MAcbeth
...-Before he kills Duncan -After he sees the ghost of Banquo 3. Use of comic relief -Drunken porter 4. Character motivated by revenge -MacDuff, Malcolm, Banquo 5. Use of the supernatural -Witches -Ghosts -Floating daggers 6. Use of coincidence or chance happenings -King decides to stay at Macbeth’s castle -MacDuff and Macbeth meet on the battlefield 7. Order must be restored at the end of the play -Malcolm Equivocation- the art of misleading. A lie is not actually told, however, a false idea is deliberately fostered. -1st day, Banquo and Macbeth defeat the rebels on battlefield; however the weather is so fair… -Fair is foul, foul is fair… -Ross to MacDuff, well your family is at peace. Paradox- statement that upon first 1st reading seems to contradict itself but upon further investigation it is found to reveal a truth about life. -LMB greets king, she makes eye contact, and he kisses her hand -Sons head for the hills when they find King dead -Witches look ugly but their words were desirable and seductive Great chain of being: As long as chain is intact, chaos can be avoided. God, Angels, Duncan, Malcolm, Other nobles (Macbeth, Macduff, Banquo), Knights, Gentlemen, Peasants, Animals, Plants, Inorganic matter, chaos. * When Macbeth kills Duncan he disrupts this order and the chaos is not restored until the end of the play. Allusion- Oceans of Neptune (to wash away the blood) New gorgon (turning to stone) Apostrophe- Soliloquy- Similarities b/w Thane of Cawdor: -Both traitors -Both died like men Function of: Lady MacDuff- To act as a foil to Lady Macbeth King Edward- To act as the foil to Macbeth (Edw= the healer) Mood: -Dark and ironic (King approaches house and comments on how nice it looks) IMAGERY: -Clothes: -Macbeth un-seams MacDonwald from navel to jaw -The title of King does not fit Macbeth, he’s not the man for the job (when told he is Thane of Cawdor he’s all, why fit me in borrowed clothes?) -“Unfix my hair” suggests great mental confusion and fear. -Animal: -A lot of references to the birds (birds of death…?) -LMB says look like a flower but act like the serpent underneath it. -Refers to the owl-bird of death, only comes out at night -Mouse owl takes out Hawk, represents disruption of great chain of being, order is being disrupted. -Says his mind is full of scorpions -Bear and dog idea, can’t get away there are always going to be soldiers there, looking for him and trying to kill him. Disease- -Healing (King Edward) -Sleepless...