1. POWER IN SHAKESPEARE

2. INTRODUCTION Definition of Power: ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.  Power helps people accomplish things.  People with power want more power.  Too much power can cause serious damage on a person and have serious consequences.  Everything in the play happens because of power.  All characters think that power brings happiness.

3. MESSAGE OF MACBETH…  Power can overtake someone’s life and take control of everything they do  Just because you get what you want doesn’t mean it is good for you  When we want something but can’t have it right then.. If we wait it will come to us when the time is right  Being patient is better than taking situations into your own hands  Tempatation to want more than we should have or deserve  Immoral and illegal things to get them

4. POWER IN ACT 1  Duncan announces Macbeth will be given the title Thane of Cawdor for his bravery in the battle  Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches and they tell Macbeth that he will be Thane of Cawdor and King, and that Banquo will be father to a line of kings, but not one himself.  Macbeth is announced official Thane of Cawdor  Although Banquo warns him that the witches try to lure people to evil, Macbeth is excited by their prophecies.  Macbeth’s excited for power gets him thinking about killing King Duncan but he hides his thoughts  Lady Macbeth receives a letter from her husband telling her about his meeting with the witches. She fears he is too good-natured to kill Duncan and decides to persuade him  King Duncan arrives at the castle and Macbeth is told by his wife to look innocent  Lady Macbeth reassures Macbeth of her plan to kill King Duncan

5. POWER IN ACT 2  Macbeth tests Banquo’s loyalty to him  Macbeth has a vision of a bloodstained dagger  Macbeth goes to kill Duncan  Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are haunted with bloodstained hands

6. POWER IN ACT 3  Macbeth is planning to kill Banquo and his son Fleance  Banquo is murdered and Macbeth starts to see the Ghost of Banquo  Macduff and Malcolm plan to defeat Macbeth with their army after they are suspicious of Macbeth’s guilt

7. POWER IN ACT 4  Macbeth goes to the witches and convinces himself he cannot be killed by a man born of woman  Macbeth gets Lady Macduff and her children murdered  Malcolm and Macduff plan to get revenge from Macbeth with the help from England

8. POWER IN ACT 5  Lady Macbeth is seen sleepwalking  Scottish lords join forces with Malcolm and his English Army  Macbeth decides to fight the soldiers until the end

9. UNIVERSAL IDEAS…  Humans thrive on power and control  Temptation of being the best/highest in something eg career  Stereotypes, what it means to be a real man  Judging others and being deceived  Power struggles within a marriage  Devastating effects guilt has on our psychological state of mind and the way we act towards others

10. WHY DO WE STUDY SHAKESPEARIAN TEXTS & WHY IS ARE THEY CLASSICS?  They are timeless stories  Deals with universal themes  Teaches us where the modern language has come from  Shakespeare has good representations

11. LANGUAGE USED IN MACBETH…  The languages techniques in Macbeth help set the feelings in scenes and have different effects on events  Irony  Paradox  Metaphor  Imagery  Light/ Dark  Good/Evil  Dramatic

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