Macbeth Literary Analysis

11)      Macbeth is about a man who was deceived by witches. He was obsessed with power and it eventually killed him. Witches told him he was to become a king, he was called the future thane of coward. Once he was told that he was to become king and killed Duncan because that who the witches said must be killed for him to become king. When Macbeth found a way to kill Duncan he hallucinated daggers with blood, which gave him motivation, once done he said he will never have clean hands. He became king. Banquo started to realize that Macbeth was the murderer; Macbeth insists Banquo come to Macbeths feast. When Banquo was on his way to the feast he had him killed. When Macbeth went to the witches to see why he started to see Banquo's ghost. When he was there he was told to fear Macduff, no one borne of woman can hurt him, and he was told that Banquos children will be king. So he goes to kill Macduff and his family. When he heard people were going to fight for England, war broke out, the war was futile because everyone turned on him, Macduff went out to kill Macbeth, and because he was taken out by C-section he kills Macbeth and takes his head. He takes the head to Malcolm, and Malcolm becomes king.

22)      The theme of the play is Ambition

33)      The authors tone is regret. Macbeth regrets killing Banquo which is why he sees his bloody ghost. When Macbeth was going to kill Macduff he is full of regret and sees bloody daggers, and says he will never get his hands clean. He starts to get scared once his army turns on him and realize he is defeated when Macduff says we was a C-section and regrets his previous actions on Macduff's family.

44)      The author uses tone, indirect characterization, paradox, mood,

11)      Direct Characterization is very few in Shakespeare’s plays, but in describing Banquo’s ghost, and describing how Macbeth felt after seeing the witches and hearing about how no woman borne child could hurt him.

22)       The syntax and diction does not change, 98% of Shakespeare’s writing is dialogue. When describing a character it is mainly through indirect characterization in conversation between two characters, or through indirect characterization with conversation with that character.

33)      The character is flat, Macbeth is very self-centered and all about personal gain, he is static, he has moments of showing change, but he goes right back to his normal ways.

44)       I didn't feel like I actually met someone because, everyone died, that had been a long lasting character, and Macbeth was someone I would never want to meet.