Macbeth Aesthetic Features

Hecate proclaims that, "by the strength of their illusion" it will lead him to conclude that he is safe.

The floating dagger Macbeth sees before murdering Duncan is a form of...

Macbeth and Banquo's differing reaction to the witches' prophecies demonstrate their...

What is Banquo represented as when he displays his morality and integrity and his noble, loyal, trustworthy nature?

Ambition is established as Macbeth’s hamartia in the ________ “Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor: /The greatest is behind.”

When Banquo questions the motives of The Witches & warns that evil tempts people with deceptions, this is a form of...

Lady Macbeth’s manipulation is seen when she urges Macbeth to "look like the innocent flower, but be serpent under’t"

At the beginning of the play Macbeth portrayed as brave, strong, respected and loyal. The Captain says, “Brave Macbeth”

What is the general term for the devices employed by the writer to construct representations?

Macbeth says to Macduff "Of all men else I have avoided thee... my soul is too much charg’d with blood of thine already"

Macbeth acknowledged his ambitious thoughts “Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires…” in an

Macbeth describes that he driven by ambition when he says is "only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself" in a...

Lady Macbeth pleads, “Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here."

Lady Macbeth provokes Macbeth encouraging him to kill Duncan by saying "When you durst do it, then you were a man"

"I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out..."

Lady Macduff’s nurturing & protective instincts contrast starkly with Lady Macbeth’s claim that she'd kill her own child

What's being employed by Shakespeare, when during a conversation Macbeth says "We have scotch’d the snake, not killed it

What is technique has Shakespeare employed to construct Banquo as a foil and binary opposition to Macbeth?

Blood plays an important role throughout the play. It represents guilt and shame - what device is Shakespeare employing?

Prophecies are a reoccurring element utilised by Shakespeare throughout the play, therefore they are a...