Macbeth (session 2)

Question 1

The audience experience fear again when Macbeth arrives at dunsinane

Answer 1

“look like the innocent flower but be the serpenr under’t”

• simile suggests Lady Macb wants him to be deceptive and appealing to duncan; But to infact be ready to murder
• The metaphor symbolises the devil in the garden of eden and how she wants Macb act like the devil and be the destructor and tormenter
• This propag relates to the gposwer plot when radical catholics tried to kill the king
• a medallion was created to celebrate the failure of it with a serpent amongst flowers
• creates fear as jacobean audience know you will be hung , drawn and quartered if you commit regicide

Question 2

In act 2 scene 2 Macb experiences fear and paranoia after the murder

Answer 2

“I could not say amen”

• repitition/rht q suggests he is fearful and alsmost desperate
• loss of peace exaggerates how he has cut himself off from god after committing regocide
• This creates fear in J.A as it was believed to go against the king was to go against god

Question 3

Macbeth experiences fear when he hears voices after the murder

Answer 3

“Me thought i hear a voice cry,’ Macbeth does murder sleep’.”
- The metaphor highlights the anxiety that has erupted after committing sacrelige.
- the fact he lost sleep shows he has lost his peace of mind
- Macb went against d.r.o.k a religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy
- it was also said kings were appointed by god
- This creates fear in a jacobean audience as Macb is being punished by god for commiting s.r act cutting him off from god

Question 4

The Jacobean audience experience fear when they see the disruption in nature

Answer 4

“by th’clock tis day and yet dark nights strangle the travelling lamp.”

• the personifiacation creates a violent image
• further highlights the suppernatural effect
• witches known for turning things upside downlike effecting th weather and altering normal physical rule.
• creates fear in J.A as they see the long term effects of regicide