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themes and motifs within Macbeth and provided examples of scenes where you can study them. Themes • Ambition • Kingship • Fate and free will • Appearance and reality Motifs (Recurring elements and patterns of imagery in Macbeth which support the play's themes) • Nature / The natural world • Light and darkness • Children • Blood
Power Hungry. Macbeth visits the weird sisters, who tell him some cryptic things that he interprets as: "It's cool; no one can defeat you." But, what's this? Forces—lots of forces, but King Duncan's son Malcolm—are gathering in England to fight his tyranny.
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Macbeth outlines Duncan’s honourable qualities : he “Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against / The deep damnation of his taking-off,” (1.7) .
The main theme of Macbeth —the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints—finds its most powerful expression in the play’s two main characters. Macbeth is a courageous Scottish general who is not naturally inclined to commit evil deeds, yet he deeply desires power and advancement.
This document analyzes key themes and symbols in Shakespeare's Macbeth including appearance vs. reality, betrayal vs. loyalty, greed and ambition, birds, blood, animals, and light vs. darkness. It provides 3 quotes to illustrate each theme, with a brief analysis of each quote.
6 ημέρες πριν · Learn about Macbeth Themes for your GCSE English Literature exam. This revision note includes the supernatural, ambition and appearance versus reality.