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- 1Dramatic convention to introduce the title character. However creates a sense of tragic inevitability suggesting that Macbeth's fate is already sealed. Close association between Macbeth and the witches from the outset"There to meet Macbeth" (1,1)
- 2Paradox. All is not as it seems. Sentiment is ambiguous - relates to the gothic idea of obscurity"Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air" (1,1)
- 3Macbeth is valiant and brave on the battlefield. Poses a slight concern to the audience as the image is quite brutal."Til he unseamed him from the nave to th'chaps / And fixed his head upon our battlements" (1,2)
- 4Macbeth is valiant and brave on the battlefield. Poses a slight concern to the audience as the image is quite brutal. "Til he unseamed him from the nave to th'chaps / And fixed his head upon our battlements" (1,2) Ironic. Macbeth is well regarded for his bravery on the battlefield conducting 'moral killing'"O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman" (1,2)
- 5Rhyming couplet. Emphatic words are Macbeth and Death - close association between the two from the outset. Foreshadows the death caused by Macbeth, including Duncan's own murder."Go pronounce his present death/And with is noble title greet Macbeth" (1,2)
- 6The witches hold a supernatural control over Macbeth."Peace! The charms wound up" (1,3)
- 7Macbeth's language echoes that of the witches. Emphasises the close association between the witches and Macbeth - their possible hold over him?"So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (1,3)
- 8Liminal appearance of the witches. Transgress boundaries in terms of their appearance - Gothic."Look not like th'inhabitants o'th'earth, and yet are on't?"(1,3)
- 9Banquo, the moral figure of the play, is full of disbelief and immediately associates the witches with evil."What, can the devil speak true?" (1,3)
- 10Ambition grips Macbeth as he realises that the possibility of reigning is within his reach."Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor: The greatest is behind" (1,3)
- 11Sense of confusion. Both Macbeth and the audience are unsure if these tidings are ill or not. Note; a typical feature of gothic is the promise of good things."This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good" (1,3)
- 12Macbeth is afraid of the murderous thoughts he is already having. Causes him to question his state of humanity.My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical" (1,3)
- 13Theme of appearance vs reality. One can never truly know a person's true character. Touches on the ideas of obscurity and deceit. Dramatic irony as Macbeth enters as Duncan refers to the 'traitor', the previous Thane of Cawdor."There's no art/To find the mind's construction in the face" (1,4)
- 14Gothic image of deceit and obscurity. Macbeth is using 'dark forces' to mask his ambition."Stars, hide your fires;/ Let not light see my black and deep desires" (1,4)
- 15Lady Macbeth gives the audience an insight into Macbeth's vulnerability. He is only human, and Lady Macbeth foresees his struggle as he comes to grips with the assassination"I do fear thy nature: It is too full of the milk of human kindness" (1,5)
- 16Lady Macbeth is willing herself to evil spirits. Association with the supernatural - a typical trait of the gothic genre. (Context: play was written at a time of great superstition of the supernatural)."Come, you spirits/ That tend of mortal thoughts, unsex me here/ And fill me crown to the toe, top-full/ Of direst cruelty" (1,5)
- 17ey theme of deception (appearance vs reality). Relates to the story of Adam and Eve: the devil is disguised as a serpent, therefore there is a close association between Macbeth and evil. Note: Lady M's final speech in (1,5) is ambiguous. Much of what she says has double-meaning - deceiving."Look like th'innocent flower but be the serpent under't"(1,5)
- 18Reassurance to Macbeth. Monosyllabic and assertive language conveys Lady Macbeth's control over Macbeth"Leave all the rest to me" (1,5)
- 19Macbeth's soliloquy reveals his concerns of the consequences of actions, if he were to take them. Shows the audience he is susceptible to guilt and is not entirely evil. Uses euphemisms to convey this concerns due to the taboo associated with The Divine Right of Kings."Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return/ To plague the i'inventor" (1,7)
- 20Duncan is idealised in Macbeth's soliloquy. Reference to the Divine Right of Kings."His virtues/ Will plead like angels, trumpet tongued" (1,7)
- 21Macbeth recognises his 'fatal flaw' as ambition that may lead to his downfall."Vaulting ambition, which overleaps itself and falls on the other" (1,7)
- 22Lady Macbeth is manipulative. Emotionally blackmails Macbeth into believing he has promised her to kill Duncan. Her questioning places doubts in Macbeth's mind
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