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Macbeth: Act 1 - Scene 1
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Mind map on Macbeth: Act 1 - Scene 1
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english literature
macbeth
act 1
scene1
english
'macbeth' - w shakespeare
gcse
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Lucy Colson
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Macbeth: Act 1 - Scene 1
Setting
"Thunder and lightening"
Pathetic Fallacy
foreshadows the dark and dismal events to come
establishes a omnious atmosphere
"A desolate place."
Connotations
harsh
dark
unfriendly
bare
Imagery
"In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Pathetic Fallacy of the tri-colon
establishes a omnious atmosphere
foreshadows the dark and dismal events to come
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air.
aliteration (f/f/f)
soft, creepy, disturbing sounds
emphasises contradiction between the stereotypical harsh witches and these soft witches.
aperance is not reality
something is not as it seems
foreshadowing Macbeth's betrayal
meaning: beautiful is disgusting and disgusting is beautiful
Juxtaposition
everything is muddled up
Contradiction
emphasises the difference in the witches (they're soft not harsh)
Structure
"When shall we three meet again?"
rhetorical question
draw in the audience
"When the battle's lost, and won. That will be ere the set of sun."
rhyming couplet
normally given to characters high in the hierarchy system (e.g monarch)
there is something out of place
the witches play an important role in the play
Language
"shall"
strongest verb
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