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Analysis: Act 1: Scenes 5–7. These scenes are dominated by Lady Macbeth, who is probably the most memorable character in the play. Her violent, blistering soliloquies in Act 1, scenes 5 and 7, testify to her strength of will, which completely eclipses that of her husband. She is well aware of the discrepancy between their respective resolves ...
Summary. Analysis. Macbeth, alone, agonizes about whether to kill Duncan. He'd be willing to murder Duncan if he thought that would be the end of it. But he knows that "bloody instructions, being taught, return to plague the inventor" (1.7.10). Also, Macbeth notes, Duncan is a guest, kinsmen, and good king.
Macbeth has been convinced. In words that uncannily recall his wife's, he now puts on the mantle of murderer: the monosyllabic "False face must hide what the false heart doth know" has a certainty to it that completely overturns his earlier vacillation. Glossary. trammel up (3) obstruct, prevent. surcease (4) death. shoal (6) sandbank
30 Fathered he is, and yet he’s fatherless. My son has a father, and yet he’s fatherless. I am so much a fool, should I stay longer It would be my disgrace and your discomfort. I take my leave at once. If I stay longer, I’ll disgrace myself and embarrass you by crying.
FIRST WITCH. A sailor’s wife had chestnuts in her lap, 5 And munched, and munched, and munched. “Give me,” quoth I. “Aroint thee, witch!” the rump-fed runnion cries. Her husband’s to Aleppo gone, master o’ th’ Tiger; But in a sieve I’ll thither sail, 10 And like a rat without a tail, I’ll do, I’ll do, and I’ll do.
Summary. At Macbeth 's home, the castle of Inverness, Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband concerning his meeting with the Witches. She is immediately aware of the significance of their prophetic words and, on being informed that King Duncan will be paying a royal visit to Inverness, makes up her mind to carry out the murder of the king ...
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What arguments does Macbeth make against Duncan's murder in his act 1, scene 7 soliloquy? In act 1, scene 6 of Shakespeare's Macbeth, King Duncan arrives at Macbeth's castle. In act 1, scene 4 ...
