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AMBITION/BETRAYAL
• Act 1 Scene 7
• The metaphor suggests the only motivation macbeth has to commit regicide is vaulting ambition which disrupts the natural order of the divine right
• This is shown through his downfall of destructive consequences: killing duncan, banquo and lady macduff - then being slain himself
• Act 2 Scene 1
• The dagger mentioned is a visual representation leading macbeth (literally and metaphorically) to the murder of duncan and foreshadows bloodier visions to come
• The feminine iambic pentameter suggests uncertainty and weakness which diminishes as the solilioquy progresses
GUILT/BETRAYAL/VIOLENCE
• Act 2 Scene 2
• Shakespeare uses blood to symbolise guilt and water to symbolise purity
• The metaphor of Neptunes Ocean suggets no amount of water will ever remove the sacrilegious stain of regicide
• Act 3 Scene 2
• This sad metaphor reveals both Macbeths paranoia and his deep and dark desires
• The metaphorical scorpions have replaced the milk of human kindness cementing macbeth as villanous
• Act 5 Scene 3
• This imperative shows power and authority
• Macbeth is reverting back to his soldier persona from the start of the play. This is the role that is truly his, it fits him unlike the giant role of the king which he ursurped
AMBITION
• Act 1 Scene 3
• Macbeth personifies chance and reasons fate may allow him to obtain the throne without him taking action
• At this point of the play, macbeth has just recieved the title thane of cawdor without taking action. this gives him hope
• However, macbeths ambition influences him contemplate commiting regicide, which implies that he will have to take fate into his own hands and control his destiny