MACBETH-POWER - Yr10SSCEnglishMsBurgess
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POWER
IN SHAKESPEARE
I N T RO D U C T I O N
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
W H Y D O W E S T U DY
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
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
T H A N K YO U F O R L I S T E N I N G