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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:
I would say his speech from Act II, Scene I, which takes place right before he goes to murder Duncan. I think this speech shows Macbeth's as being uncertain and also scared. It shows he is wrestling with his conscience. Macbeth sees a hallucination of a dagger before him and then he also sees that there is blood on it, which foreshadows the deed Macbeth is about to do. Like the hallucination of Banquo's ghost later in the play, the dagger symbolizes Macbeth's guilt and conscience. He knows what he is about to do is wrong and probably not in the best interests of Scotland. Macbeth also says "Whiles I threat, he lives;/ Words to the threat of deeds too cold breath gives." which means that the more he thinks and speaks of the murder, the less courage he has to go through with it. Macbeth speaks to the ground, asking it to silence his footsteps, which maybe suggests he wants to be heard and wouldn't have to kill Duncan.
I have to agree with Lanie on this one. The speech MacBeth gives on page 32, starting at line 39 is the one speech in the book that brings out who he really is under eerything else. MacBeth his worred and uncertain and frightened. It is apparent that MacBeth does have a concious and a set of morals. He isnt quite the tough king everyone thinks he is. Even though this speech showed only a moment of weakness, that is all that needs to be seen to be able to draw many inferences about him. When MacBeth says, "Is this a dagger which i see before me, the handle toward my hand?" It is seen that MacBeth is wondering what he has gotten himself into and doesnt know why he is doing this. Throughout the whole speech, this is the line that stood out to me.
I also would have to agree. I think a part that kind of stands out is whe he says "I have thee not, and yet I see thee still" after he was talking about the dagger. I think this shows that even before he kills the king he already had guilt of doing it or going to do it. I think this speech over all shows that deep down he has some what of a heart. That he knows killing is bad and he should be happy how he is. Unlike his wife. That one little speech shows a lot about Macbeth.
I agree also. This particular speech shows his vulnerability and uncertainty about what he was about to do. The speech shows both sides of him; the side that knows that he is wrong and the side that doesn't care and is going to commit the murder anyway. In the quote "Thou marshall'st me the way that i was going" Macbeth is saying that he is letting the dagger guide him instead of him guiding himself. Here the dagger in a way represents Lady Macbeth. Macbeth listened to her when he agreed to commit murder and now he is following the dagger on his way to actually committing it. This speech shows how much committing this murder got to Macbeth, he wasn't taking it lightly.
I guess I'm joining your group, hope you guys don't mind.
And yet again, I agree as well with Lanie. It shows that he finally knows that he may be doing wrong and that his wife might be crazy, but since he does want to be king he throws his nervousness away. Also, when Macbeth says "What hands are here? Ha, they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." (in Act II, Scene II) This little speech is when I think Macbeth wishes he didn't murder Duncan and that he knows that his soul will never be cleansed and he'll always remember what he did in the back of his mind.
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