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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of disorder in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Text references suggest the theme of disorder in Macbeth's ascension and Lady Macbeth's madness. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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of Elizabethan thought: the great chain of being. The great chain of being refers to the cosmological and social order that is said to serve as the foundation for orderly
Elizabethan society: God sits at the top of the hierarchical chain, and below him, through the principle of divine right, the king sits above his or her subjects. When this
natural order is upset, it generally tends to lead to tragedy in Shakespeares works. In Macbeth, the theme of disorder is introduced within the first few lines as the witches
announce that "fair is foul and foul is fair" (I.i.13). This theme of disorder will be further developed through the example of external disorder that is Macbeths unnatural ascension to
the throne of Scotland, and through the internal disorder of Lady Macbeths descent into madness. External Disorder in Macbeths Ascension The first and most obvious instance of disorder
in Shakespeares play is Macbeths very ascension to the throne of Scotland which, because it is acquired through illicit means, represents a breakdown of the natural order of society. One
can notice how Shakespeare uses language to emphasize Macbeths orderly role in the chain of being, describing him as "noble" and "too full of... kindness" (I.ii.77, I.v.18). Once Macbeth steps
outside the bonds of the social order by killing Duncan, however, he begins a gradual disintegration into disorder that will be his undoing. This decline is presaged by a symbolic
passage in which the natural order is broken by an "unnatural" occurrence in which "a falcon, towering in her pride of place was by a mousing owl hawkd at and
killd" (II.iv.13-16). This is indicative of how Macbeth unnaturally rose above his station, killed his social superior, and thus began to break down order into disorder by violating the chain
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