Duncan remarks on the pleasant atmosphere of the castle to Lady Macbeth, unaware of the impending murder plot that Lady Macbeth alludes to upon his arrival. What device is Shakespeare using here and to what effect? Mention a quote + CAAVBs.
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Just after murdering Duncan, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth refer to noises they heard. What does this scene reveal about Macbeth? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience.
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What is the significance of Lady Macbeth’s characterisation during the opening acts of the play? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is the difference between a soliloquy and an aside? Explain their different impacts and give an example of both in the play (along with quotations and a relevant Jacobean CAAVB).
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How is the audience positioned to view the concept of honour? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is the significance of Macduff in the play? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is an allusion? What are some examples of allusion in the play? What purpose do they serve? Link these to a CAAVB.
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What is the significance of blood throughout the play? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What are Macbeth’s multiple concerns about the plan to murder Duncan? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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How is the audience positioned to view the concept of ambition? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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How does the character Banquo act as a foil to Macbeth in the play? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is the significance of the daggers that Macbeth envisions on his way to Duncan’s chamber? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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Compare Lady Macbeth’s transformation from the start to the end of the play. Support your two arguments with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What are the four Aristotelian conventions of the tragedy genre and where do they occur during the play?
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How is the audience positioned to view the Weird Sisters throughout the play? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is the significance of Lady Macduff in the play? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is revealed about Lady Macbeth during her sleepwalking scene? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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Compare Macbeth’s transformation from the start to the end of the play. Support your two arguments with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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Analyse the dual significance of the murder of Macduff’s household in the play. Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is dramatic irony? What are three examples of dramatic irony in the play? What purpose do they serve? Link these to a relevant CAAVB.
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How is the audience positioned to view the concept of insecurity? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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What is a paradox? What are some examples of paradox in the play? What purpose do they serve? Link these to a CAAVB.
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What is the significance of snakes throughout the play? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience a particular way.
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When Macbeth returns to the weird sisters, they make additional prophecies. What are they and what is the significance of this scene? Support your answer with a quotation, a literary device and a Jacobean CAAVB that positions the audience.
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