Macbeth: On To The Next One...

-the plot is basically about a rise and fall of a man due to power and greed


-we quickly know that Macbeth is king (Act III)


-Macbeth never talks to the audience or lets them in on his thoughts like Hamlet does


Macbeth
-one of Shakespeare's greatest characters
-known for his complexities and demise
-ambition is literally the death of him; Macbeth is known for how hungry he is for power
-starts off as a "what can I do for the world" and turns into a "what can the world do for me" kind of guy
-loses his way due to an increase in status/power
-all of the consequences he endured were due to his own choices. No one really ever forced him to do anything and he wasn't being attacked by the Gods for any reason
-audiences appeal to Macbeth because we're only human and certain things make our moral standards change; Macbeth finds power and becomes evil


-Lady Macbeth is the symbol for being pure; even though she is considered evil, she is purely evil and her thoughts are purely sinister


-animus=masculine


-anima=feminine


-daggers terrify Macbeth the most throughout the play


-when Macbeth becomes king, it is his fear and ambition that combine to make him into the evil character he later becomes


-the first murder he commits costs him everything that made him a good man before that


-Lady Macbeth may be sinful but she also has no will power when it comes to the little things


-when everything happens and all the results are basically her fault to begin with, she can't handle the confrontation of what she has done


-Lady Macbeth ends up killing herself when she realizes the violence she has caused