Themes (Grade 12 NSC Matric English FAL): Flashcards
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Theme definition
Theme definition
Central message or idea running throughout a play/story
Unchecked ambition consequence
Unchecked ambition consequence
Moral corruption and self-destruction
Good characters in Macbeth
Good characters in Macbeth
Duncan, Macduff, Banquo, Malcolm
Evil characters in Macbeth
Evil characters in Macbeth
Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, three witches
Fate in Macbeth
Fate in Macbeth
Predetermined destiny shown via witches' prophecies
Equivocation
Equivocation
Ambiguous language used to deliberately mislead
Blood imagery symbolises
Blood imagery symbolises
Guilt that cannot be cleansed
Duncan as ideal king
Duncan as ideal king
Uses power for country, rewards loyalty, maintains order
Macbeth as tyrant
Macbeth as tyrant
Rules through fear/violence, causes suffering
Witches' chant about values
Witches' chant about values
Fair is foul, and foul is fair