o lvl macbeth notes by d

Macbeth compiled notesFrom the creator:Hi! This is D :) i spent a long 2 years making these notes so ihope this inspires you to enjoy lit a little more/revise morepainlessly because memorising quotes for O levels is honestly apain in the ass HAHAHA Ps; take lit in jc all the exams are open book Character analysisMacbeth Point Macbeth is ambitiousand easily temptedby the promise ofgreater power - “Why do you start, andseem to fear things that dosound so fair?” (scene 3)- “rapt withal” - “Would they had stayed!” - “Glamis, and Thane ofCawdor; the greatest isbehind”- “Present fears are less thanhorrible imaginings: mythought, whose murder yetis but fantastical”- “That is a step on which Imust fall down, or elseo’erleap” (scene 4) - “The eye wink at the hand;yet let that be which the eyefears, when it is done, tosee.” - “What thou wouldst highly,that wouldst thou holily”(scene 5)- “I am settled, and bend upeach corporal agent to thisterrible feat” (scene 7) - Shocked and startledby the witchessaying he wouldbecome king,probably alreadythinking about it- Wanted them to stayand feed his egomore- Desire to becomeking - Afraid of his thoughtsof murdering Duncanto usurp the throne - Considers Malcolman obstacle in hisway he needs to getrid off- He’s planning to dosomething sohorrible even his owneyes should not seeit- Macbeth really wantsthe crown - Commits his wholebody into doing thedeed Macbeth has a richinner thought life and - “rapt withal” (scene 3) - His mind isimmediately

constantly overthinks(relatable boi) - “Present fears are less thanhorrible imaginings: mythought, whose murder yetis but fantastical” - “is smothered in surmise,and nothing is but that isnot” - “But here, upon this bankand shoal of time---we’djump the life to come.”(scene 7)- “But in this cases we stillhave judgement here---thatwe but teach bloodyinstructions, which, beingtaught, return to plague theinventor. This even-handedjustice commendsth’ingredience of ourpoisoned chalice to our ownlips”- “And Pity, like a nakednew-born babe, striding theblast, or heaven’s cherubin,horsed upon the sightlesscouriers of the air, shall blowthe horrid deed in everyeye, that tears shall drownthe wind” preoccupied at thefirst mention ofgetting the throne- He is more afraid ofthoughts in his headthan his actual fears(fertile, vividimagination,overthinker)- Paralysed by histhoughts and he canonly worry about thefuture- Knows life and timeis temporary(analogy) - Gives a full analogyof how karma works,elaborates greatly,very rich thoughtprocess and veryphilosophical - Gives a full analogyof why he should notkill Duncan, uses richmetaphors andcomplicatedlanguage Macbeth’s moralcompass spirals, andhe goes from anhonourable person toa potential murderer - “The mercilessMacdonwald--worthy to be arebel, for to that themultiplying villanies ofnature do swarm upon him”(scene 2) “brave Macbeth”,“valour’s minion”, “o valiantcousin, worthy gentleman”,“Bellona’s bridegroom”,“noble Macbeth”- “Yet i do fear thy