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What evidence from the text reinforces the following themes? Choose three themes and provide at least 3 specific quotes from the play. Then, create a theme statement for each. A theme statement is what the text is trying to teach the reader about that topic. Hint- this is an excellent way to study for the C/A essay.
Ambition
Appearances vs reality "Fair is foul, foul is fair"
The corruption of power
Free will
Fate vs destiny
Guilt and remorse
Loyalty
Morality
Love
Role of choice
Motifs: A motif is a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. A symbol is a mark, sign or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship.
Consider what the following motifs (an extended symbol) and symbols represent in the play:
clothes/garments
Animals (snakes/horses/wolves/dogs)
Bloody Hands
Manhood
sleep or lack of
Light and darkness
Children
Nature vs the unnatural (flowers, weeds)
blood
Choose three of the above and explain what they represent.
"Macbeth" is full of literary devices and figurative language, predominantly irony, paradox, metaphor and hyperbole. Find an example of each of the following devices:
paradox
imagery-great example- Act 1, Scene 2 where the Sergeant is describing Macbeth's actions in the battle
irony (situational, dramatic, and verbal)
hyperbole
oxymoron
pathetic fallacy
alliteration
assonance
consonance
diction
metaphor
simile
personification
An allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Identify one allusion in the play and explain what concept it supports.
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