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Exploring the theme of responsibility in Macbeth through the characters: Macbeth, the titular character who assumes responsibility for the regicide of Duncan, Lady Macbeth, who subverts from traditional gender norms and provokes Macbeth into action through emasculation, and the Three Witches who di...

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Theme of Responsibility in Macbeth

Responsibility of:
- Chaos within society
- Duncan’s regicide
- Subverting from societal values
- Subverting from religion




Macbeth

“Vaulting ambition,” Act 1, Scene 7

- Metaphor suggests that Macbeth has a desirous need to satiate
his ambition which causes his inevitable hamartia (free will)
- His ambition overcomes his moral conscience
- Personification and animalisation of ambition - similar to a feral
animal that cannot be controlled

“To be thus is nothing but to be safely thus” Act 3, Scene 1

- In fear of Banquo, responsible to remove any threat to his rule -
equipped free will
- Usage of anaphora and repetition to exemplify his perspective that
being a King isn’t worthwhile if you cannot protect your rule - this
view was sparked after the regicide of King Duncan

“Full of scorpions is my mind,” Act 3, Scene 2

- Emphasises his subversion from reality
- Use of zoomorphism symbolises the extent of his immorality - not
deterred by his moral conscience
- Lack of responsibility over his actions

“Blood will have blood,” Act 3, Scene 4

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