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Macbeth
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- 1Macbeth is first and foremost a warrior - courage is his defining quality“For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name”
The captain describes Macbeth’s bravery in battle. - 2He is not essentially a brutal character. In fact, Lady Macbeth worries that her husband might be too kind to kill the king.“Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’the milk of human-kindness / To catch the nearest way”
Mildness and pure white colour of milk suggests Macbeth has these attributes too. - 3Banquo observes that the witches’ prophecies have come true, but he fears his friend has accelerated events with dishonesty.“Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / As the weird woman promised, and, I fear, / Thou play’dst most foully for’t”
Echoes the witches claim that “fair is foul” - 4Finally, Macbeth is thought of as a mass murderer.“This fear butcher”
Malcolm does not even use his name. - 5At the end of his soliloquy, Macbeth admits he has “no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / vaulting ambition”This reveals his fatal flaw to the audience, and suggests the tragedy to come. Shakespeare shows us that Macbeth knows King Duncan is “meek” and “great” but still his ambition is stronger than his respect.
- 6Macbeth’s told In the playDefeats the armies of the rebellion against King Duncan.
- 7Macbeth’s role in the playMeets three witches who prophesy that he will be kind.
- 8Macbeth’s role in the playPlots with his wife to murder Duncan and assume the throne.
- 9Macbeth’s role in the playArranged for his friend Banquo to be murdered in fear of the witches’ prediction that Banquo’s children will become Kong’s.
- 10Macbeth’s role in the playHas Macduff’s family killed on the basis of further prophecies.
Is cornered by English and Scottish forces, and killed in single combat by Macduff.
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