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    This document summarizes the Shakespearean play Macbeth through analyzing key characters and how they demonstrate the theme of how committing evil leads to guilt, remorse and suffering. It discusses how the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth initially commit murder but then experience guilt, with Lady Macbeth suffering from insomnia and visions of blood on her hands. The document also analyzes how the theme develops over the course of the play through pivotal scenes and how imagery like sleep, hands, and light vs darkness are used to portray the theme.

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    This document summarizes the Shakespearean play Macbeth through analyzing key characters and how they demonstrate the theme of how committing evil leads to guilt, remorse and suffering. It discusses how the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth initially commit murder but then experience guilt, with Lady Macbeth suffering from insomnia and visions of blood on her hands. The document also analyzes how the theme develops over the course of the play through pivotal scenes and how imagery like sleep, hands, and light vs darkness are used to portray the theme.

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    Macbeth Seminar

    By: Cam, Lucas, Kyle, Sarah

    Introduction
    Throughout the play, there are two main characters who exhibit
    the theme of how committing evil leads to guilt, remorse and
    suffering. These two characters are Macbeth and his wife, Lady
    Macbeth.

    Committing evil leads to guilt, remorse and suffering.


    Those who commit evil are left with the consequences of
    suffering and feeling guilty and remorseful.

    Macbeth
    Act 2 Scene 2 line 54-56 Macbeth Shall
    sleep no more
    - Always Wanted More Power
    - Was seen as a Very Courageous and
    Bloodthirsty Hero in Battle
    - After the Murder of Banquo he
    Began Seeing him as a Ghost
    - He Began to Suffer Immediately After
    His Killings

    Lady Macbeth
    These hands, these hands! Will they never be
    clean?
    Out, damned spot! Out, I say V,i
    - Very Strong and Determined Character at
    the beginning
    - Took Charge in the Killing of King Duncan
    - Was not Affected After the Killing of King
    Duncan
    - Started to Feel the Pressure of all the Guilt
    Towards the end of the play

    Macduff
    -Fled to England after the death of King
    Duncan
    -He Left his Family Behind
    - While He was in England Macbeth Murdered
    his Family
    - Which, Even Though Macduff did not kill
    anybody he was left with remorse and a guilty
    conscience after his family was murdered
    whilst he was not there

    Character Relationships In
    Macbeth

    Macbeth and Banquo


    - At the Beginning of the Play Macbeth and Banquo were friends and
    trusted one another
    - Macbeth Eventually Decides to Kill Banquo After he Feels that
    Banquo may not be Trusted any Longer

    I am in blood

    Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more,


    Returning were as tedious as go o'er. III,iv,

    Macbeth and King Duncan


    King Duncan trusted and respected
    Macbeth
    Macbeth betrayed King Duncan in Order to
    become King himself.
    Sleep in the affliction of these terrible
    dreams that shake us nightly: better be with
    the dead. III,ii 18-21

    Macbeth and Lady Macbeth


    At the Beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth took control of
    the situation and was able to Manipulate Macbeth into Killing
    King Duncan. However, as the play progressed Macbeth began
    to kill without any approval from Lady Macbeth.
    I'll go no more:
    I am afraid to think what I have done;
    Look on't again I dare not. II,ii

    How The Theme Develops Over The Play

    Act I
    During Act I, the theme is not quite fully demonstrated and is not shown
    as much as it will be throughout the rest of the play.

    Macbeth is shown and introduced as brave

    Three witches make predictions for Macbeth and Banquo

    Lesser than Macbeth and greater (I.III.66)

    Act II
    Act II introduces the murder of King Duncan. Subsequently to the murder,
    Macbeth claims he
    heard a voice cry, Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep (II.II.53)

    Breaking point in advancing the theme and plot

    Foreshadows Macbeths guilt

    Act III
    The main scene in this Act that displays our theme is Act III Scene IV

    Macbeth seems to behold the ghost of Banquo

    Displays Macbeths fear for consequences

    Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which

    might appall the devil (III.IV.63)

    Act IV
    During Act IV, there are few advancements to the theme of how evil leads
    to guilt.

    What I believe Ill wail;What know believe, and what I can redress, As I
    shall find the time to friend, I will (IV.III.8).

    Shows Malcolm and Macduff's passion to seek revenge on Macbeth

    Act V
    A main scene in Act V is the first scene. This is the scene
    where Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking at night and is
    discovered by the Gentlelady and Doctor.

    While Lady Macbeth sleepwalks, she is attempting


    to wash her hands. This represents the guilt she has
    from helping with the murders of Duncan, Banquo
    etc.

    Out, damned spot! Out, I say (V.i.25)

    The thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?


    What, will my hands never be clean? (V.i.30)

    Summary of theme development


    The theme develops greatly over the play and is demonstrated
    thoroughly by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
    The theme flourishes with a few sizeable scenes furthering it,
    Some considerable scenes being;
    (II.II), (III.IV) and (IV.I)

    Imagery In Macbeth
    Imagery is portrayed throughout
    Macbeth by the following aspects
    - Sleep
    - Hands
    - Light vs Darkness

    Sleep
    -

    Act II Scene I
    Is this a dagger I see in front of me,
    with its handle pointing toward my
    hand?

    Act V Scene I
    What, will these hands neer been
    clean?

    Hands
    -

    Act II Scene II
    Wash this filthy witness from your hands,

    Act V Scene I
    What is it she does now? Look, how she
    rubs her hands

    Act V Scene II
    His secret murders sticking on his hands

    Light vs Darkness
    -

    Act I Scene V
    come, thick night, and pall
    thee in the dunnest smoke of
    hell, that my keen knife see not
    the wound it makes, nor heaven
    peep through the blanket of the
    dark,

    Symbolism and other literary devices


    in Macbeth
    These literary devices are used throughout the play
    to help prove that committing evil does not go
    without consequence.
    - Symbolism
    - Metaphors
    - Similes

    Symbolism
    - The
    Weather
    - Blood
    - Sleep
    - Hallucinat
    ions

    Metaphor
    Act 5 scene 3 - Metaphor
    ... my way of life is falln into the sear, the yellow leaf;
    - Showing how Macbeth recognizes how his life is not what it
    used to be and it is going downhill.
    - Metaphor because it is comparing Macbeths life to a dying
    leaf.

    Similes
    A simile is when two unlike things are compared using the words
    like or as.
    Look like th innocent flower, but be the serpent undert Macbeth
    Macbeth: Ill go no
    more: I am afraid to
    think of what I have
    done;look ont again I
    dare not.
    Lady Macbeth: Give me
    the daggers: the
    sleeping, and the dead
    are but as pictures.

    - Goal to look
    innocent
    - Goal to hide the truth
    - Guilty conscience
    starts

    Conclusion...
    Thank you for Listening

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