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Macbeth Motifs

Motifs and symbols tracked across analyzed chapters, with links back to chapter summaries and chapter analysis pages.

Blood

5 occurrencespersistent
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Honor and loyalty

5 occurrencespersistent
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Kingship and succession

5 occurrencespersistent
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Night and storm imagery

5 occurrencespersistent
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Supernatural forces

5 occurrencespersistent
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Witches' prophecies

5 occurrencespersistent
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Fair is foul, and foul is fair

4 occurrencespersistent
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Ambition

3 occurrencesrecurring
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2
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Guilt and madness

3 occurrencesrecurring
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Ambition (vaulting ambition)

2 occurrencespersistent
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1
Summary ch. 5Analysis ch. 5

Feasting as façade

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 3Analysis ch. 3
Macbeth - Motifs Index | Summarsky