Student Name: Amylyn De Paz
Macbeth Act I Questions January 22-25, Spring 2023
Act I, Scene 2 - Macbeth the Great Warrior
How is the character of Macbeth established through the dialogue of this scene? (Explain and use text examples.)
In this scene, the character of Macbeth is established to be the heroic standard of the time. In the dialogue of this scene, an injured soldier describes Macbeth to have displayed great bravery in battle and to have crushed the enemies. This is significant since a soldier who is willing to get hurt for his people displays great bravery, so it means something for him to describe Macbeth as brave. Additionally, Macdonald and his allies are described as fierce beings which reinforces Macbeth’s
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He begins to plot treason since he sees that killing Duncan is the only viable way into obtaining the crown. This plan earns him the crown but at a painstaking cost.
Act I, Scene 5 - Lady Macbeth
6. What does the opening message, sent by Macbeth to his wife, suggest about the strength of their relationship? The opening message, sent by Macbeth to his wife, suggests that the two have a strong relationship. This is revealed by Macbeth’s respect for his wife since he trusts her with the secretive information of his life. Respect and trust like the one Macbeth has for her is only seen in tight bonds.
7. What doubts does Lady Macbeth have about her husband? Lady Macbeth recognizes that her husband is far too kind to complete the heinous task that is at hand to gain the crown—she spots a weakness. However, she gives him the benefit of the doubt concerning his ambition.
8. How does Lady Macbeth curse herself? Lady Macbeth curses herself and her husband by seeking aid from evil to make her into the cruelest version of herself to achieve her malicious
In the beginning of the play Macbeth is looked at as a brave warrior when around other soldiers. He is well respected by Duncan, but with his wife he comes off as a weaker man. “ it is clear that while the couple share ambition, Lady Macbeth is at first more willing to catch " If Macbeth professes to have "vaulting ambition," it is his wife who encourages him, despite his own fears of cosmic justice, expressed in that remarkable early soliloquy. ”(Masiello, What is the relationship like between Macbeth and lady Macbeth, 2016)
As she says this, Lady Macbeth puts her husband on the spot, leading him to doubt himself and lose confidence in his character. It is as if he has been called out for not being honest and putting on an act. Macbeth now feels self-conscious about not being as bold as he was when he brought up the plan, and as a result, Macbeth begins to reconsider his final decision to save
Macbeth’s relationship with Lady Macbeth Macbeth’s relationship with Lady Macbeth is extremely complex and has many aspects. At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth recognizes Macbeth’s ambition and encourages him to seize the throne by any means necessary. “Shall sun that morrow see! Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters.”
Macbeth clearly distinguished himself as a great warrior, but his battlefield heroics did not carry over into heroic behavior off the battlefield. It is ironic that he, who had defended Duncan from traitors colluding with Irish and Norwegian armies, himself harbored traitorous thoughts. As he was contemplating assassinating Duncan, Macbeth was having trouble in justifying what he was about to do. “I am his kinsman and his subject, / Strong both against the
In the beginning Macbeth was a skilled General who would willingly risk his own life to protect his king. Not only was he loyal to his king but he showed respect to his wife, which was not common during that time. Macbeth demonstrates consideration for his wife in Act 1, when he sent a message to his wife before
From the beginning of act I, Macbeth is presented as a heroic figure, and a brave character. Although, when Macbeth is crowned Thane of Cawdor by
Lady Macbeth uses demeaning language to assert dominance over her husband. Lady Macbeth is a willful woman that takes on the role of a male character in the beginning scenes in order to instigate the ambition in her husband. She exploits Macbeth's masculinity when she says, “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it”(Macbeth, 1.5, 15-20).
She begins by praising him, ‘worthy’, however ends the speech with orders and telling Macbeth that he did things wrong, she also insults him ‘infirm of purpose’. Macbeth would be proud of himself because Lady Macbeth is his wife and her opinion means a lot to him. Lady Macbeth is skilful with words, such as ‘worthy’ and ‘my husband’. Macbeth is the man in the relationship, but he still needs Lady Macbeth’s
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship caused many chaotic outcomes, but in the end it proved to be fatal. In the beginning of Macbeth, the readers are already aware of the fascinating relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth received a letter from her husband about the witches’ prophecies. He wrote, “This have I thought good to to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness.”
She is a loyal though misguided wife, not without tenderness and not without conscience. Lady Macbeth’s willingness to sacrifice her femininity exposes her loyalty towards Macbeth. After reading the letter regarding the witch’s prophecies, she decides she must do whatever it take to make Macbeth King: 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.
Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s relationship is somewhat the opposite of a regular relationship. Lady Macbeth makes all the orders and her husband follows them. Perhaps Macbeth does this out of respect for her. Their love for each other is not the one you find in every day relationship. Lady Macbeth made Macbeth decisions for him until Duncan death, telling him what choices were right for him if he wanted to become king.
To begin, the relationship between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth was a strong, loving, equally based relationship. She was devoted and loyal to him until her unfaithful day. After Macbeth was told the prophecies, he immediately sent a letter to his wife, calling her his dearest partner. This shows how Macbeth treats her as an equal and was truly in love with her. Also, she was Macbeth’s rock, the person he could depend on, his comfort, his confidence and safety and
Lady Macbeth tries to mask her guilt by covering up for her husband, but eventually comes to grips with her own instability. In Macbeth, Shakespeare asserts that power drives the title character and his wife to insanity, particularly after their conspiracy to kill Duncan. For starters, prior to killing Duncan, Macbeth imagines the likely consequences of his future actions and whether or not they signal his destiny. At the beginning
During the first act, Duncan along with many others showered Macbeth with praises such as, “For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name-”(1.2.16) and
Many rhetorical devices are used in this scene by both Macbeth and his wife, which are very effective in driving the argument. Macbeth is persuaded by his wife to murder King Duncan due to the couple’s strong marriage as well as Lady