Macbeth
Macbeth meets the Witches
Third Witch:“All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!”
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Pathetic fallacy of weather creates sinister mood, symbolises the moral
dilemma that will face Macbeth and the dark deeds to take place.
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Witches symbolise the supernatural, something very feared in 16th
Century. Macbeth choosing to listen to them contrasts with our initial
impression of him as brave and honourable .
Macbeth: “Stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more.”
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Characterisation of Macbeth here shows him as drawn in by ambition of
power. Listening to imperfect speakers suggests they should not be
trusted, however he lets his promise of power and his ambition take over
his better judgement
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Macbeth kills King Duncan
Macbeth: “Is this a dagger I see before me,/The handle towards my
hande?”Act 2 Scene 1 p.19
Macbeth: “I go, and it is done: the bell invites me,/Hear it not, Duncan; for it is
a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to heel.”
Act 2 Scene 2 p.19
Macbeth: “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand?
No,”
Act 2 Scene 2 p.22