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Death. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Hyperbole |  | Extreme exaggeration |\n| Guilt |  |  | Leads to LM’s death and M’s breakdown (Banquo’s ghost) . |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Rhetorical\u003Cbr>questions |  | A question is asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected/needed. |\n| Exam Information\u003Cbr>􀀹 Appears in GCSE English Literature Paper 1, section A. (Section B is A Christmas Carol) .\u003Cbr>􀀹 Total paper time is 1 hour 45 minutes.\u003Cbr>􀀹 All questions on this exam are extract based.\u003Cbr>􀀹 SPaG is worth 4 marks for Macbeth. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Repetition |  | When an idea, word, sentence, theme is repeated more than once. |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Rhyme |  | Used by the witches to create chant-like, supernatural atmosphere |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Context |  |  |\n| Spend 55 minutes on this question:\u003Cbr>􀀹 10 minutes reading and planning.\u003Cbr>􀀹 40 minutes writing your response – 4/5 points.\u003Cbr> 􀀹 5 minutes proof read & edit. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Macbeth was written the year after the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Guy Fawkes and his men tried to blow up James I and his parliament in 1605; the were caught and hung/tortured. The play Macbeth is to some extent warning any other potential king-killers of what could happen. |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Many believed in ‘the chain of being’. God had given us all roles. To change these roles was seen as an act against God. (Chain of being: God, Angels, kings, humans, beasts, plants) . |  |  |","cbCaimwdgpVvdMB5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimwdgpVvdMB5","pdf",521651,"English","# Characters and Plot Overview\n## Act-by-Act Summary\n# Writer’s Methods\n## Soliloquy and Aside\n## Rhetorical Devices\n# Key Themes\n## Fate and Free Will\n## Ambition\n## Appearance vs Reality\n## Supernatural and Guilt\n# Exam Information and Techniques\n# Context\n# Key Quotations and Motifs","[{\"question\":\"Which themes are covered in the Macbeth analysis notes?\",\"answer\":\"The notes cover fate and free will, ambition, appearance vs reality, the supernatural, violence/death, and guilt. 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