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What makes King Duncan a powerful figure?

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What makes King Duncan a powerful figure?

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- King of Scotland
- Generous, good leader
- Trusts in his generals

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- He is a trusted and respected general of the Scottish army
- He has a close relationship with other political and military figures

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What makes Lady Macbeth a powerful figure?

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What makes Lady Macbeth a powerful figure?

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- Married to Macbeth and has influence over him
- Has Macbeth's respect and trust
- Creates the idea to murder King Duncan, while he is staying at their home.

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What makes the three witches powerful figures?

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What makes the three witches powerful figures?

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- Mysterious, perhaps magical trio
- Tell people what they want to hear?
- Offer a prophecy to Macbeth and Banquo:
"All hail Macbeth! that shalt be King here-after." (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 50)
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.
Not so happy, yet much happier." (Act 1, Scene 3, Line, 65-66)

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What is the statement the witches are making in this quote?

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What is the statement the witches are making in this quote?

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"Fair is foul and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air."
(Act 1, Scene 1, Line 10)

"That is a maxim that will reverberate through every incident of Macbeth. Its paradox will shape its patterns of loyalty and disloyalty, of love and hatred, of violence and meekness. And so it is that most strange, most crazed of tragedies should inform the frenzy of its opening with the most patient of actions. Waiting."
McGuinness, F. (2015). Madness and Magic: Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Irish University Review, 45(1), 69–80. https://doi.org/10.3366/iur.2015.0151

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To what extent did the witches influence the events of the play?

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To what extent did the witches influence the events of the play?

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- They bring the idea of capturing the throne into Macbeth's mind.
- Are they actually witches or making it up?

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In what ways is Lady Macbeth a powerful figure in the events of the play?

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Read/watch this passage and reflect on Lady M's internal struggle

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Read/watch this passage and reflect on Lady M's internal struggle

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItfS3M3-URo
"The raven himself is hoarse,
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood,
Stop th' access and passage to remorse;" (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 39-45)

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Macbeth - Act 1 Scene 5 - "Come, You Spirits.. Unsex Me Here"

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What is Duncan's impression of his hosts (Macbeth and L.M) based on this passage?

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What is Duncan's impression of his hosts (Macbeth and L.M) based on this passage?

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"Give me your hand;
Conduct me to mine host: we love him highly,
And shall continue our graces towards him." (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 28-30)

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Lady Macbeth uses her power and influence over Macbeth to manipulate him into killing Duncan

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Lady Macbeth uses her power and influence over Macbeth to manipulate him into killing Duncan

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Read along from Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 30-60.

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Macbeth • Act 1 Scene 7 • Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

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Read the following and determine how Shakespeare uses masculinity to represent power in each of the characters

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Read the following and determine how Shakespeare uses masculinity to represent power in each of the characters

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Macbeth struggles with being both hungry for power and a loyal subject of the King.

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Macbeth struggles with being both hungry for power and a loyal subject of the King.

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"The service and the loyalty I owe,
In doing it, pays itself. Your Highness' part
Is to receive our duties: and our duties
Are to you throne and state, children and servants;
Which do but what they should, by doing everything
Safe toward your love and honour." (Act 1, Scene 4, Line 21-27)

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Why does Macbeth betray his love and respect for Duncan?

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How much of the events of the play were decided by fate and how much were influenced by the actions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth? 

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How much of the events of the play were decided by fate and how much were influenced by the actions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth? 

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Who ultimately holds the power?

Witches telling Macbeth what he wanted to hear?

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"You should be women
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so." (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 45-47)

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"Unsex me here" (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 40)

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"Having killed Duncan, Macbeth violated a chivalric code of behaviour that prescribed a man to follow certain norms of behaviour."

Ferdous, M. (2017). The values of masculinity in william Shakespeare’s macbeth. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 8(2), 22-25. doi:https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.2p.22

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McGuinness, F. (2015). Madness and Magic: Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Irish University Review, 45(1), 69–80. https://doi.org/10.3366/iur.2015.0151

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Ferdous, M. (2017). The values of masculinity in william Shakespeare’s macbeth. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 8(2), 22-25. doi:https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.2p.22

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Images taken from Justin Kurzel's 2015 film adaptation of Macbeth.

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Quotes taken from a hard copy script of the play.

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- Macbeth's best friend and military companion
- In many ways, holds the same authority as Macbeth, but uses it differently

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"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.
Not so happy, yet much happier.
Thou shall get kings, though thou be none."
Act 1 Scene 3, lines 65-70.

- Banquo will be better off than Macbeth, despite having lesser success initially
- His sons will be kings

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Banquo is not consumed by power, how come?

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Banquo is not consumed by power, how come?

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- He is not selfish?
- He respects Duncan
- The witches prophesied it so

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- Suspicious of Macbeth from the beginning
- Becomes target of hatred for Macbeth, and vice versa

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- Vengeance for murder of his family
- Desire to return natural order by placing Malcolm on the throne
- Both lead him to kill Macbeth

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"Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee."
Act 4, Scene 3.

This quote highlights Macduff's motivations for fleeing and eventually killing Macbeth. He is both grieving his family and terrified of what Macbeth's tyranny will do to Scotland.

Do you think Macduff's fears are justified?