Act 1 Plot: When the play first opens we hear 3 strange witches standing in a field while it is thunder and lightening. They begin to chant spells and talk about their meeting with Macbeth as they vanish into thin air. Not to far from the field‚ there is a battle taking place‚ the King of Scotland is there with some of his followers. The king is much to old to fight for himself‚ so he sends to hear how his army is doing. A badly injured soldier then returns from battle to tell Duncan how dreadfully
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LEAR: It may be so‚ my lord. Hear‚ Nature‚ hear‚ dear goddess‚ hear!Suspend thy purpose if thou didst intend 270To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility. Dry up in her the organs of increase‚And from her derogate body never springA babe to honor her. If she must teem‚ 275Create her child of spleen‚ that it may liveAnd be a thwart disnatured torment to her. Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth‚With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks‚Turn all her mother’s pains
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Scene Setting Characters Plot 1‚1 Battlefield‚ thunder and lightning Three witches The three witches arrange to meet with Macbeth when the battle is oover 1‚2 King’s headquarters King Duncan‚ Malcolm‚ Donaldbain‚ Lennox‚ Ross‚ Angus King Duncan hears good news of the battle; Banquo and Macbeth have fught valiantly against his enemies and the king rewards Macbeth with the title Thane of Cawdor 1‚3 The heath‚ thunder three witches‚ Macbeth‚ Banquo‚ Ross‚ Angus The witches meet Banquo and Macbeth:
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Act One; Three witches stand around their cauldron plotting trouble. When Macbeth and Banquo come across the witches’ paths on their way home from the battlefield‚ they are given a prophecy that tells them of their future. Soon after‚ the first prophecy comes true when Macbeth is given the title Thane of Cawdor. When Duncan (The King) stays at Macbeth’s house for the night before his return home‚ Macbeth tells his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ of the prophecy’s‚ who then comes up with a plan to kill Duncan
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The Relationship of Macbeth and his wife in Act 1 Scene 5 and 7 From the beginning of the play‚ the relationship between Macbeth and his wife seem to be the expected partnership in romance‚ however‚ as the play progresses‚ our expectations seems to change for the worst. We are informed that Macbeth desires to be King of Scotland and initially‚ his wife appears to be supportive of him as a wife should be but her response to this changes quite drastically as we read further on. We are first introduced
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attitudes towards Kingship in Act 3‚ Scene 4? In Jacobean society‚ there was a very rigid idea of what a King should represent and how he should act. Ideas such as Divine Right‚ order‚ stability and health‚ and contemporary beliefs such as Heaven and Hell meant the concept of Kingship was of great interest to the Jacobean people. However‚ important events taking place around the time that the play was written somewhat unsettled these contemporary ideas‚ just as Macbeth itself does. The throne had
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Within Act 5‚ scene 5‚ in the play Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare effectively conveys the theme of life and death in the form of repetition‚ symbolism‚ alliteration‚ and metaphor. In this passage‚ Macbeth reflects on the essence of his mortality showing that‚ in his opinion‚ the struggle of human existence is foolish when it ultimately signifies nothing. In line 18‚ Macbeth expresses his continued existence in a monotonous form of repetition‚ as if one day is no different from the rest‚ “To-morrow
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------------------------------------------------- Significant Quotes Act IV Shakespearean English | Modern English | Double‚ double‚ toil and trouble; Fire burn‚ and cauldron bubble. Act IV‚ Scene i‚ Line 10 | “Double all the troubles and hardships of men. Let the misery of Scotland increase as the fire burns and the cauldron bubbles.” | Significance: The purpose of this well known quote is to communicate to the audience the witches’ intentions. The witches chant this line all together over a concoction they are
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shame‚ I see/ The imminent death of twenty thousand men‚/ That for a fantasy and trick of fame/ Go to their graves like beds‚ fight for a plot/ Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause‚/ Which is not tomb enough and continent/ To hide the slain? Oh‚ from this time forth‚/ My thoughts be bloody‚ or be nothing worth! (IV.iv.34-68) After everyone exits leaving Hamlet along with the audience‚ his true emotions and thoughts comes pouring out. Hamlet is saying how his view of the world points out that all
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Act 1 Journal Jabie H. (Scene 5) Journal of Lady Macbeth: After reading the letter Macbeth sent her. “Blue Jays play dumb and dumber‚ with and without Yunel Escobar: Perkins”
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