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As promised, here are your choices for the first blog post. Please choose one of the following questions, to be answered in paragraph form (around 100-150 words). Your answer should include at least one quote from Act I of the play. This answer is due by Sunday February 11th at noon and is out of 5 marks. Please feel free to post any questions you may have about this assignment or others as well.
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Questions:
1) Why is it important that Macbeth should at first be presented to us as a brave and honoured soldier? Why does he need to be so well praised and spoken of in the first act of the play? Cite some examples of the praise and benefits bestowed upon him. (Hint: Think of what I said about the tragic hero).
2) Lady Macbeth is often characterized as a fourth witch. Using lines and images from Act I, support this statement.
3) The witches open the scene by stating that "fair is foul and foul is fair". They introduce the idea of the world being upside down. Thus, the theme of appearance vs. reality is highly important. Show how this theme is present in act one, using citations, which may include lines showing two-faced characters, deception, or dramatic irony.
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Tristan Sturgess M (A)
Question #1
Looks like I get to be the first to post for this one, yippee! Here goes.
Macbeth is portrayed as such a good character at the beginning of the play because this is a tragedy. Macbeth has to appear good at first or it would simply be him plotting to kill the king. Because he is so praised (“For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name“ Sergeant Act1 scene2), and receive many honors (“With his formal title greet Macbeth” Duncan making Macbeth the thane of Cawdor Act1 scene2) near the beginning we get all the psychological elements of him arguing with himself, as well as everyone around him.
72167 (g)
It is important for Macbeth to be portrayed as a hero because he needs to be built up as a character that is a strong and honourable. It is important that Macbeth is talked so highly of so every reader is fully aware of how the king thinks of him in contrast of how Macbeth thinks of the king, some examples of the king talking high of Macbeth are “see, see our honoured hostesses” or “we love him highly, and shall continue our graces
Towards him”. These phrases make Macbeth become what seems like a great person, this is because if Macbeth dies or does wrong he will become a tragic hero, as Shakespeare wanted.
72110 (A)
The play Macbeth would not be a tragedy, unless the heroic individual is overcome by the very obstacles he is struggling to remove. Macbeth is porraid as a hero by defeating Macdonwald and The Thane of Cawdor. Unfortunatly MAcbeth then gets into a situation where he is planning to kill the very person he has sword loyalty to, and has to make a very arduous decision.
Marissa Baskin (G)
After the opening of act one where the witches state that “fair is foul and foul is fair”, the reader is set with the theme of appearance vs. reality and can recognize later how this theme is often true. For example, Scotland appears to be in a good political condition in act one, with a victory over Norway in battle and a king who is highly respected, but the reader knows that soon chaos will brew when Scotland’s hero kills the king. The main character Macbeth is a perfect example of this theme as he is a two-faced character. The king and all of Scotland see Macbeth as a hero, but secretly he is plotting against the king for his own advancement. Macbeth’s line, “Stars, hide your fires! Let not see my black and deep desires” shows the reader that Macbeth truly is plotting murder. When Duncan reveals his weakness of taking everything at face value, “there’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face,” we know he has put absolute trust in Macbeth. This is tested when Macbeth announces he will ride ahead to his castle to warn his wife of the king’s visit and Duncan doesn’t interfere. The reader knows that Macbeth is really riding ahead to plot the king’s murder. Finally, Duncan complements Lady Macbeth as a good host, not knowing that she is the diving hand behind his future murder.
79506 (A)
Question #1
Scene two in Macbeth is certinly full of praise for a well deserving hero. (Scene 2, line 16 "for brave Macbeth, well he deserves that name"). However this serve other porposes not only to increase him to a hight from where he can fall further. Our interest in Macbeth is piqued when we here his name in the forebodding speech of the witches (Scene 1, Line 7 "there to meet with Macbeth"). The audience is forced to wonder how this man fits into the evil plan of witches. so the audience is further baffled when we hear of Macbeth as a pawn, but see a hero. In the third Scene, when Macbeth first thinks of murder (scene 3, line 134 "why do I yeild to that suggestion")the audience realizes how the whisperings of witches and the herioces of Macbeth are the ingredintes in the tragic fall of the hero.
79456 (G)
Question #2
Lady Macbeth is othen said to be a fourth witch in Macbeth, there are many reasons for this. The first is reason is that she, like the withes, is a expert at manituiplation. while the witches put ideals into Macbeth's head, Lady Macbeth incourages them. her skills in manipulation are apparent when she convinces macbeth to murder Duncan in scene 7.here she talks about how she loves children but would ( Scene 7, line 56 "dashed it's brain out, had I so sworn as you have done to this"). This guilt trip reveals guilebut also cruelty. Lady Macbeth wishes that she was a man saying such things as ( Scene 5, Line 40 "unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty"). Her manly features relates he to the witches who seems to have beards (Banquo, Scene 3, Line 46 "You should be women, and yet your beard forebid me to interpret you are so"). Lady Macbeth manipulation of Macbeth, desire to be a man and her cruelty makes her well deserving of the title, "witch".
Sadie Evans (A)
Question #1
It is important that Macbeth was introduced as a brave and valiant character as it shows his potential for greatness. Macbeth is portrayed as a worthy soldier, being rewarded for bravery by a king. We see Macbeth as a noble character, but due to his hamartia, or tragic flaw of ambition, he is doomed to fail. By showing his original stance as a honourable and trustworthy thane, pity is evoked from the reader. A sense of sympathy is gained for the tragic hero whose downfall from greatness is imminent, shown by strong foreshadowing.
73996
Blk A
In act 1, Lady Macbeth enters the story as the black hearted wife of Macbeth. She is everything Macbeth isnt and is one of those characters who is able to snake her way on top of things. Infact, many people see lady Macbeth as the fourth witch of the story, which i think defines her perfectly. She is a cruel woman, who as we've seen, is willing to kill for more power. "he is to full o'milk of human kindness," is how she described Macbeth, and is the reason she used, for why she is the one to kill the king.
In conclusion, Lady Macbeth, no matter how deceitful, or evil, is still just someone trying to improve her life, like the rest of us, but is going to more extremes.
The three witches in Macbeth are often thought to represent the past, present, and future. One would naturally asume that these three time divisions would be sufficent to "cover all the bases", but upon closer inspection, a possible fourth witch can be found in Lady Macbeth.
Besides being entites of time the witche's charecters are portrayed as women who could yet be mistaken for men, as Banquo so tactfully questions himself, "you should be women, And yet your beards forbid me interpret that you are so." (Act1,Scene3,lines45-47) Lady Macbeth is similar in this aspect in that she not only whishes her own "unsexing", but is thought of by her husband as a far more masculine than feminine charecter. In another similarity, the reader first hears Macbeth speak of ill intentions towards the king after talking with the three witches. If left to his own devices, Macbeth's soliquy makes it clear that he would not go through with the murder. It is only after talking with his wife that he is convinced into carrying on with the plan. Here the witches and Lady Macbeth seem to have an a very similar effect on Macbeth's frame of mind.
Finally, and I'm not sure that this is of much consequence but, there are two quotes by both the witches and Lady Macbeth that seem to me to draw a connection between the charecters. The first, "Thrice to thine, and thrince to mine, And thrice again, to make up nine" (Act1,Scence3,lines35-36), and the second, "In every point twice done, and than double done." (Act1,Scene6,line15). The prior of these quotes was made by all three witches, and the latter by Lady Macbeth. It could be that Shakespear was using these lines with a common theme of numbers squared to draw the audiences attention to the connection, and bring about a suspicion of Lady Macbeth as the fourth witch.
73319 Block A
Question #2
An unkind,deceitful,sly and daring individual was portrayed in Act One as Lady Macbeth. Our first impression of her would be her desperate greed to fulfill Macbeth's fantasy. The way she spoke about how she wished she could be born as man, "unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to reomorse, etc", so that she would be cruel enough to complete her mission of killing the King. She insulted Macbeth by telling him he was a coward and how he was breaking his promise of becoming King to her. When Macbeth decided to stay loyal, Lady Macbeth used her persuasion and guilt-tripped Macbeth into changing his mind. Therfore, since her intentions were so cruel, and her mind so narrow, it is notable as to why she is referred as the 'fourth witch'. Although disguised as a 'flower', Lady Macbeth is the deceiving 'serpent' underneath.
111313 (Block G)
1)
Macbeth is portrayed as a hero and a great worrior in the first part of the play because most people in shakespears time were interested in the idea of "the Fallen hero" which is the idea that a grat hero can be corrupted by greed, lust, or power and become evil or twisted. Macbeth is a prime example of such a hero. The bloody Sergeant in Act 1 scene two, when asked how Macbeth and Banquo reacted to there betrayel by Macdonwald, and the re-inforcements of the Norweyen Lords, the Sergeant replied that, rather than disparing, Macbeth redoubled his efforts. "If i say sooth, I must report they were as cannons overcharg'd with double cracks; So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe". It is speaches like this that glorify Macbeth, and set the audiance up for his impending fall from grace in the following acts.
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119798(G)
Question #2
Lady Macbeth is often characterized as a fourth witch, because, Shakespeare shows her hardness and cruelly. As she said (Scene 5 line 39 Come, you sprits that tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here, and fill the crown to the toe top full of direct cruelly.) Her love for Macbeth, strength and the evil of her ambition makes her like a monstrous person. Her plan to kill the king for her desire is most alike part, because, wiches are willing to kill people too.Why Shakespeare shows Lady Macbeth as an evil and also a charm person for Macbeth, because, it makes her guilt in the murder more brutal and in human, and it is keeping with her regal bearing, when she is queen. By these reasons, Shakespeare shows lady Macbeth as a fourth witch.
3) The witches open the scene by stating that "fair is foul and foul is fair". They introduce the idea of the world being upside down. Thus, the theme of appearance vs. reality is highly important. Show how this theme is present in act one, using citations, which may include lines showing two-faced characters, deception, or dramatic irony.
Carmen S. (A)
Question #3
The theme of appearance vs. reality is very important in Macbeth. This play is full of dramatic irony through examples of two-faced characters, deception and betrayal. The key-role for the unfolding of these events in the play goes to King Duncan and his trust that everything about a person can be read in "face-value"("To find the mind's construction in the face"Act 1 Scene 4). He's easily decieved by the other characters in the play, thus leading to the predicament of his death. King Duncans great faith and trust in Macbeth is ultimatly to be his doom, as the two most deceitful characters in this play (Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth), though seemingly kind and noble on the surface, are described as being "serpants beneath the flowers", hiding their true intention of murdering their king. ("Your hand, your tongue; look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." Act 1 scene5). In conclusion, right from the opening scene with the witches statement "fair is foul; and foul is fair", you're given the idea that this play is to be full of dramatic irony, deceit, and betrayal, reminding the reader that everything is not always as it seems to be.
Reid Fraser-block G
Question #2
Lady Macbeth is often characterized as a fourth witch because of what horrible things she says through out the first act. As she reads the letter from Macbeth explaining what the witches have said she quickly thinks of how they can kill the king. This shows us that she might have been thinking about such a thing before and now has a good reason to do it. "Make thick my blood,stop up the access and passage to remorse." Lines like this gives Lady Macbeth an eerie almost witch like character, and is why she is sometimes characterized as the fourth witch.
Melanie M. BLOCK A
Question # 2 Lady Macbeth is often characterized as a fourth witch. Using lines and images from Act I, support this statement.
We first meet Lady Macbeth in Scene IV. Her and Macbeth have just found out that if Duncun and his son Malcolm were to die, Macbeth would gain throne as King of Scotland. With that idea in mind, Macbeth and his Lady intend to murder the King and his son. Lady Macbeth is characterized as a fourth witch because she has no hesitations of killing Duncun and Malcolm, where as Macbeth starts to has doubts. "It is too full o' milk of human kindness," Lady Macbeth has feelings that Macbeth is too nice of a person to kill anyone and will not do it. Therefore, it is left up to her. Lady Macbeth has evil thoughts of killing Duncun in his sleep."O! never Shall sun that morrow see."
Todd Jensen (A)
Q #1.
It is important for Macbeth to be portrayed as a brave and honoured soldier for a couple of reasons. The first is because Macbeth is clearly a main character, and he needs to be built up into a hero. In scene two there are lots of examples of Macbeth being portrayed in a great way. One quote that really stands out is ("Till that Bellona's bridgeroom, lapp'd in proof.") Tihs quote is comparing Macbeth to the Roman goddess of war, and saying he is clad in well-tested armour. We are also aware that Macbeth is a nice person and has a conscience, this will in turn make him more lovable to the audience/reader.
72385(G) Question #2
Lady MacBeth is often classified as a fourth witch because of many factors. The obvious one is her murderous intent. She is intent on killing Duncan herself, becuase MacBeth's "face is a book in whitch men may read strange matters"(act I, scene V line 61,62). Lady Macbeth, like the witches is an expert at manipulationg people. She convinces an unsure Macbeth that killing the king is the right thing to do, just like the witches had done previously. She also wishes that she were born a man to make herself stronger, and tougher, "unsex me here and fill me with direst cruelty... and take my milk for gall" (act I, scene V, line 40-47). In this passage she talks about wishing that she was a man, and wants her milk changed into gall, which is something bitter. With all of these points included, lady Macbeth is a most likely candidate to become the fourth witch.
111141 (A)
question #1
Macbeth is presented as a brave and honourable create conflict and dramatical effect for when he betrays the king. He needs to be portrayed as a hero to create an effect of disturbance of the thought of betraying one's king, otherwise it would just be kill the king sort of play. Macbeth is a well respected and honoured warrior, praised by the king, and given the title Thane of Cawdor, ("He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor" Ross giving the title to Macbeth.) He is a hero that has been distraught with the witches prophecy coming forth, but his loyalty has not wavered, yet.
|||Robbie Cracknell (Block A)|||
Question 1
Macbeth is made out to be a good character becuase if the play started out with Macbeth as a coward, it would change the plot drastically. As we are first introduced to him, he is portrayed as a great hero, thus making the change from hero to coward quite vivid. We find out that Macbeth is a hero when the king states he is worthy of honor, "For Brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name" (Act1,Scene2). There are other facts that make the audience think that Macbeth is a very strong presense, but, we discover he is not.
Spencer Ewart (a)
Q #1
It is very important that Macbeth is portrayed as the hero because the play is suppose to be a tragedy. Since he is so praised at the start of the play ("all hail brave Macbeth and he becomes the Thane of Cawder)it makes you want to believe he is a good guy. This is shown when Macbeth decides that he is not going to kill the king, because of strong foreshadowing you now this is not going to be the case.
121836 (A)
Q#2
Lady Macbeth could be called the fourth witch because she is cruel, and cold, also she has the ability to persuade Macbeth and to look innocent when she is really not that kind, manipulation is something that witches can do very well, but even though she is really bad, I think she has a great personality. At that time women were man property, but she seems to be very secure about her, and I think she knows that she can do wherever she wants, all by herself; she also is the key of the story because she is the one who is going to complete the prophecy.
Kelly Linehan (G)
( Sorry, I know this is late but I have been sick with the flu all weekend and I didn't look on the blog to see that it was due at noon. Anyways, I just thought I would let you know!)
Lady Macbeth is portrayed as the fourth witch because she is also deceitful like the other four witches. She is not what she appears and manipulates her husband for her own purposes; greed and ambition. In this story Banquo is interested by the witches because they wear beards. This makes them lose their femininity which the reader comes to understand Lady Macbeth desires aswell when she says: "Unsex me" and " Make thick my blood." She wishes that she could rid herself of her feminine fragility and kill the king without feeling, like she thinks a man could do. One man that could certainly not do that as calusly as she, is her own husband, Macbeth.
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113112 (A)
At the beginning of the play it is very important for him to be portayed as a good character because he is the main character and he needs to make him self well known of, and people look up to him like the sergant says "for brave macbeth,-well he deserves that name". If he was portrayed as a bad person at first he wouldnt be a catchy character.he needs to be praised and well spoken of in the first act because he has to build up the character as the strong and heroic person. The witches also look up to him, "all hail macbeth". In the beginning of the play we think he is good but later on we kind of chang our minds about him.
72502 (G)
Question #1
Macbeth has been first viewed as a noble and successful soldier, but looks can be deceiving. The king Duncan who is taken as a good king does not know that macbeth has bad intentions. duncan praises macbeth for his loyalty and names him thane of cawdor. but both characters have flaws, for duncan "there's no art to find the minds construction in the face" he does not know that macbeth, and also lady macbeth have ploted to kill him. Macbeth on the other hand seems to be in a struggle with what his wife wants (duncan to be dead) and his own turmoil of killing duncan, or not killing him for various reasons. duncan not knowing this praises macbeth, saying "for brave macbeth" and "what he hath lost noble macbeth hath won". It appears that in the following struggle for power will rise and a man vs. man (macbeth ploting to kill duncan and his heir malcom) and man vs. himself (macbeth wondering if he shoudn't kill his king).
119577 (G)
Question 2
Lady Macbeth is often characterized s a 4th witch.
The three witches made predictions that Banquo's son will be the king, and Macbeth will be the too.(line 47-50) One of the predictions came true and that drove Macbeth more greedy and brutal. Macbeth was used to brave, respectful, and humble but later he was not. Just like the witches, Lady Macbeth deluded him too. Lady Macbeth was so greedy that she gave him a brain wash to kill the king, Duncan, and tried to make Macbeth be the king.
Because Lady Macbeth pull the strings of Macbeth as the witches did, so she can be think as the 4th witch.
73776 Blk.G
Question One
Macbeth is to be presented as brave and honored solider so the audience portrays him as a “good guy”, and when Lady Macbeth tricks him into thinking he should kill Duncan the audience almost feels guilty that Macbeth is with this evil women. So that when bad things happen to Macbeth it seems unfair and if he were to die it would be a tragedy. Also so that when Duncan praises him and trust him so much, even when he is plotting to kill, it makes sense to trust such a hero."for brave macbeth,-well he deserves that name". As well as this shows he will kill for what he knows is right, showing his hesitation for killing Duncan shows his heart.
72121 #2
Lady Macbeth is often described as being the fourth witch, because of her cruel nature. She is a manipulating woman that convinces her own husband into comitting murder. Lady Macbeth's one wish, is to be just as unnatural as the three witches. Lady Macbeth also wants to be a man so that she could be as cruel as possible. She says things like "unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty." Lady Macbeth considers herself to be "strong like a man," and by the actions she's made, there is no doubt that Lady Macbeth could very well be a man trapped in a woman's body! Lady Macbeth will stop at mothing to get what she wants done. Although Lady Macbeth may not have a pointy nose, or a haunting cackle, she has definitely earned herself the title "witch."
Dylan Foster-Virtue
Question 1
Macbeth should be presented to us as a brave and honoured soldier becuase in the beginning of Macbeth he saves someone life and for doing that he plays very good character in the book. All though he maybe a hero he is dreaming of killing the kind becuase of what the 3 witches told him. He needs to be so well praised and spoken of in the first act of the play becuase he is a hero to many and "many" is the king. Becoming a hero he meets the king. A praise for the book" for brave macbeth well he deserves yhat name disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, which smok'd with bloody excution.
Luke Mountjoy
block G
Question 1
I believe that it is important that Macbeth be portrayed as a brave and honored soilder because this play is a tragedy. The reader is suppose to beileve that Macbeth is honorable and loyal in order to create the right mood for what happens later on in the play.
("For brave macbeth" Act1 Scene II)
To make this play a deep tragedy, Shakespeare creates a special relationship with Macbeth, so the reader gains a certain imperssion. The impression developed on Macbeth will be used later on in the play in order to create the tragedy.
121508 (A)
Question #2
Lady Macbeth is often characterized as the fourth witch because of her ability to be evil. Support for this statement can be found in act one when she is telling Macbeth that he must take his chance while it is available. The line, “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; make thick my blood stop the access and passage to remorse,” describes how much she desires to be wicked. Her desire to be cruel enough to do what must be done to make Macbeth King makes her evil. Like the three witches she enjoys to play games at the expense of others shown clearly when she says, “Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t.” Lady Macbeth is often characterized as the fourth witch because of her cruel and cunning nature.
Joëlle Gaudet (G)
Question 3
The theme of appearance vs. reality is apparent throughout act one. Firstly, during the battle report, Ross tells Duncan about the Thane of Cawdor, who has betrayed them in battle. However, according to Macbeth, he was “a prosperous gentleman” (1, 3, 73). In the next scene, the witches come to tell Macbeth that he is to become Thane of Cawdor, and eventually King. This prediction creates dramatic irony, because the reader already knows that Duncan is giving the traitor’s title to Macbeth as a reward for his heroic deeds, but the messenger has not reached Macbeth. The witches themselves deceive Banquo by their strange appearance. “You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so,” (1, 3, 45-47) he remarks upon their meeting. Banquo is also the one to warn Macbeth that “to win us our harm the instruments of darkness tell us truths,” (1, 3, 123-124). The witches might seem to come with good news, but their intentions could be malevolent.
Duncan’s main weakness is that he is too trusting; he thinks he can tell a person’s intentions by looking at their face. He is quick to trust Macbeth, and honours him generously, when we know Macbeth has been thinking of murder; even though he remains undecided as to whether he should act or let fate unfold. Duncan is therefore easily deceived by the cunning Lady Macbeth, who tells her husband to “look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it,” (1, 5, 64-65) before welcoming the King to their castle. The reader knows that Lady Macbeth wants to kill the King herself, to get her husband on the throne, but Duncan only sees the “fair and noble hostess” (1, 6, 24) that Lady Macbeth pretends to be.
106680
Block: G
Question 2: Lady Macbeth is often characterized as a fourth witch. Using lines and images from Act I, support this statement.
In the first Act of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth's character is strongly related to that of the three witches. The reader's impression of Lady Macbeth from the very beginning is a burning sense of evil. She does not only appear to be evil but also very deceitful and conniving. How someone can be so inhuman and appear to have no conscious or soul like Lady Macbeth is shocking for the readers. Her thoughts and opinions on things bring forth the idea that she is indeed a fourth witch. For example when she uses imagery to taunt Macbeth by saying she will kill her own baby to make a promise to him. (Line 54 Scene V11) "How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, and dash'd the brains out, had I sworn as you Have done this". Macbetch character in the beginning is a passive type heroic type. He doesn’t seem to even have the desire to kill King Duncan because he is afraid and his conscious tells him not to. Where Lady Macbeth is so strong, so sure it is the ONLY way to make Macbeth King that she is willing to risk everything and she, like the three witches persuade him that he has to be a man and let the murder happen. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to do whatever she wishes and even she wishes she could be a man, be unnatural and that way she can be pure evil. (Line 40-52 Scene V) "Come you Mortal spirits that tend my mortal thoughts! Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown the toe full of direst cruelty; make thick my blood....." All these images and thoughts of Lady Macbeth are not those of a NORMAL human. These and many more are what makes Lady Macbeth such an intriguing character and are strong instances of witchcraft and pure evil.
Ryan Chang Blk G
Question #1
Sorry for the late post!
Macbeth in the beginning is praised so highly. He needs to look good in the start of the play and turn evil to make it be a tragedy. The King praises Macbeth and grants him the title of Thane of Cawdor("No more that Thane of Cawdor...And with his former title greet Macbeth.") The downfall is the king is too trusting. This leads to the inevitable tragedy to come.
RC (72874)
I forsee Macbeth being killed in the end because this play is TRAGEDY!!
The hero usually dies in a tragedy.
Macbeth says if he kills Duncan someone will try to kill him. This was one of his reasons why he shouldn't kill the king. Also this shows that karma comes back around and Macbeth will die because it's his fate.
75074 A
It is so important for Macbeth to be presented as an honoured soldier because this play is a tragedy. A tragedy is a story that describes the downfall of the lead character, so obviously, there must be somewhere to fall from. Again, he is so well spoken of because it is setting up the tragedy that will no doubt begin. An example of the high praise Macbeth receives at the beginning of the play is when the sergeant says, "For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name." The sergeant's entire speech is thanks and praise to Macbeth. Another example is Duncan's response to the sergeant's speech: "O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!" Act One gives the reader the impression that Macbeth is a noble hero, not the man who sinks to the depths that he is about to.
Kyle hall Block G
Lady Macbeth is often characterized as a forth witch because in many ways she is like them. She trys to munipulate people and is sort of a shady character. She puts on an act that she is in fact a nice caring person but underneath her smile there is really someone evil, this is shown in the play when she says " look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it." It is also shown in the play how she trys and munipulate people when she is talking to macbeth the next morning when she is trying to bring him down and call him a coward and that hes just all talk and no walk, " Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale at what it did so freely?
72121 #2
In Macbeth, there are many images of darkness portrayed to set the mood. The three witches wear black torn dresses to show darkness, and bad weather also helps add to the image of "darkness." Another image of evil, was when Macbeth had a vision of a sword, telling him to take hold and kill Duncan. It was appropiate that Duncan was murdered at night, because the guards needed to be drunk and in a deep sleep, so that Lady Macbeth+ Macbeth would have a better chance of not being heard or seen. Night was an image of darkness itself, and Blood imagery was also used. "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." Macbeth also feels so guilty, he states that he has "hangman's hands."
72587(A)
At the beginning of the play, it is important for Macbeth to be portrayed as a loyal and brave soldier to the king because he is plotting to kill him. Macbeth has to prove his loyalty and trust to the king and his men so he will not be suspected after the murder. He knows that to be able to pull off such a deed, he has to be at a point of very high status, and well liked by many."For Brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name" is one good example of how people view him and trust him to the utmost. Even to the audience, he appears to be noble and loyal, which is why it is such a shock when he turns around and falls from being a hero and an honourbale soldier, to almost a coward very early into the play, thus turning the story into a tradgedy.
111178
Lady Macbeth could be considered a “forth witch” because, in act one there are many terrible things she thinks and says. The letter from Macbeth explained of all the witches’ prophecies and Lady Macbeth immediately thought of how they could murder the king and make it come true. When Lady Macbeth says the line “Make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse” it makes her seem witch like. There are many other lines like this that Lady Macbeth says throughout act one, which would make the audience think of her as the “forth witch”
72117 (G)
I think Lady Macbeth is often characterized as a fourth witch because she is often portrayed as cruel with a desire to kill. Like the witches she also played a part in convincing Macbeth to commit the murder of the king. Lady Macbeth shows signs that she is deceitful and never guilty all through this first act. Although thought of as a “flower” too kind hearted to hurt anyone she manipulates her husband to do her dirty work. She is a strong, independent woman who will never show any signs of guilt or insecurity shown in the line, “Come, you sprits that tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here, and fill the crown to the toe top full of direct cruelty” Lady Macbeth is defiantly considered a fourth witch in my mind because there are many strong similarities between her and the witches.
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Question #1
The portrayal of Macbeths character in the beginning of the play is used to make him look like a loyal and honourable soldier. It does this so that the readers are shown what prasies he recieves from those he ends up betraying in the end. " For brave Macbeth (well he deserves the name) - Sergeant Act One, Scene 2. Macbeth is made up to seem like the tragic hero of this play because through greed and the influences of people around him he becomes a different person.
It is the thought of what he could become that changes him. It was important that readers are given the chance to see the difference in who he is to who he becomes.
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