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Jan 3, 1111
Exceptional Being Part 2
considerers him to be an exceptional being and a great war hero. -
Jan 3, 1111
Exceptional Being
"And for an earnest of a greater honour,
He bade me, from him,call thee Thane of Cawdor:
In which addition, hail most worthy thane,
For it is thine" (I.iii.102-205). This quotation is from when Macbeth is pronounced Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan. Macbeth receives this title after he fought courageously against his enemies in the war while defending Scotland. Macbeth is praised by the king and his fellow friends and family back in Scotland. Everyone considerers him to be an exceptional -
Feb 3, 1111
Tragic Flaw Part 2
This quotation is after Macbeth and Banquo speak with the three witches. The witches tell Macbeth three prophecies. They say he will be Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and king hereafter. After two of the three prophecies coming Macbeth begins to wonder what it would be like to be King. Macbeth decides that the only way he can become king is if he kills King Duncan himself. This proves to be Macbeth’s tragic flaw as he is too ambitious. He wants to be king so badly that he will do anything -
Feb 3, 1111
Tragic Flaw Part 3
to make it happen, including killing a person. -
Feb 3, 1111
Tragic Flaw
“Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill
Why hath it given me earnest of success,
Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor
If good, why do I yield to that suggestion,
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs
Against the use of nature? Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings
My thought, whose yet is but fantastical
Shakes so my single state of man that function
Is smother’d in surmise, and nothing is
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Mar 7, 1111
Macbeth Universalizes
“Might be the be-all and the end-all-- here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases,
We still have judgement here that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which being taught, retun
to plague th'inventor" (I.vii.3-10). This quotation is after Macbeth decides to kill King Duncan. He leaves the state dinner and begins to worry about what he is about to do. He realizes that what he plans on doing will have very severe consequences and will -
Mar 7, 1111
Macbeth Universalizes Part 2
even affect his afterlife. This deed he is about to do will affect his life and everyone else in Scotland. Yet, he hides his quilt from others and acts on his plan. -
Apr 7, 1111
Tragic Downfall-Feeling Pity Part 2
promise by not killing King Duncan. Lady Macbeth pressures Macbeth and eventually he agrees to kill the king. A feeling of pity is directed towards Macbeth as he is pressured into something he doesn’t want to do by a person who is supposed to keep him sane. -
Apr 7, 1111
Tragic Downfall - Feeling Pity
"What beast was't then
Then made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man" (I.vii.47-49). This quotation is from when Macbeth speaks with Lady Macbeth about the idea of killing King Duncan. Even though Macbeth was the one to think of the idea, he later objects to it. He tells Lady Macbeth that he isn’t going to go through with the plan and Lady Macbeth calls him a coward and tells him he isn’t a man. She also suggests that he is breaking a promise by not killin -
Cycle of Disasters
"I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?" (II.ii.14).- This quotation is from when Macbeth talks to Lady Macbeth right after he kills King Duncan. Macbeth acts on his ambition and kills King Duncan just so he can be king. From then on, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth experience a chain of bad events which affect both them personally and the rest of Scotland.
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Death of Main Character
"Hail, king, for so thou art. behold where stands
Th'usurper's cursed head. The time is free.
I see thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl,
That speak my salutation in their minds;
Whose voices I desire aloud with mine.
Hail, King of Scotland" (V.iX. .21-26).- This quotation is from when Macduff kills Macbeth. After Macbeth kills Duncan, Banquo and Macduff’s family, Macduff and everyone else of Scotland feels his death is necessary. Macduff beheads Macbeth and becomes king. Macbeth caused so
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Death of Main Character - Part 2
much havoc to the world of Scotland and his death restores the peace that was previously there. Everything goes back to normal and Macbeth is soon forgotten.
