Macbeth Soundtrack
Macbeth Soundtrack
1. I Just Can’t Wait to be King- Lion King
Act 1 Scene 5
The song I Just Can’t Wait to be King, which appears in the movie The Lion King, is about Simba yearning to be king. This mimics Macbeth’s state of mind after he hears the witches’ three predictions, the last of them being of him becoming a king. As soon as he heard the prediction, he got so enthralled that he didn’t listen to reason, or even question the validity of the witches’. In Act 1 Scene 5, in his letter to Lady Macbeth, he writes “‘Hail, king that shalt be.' This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou might’st not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee”(Shakespeare 1.5.9-12). He is evidently just as excited as Simba was while singing “Oh, I just can’t wait to be king!” 2. Poker Face- Lady Gaga
Act 1 Scene 6
“All our service,/ In every point twice done and then done double,/ Were poor and single business to contend/ Against those honors deep and broad wherewith/ Your majesty loads our house. For those of old,/ And the late dignities heap’d up to them,/ We rest your hermits”(1.6.15-21). These are the words spoken by Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 6, to King Duncan, whom she is planning to murder later on in the evening. Like Lady Gaga, she has put on a poker face, and he cannot read it. He has no clue that she is about to be a snake with the apparition of a flower, nor of the tragedies that await him.
3. I'll Make A Man Out of You- Mulan
Act 1 Scene 7
“Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?...you're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot and you haven't got a clue, somehow I'll make a man how of you” These lyrics from the song I'll Make A Man Out of You could be coming straight from Lady Macbeth. She seems to view gender roles very clearly, men are strong and powerful, and women are weak and gentle. As soon as Macbeth seems to be doubting his upcoming plans to murder King Duncan,
1. I Just Can’t Wait to be King- Lion King
Act 1 Scene 5
The song I Just Can’t Wait to be King, which appears in the movie The Lion King, is about Simba yearning to be king. This mimics Macbeth’s state of mind after he hears the witches’ three predictions, the last of them being of him becoming a king. As soon as he heard the prediction, he got so enthralled that he didn’t listen to reason, or even question the validity of the witches’. In Act 1 Scene 5, in his letter to Lady Macbeth, he writes “‘Hail, king that shalt be.' This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou might’st not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee”(Shakespeare 1.5.9-12). He is evidently just as excited as Simba was while singing “Oh, I just can’t wait to be king!” 2. Poker Face- Lady Gaga
Act 1 Scene 6
“All our service,/ In every point twice done and then done double,/ Were poor and single business to contend/ Against those honors deep and broad wherewith/ Your majesty loads our house. For those of old,/ And the late dignities heap’d up to them,/ We rest your hermits”(1.6.15-21). These are the words spoken by Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 6, to King Duncan, whom she is planning to murder later on in the evening. Like Lady Gaga, she has put on a poker face, and he cannot read it. He has no clue that she is about to be a snake with the apparition of a flower, nor of the tragedies that await him.
3. I'll Make A Man Out of You- Mulan
Act 1 Scene 7
“Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?...you're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot and you haven't got a clue, somehow I'll make a man how of you” These lyrics from the song I'll Make A Man Out of You could be coming straight from Lady Macbeth. She seems to view gender roles very clearly, men are strong and powerful, and women are weak and gentle. As soon as Macbeth seems to be doubting his upcoming plans to murder King Duncan,