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The following document provides ananlysis on three each quotes for the themes of ambition, guilts and natural vs unnatural world

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Power, Ambition, Fear and Paranoia, Control, Supernatural.
Guilt

Example Location Technique Analysis

Out, damned Act 5, Metaphor After the murder of King Duncan, both Macbeth
spot! Scene 1 Symbolism and Lady Macbeth slowly lose their mind to the
seeping guilt of murder. “Out, damned spot! out,
out, I say!–One: I say!–One: two: why, then, ’tis time to do’t.–Hell
two: why, then, 1 is murky!–Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard”
’tis time to depicts hallucination as a result of her guilt.
do’t.–Hell is Lady Macbeth attempts to wash away the blood
murky!–Fie, my from murdering Duncan in her dreams. Through
lord, fie! a soldier, this, Shakespeare can show the guilt she faces
and afeard? where every aspect of her life, including her
sleep is being overpowered with the guilt and
PTSD of murdering Duncan. Through this,
Shakespeare also creates the illusion of a
downfall that the Macbeth’s are facing as their
actions catch up to them.

If it were done Act 1, Repetition The following line from Macbeth depicts the guilt
when ’tis done, Scene 7 that he faces prior to the murder of Duncan, as
then ’twere well he attempts to forget what he has to do as soon
It were done 2 as possible. The repetition of ‘done’ where
quickly Macbeth hopes that after he murders Duncan
the whole horror will be over quickly and he will
not suffer the everlasting guilt of murdering the
king.

Will all great Act 2, Symbolism The symbolic question, “Will all great Neptune’s
Neptune’s ocean Scene 2 Hyperbole ocean wash the blood Clean from my hand?”
wash this blood inflicts the deepness and everlasting guilt that
Clean from my 3 Macbeth faces seeing that no matter what the
hand? action he partakes in, the motif of bloody guilt
will remain with him forever This line also
established Macbeth’s past life of bravery and
nobility for the one of tyranny.




Ambition

, Example Location Technique Analysis

‘Thou wouldst be Act 1, Repetition 'Art not without ambition, but without. The
great; Art not Scene 5 illness should attend it' uses repetition to
without ambition, emphasise Macbeth’s ambition and how it lacks
but without. The 4 any wickedness to back it up. Through the
illness should repetition of ‘without’ Shakespeare depicts how
attend it' although Macbeth is ambitious he is unable to
follow through and hence cannot claim his
goals. This is also a turning point for Macbeth
to become a tragic hero as he is now being
pushed over the edge to kill Duncan.

‘Either thou, Act 5, Auditory ‘There thou shouldst be; By this great clatter,
Macbeth, Or else Scene 7 imagery one of greatest note Seems bruited. Let me find
my sword, with an him, Fortune, And more I beg not.’ uses
unbattered edge, I Auditory imagery of a fight in order to depict to
sheathe again the audience Macduff’s ambition to gain
undeeded. There revenge. Through the following line,
thou shouldst be; Shakespeare is able to depict the effect
By this great ambition has had on the play as it started the
clatter, one of whole cycle of murder when Macbeth killed
greatest note Duncan and will now end the play with Macduff
Seems bruited. killing Macbeth. Moreover through this line,
Let me find him, ambition can be seen as the ultimate force
Fortune, And more throughout the play as it affects every event
I beg not.’ throughout.

“To be thus is Act 3, Dramatic ‘To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus’
nothing, but to be Scene 1 Irony uses dramatic irony as Shakespeare hints
safely thus” This triggers Macbeth's ambition as he wants to
make sure he has a long line of ascendants
and hence must kill those around him to protect
this.

at the beginning of Macbeth's killing spree as
he prepares to kill Banquo and his children who
are prophesied as the ones to ascend to the
throne after Macbeth.

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