Macbeth

Question 1

Assencion to throne

Answer 1

• direct contrast of him and Duncan’s ruling
• power corrupts his mind
• power draws out his violent natures

Question 2

His callous leadership

Answer 2

• soldiers describe his way of ruling
  = “nothing in love” and “those he command only move in command”
  = unsuccessful to maintain order and trust in his soldiers
  = his country have no “love” which represents his own callous nature
• he acknowledges his own ability to control other by using violence
  = “ I could with my barefaced power sweep him from my sight”
  = “barefaced” implies he’s shameless and outright in murderous ways

Question 3

No heir

Answer 3

• his poor kingship is solidified by his lack of lineage and heirs
  = he feels emasculated
  = represented through his jealousy of banquo

Question 4

Describe Macbeth

Answer 4

• eponymous character
• tragic hero
  = starts in position of glory and falls from grace due to error of misjudgment
• his harmartia was his unchecked ambition
  = can’t restrain himself from doing what he wants to get what he wants no matter the moral consequence

Question 5

Macbeth at the start

Answer 5

• stereotypical hero as he fulfils expectations of masculinity
  = Shakespeare uses his noble status to be a place to fall from
• “valiant” “brave” “noble”