Macbeth: Annotation Edition (Scholastic GCSE 9-1)

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You are responsible for ensuring that, prior to the use of the Service by your employees, agents or students, all such parties are notified of and agree to the terms of this Agreement. The audience sees different reactions to the supernatural. Macbeth is initially curious, then driven by the supernatural and then desperate for more help. Lady Macbeth tries to control the supernatural. Both of these responses are self-destructive. Banquo has the most positive reaction. He is sceptical and dismissive of the witches. Banquo tries to explain the reality to Macbeth, but he won’t listen. Macbeth is dressed in royal clothing, followed by Lady Macbeth, now his queen. Macbeth mentions to Banquo that they should discuss Malcolm and Donalbain as the brothers have fled from Scotland and may be plotting against him. There are also other minor characters in Macbeth who play a significant role in the play, such as the Three Witches and Malcolm. However, unlike other times when Macbeth echoes the language of Lady Macbeth or the witches, this quotation doesn’t imply he is being led by them

The witches also predict Macbeth will become King of Scotland. Next, they turn to Banquo and continue to speak in riddles. The call Banquo "lesser than Macbeth, and greater," and "not so happy, yet much happier" (63-65); then they tell Banquo that he will never become king but his children will. The witches vanish. Lady Macbeth shares this extreme ambition (and perhaps even exceeds it). She encourages Macbeth to do whatever it takes to become king. Lady Macbeth at first suggests that it won’t take much for their consciences to be cleared after Duncan’s murder; later, she realises that nothing could remove the feelings of guilt

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Codes are used to transfer access provisions to other users. School customers will be given Codes on printed vouchers so they can provide students with access to titles. This would have been seen as disturbing to a Jacobean audience and very unnatural, perhaps akin to the actions of a witch These quotations come before the murder of King Duncan, and then after Lady Macbeth has lost her mind, right before her suicide Ross:“ Alas, poor country! almost afraid to know itself. It cannot be call’d our mother, but our grave“ Although Shakespeare plays often have a huge number of characters, the characters you should focus on when revising Macbeth are:

i. Our liability to you for any losses shall not exceed the amount you originally paid for the service. The fact that she is commanding evil spirits shows her hubris : it is arrogant for humans to believe they can control evil forces The fact that Macbeth echoes Lady Macbeth’s words shows that they still have a close relationship based on shared ideas (unlike later in the play) ii. In no event will we be liable to you for any indirect or consequential damages, or loss of income. In particular, we accept no liability for any programs or data made or stored with the service nor for the costs of recovering or replacing such programs or data. Nothing in this Agreement limits liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or our liability to you in the event of death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees agents or sub-contractors. 10. Third Parties However, it is also significant that Macbeth speaks these lines after Lady Macbeth; Shakespeare could be suggesting that Macbeth is led, or controlled, by Lady Macbeth’s thinkingThis book can be bought as a standalone Online Edition— we'll send you a code to redeem immediately. It would hurt Macbeth’s pride; in the Jacobean era, manliness would have been equated with strength, so here Lady Macbeth is calling Macbeth weak

Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both try to command and use the supernatural to achieve their ambitions. In the first quotation here, Lady Macbeth uses the imperative to command the supernatural to do as she wishes.

Macbeth:“ The service and the loyalty I owe, in doing it, pays itself. Your highness’ part is to receive our duties; and our duties are to your throne and state children and servants, which do but what they should, by doing every thing safe toward your love and honour.” Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are both on their own on stage when they speak these lines, suggesting that they reveal the characters’ true feelings