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Supernatural Essay Plan 1. 2. 3. Thesis Dominant theme within the Shakespearean play Elucidates divide between Macbeth and Banquo Used to question Macbeth's morality + sanity Catslyses Macbeth's inevitable downfall Royalist propaganda? Flatter James I? Specific interest/paranoia about the supernatural, wrote Daemonologie At the beginning: Clear contrast w/ Macbeth + Banquo Banquo: rational to witches' claims - foil 'that look not like th' inhabitants o' th' Earth and yet are on 't? - live you?' Macbeth: immediately drawn in -> repeated language 'foul and fair a day' succumbs to the witches' prophecies Flattering James I? Descendent of Banquo + distrustful of the supernatural, wrote Daemonologie As the play progresses: Supernatural used as a vehicle to question Macbeth's sanity + morality Metaphor of Dagger, 'Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?' Alternatively, physical manifestation of the supernatural control the witches have over Macbeth? Morality returns after murder but is short lived 'will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' -> referencing Roman mythology, under influence of witches? Losing religious links? Scorned by god? Fear of Banquo's Ghost -> 'thy gory locks at me!" 4. Ultimately: Supernatural used to catalyse Macbeth's downfall through his hamartia: excessive ambition Becomes reliant on witches 'none of woman born shall harm Macbeth'- ironically describes Macduff but Macbeths thinks this is assurance 'Macbeth...
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shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him'- false security, foreshadows Macduff's attack
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Supernatural Essay Plan 1. 2. 3. Thesis Dominant theme within the Shakespearean play Elucidates divide between Macbeth and Banquo Used to question Macbeth's morality + sanity Catslyses Macbeth's inevitable downfall Royalist propaganda? Flatter James I? Specific interest/paranoia about the supernatural, wrote Daemonologie At the beginning: Clear contrast w/ Macbeth + Banquo Banquo: rational to witches' claims - foil 'that look not like th' inhabitants o' th' Earth and yet are on 't? - live you?' Macbeth: immediately drawn in -> repeated language 'foul and fair a day' succumbs to the witches' prophecies Flattering James I? Descendent of Banquo + distrustful of the supernatural, wrote Daemonologie As the play progresses: Supernatural used as a vehicle to question Macbeth's sanity + morality Metaphor of Dagger, 'Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?' Alternatively, physical manifestation of the supernatural control the witches have over Macbeth? Morality returns after murder but is short lived 'will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' -> referencing Roman mythology, under influence of witches? Losing religious links? Scorned by god? Fear of Banquo's Ghost -> 'thy gory locks at me!" 4. Ultimately: Supernatural used to catalyse Macbeth's downfall through his hamartia: excessive ambition Becomes reliant on witches 'none of woman born shall harm Macbeth'- ironically describes Macduff but Macbeths thinks this is assurance 'Macbeth...
Supernatural Essay Plan 1. 2. 3. Thesis Dominant theme within the Shakespearean play Elucidates divide between Macbeth and Banquo Used to question Macbeth's morality + sanity Catslyses Macbeth's inevitable downfall Royalist propaganda? Flatter James I? Specific interest/paranoia about the supernatural, wrote Daemonologie At the beginning: Clear contrast w/ Macbeth + Banquo Banquo: rational to witches' claims - foil 'that look not like th' inhabitants o' th' Earth and yet are on 't? - live you?' Macbeth: immediately drawn in -> repeated language 'foul and fair a day' succumbs to the witches' prophecies Flattering James I? Descendent of Banquo + distrustful of the supernatural, wrote Daemonologie As the play progresses: Supernatural used as a vehicle to question Macbeth's sanity + morality Metaphor of Dagger, 'Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?' Alternatively, physical manifestation of the supernatural control the witches have over Macbeth? Morality returns after murder but is short lived 'will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' -> referencing Roman mythology, under influence of witches? Losing religious links? Scorned by god? Fear of Banquo's Ghost -> 'thy gory locks at me!" 4. Ultimately: Supernatural used to catalyse Macbeth's downfall through his hamartia: excessive ambition Becomes reliant on witches 'none of woman born shall harm Macbeth'- ironically describes Macduff but Macbeths thinks this is assurance 'Macbeth...
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Alternative transcript:
shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him'- false security, foreshadows Macduff's attack