List Five Elements of Tragedy
1. Must have a tragic hero
2. Hero must be fated to fall
3. Dramatic Foils
4. Internal and external conflicts
5. Play has to rise questions about existence  


List Five Elements of a Tragic Hero
1. Of Noble Birth
2. Have a tragic flaw
3. Tragic flaw causes downfall
4. Audience learns from its mistake
5. A Good person


Discuss who wins in Macbeth and why? Who is the hero?


Macbeths Tragic Flaw
Blind Ambition- Willing to do evil to achieve his goal

Define Soliloquy and monologue and point examples from Macbeth.

Outline the plot according to the six elements of plot. (3 for rising and falling)
Exposition- Battle
Inciting Event- Witches tell him he is going to be king and Banquos sons are going to be king.
Rising Action-
Climax- Apparition predicting that Macbeth will stay king until Birnham wood comes to meet Dunsinan
Falling Action-
Resolution- Macbeth Dies

Characters: Who they are, What they Do, Why they do what they do.

The Porter- The Drunken doorman of Macbeth's castle. Porter answers the door to Macduff and Lennox. Goes on about how drinking turns your nose red, it puts you to sleep, and it makes you urinate. Metaphorically turns the castle into hell. Doorman To Hell.

The Witches- (weird sisters) Three witches that represent the past, present, and future. Servants of Hectate. They have three familiars, a toad, a cat, and a harpier. They tell Macbeth that he is going to be the King Scotland and that Banquos sons are going to be king, and not him.

The Doctor- Diagnoses Lady Macbeth with diseases of the mind. Scared to tell Macbeth because he is feared of him getting angry. He wishes he was away from the castle.

The Bloody Captain- The Captain comes to tell Duncan that Macbeth has won the battle, and After Macbeth kills Macdonwald, the opponent came on even stronger so the captain compared Banquo and Macbeth to eagle.

Fleance- Banquos son who runs away when Macbeth sends the murders to kill him and Banquo.

Siward- General of the English Forces, an ally of malcolm and macduff

Macduff- Macduff is a Thane of Scotland who, after the murder of Duncan and Macduff’s family, leads a rebellion to overthrow Macbeth. 

Lady Macduff- She is Macduff’s wife, who is killed by Macbeth so he could punish Macduff for fleeing to England.

Lennox- Lennox is the last Thane to support Macbeth. He latter joins the rebellion as a commander.

Ross- Ross is a cousin of Macduff and he told Macduff of the fate of Lady Macduff, their kids, and his servants. He is also present when Macduff says that Duncan’s sons fled and might have paid the servants to kill their sons.

Seyton- Macbeth’s officer and the soldier that tells Macbeth that Lady Macbeth is dead (suicide).

Menteith- Menteith is a Thane who is one of the commanders of the rebellious Scottish army that joined Macduff’s entourage.

Macbeth- He’s king for months and kills the old king Duncan. He also hires murders to kill banquo son of siward and dies from Macduff. He becomes a tyrant and a very scary king of Scotland. 

Lady Macbeth- is the queen of the castle and married to Macbeth she tells Macbeth to kill Duncan and she goes crazy about washing her hands and she kills herself in her sleep by walking out her window or she jumps off the wall.

Duncan- old king of Scotland and dies from Macbeth everyone thought he was a great king. 

Malcolm- new king of Scotland and he is very young he joins in the war and also he is Duncan’s heir and runs away to England. 

Donalbain- he is the oldest son of Duncanis blamed for his murder

Banquo- captien of Scotland and is killed because macebeth he wants him killed and  Macbeth fears him. Also farther of fleance. 

Themes:

Blind Ambition- Macbeth decides to kill all of Macduff's family just because he can. 

The Corruption of Power- After Macbeth was crowned king, he decides to kill off everyone that was a threat to him. He hires people to kill Banquo, Fleance and Macduff's whole family. 

Appearance VS. Reality- In Act 1, Scene 6,Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to 'look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath'. She tells him to appear kind and be a good host, but really he is plotting Duncan's death.

Superstition and how it affects human behavior- Macbeth thinks he is invincible because the witches' apparitions tell him seemingly impossible things. 

Good VS. Evil- In Act 2, Scene 3, the Porter says, "Who's there in the name of Beelzebub?" he metaphorically turns the castle to hell. and he is now the doorman to the gates of hell. 

Symbols/Motifs

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• Motifs

• Washing of Hands

• represents guilt
• lady Macbeth's guilt
• supposedly, Duncan's blood is on her hands and she tries to wash it off but its 'stained' on her soul forever!
• Blood
• there is a lot of physical and metaphorical blood.
• another representation of the guilt of lady Macbeth and Macbeth
• Daggers
• they killed Duncan with daggers
• the apparitions of daggers are another representation of guilt
• Planting of seeds/ things growing
• the witches touched Macbeth's head and it starts Macbeth's new journey onto king hood and into eventually to becoming a tyrant
• eagle to the owl  
• Macbeth being good turning into a bad guy
• when a plant dies it is easily replaced by other plants
• when lady Macbeth dies that sends Macbeth into his rant about life being meaningless. he has
• Malcolm talks about planting new seeds
• they have harvested all the evil out of Scotland
• Duncan talks about making Macbeth grow
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• atmosphere of castle
• atmosphere follows Macbeth's character
• at first, Macbeth was happy, and the castle was happy
• then the Macbeth's get the idea to kill Duncan. 
• then at the end, all hell has broke loose, literally. 
• Spells, chants  and supernatural beings
• all of the supernatural beings are weird and set a haunting and creepy mood. at first they are just mentioned but then these things plague Macbeth's mind and help cause his downfall
• weather
• the fog and depressing atmosphere sets the mood for the battle. 
• before Macbeth turns evil, the weather surrounding the castle is happy
• after he is evil, the weather is dark and gloomy 
• the final battle is also depressing and dark
• daggers
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• spirits, scorpions, snakes and things in the mind
• The animals that are mentioned plague his mind and cause him to go crazy. 
• they are deadly animals, not ones you would want in your head, they represent all the people that Macbeth has killed out of blind ambition
• Birds and flying
• Eagles
• Noble, swift and valiant birds
• Macbeth is compared to because he won the battle against Macdonald
• Sparrows
• Banquo is compared to a sparrow
• Banquo helped Macbeth win the battle so he is also compared to a majestic bird 
• Owl
• Death and bad omen
• Macbeth becomes the owl because he starts killing people and becomes the symbol for death in Scotland
• Marlet
• Tiny, peaceful bird that approves of Macbeth's castle in the beginning when it is happy. When the castle turns to hell, the bird leaves. 
• Falcon
• Duncan is compared to the falcon
• Like the eagle, the falcon is also a majestic, valiant bird
• The owl kills the falcon
• Macbeth killing duncan
• Crows
• bad
• murderers 
• they represent the owls minions
• Agents of the night
• Geese
• English soldier
• they oppose the owl
• Wren
• Lady Macduff
• small
• a bird that wants to take her young ones and join the geese and fight against the owl