GCSE English Literature for AQA Macbeth Student Book (GCSE English Literature AQA)

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While Macbeth is lured into the witches’ trap, Banquo is sceptical and shows common sense in dismissing the prophecies. Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty! Shakespeare introduces Lady Macbeth with two key soliloquies, which show her as a powerful and evil character. IwatchedafewMrsallesyoutubevidsandmadenotes,theywerealittleconfusingtomeandIdidn'tfeelasifIgainedmuchoutofit.So, sort out your soliloquies, practise your pentameter and dive into a world of murder, magic and intrigue with Beyond. Though there is plenty of evidence for this in the play, and there are commentators who see it this way, a more common interpretation is that Macbeth seized the throne because he was ambitious for power. Whilstitmayappearthatbloodisamotifforguilt,ShakespearealsohighlightsthecontrastbetweenMacbethandLadyMacbethwithacknowledgingtheirwrongdoingsandtheirdifferentperspectivesofguilt(sinceLadyMacbethseesguiltascowardnesstowardsthestartoftheplay). Although we do not know exactly when he was born, we tend to recognise this birthday as the 23 April which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems.

thequestforpower,andshedoesthisbytryingtoquestionhismasculinitybytellinghimthatheistoofullofthe'milk'ofhumankindness. You can learn quite a few core quotations that you can use to answer questions on multiple characters and themes.This Agreement covers access to the Service regardless of the device or network you access it through.