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The essence of Tragedy in Macbeth. "this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen"
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The essence of Tragedy
"But screw your courage to the sticking point."
Lady Macbeth questions Macbeths manliness.
Tragic how Macbeth is not his heroic, strong and leader like self around Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Strong references to masculin imagery of war and Macbeth's heroic past.
- Developes his flaw as an amibtious character. We see him become driven by this amibtion.
- "Bring forth men-children only: for thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males
Can be seen as a pun on Chain metal.
"Now o'er one half of the world
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse
The curtained sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's off'rings, and withered murder."
Macbeths sililoquy explores the idea that evil is encompasing Macbeths mind and controling his emotions.
List'ning their fear, I could not say 'Amen'
When they did say "God bless us."
Macbeth looses his faith and religous identity from commiting the murder. His deterioration
Macbeth's ambition brings tragedy as he cannot take the guilt generated by the situation.
Macbeths fear grows.
"To be thus is nothing,
But to be safely thus."
But let the frame of things disjoint-
Both the worlds suffer-
Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep
In the affliction of these terrible dreams
That shake us nightly
The essence of tragedy is portrayed through the fact that Macbeth is happy to see the universe fall to peices before he feels fear.
In Act 4 scene 1 we see Macbeth seek the witches advice. Showing how he canot find hope in anything, he has to return to the witches who themselves reveal his tragic fate.
"Whate'erthou art, for thy good caution, thanks;
Thou hast harped my fear aright. But on word
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Act 5 scene 7.
The strong sense of Macbeth understanding that the truth
behind the prophecy and how it is coming to fruition.
Thou wast born of woman;
But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn.
Brandished by man that's of woman born
Ending: Final stand, Macbeths tragic fall how even though he knew it was coming
he was not able to stop his own death.
Macbeth cannot change fate.
Before my body
I throw my warlike shielf : lay on Macduff
And damned be him that first cries 'Hold, enough'