Macbeth Context

Macbeth Context

1. Action

   • Rising
     • Witches
       • Prophecy
     • Lady Macbeth
       • Goading
   • Climax
   • Falling
     • Violence
       • Murders
     • Confrontation
       • Macbeth
       • Macduff
         • Kills macbeth
     • Good
       • Evil

2. Conflict

   • Ambition
     • Right
     • Wrong
   • Evil
     • Macbeth
     • Lady Macbeth
       • Masculine
         • Taking the role of the man
   • Good
     • Malcom
     • Macduff

3. Plot

   • Power
     • Corruption
   • Ambition
     • Ruthlessness
       • Evil
   • Courage
     • Physical
       • Murdering
     • Moral
       • Weakness
         • Guilt
           • Lady Macbeth
             • Trauma from murders
           • Macbeth
             • Trauma from killing King
     • Actions
       • Consequences
         • Isolation

4. Protagonist

   • Macbeth

5. Setting

   • Scotland
     • England
   • 11th century
     • King James
       • Believed in witches and supernatural
       • Jacobean era
       • More negative era

6. Motifs

   • Prophecy
     • Macbeth
       • Thane
         • Cawdor
       • King
         • Scotland
   • Hallucinations
     • Banquo's
       • Ghost
     • Lady Macbeth
       • Blood on hands
   • Violence
     • Murders
       • Duncan
         • King
       • Banquo
       • Chamberlains
       • Lady Macduff
         • Son
   • Supernatural
     • 3 witches

7. Symbols

   • Blood
     • Guilt
     • Stained
       • Marked
   • Weather
     • Nature
       • Reflecting
         • Corruption
     • Storms
       • Thunder
       • Lighting
       • Witches
         • "When shall we meet again"

8. Themes

   • Power
     • Corruption
       • Unchecked
         • Ambition
   • Gender
     • Agression
     • Cruelty
       • Maculinity
   • Kingship
   • Good
     • Vs
       • Evil
         • Macbeth
         • Lady Macbeth
     • Macduff
     • Malcom