av Ginnevra Weasley 3 år siden
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Macbeth Act 1 NCGO
av Ginnevra Weasley 3 år siden
659
"Norway himself, With terrible numbers, Assisted by that most disloyal traitor, The Thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict;" (AC I, SCENE II, 61-64)
Lady Macbeth argues with Macbeth on this, claiming he does not have a spark of manhood since he does not want to kill Duncan anymore
internal battle on whether he should Kill Duncan and if it's right for the people or not
internal battle between whether he should Kill Malcom and become a prince or give up the throne
When the witches speak of Maxbeth's future, Banquo believes he is hallucinating, and asks the witches to tell Banquo his future if they really can predict it.
"th' name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed Which outwardly ye show?" (1*3*56-57)
oblivious to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's true intentions, and assumes they are kind people to provide him with hospitality
"Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend! Say to the king the knowledge of the broil"
begs the spirits to "unsex" her
"unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top full Of direst cruelty;"
Lady Macbeth wishes she is a man to fuel her ambition and kill Duncan
Insults Macbeth's "manhood"
"What beast was’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it then you were a man;" (ACT I, SCENE VII, 55-57)
would commit the act of killing Duncan herself if she were not a woman
Attempts to Pursuade Macbeth to go through killing Duncan
MacBeth has doubts on whether or not he should kill Duncan
Wants to kill Duncan or kill Malcom to rise above his station, However has many doubts
"The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o’er-leap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires; The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see." (ACT I, SCENE IV, 58-64)
Macbeth decides on whether he should step down or jump ahead of the other "next in line"'s and kill Malcom
"If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir. " (ACT I, SCENE III, 156-157)
As described by Malcom, Macbeth is brave for cutting a man from belly to cheek
"For brave Macbeth,—well he deserves that name,— Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel, Which smok’d with bloody execution, " (ACT I. SCENE II, 20-22)
Macbeth is brave enough to commit bloodshed
Would murder a woman's husband because she did insulted one of the witches
"But in a sieve I’ll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I’ll do, I’ll do, and I’ll do. " (ACT I, SCENE II, 10-12)
Can use their supernatural powers to commit horrible deeds
"I’ll drain him dry as hay. Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his penthouse lid."
Can see into the future in a way, prophersize Macbeth's future of being trhe Thaine of Cawdor
