Macbeth: Blood Essay Example
Tracing A Word: Blood
Act 1
1.) A. Quotation and speaker:
Lady Macbeth: Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't? (1.7.72-77)
B. Paraphrase and clarification:
Hopefully you will only have male children, For you should compose nothing that isn’t masculine. When we have marked the servants with the blood of the king and use their own daggers, won’t they look like they have committed the murder?
Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth he should only have male children, because she likes masculinity and that when they cover the servants in blood, it will look like the servants killed king Duncan.
C. Conclusions:
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are using the blood and daggers to make it look like the servants killed the king.
2.) A. Quotation and speaker:
Macbeth: But in these cases
We still have judgment here, that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague th' inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips. He’s here in double trust:
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. (1.7.7-16)
B. Paraphrase and clarification: By doing violent crimes, we are only teaching others bloody instructions, and the violence of the people will plague the inventor. The king should trust me in two ways, first I am his kinsman and his subject. Second, I am his host, I should shut the door on the murderer, not hold the knife myself.
Macbeth is listing reasons why he should not murder king Duncan.
C. Conclusions:
The words “Bloody instructions” are being used to say “violent crimes.”
General Conclusions for Act 1:
1.) “Bloody instructions” is an interesting use of the
Act 1
1.) A. Quotation and speaker:
Lady Macbeth: Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't? (1.7.72-77)
B. Paraphrase and clarification:
Hopefully you will only have male children, For you should compose nothing that isn’t masculine. When we have marked the servants with the blood of the king and use their own daggers, won’t they look like they have committed the murder?
Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth he should only have male children, because she likes masculinity and that when they cover the servants in blood, it will look like the servants killed king Duncan.
C. Conclusions:
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are using the blood and daggers to make it look like the servants killed the king.
2.) A. Quotation and speaker:
Macbeth: But in these cases
We still have judgment here, that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague th' inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips. He’s here in double trust:
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. (1.7.7-16)
B. Paraphrase and clarification: By doing violent crimes, we are only teaching others bloody instructions, and the violence of the people will plague the inventor. The king should trust me in two ways, first I am his kinsman and his subject. Second, I am his host, I should shut the door on the murderer, not hold the knife myself.
Macbeth is listing reasons why he should not murder king Duncan.
C. Conclusions:
The words “Bloody instructions” are being used to say “violent crimes.”
General Conclusions for Act 1:
1.) “Bloody instructions” is an interesting use of the