In order to make amends she orders the witches to create more spells to give Macbeth overconfidence as you all know security is mortals chiefest enemy (Act 3 scene 5). Another supernatural element that Shakespeare uses in the play represents Macbeths guilt and beginning of his madness is through the floating daggers in Act 2, which occur in Macbeths own home whilst King Duncan was guest. Before Macbeth commits the murder of King Duncan, he sees a bloody dragger that leads him to Duncans room. Macbeth questions if the dagger is real or a dagger of the mind, a false creation (Act 2 scene 1), in other words it is a hallucination. This dagger makes it so Macbeth cannot resist killing Duncan.
In each case, Macbeth’s heroism shines out, leading to victory for Scotland and surrender by Sweno. Finally, Duncan orders Cawdor’s execution and arranges for his title to pass to Macbeth. Act 1 scene 3 With a clap of thunder, the Witches reappear. Having demonstrated their power by casting a terrible curse upon a sailor whose wife offended one of them, they encounter Macbeth and Banquo as the two soldiers ride from the battlefield. The sisters make three prophecies, the first two regarding Macbeth and the last regarding Banquo.Macbeth shal be named as Thane of Cawdor and then king; Banquo altough he shall not himself rule in Scotland, will be father to future generations of kings.
Discuss how the characters of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and Duncan are established in Act I by using textual evidence to support your points. Macbeth: “return to plague the inventor” Macbeth is a person that knows what he must do but is doubtful of it. He is the war hero and got news of his promotion by the witches, who also said he would be promoted further. To make their prophecy come true he must kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth: “unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty” Lady Macbeth is the “true” evil.
- Speaks to Macbeth and tries to manipulate him into acting a certain way- Goes back to being the strong one and even says she will kill herself| “come thick night and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell.”“Bear welcome in your eye……be the serpent under’t”“Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the deadAre but as pictures: 'tis the eye of childhood.”| Speech| She wants Macbeth to kill. She is ambitious and determined.-She has a whatever attitude and wants to kill Duncan | “Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirts into thine ear.”“A little water clears us of this deed:How easy is it then!.”| Thoughts| | | Interactions| Lady Macbeth is more determined and devoted to this murder than Macbeth is| “And live a coward in thine own esteem”| Macbeth |Observations|Text Support| Looks| | | Actions| -Macbeth goes back to being the weak one| “I'll go no more:I am afraid to think what I have done;Look on't again I dare not.”| Speech|-He is still struggling with the fact he has to murder Duncan saying the blood can not be washed from their hands| “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this bloodClean from my hand? No.”| Thoughts| -Thinks that the crime he is about to commit to become king will come back unto him-a dagger appears and he thinks it’s a figment of his imagination| “To plague the inventor: this even-handed justiceCommends the ingredients of our poison'd chaliceTo our own lips.”“false creation/proceeding from the heat oppressed brain”-the| Interactions| -the way he speaks to lady Macbeth shows
When Macbeth talks to the murderers and even a bit before he says, “It is concluded: Banquo thy sol’s flight, / If it find heaven, must find it out tonight.” (3.1.141-142). In this statement Macbeth is talking to the murderers and is saying that Banquo must die and he must die as soon as possible. Macbeth says this right after he states, “ They hailed him father to a line of kings.” (3.1.60). These two statements clearly show that the only reason why Macbeth wants
As the play progresses, Macbeth becomes more detached, and only can see his himself as the unchallenged ruler of Scotland. “And even now,/ To crown my thought with acts, be it thought and done!/ The castle of Macduff I will surprise,/ Seize upon Fife, give to the edge of the sword/ His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls/ that trace him in his line.” (4.1.164-169) In this scene Macbeth decides to kill Macduff, his family, and all in his house, because he has been told by the three Weird Sisters to beware Macduff. Macbeth decides to kill everyone in the house of Macduff, because he was told he may be a traitor. Macbeth takes drastic action without thinking over hearsay. This shows how narrow minded Macbeth is, and how he can not see the consequences of his actions.
In the play Macbeth wants to be king and the dagger symbolises Macbeth’s penis. The dagger represents the desire of Macbeth killing Duncan, as the dagger and blood is pointing at Duncan. The dagger also represents Macbeth’s desire of expanding his offspring to be the king and leave his sons to rule for him. The last example of symbolism is the chaotic scenes and reversal of nature which takes place after the murder of Duncan. At the time of Macbeth a common belief was that everything is as it is because god put it there.
When Hales questions her about witch crafting, she responds saying, “‘He say Mr. Parris must be kill! Mr. Parris no goodly men, Mr. Parris mean man and no gentle man, and he bid me rise out of my bed and cut your throat!’” (848). Since Hale orders her to speak the truth about the devil, Tituba voices out all her hostilities towards her master, and blames that it is suggestions from the devil. At the same time, she can accuse “‘white people’” (848) with the devil. Hale claims that Tituba is “‘selected’” and is “‘chosen to cleanse our village’” (848).
| Macbeth: | (Turns his body to face Macduff) Thane of Fife, Macduff? Of all men, I chose not to kill you, for my sword is filthy with the blood of your wife and son. | Macduff: | (Shouts angrily) Killer! Traitor! It is destiny which fated me to revenge for my wife and my son.
He and Banquo agree to discuss the witches’ prophecies at a later time. Banquo and Fleance leave, and suddenly, in the darkened hall, Macbeth has a vision of a dagger floating in the air before him, its handle pointing toward his hand and its tip aiming him toward Duncan. Macbeth tries to grasp the weapon and fails. He wonders whether what he sees is real or a “dagger of the mind, a false creation / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain” (2.1.38–39). Continuing to gaze upon the dagger, he thinks he sees blood on the blade, then abruptly decides that the vision is just a manifestation of his unease over killing Duncan.