duncan's eldest son and in Act 1 Scene 4 he tells his son Malcolm he will be the next King and when Duncan is murdered he becomes the prime suspect. "Let us seek out some desolate shade and there Weep our sad bosoms empty." (Act 4 Scene 3). - Themes: Revenge, Guilt and conscience. - Malcolm wants to take a second to weep about his murdered father, but MacDuff just wants to get things over with quickly.
- 35. Banquo is Macbeth's close friend and ally that also receives prophecies from the Witches. "Thou has't it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, All, As the weird women promis'd, And I fear Thou play'ed'st most foully for't; Yet It was said it should not stand in thy posterity, But that myself should be the route and father Of many Kings. If there come truths from them-As appond thee Macbeth, their speeches shine-Why by the verities on thee made good, May they not be my oracles as well And set me up in hope? But hush, no more." (Banquo's Asside and Act 3 Scene 1) - Themes: Kingship, Ambition, Fate and free will, Children and Death. - Acknowledging Macbeth is King but that he's had to commit some foul deeds to get the Kingship however, Banquo has also come to realise that the prophecies say that it is his family that'll be the start of a long-line of Scottish Kings.6. The Ghost of Banquo is Banquo when he died and came back to life. Banquo's Ghost does not say anything but Macbeth is the only one that can see him at the Banquet, "Thou canst not say I did it; neither shake Thy gory locks at me!" (Act 3 Scene 4) - Themes: Appearance and reality, Blood, Visions and Fate and Free will.
- 47. The Old Man is affected by political situations, he has no control over these actions. "Threescore and ten I can remember well; Within the volume of which time, I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings." (Act 2 Scene 4) - Themes: Appearance and reality. - He's saying that "Threescore and ten" is forty years ago he can remember important events, but on this occasion the events on the night of Duncan's murder have seemed very unnatural.Context
1. The Divine Right Of Kings was important to James and Macbeth shows that anyone attempting to depose (get rid of) went against God's law and would be punished severely.
2. As far as James would have been concerned Duncan is the legitimate King who would have been followed on the throne by Malcolm, as King James himself followed legitimately Queen Elizabeth 1. To James this follows the rightful Divine Right Of Kings. It is Duncan's murder that causes problems in the state.
3. Macduff shows loyalty to Duncan and he is suspicious of Macbeth. He shows that there are very few subjects a King can really trust.
4. James can relate to Malcolm as Duncan is the rightful air to the throne. James would have faced much opposition from the English court to his rule (Gunpowder plot). James belief in the Divine Right Of Kings showed that God was on the side of the legitimate heir. - 5Context 5. Banquo is the Conscience of the nation and it is from him that the future Kings of Scotland will descend. James believed himself to be descendent of Banquo so inheriting not just the Scottish throne but the English one too. 6. The Ghost of Banquo is important because to the court of James and James in particular it represents James' belief in the Supernatural and it confirms that James is right to believe in his fate especially when we consider that James' parents were killed for political reasons and James himself was the target of a political plot on his life (the gunpowder plot). 7. The Old man represents the common man which in Shakespeare's day would have been most of the people watching the play. It could be said that Shakespeare himself is a common man trying to seek the Kings approval by writing the play.
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