Introduction to ArtificiaI Intelligence in Higher Education
Macbeth an Great Chain of Being
1. Macbeth and Great Chain of
Being
Prepared by-Daya Vaghani
Batch-2020-22 (MA sem-1)
Paper – The Renaissance Literature
Roll No-07
Enrollment No-3069206420200017
Email id -dayavaghani2969@gmail.com
Submitted to-S.B. Gardi Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University
3. 'Macbeth' and the Chain of Being
Opening scene
Chain of Being has been disrupted
"When shall we meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"
(Act 1, scene 1)
Three Witches
4. King Duncan's Murder
Act against God
Death-as punishment
Macbeth is punished at the end of the
paly
5. Within the Chain of Being, within the
hierarchy of men, there is another
hierarchy:
Men
Women
Children
Do we think Lady Macbeth and Macbeth stay
within their roles in the Great Chain of
Being?
6. Lady Macbeth
Hunger of power, strength , ambition
A ruthlessness and forcefulness
Assertive and decisive
She isn't fulfilling her proper role as a wife and woman and mother.
"I....know how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, have
plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done
to this." (Act 1, scene 7)
Lady Macbeth's soliloquy
7. Macbeth
At the beginning of the play –he is weak
shows nurturing
Feminine qualities
He doubts about about killing king Duncan
"I'm afraid to think
what I have done....
to know my deed ,twere
best not know myself"
8. References
• Nee, sean. “The great chain of being.” Nature, vol. 435, no. 7041, may 2005, pp. 429–429,
10.1038/435429a. Accessed 20 oct. 2019.
•“Great chain of being.” Wikipedia, 31 jan. 2021,
en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/great_chain_of_being#:~:text=the%20great%20chain%20of%20being%20(latin:%
20scala%20naturae. Accessed 5 feb. 2021.
•“In macbeth, the theme of the great chain of being - the whole concept of hierarchy in society is said to be in
the play. It is evident that the society...” Enotes, www.Enotes.Com/homework-help/macbeth-theme-great-
chain-being-whole-concept-154487.
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