Macbeth Essay The play Macbeth revolves around the events that occur once Macbeth hears the witch’s predictions. These predictions were told to both Macbeth and his beloved cousin Banquo; this will play a major role in the future. Macbeth was told that he would be Thane of Cawdor as well as being Thane of Glamis and later on would be King, while Banquo was told that his children would be kings. Later on, when Banquo dies, Macbeth is told three new prophecies that would further influence him. These change Macbeth and start to make him do actions that would normally be out of the ordinary.
As they wandered onto the heath, the three witches entered as they waited to welcome them with prophecies. Although the Banquo challenges them at first, they addressed Macbeth after all… (Coursen and Herbert 1997). The first witch summoned Macbeth as “Thane of Glamis”, second as “Thane of Cawdor” while the third one proclaimed he could be “the King in future”. Macbeth seemed to be amazed into silence as Banquo challenged them furthermore. The witches notify Banquo that he would father the line of Kings, arrive and inform Macbeth concerning his newly bestowed title.
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. Immediately, the Witches vanish into thin air leaving the two captains in amazement. Ross and Angus arrive on the scene to confirm what we already know, that Macbeth is to be invested with the thaneship of Cawdor. The Witches’ first prophecy has come true. Act 1 Scene 4 In the palace courtroom, King Duncan receives the news of the execution or Fawdor and delivers formal thanks to Macbeth and Banquo for their part in the battle.
| 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.
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.
The third contrasts the Elizabethan Society with the modern one, which gives more scientifically and psychological reasons for the mental illness of Lady Macbeth. The rest of the task compares both interpretations of her mental illness and what took her to do such things and why did she end with hallucinations and insomnia which later drove her to her death. Word count: 234 “Macbeth” or “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is a play written by William Shakespeare around the 1606. The tragedy is about a man called Macbeth which is a brave fighter who is winning important battles for the King Duncan in Scotland. Three witches appear once and predicted his future; among those predictions was the one they said that soon Macbeth will reach the crown of Scotland supplanting the recent king, Duncan.
The three witches who told Macbeth that he would become king, also told Macbeth more prophecies and made him think that he couldn't be killed because “for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth… Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him”(p.65). The suggestion by the apparition that was given to Macbeth, he believed that no one could kill or defeat him. Macbeth thought wrong. Macduff eventually took revenge and he killed Macbeth and order was restored in Scotland, as they was a new king. This is another main argument that supports this statement to be true, that Macbeth’s decline and his death was his own fault due to Macduff seeking revenge upon Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth has just been thinking that her husband is too weak willed to seize what she sees as rightfully his, the throne of Scotland. When she hears that King Duncan will be staying in her home, she says: 'Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top--full of direst cruelty' (1.5). In other words, she longs to act like a 'man' and kill Duncan herself. Lady Macbeth goes as far as to invite demons, or spirits, to inhabit her, enabling her to commit this great evil
07/10/2012 English Essay on Macbeth By Ilinca Radu What kind of dramatic world does Shakespeare create in act 1, scene 1? Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare written around 1606. The only Shakespearean drama set in Scotland, Macbeth follows the story of a Scottish nobleman (Macbeth) who hears a prophecy from three witches that he will become king of Scotland and is tempted to evil by the promise of power. Shakespeare's dramatic genius is to be noted in the art with which he manages his beginnings. The first scene of Macbeth strikes the keynote of the play.
One of the major themes being portrayed by the writer is about tyranny. In the play, Duncan is always referred to as a “king,” while Macbeth soon becomes known as the “tyrant.” The difference between the two types of rulers seems to be expressed in a conversation that occurs in Act 4, scene 3, when Macduff meets Malcolm in England. In order to test Macduff’s loyalty to Scotland, Malcolm pretends that he would make an even worse king than Macbeth. He tells Macduff of his reproachable qualities—among them a thirst for personal power and a violent temperament, both of which seem to characterize Macbeth perfectly. On the other hand, Malcolm says, “The king-becoming graces / [are] justice, verity, temperance, stableness, / Bounty, perseverance, mercy, [and] lowliness” (4.3.92–93).