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Shakespeare - MACBETH
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Characters
• Duncan-King of Scotland• Malcolm-Prince of
Cumberland (eldest son and heir to throne)
• Donalbain-second son• Macbeth-Thane of Glamis
and general• Banquo-General-aristo.• Macduff-loyal to legit.king
—general and aristocrat• ------------
• Lady Macbeth-wife to Macbeth; a formidable woman
• Three weird sisters
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Three Weird Sisters,(aka the witches)
• PROPHECY TO MACBETH
• 1. Thane of Glamis• 2. Thane of Cawdor• 3. King hereafter• PROPHECY TO
BANQUO• 1. Greater than MB,yet
not so great• 2 Will beget kings, but be
none
• RESULT OF PROPHECY TO MACBETH
• 1. He already is
• 2. Cawdor betrayed the king; hanged for a traitor
• 3. ???????What next is the big question for M. +LM
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Three weird sisters-continued
• WYRD MEANS FATE IN OE• SUPERNATURAL POWERS-
cause storms;appear and disappear• KNOW THINGS NO MORTAL
CAN KNOW-Cawdor’s treachery
WHAT ARE THE LIMITS OF THEIR POWERS?
Never lie or order Macbeth to do anything;trick answers
DO THEY MAKE MACBETH DESTROY HIMSELF AND HIS COUNTRY?
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MACBETH –CHARACTER
• CONTRADICTIONS —ambitious,yet with a conscience
• FULL OF ANGUISH AND TORMENT-never enjoys the crown
• BECOMES DESPERATE+PARANOID BY END INFLUENCED BY LADY MACBETH-he seems weak at first, but grows in evil
• ACTIVE IMAGINATION
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LADY MACBETH-CHARACTER
• AMBITIOUS• A STRONG WOMAN• KNOWS HER HUSBAND
VERY WELL-attacks his manhood and shames him
• EMPTIES HERSELF OF ALL HUMAN FEELING
• SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE• FULL OF LIES AND
DECEPTIONS• SANG-FROID• REPRESSES GUILT AND
FEAR• GOES MAD AT END
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BANQUO-CHARACTER
• MAN OF INTEGRITY
• BRAVE IN BATTLE YET CAUTIOUS IN HIS ACTIONS
• SKEPTICAL OF WITCHES
• HONEST AND TRUSTING NATURE
• REFUSES TO COMPROMISE HIS HONOR AND INTEGRITY
• FOIL TO MACBETH
• DO NOT FORGET; Banquo was an ancestor or King JamesI
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KING DUNCAN-CHARACTER
GOOD KING AND HONORABLE MAN-”a sainted king”
OLD-MUCH WISDOM GRACIOUS GENEROUS-rewards loyalty
• THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR DUNCAN’S MURDER
• REGICIDE WAS A HEINOUS CRIME IN THE MIDDLE AGES BECAUSE IT DISRUPTED THE NATURAL ORDER OF SOCIETY AND OF THE NATION. WHEN YOU KILL A KING, YOU STRIKE A BLOW AT THE NATION.
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MALCOLM-PRINCE OF CUMBERLAND-CHARACTER
• LEGITIMATE KING-represents the rightful order that Macbeth disturbs
• WILL BE A GOOD KING• YOUNG, SMART AND WISE• JUDICIOUS; ABLE TO WAIT TO
RECLAIM HIS THRONE
• TESTS MACDUFF’S LOYALTY—doesn’t believe everything everyone tells him
• REWARDS LOYALTY-GENEROUS TO FRIENDS
• FINAL SPEECH—FULL OF IMAGES OF DIVINE GRACE AND NATURAL ORDER
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MACDUFF-CHARACTER
MACBETH’S MAJOR ADVERSARY
SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY FROM THE BEGINNING
DOES NOT PLAY GAMES-NOT HYPOCRITICAL
MATURE CODE HERO-reacts to murder of wife and child stoically
ABSOLUTELY LOYAL TO THE LEGIT. KING
KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG
KILLS THE TYRANT MACBETH
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