Transcription of Macbeth: Revision Guide - The Bicester School
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Macbeth: Revision GuidePlotAct1: Macbeth and Banquo meet witches, Cawdor executed, Lady M reads letter, taunts M, Duncan arrivesAct 2: M kills Duncan, Malcolm flees, M crownedAct 3: Banquo suspects M, murder of B, Fleance escapes, M haunted by B s ghost at a banquetAct 4: Witches show M future kings sons of Banquo, Macduff s family murdered, Malcolm says he is dishonest to test Macduff s loyaltyAct 5: Lady M sleepwalks, dies, Macduff kills M, Malcolm restored as KingMacbeth Knowledge OrganiserCharactersMacbethLady MacbethThe Three WitchesBanquoKing DuncanMalcolmMacduffLady MacduffFleanceHecateLennoxRossThe MurderersPorterDonalbainThemesAmbitionPo werVersions of RealityFate and FreewillGenderSupernaturalViolenceTimeDr amatic/Stylistic DevicesSoliloquyOne character speaking to audience; M uses to make audience complicitDramatic ironyAudience knows more than characters; audience knows D will die HamartiaTragic flaw; M s could be easily influenced/ambitionHubrisPride; M could be said to have this or Lady MCatharsisPurgation of pity and fear; happens at the endAnagnorisisRecognition or the tragedy to comePeripetieiaSudden reversal of fortuneRhymeUsed by the witches to create chant-like, supernatural atmosphereGothic linksMadnessLady M and M driv
Act1: Macbeth and Banquo meet witches, Cawdor executed, Lady M reads letter, taunts M, Duncan arrives Act 2: M kills Duncan, Malcolm flees, M crowned Act 3: Banquo suspects M, murder of B, Fleance escapes, M haunted by B’s ghost at a banquet Act 4: Witches show M future kings – sons of Banquo, Macduff’s family
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