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Title: AQA GCSE English Literature- Macbeth full analysis
Description: 🎭 Enhance your exploration of "Macbeth" with our comprehensive notes covering every aspect of the play! Delve into detailed summaries that dissect the intricacies of the characters, themes, and dramatic techniques employed by Shakespeare. Our notes offer profound analysis, insightful commentary, and a wealth of textual evidence, providing you with the tools you need to excel in your study of this timeless tragedy. Crafted by experienced educators, our premium-quality content is designed to enrich your understanding and elevate your appreciation of Shakespeare's masterpiece. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource – invest in our exceptional notes today and unlock the secrets of "Macbeth"! 🌟

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Macbeth- Grade 9
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He dreams of witchcraft and the promises of power
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Presented as the archetypal femme fatale:
women who is mysterious and seductive,
rejection of motherhood
What is the archetype used to present
Lady Macbeth
'dash'd the brains out' of a child
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'look like th' flower but be the serpent
under't'

'so foul and
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Brave Macbeth - well he deserves that
name

'smoked
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'unseamed from
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'O, full of scorpions is my mind'

'blood will
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Minion shows he is a follower to Duncan,
witches, his wife
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desires'

'stars hide your fires let not light see my
black and deep desires'

Who kills Macbeth?

Macduff, he beheads him
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Existentialism

Macbeth's existential crisis, for example,
arises from his struggle to find meaning
in a world that appears indifferent and
chaotic
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Example of violent motif

blood- repeated throughout the text

What is Anagnorisis?

the hero recognizing his mistake
Macbeth recognizes his mistakes in Act 5
when his wife has died and Birnam wood
is moving towards him
Change in circumstance unknown to the
protagonist leading to there downfall

What is peripeteia?
Macbeth commits regicide- collapse of
the great chain of being, his peripeteia
How does Shakespeare appeal to
James 1st through the characters

Banquo is an ancestor of James 1stBanquo presented as righteous and noble

Who was the play written to flatter

James 1st

Example of James 1st fighting against
witch craft

Torturing 300 people into confession of
attempting to murder the King by a storm
he experienced at sea

Why was regicide prominent at the time

Gun Powder plot against James 1st
Usurpation- taking control without having
the right to

Definition of usurpation and its application to Macbeth
Macbeth taking the throne ultimately
leading to his demise
Further regicide attempts, by displaying
What does the play try to deter regarding
the collapse of the great chain of being
the audience
and the inevitable fate
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Macbeth- Grade 9
Study online at https://quizlet
Title: AQA GCSE English Literature- Macbeth full analysis
Description: 🎭 Enhance your exploration of "Macbeth" with our comprehensive notes covering every aspect of the play! Delve into detailed summaries that dissect the intricacies of the characters, themes, and dramatic techniques employed by Shakespeare. Our notes offer profound analysis, insightful commentary, and a wealth of textual evidence, providing you with the tools you need to excel in your study of this timeless tragedy. Crafted by experienced educators, our premium-quality content is designed to enrich your understanding and elevate your appreciation of Shakespeare's masterpiece. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource – invest in our exceptional notes today and unlock the secrets of "Macbeth"! 🌟