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Macbeth Falcon Quotes

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In Macbeth, I believe birds are an important symbol in the poem. The two birds in Macbeth’s poem are the owl and the falcon. The falcon represents the characters in the poem and death. In act two, scene two, lines 3-4, it states “It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, which gives the stern’st good-night”(2.2.3-4). In this quote, the owl witnesses the murder of King Duncan and decided to advertise it. In addition, the quote sites the owl witnessing the heinous murder of the King before the town’s people observed it. The owl’s ability to view the occurrence that the town’s people were unable to see, presented him with a humanistic knowledge that surpassed the town’s people cognition. In Act two, scene
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Macbeth Macbeth started out as a good person but he became cruel and insane because of his trust in evil and untrustworthy ideas and people. Macbeth trust in devious forces leads to his downfall. When Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches in scene i they tell Macbeth and Banquo their future. Macbeth fully trusts the witches until his death, and even when he curses them he still believes them. .

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lood proclaims Macbeth’s feelings about murder. Blood as an imagery pattern in this book uncoveres the apprehensiveness of Macbeth right before he kills Duncan. Specifcally, Macbeth hallucintes a dagger (sword) floating before him, showing him towards Duncan’s room, And on thy blade and dudegeon gouts of blood” Macbeth is certainly worried and hesitant about the murder he is about to commit. He sense the horrible deed he is about to commit.

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When an owl shrieks, it is “considered an omen of death”. Shakespeare chose the owl for this scene in order to support the action Macbeth had previously performed, which was killing Duncan. The owl is also mentioned in Act II Scene 3. Lennox said, “Now hatched to th’ woeful time: the obscure bird clamored the livelong night.”. The obscure bird mentioned is relative to a bird that stays in darkness, in this case the owl.

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The only bird mentioned in the play that is not evil, is the martlet. Banquo acknowledges, “[t]his guest of summer, [t]he temple haunting martlet, does approve [b]y his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath” (I.vi.3-5). Banquo points out that since a martlet is building its nest in Macbeth’s castle, it must have the nicest air. Banquo uses this bird to describe Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s home, because of their specific taste. The reference to martlets is also used because after Macbeth has become corrupt the martlets no longer build houses in Macbeth’s castle.

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Throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the motif of predatory birds to relay the theme of omens of unnatural behavior. The natural actions of predatory birds are to hunt and kill their prey (mice or other small animals). Accordingly, owls are known to hunt and kill mice while: “On Tuesday last,/ a falcon tow’ring in her pride and place, /was mousing owl hawked at and killed”(73). How unnatural is it that an owl decides to attack and kill a falcon which is higher on the food chain, instead of an innocent mouse? Not only does this relay an action of unnatural behavior but Shakespeare also uses this to add depth in the portrayal of the recent events in the killing of Duncan and Macbeth’s hallucinations.

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That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan / Under my battlements" (1.5.38-40). The quote displays that the raven has a raspy voice from repeatedly saying that King Duncan will die. This is important because ravens are usually viewed as a low and ghoulish species which foreshadows that something bad could happen to King Duncan. Later on in the play it states “On Tuesday last / A falcon, towering in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd" (2.4.11-13). This shows an owl killed a falcon and can be interpreted as Macbeth being the owl and killing Duncan who is the falcon.

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Hamartia is the fatal flaw of a tragic hero. Macbeth’s hamrita is being too ambitious. One if the time that Macbeth showed his ambition is when he killed Duncan. Macbeth killed Duncan because he wanted to be king, but before that, Duncan, the King of Scotland had just pronounced his son next in line for king. Macbeth says this to himself when he is preparing to kill Duncan.

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