Macbeth

Macbeth

1. Macbeth at the start of the play

   • Blood thirsty
     • "With his brandished steel which smoked with bloody execution"
       • Act 1, scene 2
   • Brave
     • "For brave Macbeth, disdaining fortune"
       • Act 1, scene 2
   • Ambitious
     • "Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof"
       • Act 1, scene 2
   • Ruthless
     • "Valour's minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave"
       • Act 1, scene 2

2. Lady Macbeth at the start of the Play

   • Evil
     • "Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out"
       • Act 1, scene 7
   • Intimidating
     • "you would be so much more the man"
       • Act 1, scene 7
   • Powerful
     • "The raven himself is hoarse"
       • Act 1, scene 5
   • Selfish
     • "My keen knife"
       • Act 1, scene 5

3. Macbeth in the middle of the play

   • Uneasy
     • "Is this a dagger which I see before me?"
       • Act 2, scene 1
   • Worried
     • "I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen'"
       • Act 2, scene 2
   • Cowadly
     • "to wear a heart so white"
       • Act 2, scene 2

4. Lady Macbeth in the middle of the play

   • Guilty
     • "You lack the season of all natures, sleep"
       • Act 3, scene 4
   • Puzzled
     • She doesn't know Macbeth is going to have Banquo killed
       • "It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, if it find heaven, must find it out tonight."
         • Act 3 scene 1
   • Scared
     • "Thy bones are marrow less, thy blood is cold"
       • Act 3 scene 4
       • Lady Macbeth sees Macbeth going crazy, everyone thinks he's talking to thin air.

5. Macbeth at the end of the play

   • Crazy
     • He's lost everyone close to him and just carries on killing
       • "Here's the smell of the blood still, all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
         • Lady Macbeth sleep walks, close to killing herself. Act 5 scene1
   • Thinks he's fearless
     • The witches told Macbeth that he can't be killed by any man born by woman
       • "Fear not Macbeth, no man that's born of a woman shall e'er have power upon thee"
         • Act 5 scene 3
   • Worried
     • Birnam wood starts to move towards Macbeth's home
       • "Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane"
         • Act 5 scene 3

6. Lady Macbeth at the end of the play

   • Weak
     • She sleepwalks
   • Lonely
     • Macbeth and Lady Macbeth don't speak anymore