Zusammenfassung der Ressource
'Macbeth' Themes
- Kingship
- Appearance vs Reality
- Equivocation
- * Shakespeare aligns
equivocation with evil
in an attempt to
please King James I.
- * The witches use
equivocal language to
encourage Macbeth to
kill Duncan.
- * The equivocal apparitions
bolster Macbeth's
confidence and tempt him
towards greater evil.
- Hallucinations and Dreams
- * Macbeth's hallucinations
reveal his fraying mental state.
- * Shakespeare uses the
motif of hallucinations to
reveal Macbeth's guilt.
- * Lady Macbeth's guilt is
revealed through sleepwalking.
- Deception
- * Ironically, Duncan sees
how deceptive individuals
can falsely win his trust.
- * Lady Macbeth
uses deception
as a strategy
within the play.
- * Macbeth also
uses deception
as a key tactic.
- Evil