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English Literature
Macbeth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe Macbeth as a character. | Brave & decent man corrupted by a fatal flaw: ambition and lust for power |
| How is Act 3, Scene 4 so significant for Macbeth? | He becomes paranoid, arrogant and violent, becomes a tyrant |
| QUOTE 1 (MACBETH) - Act 1 (Beginning) | "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" (Scene 3) |
| CONTEXT - SUGGESTS - ZOOM IN | -Macbeth's response to being addressed as Thane of Cawdor. - Suggests lack of personal ambition -"Borrowed", feels he has not earned the title and doesn't wish to take it from another man |
| QUOTE 2 (MACBETH) - Act 3 (Middle) | "Full of scorpions is my mind dear wife" (Scene 2) |
| ZOOM 1 (2 Interpretations) - ZOOM 2 | "Scorpions" - Suggests he's tortured by his deeds OR feels himself becoming more poisonous. His thoughts are toxic and dangerous "Dear wife" - Shows he values and needs her reassurance and advice, unusual |
| QUOTE 3 (MACBETH) - Act 5 (End) | "Before my body, I throw my warlike shield" (Scene 8) |
| CONTEXT (3) | -Realises the deceit of witches -Reverts back to character at start -Regains some nobility and sympathy with bravery |
| What is the message of Macbeth's character? | He is a warning to the audience about following your ambition or trusting the supernatural, he's ultimately punished and killed |
| Describe Lady Macbeth as a character | - Unusual female character for Jacobean literature. Assertive, dominant and manipulating. -Becomes increasingly marginalised as Macbeth grows in confidence, succumbs to guilt and commits suicide |
| QUOTE 1 ( LADY MACBETH) - Act 1 (Beginning) | "Unsex me here" (Scene 5) |
| CONTEXT - ZOOM IN | -She is calling on the spirits, which echoes the behaviour of the witches, she's inviting evil and becomes unlikeable -"Unsex" - Imperative verb, she wishes to lose her femininity and is frustrated of the limits of her gender so she can commit murder |
| QUOTE 2 (LADY MACBETH ) - ACT 1 (Beginning) | "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't" (Scene 5) |
| ZOOM | "Serpent" is a biblical allusion representing evil, betrayal and temptation, alludes to Eve |
| QUOTE 3 (LADY MACBETH) - ACT 1 (Beginning) | "When you durst do it, then you were a man" (Scene 7) |
| CONTEXT - ZOOM | -She is suggesting he is a coward for not wishing to commit regicide. -"Then you were a man" - emasculates him and therefore manipulates him |
| QUOTE 4 (LADY MACBETH) - ACT 5 (End) | "All the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand" (Scene 1) |
| CONTEXT - ZOOM - ZOOM | Mad & hallucinating blood on her hands, blood symbolising guilt. -"Perfumes" suggests she can smell the guilt on herself -"Little" suggests she is trying to appear more childlike to gain sympathy |
| What is the message of Lady Macbeth? | To teach the women to be innocent and teach men to not allow their wives to command them, her madness and death is a warning sign |
| Describe Macduff as a character. | Nobleman in court for Duncan and the opposite of Macbeth. Stays committed to Duncan throughout and is a brave warrior, kills Macbeth at the end to avenge his family and resets natural order |
| QUOTE 1 (MACDUFF) - ACT 4 | "Bleed, bleed, poor country!" (Scene 3) |
| CONTEXT - ZOOM | Shows his fierce patriotism and love for Scotland -Personifies "bleed" and loves it to the extent he views it like a person, repetition emphasises his feelings, exclamation mark shows horror and grief |
| QUOTE 2 (MACDUFF) - ACT 4 | "I must also feel it like a man" (Scene 3) |
| CONTEXT METHOD | Response to finding out his family was murdered and told to bear it "like a man". -Antithesis of Macbeth and believes emotions are part of being a man and it's not a weakness to show them |
| QOUTE 3 (MACDUFF) - ACT 5 | "Turn, hell hound, turn!" ( |
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