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Blood: Guilt, Death, Remains, and Stains.

Sleep: When Macbeth murders Duncan, he thinks he hears a voice say "Macbeth does murder sleep". Sleep symbolizes innocence, purity, and peace of mind, and in killing Duncan Macbeth actually does murder sleep.

The weather: From the thunder and lightning that accompany the witches’ appearances to the terrible storms that rage on the night of Duncan’s murder, these violations of the natural order reflect corruption in the moral and political orders.

Visions and hallucinations: Macbeth sees or hears strange things: the floating dagger, the voice that says he's murdering sleep, and Banquo's ghost. As Macbeth himself wonders about the dagger, are these sights and sounds supernatural visions or figments of his guilty imagination? Macbeth is a man at war with himself, his innate honour battling his ambition

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Tragedy

Drama

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Macbeth:

Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not a virtuous one. He is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne, and once he commits his first crime and is crowned King of Scotland, he embarks on further atrocities with increasing ease.

Lady Macbeth:

Macbeth’s wife, a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. She seems to be the stronger and more ruthless of the two, as she urges her husband to kill Duncan and seize the crown.

The Three Witches:

Three “black and midnight hags” who plot mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies.

Banquo:

The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne. Like Macbeth, Banquo thinks ambitious thoughts, but he does not translate those thoughts into action.

King Duncan:

The good King of Scotland whom Macbeth, in his ambition for the crown, murders. Duncan is the model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler.

Macduff:

A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start. He eventually becomes a leader of the crusade to unseat Macbeth.

Malcolm:

The son of Duncan, whose restoration to the throne signals Scotland’s return to order following Macbeth’s reign of terror.

Hecate:

The goddess of witchcraft, who helps the three witches work their mischief on Macbeth.

Fleance:

Banquo’s son, who survives Macbeth’s attempt to murder him.

Lennox:

A Scottish nobleman.

Ross:

A Scottish nobleman.

The Murderers:

A group of ruffians conscripted by Macbeth to murder Banquo, Fleance (whom they fail to kill), and Macduff’s wife and children.

Porter:

The drunken doorman of Macbeth’s castle.

Lady Macduff:

Macduff’s wife.

Donalbain:

Duncan’s son and Malcolm’s younger brother.

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11th-century Scotland

Macbeth’s castle.

Macduff ’s castle.

Birnam Wood.

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-Ambition (Although he is encouraged by the Witches, Macbeth’s true downfall is his own ambition).

-Kingship and Tyranny (Duncan is always referred to as a “king,” while Macbeth soon becomes known as the “tyrant").

-Manhood (Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband by questioning his manhood).

-Guilt (Macbeth’s guilt about murdering his king).

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Structure of a Text: way in which events are organised in the play as a whole.

Macbeth Play: strictly chrnological.

Five Acts, following Gustav Freytag's Pyramid.

Poetic Structure: poetic form and sometimes prose.

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-Macbeth's murder of Duncan in Act II represents the point of NO RETURN.
-Macbeth is forced to continue butchering his subjects to AVOID the consequences of HIS crimes.

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Predictions

Violence

Gender

Weather

Sleep

Blood

Equivocation

Light and darkness

Imagery of birds

Treachery

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THIS WAS Y11 ENGLISH HOMEWORK!!! The fourth video from the Macbeth revision series for Edexcel GCSE English Literature. This video looks at some key quotations. Created with: VideoScribe Music: Sacrifice - Lucas King (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg6RMxIsz48)