Supernatural Prophecy Malevolent Eerie Foreshadow Sinister Chaos Conscience

Supernatural Prophecy Malevolent Eerie Foreshadow Sinister Chaos Conscience Vulnerable Heinous Usurp Tyranny Valour Valiant Manipulative

Themes: • Evil and the supernatural (chaos and disorder) • Appearances and reality • The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power (treason/regicide/tyranny) • The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity • Kingship (being a King) and Tyranny (being a tyrant) Motifs: • Hallucinations • Violence • Prophecy • Foreboding weather

Specific references to the play, with brief key quotations Note any themes/context relevant to that quotation You may want to colour-code themes and context in different colours

Themes: • Evil and the supernatural (chaos and disorder) • Appearances and reality • The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power (treason/regicide/tyranny) • The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity • Kingship (being a King) and Tyranny (being a tyrant) Motifs: • Hallucinations • Violence • Prophecy • Foreboding weather Act 1 Sc 1: Witches – “there to meet with Macbeth” – trochaic tetrameter emphasises his name (next victim) Sc 2: ‘brave’ Macbeth repeated by soldiers – respect, loyalty Macbeth’s ‘brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution’ against a traitor (ironic VIOLENCE) Duncan: ‘And with his former title greet Macbeth’ (ironic, treachery, FORESHADOWS Macbeth’s regicide) Sc 3: Macbeth is ‘rapt’ (mesmerised – HARMATIA: AMBITION) Banquo: juxtaposes. ‘All hail Macbeth!’ repeated (HARMATIA: AMBITION) Banquo: Macbeth ‘seem to fear Things that do sound so fair’ (paradoxical prophecies), juxtaposition, insecure half-rhyme Sc 4: Sc 5:

Rest of the play ‘Beware the Thane of Fife’ ‘None of woman born. Shall harm Macbeth’

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• https: //hibsenglish. weebly. com/uploads/7/2/3/6/7236232/macbeth_no_f ear_script. pdf • Print 23 -26, annotate scene using booklet Qs? • Tomorrow – extract timed test. • Explore how Shakespeare presents appearances and reality in the extract. • Explore how Shakespeare presents appearances and reality in the rest of the extract (deception, hallucinations, sleep and dreams)

CRILD Planning Idea 1 Idea 2 Idea 3

Retelling the Plot Using Key quotes – put these in the correct order. • • • Is this a dagger which I see before me? O, full of scorpions is my mind dear wife! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter! What you egg! Young fry of treachery! (He stabs him) He has killed me, mother! Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him that first cries, ‘Hold, enough!' Exeunt fighting Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. (Sees the ghost) Avaunt and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly. Thou mayst revenge Out damned spot! Out I say! Here’s the smell of blood still. O horror, horror! Ring the alarum bell! Murder and treason!

Retelling the Plot Using Key quotes - answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter! Look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger which I see before me? O horror, horror! Ring the alarum bell! Murder and treason! O, full of scorpions is my mind dear wife! O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly. Thou mayst revenge (Sees the ghost) Avaunt and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. What you egg! Young fry of treachery! (He stabs him) He has killed me, mother! Out damned spot! Out I say! Here’s the smell of blood still. Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him that first cries, ‘Hold, enough!' Exeunt fighting

Which object represents each character?

Choose one character and creatively present them – use sophisticated adjectives, key quotations and references to key scenes

• To 15: 30 – animated tales: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=qfn. Uq 2_0 FOY • Themes quiz: https: //www. sparknotes. com/shakespeare/macbeth/motifs/? quickq uiz_id=139 • Act 3 Scene 5 - Hecate

HEKATE (Hecate) was the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy (communication with the dead/conjuring spirits). She was the only child of the Titanes Perses and Asteria from whom she received her power over heaven, earth, and sea. She is often seen surrounded by dogs (a symbols for guardianship/thresholds between realms) and snakes, which are both connected with being able to sense the presence of spirits (necromancy), as well as torches and daggers. Hecate assisted Demeter in her search for Persephone, guiding her through the night with flaming torches. After the motherdaughter reunion and agreement that Persephone be allowed to leave the underworld for certain seasons, Hecate became Persephone's minister and companion between the natural world and the underworld – Hecate is thought to be able to move between realms.

Harmatia: fatal flaw Hubris: excessive pride of self-confidence

Key Elements of a Tragic Hero 1) Usually in a position of nobility 5) Audience must feel pity for this character 4) HUBRIS - usually full of pride and self-confidence 2) HARMATIA – tragic flaw 3) PERIPETEIA – Reversal of fortune

Exam: Thursday 15 th November • Macbeth extract • Analyse the extract and whole play (question could be on a theme or character) You will be allowed your Macbeth plays (blue), but not your booklets. You may want to highlight some key quotes (especially thematic/character ones) this weekend! To revise Today: context and sentence stems to weave into analysis Tonday: themes and key quotes for them/sentence stems to weave into analysis Main characters and key quotes for them HW due: A 4 S 3 key quotes, Language devices A 5 S 1 complete CRILD

Poor: Witches talk to Macbeth Better: Witches entice Macbeth: ‘all hail Macbeth’, ‘there to meet with Macbeth’ Better still: Witches entice Macbeth: ‘all hail Macbeth’ (DROK), ‘there to meet with Macbeth’ (victimise – tragic hero) Excellent: Witches entice Macbeth: ‘all hail Macbeth’ (repetition, DROK worship, ironic), ‘there to meet with Macbeth’ (trochaic tetrameter to emphasise Macbeth victime – tragic hero)

Key themes: • Evil and the supernatural (chaos and disorder) • Appearances and reality • The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power (treason/regicide/tyranny) • The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity • Weakness and femininity • Kingship (being a King) and Tyranny (being a tyrant) • Violence Key motifs: • Visions (hallucinations) • Violence • Prophecies • Foreboding weather • Use of water (purity) You will not get above a 4 without considering why Shakespeare constructed a character/scene in this way – what role/purpose/lesson is being revealed here?

Key theme Quotations ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’ Angus says about Macbeth: ‘his title Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe’ Do not shake thy gory locks at me Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Oh full of scorpions is my mind Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution From this moment, the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstling of my hand “all my pretty ones? Did you say all? ” Macduff was “from his mother’s womb / Untimely ripped”) Macbeth plots the murders of the Macduffs: ‘His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Unsex me here Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’

Key theme Quotations Supernatural (evil, brings chaos and disorder) ‘Thunder’ ‘in thunder, lightning or in rain? ’ There to meet with Macbeth (troachaic) Fair is foul and foul is fair ‘withered and wild’ Lady Macbeth performs necromancy: ‘come you spirits… unsex me here’ Lady Macbeth says ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Hecate demands ‘how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth ’ Appearances and reality Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t Is this a dagger I see before me? Do not shake thy gory locks at me Fair is foul and foul is fair There’s daggers in men’s smiles Play the humble host The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition and power All hail Macbeth was ‘rapt’ by the prophecies Macbeth plots to kill Duncan: Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires Lady Macbeth declares Macbeth ‘shalt be What thou art promised’ Macbeth acknowledges he has ‘only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself ’ The Relationship Between Cruelty and Masculinity You should be women, And yet your beards forbid meto interpret. Brandish’d steel Medicine When you durst do it, then you were a man Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Femininity and weakness I could play the woman with mine eyes Gentle lady (dramatic irony) Out, damn spot! Kingship (and tyranny) The wine of life is drawn Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Tyrant (objectification) Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo that he had ‘begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing’ Macbeth ‘shall spurn fate’ ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’ Angus says about Macbeth: ‘his title Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe’ Violence Do not shake thy gory locks at me Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Oh full of scorpions is my mind Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution From this moment, the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstling of my hand “all my pretty ones? Did you say all? ” Macduff was “from his mother’s womb / Untimely ripped”) Macbeth plots the murders of the Macduffs: ‘His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls’ Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall Unsex me here

Contextual point Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland. Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. Textual details

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Contextual point Textual details Traitors were harshly punished as a propagandic message following the failed assassination attempt of King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. ‘with his former title greet Macbeth’ (irony – traitor) King James I ruled during times of political instability having ascended to the English throne as the already-reigning King of Scotland bleeds Jacobean England had a widespread fear of witches as minions of the devil. King James I condemned witches as evil in his book ‘daemonologie’, so Shakespeare’s mirroring of such opinions would deliberately flatter the king who, incidentally, was a patron of Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men. ‘instruments of darkness tell us truths’ Witches were believed to live in isolation as outcasts in society and perform un-Godly acts such as necromancy. ‘upon the heath, there to meet with Macbeth’ ‘withered and wild’ Gender roles were extremely firm in Jacobean society; men were expected to possess power, strength and bravery as essential masculine qualities. Macbeth with his brandished steel, . Which smoked with bloody execution Are you a man? When you durst do it, then you were a man Feminine qualities were deemed weak and inferior in the patriarchal society of Jacobean England. ‘unsex me here’ ‘Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall’ Ascension to the throne was an act granted by God, following the divine right of Kings through blood-lineage. ‘The wine of life is drawn’ Queen Elizabeth was a murderous queen, beheading King James I mother. Public opinion included pronounced anxieties in relation to women in power being strong-willed and domineering. Lady Macbeth is a merciless queen – Plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’it Jacobeans lived in a God-fearing society. ‘Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’ Angels are bright still though the brightest fell Let's make us medicines of our great revenge

Weaving in contextual links – key sentences X This links to context. This links to Shakespeare’s society. [character/idea] is used to reflect Jacobean ideas of… [character/idea] is used to represent how in 17 th Century England, … [character/idea] subverts/breaks the usual expectations of the Jacobean era by… Here is it obvious that Shakespeare wanted to convey that in Jacobean England, [context]. . At this time in 17 th Century England [context], so [character] reflects… Contextually speaking, [character/idea] demonstrates the [context] of 17 th Century society… Influences from the Jacobean period can be seen in/when [idea]

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MACBETH: TRAGIC HERO? In his critical study, Shakespearean Tragedy, A. C Bradley defines the characteristics of a Shakespearean tragic hero, which are based on Aristotle’s Poetics. To what extent does Macbeth meet the criteria for a tragic hero? You must link your ideas to specific textual evidence. • He must be a person of high status such as a king, general, or a nobleman. Evidence: • At the beginning of the play, the audience must see him as a good person. Evidence: • He must possess a character trait which under normal circumstances would be a virtue, but which in the play proves to be a fatal flaw (hamartia- the tragic flaw that leads to his downfall). Evidence: • Because of his high status, his actions usually have far reaching effects. Evidence: • He usually makes further errors in judgement following his misdeed. Evidence: • Often he is blind to the truth or reality. Evidence: • He suffers both outwardly (isolation, alienation, attacks) and inwardly (tortured conscience). Evidence: • He must make the audience feel pity for him. Evidence: • He recognizes his mistakes in the end. Evidence: • He must die. Evidence:

Quotes – Elizabethan beliefs in witches

• Hag • Crone • A product of nature, satan