Explore Shakespeare’s use of Language devices and dramatic effects and how they reveal the action of ambition on the characters Macbeth or Lady Macbeth.

Idea in the text: how ambition effects the characters

INTRODUCTION: Re-state your ideas and outline the structure of the essay to come

BODY: Use the ‘sexy’ structure s- statement e- example x- explain y- why? or your thinking

CONCLUSION: Finish everything off (conclude all your points)

Too much ambition leads to sacrifice

• Humanity
• Morals
• Friendship
• Loyalty
• Honour

Lost their minds

• Sanity
• Hallucinations
• Lack of sleep
• Anger
• Paranoia

Symbolism

• blood = guilt
• dagger = evil intention
• stars = heaven/god/morals/fate
• light/dark
• ‘golden round’ = crown

Metre

Iambic pentameter:

• Status
• Collapses – showing degradation

Other-ness

• Trochiac trimeter: witches

Super natural phenomenon

• Banquo’s ghost
• Apparations
• Witches

Dramatic irony

• Asides
• Who killed duncan

Soliliquoy

• Provides insight into the characters minds

Pathetic Fallacy

• The unnatural events that follow the killing of king duncan

1. Introduction – Lady Macbeth loses her mind and sanity and also seems to keep having hallucinations and sleepwalks regularly due to ambition. Locate and paste two quotes that support this idea
2. Paragraph 1 – Metaphors –
3. Paragraph 2 – Blood how it’s easy to get rid of
4. Paragraph 3 – Blood how she finds it is actually very difficult to get rid of
5. Paragraph 4 – How she describes herself before she commits suicide
6. Conclusion – Conclude all my points