Macbeth Text Response
Text Response for Macbeth
Act I
Scene i
The opening scene of the play creates a very mysterious type of tone. This is shown with the witches chanting fair is foul and foul is fair; the fact that the two aren’t true makes it mysterious. Also that the play starts off with three witches talking about a meeting.
Scene ii
Macbeth is regarded as a hero in the beginning of the play as he was the one who killed Macdonwald with much courage and loyalty to Duncan, for brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name.
Scene iii
The witches have promised Macbeth great things but Banquo warned Macbeth that the witches may be telling one truth but once Macbeth believes them due to the first prophecy being correct the second might be the beginning to a plan that the witches might be hatching. And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of Darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence.
Scene iv
Macbeth’s temptation to help the witch’s prophecy is furthered by the fact that King Duncan will be going to Macbeth’s castle providing a perfect chance for Macbeth to try and fulfil the prophecy, from hence to inverness, and bind us further to you. It is also aided by the fact that the king has become very close and places utter faith in Macbeth thereby erasing any chance that Macbeth would be thought of as a traitor. That proportion both of thanks and payment might have been mine only I have left to say more is thy due that more than I can pay.
Scene v-vi
It is clearly indicated that Lady Macbeth is a domineering role in planning the murder of Duncan. There are indications of how Lady Macbeth took a domineering role in the murder of Duncan. She says it is too full o’ the milk of kindness to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition but without the illness should attend it. This show that Lady Macbeth thinks that Macbeth is too nice for his own good and though has ambition doesn’t have the wickedness to
Act I
Scene i
The opening scene of the play creates a very mysterious type of tone. This is shown with the witches chanting fair is foul and foul is fair; the fact that the two aren’t true makes it mysterious. Also that the play starts off with three witches talking about a meeting.
Scene ii
Macbeth is regarded as a hero in the beginning of the play as he was the one who killed Macdonwald with much courage and loyalty to Duncan, for brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name.
Scene iii
The witches have promised Macbeth great things but Banquo warned Macbeth that the witches may be telling one truth but once Macbeth believes them due to the first prophecy being correct the second might be the beginning to a plan that the witches might be hatching. And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of Darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence.
Scene iv
Macbeth’s temptation to help the witch’s prophecy is furthered by the fact that King Duncan will be going to Macbeth’s castle providing a perfect chance for Macbeth to try and fulfil the prophecy, from hence to inverness, and bind us further to you. It is also aided by the fact that the king has become very close and places utter faith in Macbeth thereby erasing any chance that Macbeth would be thought of as a traitor. That proportion both of thanks and payment might have been mine only I have left to say more is thy due that more than I can pay.
Scene v-vi
It is clearly indicated that Lady Macbeth is a domineering role in planning the murder of Duncan. There are indications of how Lady Macbeth took a domineering role in the murder of Duncan. She says it is too full o’ the milk of kindness to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition but without the illness should attend it. This show that Lady Macbeth thinks that Macbeth is too nice for his own good and though has ambition doesn’t have the wickedness to