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12 Cards in this Set
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Shakespeare uses the theme of Kingship to explore how Duncan's reign is one of moral justice and righteousness; whereas Macbeth's is one of tyranny and is a brutal dictatorship. |
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Topic Sentence 1 |
Shakespeare uses the theme of Kingship to illustrate how under Macbeth's rule, the moral and natural order has been inverted by Duncan's murder. |
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Later in the play, Malcolm tests Macduff's loyalty to Scotland pretending he has no kingly qualities unlike his "sainted" father. |
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The king is depicted as being a paternalistic, role model figure that performs honourable duties as king to protect his subjects. |
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Macbeth's ambition to be king leads him to murder Duncan but he is also determined his descendants will be kings. |
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TS1 - "It weeps it bleeds and each new day a gash is added to her wounds" |
L - Personification; negatively affects the country. D - Duncan's murder has brought sickness to Scotland. R - Negative attitudes towards Macbeth because he's emotionless and killed innocent people. C - King should be loving/Caring DRK |
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TS1 - "New sorrows strike heaven across the face" |
C - Biblical reference to DRK and the God appointed king to protect but Macbeth doesn't protect his people. L - Personification - God disapproves of Macbeth's actions and aligns him with evil. I - Shows how desperate people are for release. |
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TS2 - "Justice, verity" "Bloody false" |
L - Adjectives Malcolm and Macduff's conversations describe the virtues a king should have. These contrast to the words used to describe Macbeth. |
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TS2 - "By the grace of grace" |
C - Malcolm says that as king he will do whatever God calls him to do. He is the rightful king and morally good. R - Audience reassured that the natural order has been restored. L - Repetition |
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TS3 - "goodness dare not check thee" |
Macduff has a goading and provoking tone towards Malcolm. I - He implies Malcolm is a good man but is too afraid to confront Macbeth |
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TS3 - "I have begun to plant thee and will labour to make thee full of growing" |
L - Metaphor - Duncan feels responsible for the growth and nurturing of his subjects. I - Duncan adopts a paternalistic role model over his subjects as they're like a monarch's children. D - Duncan nurtured Macbeth's future and his prospects as a reward for loyalty; however, Macbeth didn't follow in these footsteps. |
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TS4 - "barren sceptre" |
L - Adjective - Macbeth is obsessed with his own descendant becoming kings and not Banquo's children as the witches predicted. I - He fears he has damned himself for the benefit of Banquo's children C - Flatter James I as he was one of Banquo's descendants but also a patron of Shakespeare's company. |
