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About Me
King Duncan Of Scotland
Murdered By cousin Macbeth, was honest and good.
Macbeth
Scottish Nobleman, Thane of Cawdor, Kills the King(and many other people) and Becomes King
Lady Macbeth
Wife of Macbeth, helps him kill Duncan, also goes mad
Banquo
Friend of Macbeth, he is the father of a long line of Kings, is murdered by Macbeths murderers
Malcolm
Son of Duncan, runs away to England, comes back and becomes King
Macduff
Scotish Lord, family is murdered by Macbeth's murderers, he kills Macbeth
5 comments:
It's difficult to tell how they react differently to eachother because in the last two acts, there isn't any dialogue between them. I guess you could infer that their marriage is on the rocks. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's roles seem to be reversed because it's Lady Macbeth that is going crazy and Macbeth is the one who is more ruthless. Macbeth doesn't try to help her like she did when he was seeing visions. He just orders a doctor to cure her, but Macbeth doesn't really seem to understand what's wrong with her either. Macbeth doesn't really seem to show any emotions when Lady Macbeth is dead. In the beginning of the play, they were like a happy couple and shared all their secrets with eachother. In the end, they're more separated from eachother and Macbeth seems to be making his decisions independently.
Well at the beginning of the play, they seem to be deeply in love, but when Acts IV and V roll around, it seems like they are never around each other. After the murder and Macbeth becomes king, it seems that they care about their power more than each other. Macbeth seems to have more control over Lady Macbeth too, and more control over his own actions. When Lady Macbeth kills herself, it doesn't seem that Macbeth actually he cares.
I would have to agree with that in the begining of the play they were close and in love but at the end it just fell apart. I think they both regreted killing the king but they handled it differently so how they started to act with that regret made them change and being together made them remember that but also staying away from each other maybe made it worse. I think Macbeth felt the ful effect of it sooner than Lady Macbeth so when he started to see ghosts and change it frightened Lady Macbeth so she then started to freak out and because they then didn't talk because they were both suffering. I think this enhanced their pain, which became so great they both went insane. If that makes sence lol.
In the first act they were partners trying to gain a common goal, which brought them together. By the final acts they are rarely together and don't seem to care for one another anymore. As more people were murdered, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth slowly started to fall apart without knowing it. Macbeth used to need Lady Macbeth to make his decisions, but now he is making them on his own and doesn't seem to care for her anymore. He shows no emotion when she dies.
I would have to agree with Jennifer. In the begining both MacBeth and Lady MacBeth are driven by the desire for power. In the beginning of the play, they do seem to be a loving couple. The two of them planning and discussing how to obtain their desired power only brings them closer together. Everything seems to be going fine, until the murders are accomplished. The guilt and the regret drives them apart. They both are affected greatly by this. From Lady MacBeth's sleep walking to MacBeths haullucinations, a great toll is taken on both of them. As they withdraw into themselves, they pull away from eachother. This ultimatly leads to the death of them both. In the end of this story, MacBeth seems almost indifferent about his wifes death. So how did this couple go from loving partners to separated and insane? Murder.
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