Macbeth
Ambition
Heroism
Violence
Blood/murder/death
Light and dark
Kingship
Freewill
The supernatural
Appearance and reality/duplicity/secrets and lies
Gender
Violence
Aristotelian tragedy and all other context eg. Divine right of kings, Jacobean beliefs in witches, role of
women, the great chain of being etc.
Conscience/guilt
Christian tragedy/good vs evil/religion/heaven and hell
Madness
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Witches
Banquo
Duncan
Macduff
Malcolm
The changing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth/the witches/Duncan/Banquo
Ambition
Heroism
Violence
Blood/murder/death
Light and dark
Kingship
Freewill
The supernatural
Appearance and reality/duplicity/secrets and lies
Gender
Violence
Aristotelian tragedy and all other context eg. Divine right of kings, Jacobean beliefs in witches, role of
women, the great chain of being etc.
Conscience/guilt
Christian tragedy/good vs evil/religion/heaven and hell
Madness
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Witches
Banquo
Duncan
Macduff
Malcolm
The changing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth/the witches/Duncan/Banquo