Week of January 31st--Macbeth!
Dear Honor Students,
Please analyze the following quotes from Macebeth; identify the speaker, provide context for the meaning, and interpret the meaning.
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Please analyze the following quotes from Macebeth; identify the speaker, provide context for the meaning, and interpret the meaning.
1.
Yet do I fear they 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 to it.
2.
The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
3.
Hie thee hither,
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear
And chastise with the valour of my tongue
All that impedes thee from the golden round.
1. The speaker of quote one is Lady Macbeth. In that quote, Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth should become king. Lady Macbeth directs to Macbeth, “Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”(Act one, Scene six, lines sixty five and sixty six.) Lady Macbeth is directing Macbeth to murdering King Duncan. Also, she herself is rather sly and sneaky. After reading the letter, Lady Macbeth grins to herself while replying, “And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou’dst have, great Glamis.”(Act One, Scene five, line twenty two.) Lady Macbeth believes there is something wrong with Macbeth being thane of Cawdor. She knows for a fact that the witches’ predictions will come true. Lady Macbeth shouts as she tries to “unsex” herself, “Of direct cruelty! Make thick my blood…” (Act One, Scene five. Line forty three.) Lady Macbeth herself is evil. Also, in a way, she seems to act like Macbeth’s “inner conscious.”
ReplyDelete2. The speaker of quote two is Macbeth. In the quote, Macbeth does not want to become King and risk murdering King Duncan along the way. After the witches disappear, Macbeth demands to Angus, “The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?”(Act One, Scene Three, lines 109-110.) The lines create the suspense of Macbeth going to do something horrible to King Duncan later on. Also, Macbeth himself is rather confused. Macbeth speaks to himself, “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair…” (Act One, Scene Three, lines 135-136.) Macbeth does not know if he should trust the witches’’ predictions or not. The word horrid image is a reference towards the witches’ predictions. Banquo worries towards Macbeth, “The instruments of darkness tell us truths…to betray’s in deepest consequence.”(Act One, Scene Three, lines 124-126.) Banquo does not trust the witches. He knows for a fact that Macbeth himself is going to get himself in trouble.
3. The speaker of quote three is Lady Macbeth. She is calling upon the spirits to “unsex her” and help her make Macbeth king. Lady Macbeth criticizes, “The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements.”(Act One, Scene five, lines thirty nine to forty.) Lady Macbeth refers to the raven as Macbeth. She herself wants to become queen of Scotland. Lady Macbeth directs to Macbeth, “Oh, never shall sun that morrow see!”(Act One, Scene Six, lines sixty to sixty one.) Lady Macbeth is referring to King Duncan. She herself wants Macbeth to assassinate him. As Macbeth enters the room, Lady Macbeth exclaims, “Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both by the all-hail hereafter!”(Act One, Scene Five, lines fifty four-fifty five.) Lady Macbeth’s attitude seems similar towards the witches’ attitude. She herself supports the predictions of the three witches. (Athena Baker, first time.)
1. The speaker of quote one is Lady Macbeth. In that quote, Lady Macbeth argues that Macbeth is way too kind of a person to assassinate King Duncan. Lady Macbeth directs to Macbeth, “Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”(Act one, Scene six, lines sixty five and sixty six.) Lady Macbeth is directing Macbeth to murdering King Duncan. Also, she herself is rather sly and sneaky. As Macbeth enters, Lady Macbeth shouts, “ Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both by the all-hail hereafter!”(Act One, Scene Five, lines fifty four-fifty five.) Lady Macbeth seems to be in great support of the witches’ predictions. She also seems to be rather evil. While reading the letter, Lady Macbeth notices in between the lines, “…these Weird Sisters saluted me…This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness…”(Act One, Scene Five, lines eight-eleven.) Lady Macbeth and Macbeth seem to have a really close relationship. Lady Macbeth is using the relationship advantage to simply manipulate Macbeth into doing what she wants him to do.
ReplyDelete2. The speaker of quote two is Macbeth. In the quote, Macbeth is thinking to himself, “What happens when I become Thane of Cawdor?” Banquo worries towards Macbeth, “The instruments of darkness tell us truths…to betray’s in deepest consequence.”(Act One, Scene Three, lines 124-126.) Banquo does not trust the witches. He knows for a fact that Macbeth himself is going to get himself in trouble. As King Duncan continues to worry over the thought of repaying Macbeth, Macbeth replies, “ The service and loyalty I owe, in doing it, pays itself.”(Act One, Scene Four, lines twenty two-twenty three.) Macbeth is a rather humble person. He only does what he believes is right for him and all the citizens of Scotland. King Duncan replies wearily, “ He(the original Thane of Cawdor) was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.”(Act One, Scene Four, lines thirteen-fourteen.) King Duncan does not seem to be very emotional about the Thane of Cawdor’s execution. Also, this line is creating some suspense that Macbeth shall meet his demise.
3. The speaker in the quote is Lady Macbeth. She is plotting to make Macbeth kill King Duncan with the use of manipulating. Lady Macbeth criticizes, “The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements.”(Act One, Scene five, lines thirty nine to forty.) Lady Macbeth refers to the raven as Macbeth. She herself wants to become queen of Scotland. After reading the letter, Lady Macbeth grins to herself while replying, “And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou’dst have, great Glamis.”(Act One, Scene five, line twenty two.) Lady Macbeth believes Macbeth should become king. She knows for a fact that the witches’ predictions will come true. After the witches disappear, Macbeth demands to Angus, “The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?”(Act One, Scene Three, lines 109-110.) The lines create the suspense of Macbeth going to do something horrible to King Duncan later on. Also, Macbeth himself is rather confused. (Athena Baker, second time.)
1. The person who said the quote is Lady Macbeth. In the quote, Lady Macbeth believes that her husband is rather too kind as to assassinate King Duncan. As Lady Macbeth “unsexes herself”, “Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me…direct cruelty!”(Act One, Scene five, lines forty to forty three.) Lady Macbeth wants to become male so she can become more aggressive without feeling much guilt. Also, she does not very patient. As Macbeth enters, Lady Macbeth shouts, “Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both by the all-hail hereafter!”(Act One, Scene Five, lines fifty four-fifty five.) Lady Macbeth seems to be in great support of the witches’ predictions. She also seems to be rather evil. Lady Macbeth claims to her husband, “Oh, never shall sun that morrow see!”(Act One, Scene Six, lines sixty to sixty one.) The sun is a reference towards King Duncan meeting his demise. She does not seem however a good convincer towards her own husband.
ReplyDelete2. The person who said the quote is Macbeth himself. In the quote, Macbeth does not know if gaining the title of “Thane of Cawdor” is rather a terrific idea or a terrible idea. As Macbeth thinks over Lady Macbeth’s plan, “If th’ assassination could trammel up the consequence…might be the be-all and the end-all!”(Act One, Scene Seven. Lines two-five.) Macbeth still cares a lot for King Duncan. On the other hand, King Duncan (according to Macbeth) is much too gentle of a ruler to be using his powers. As King Duncan continues to worry over the thought of repaying Macbeth, Macbeth replies, “The service and loyalty I owe, in doing it, pays itself.”(Act One, Scene Four, lines twenty two-twenty three.) Macbeth is a rather humble person. He only does what he believes is right for him and all the citizens of Scotland. After speaking with Lady Macbeth about her plan to murder the king, Macbeth replies, “We will speak further.” (Act One, Scene Six. Line seventy.) Macbeth does not seem to be convinced by Lady Macbeth’s manipulation. Also, he does not seem to have morally changed himself (yet.)
3. The person who said the quote is Lady Macbeth. In the quote, Lady Macbeth plans to manipulate Macbeth so he will assassinate King Duncan. After reading the letter, Lady Macbeth grins to herself while replying, “And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou’dst have, great Glamis.”(Act One, Scene five, line twenty two.) Lady Macbeth believes Macbeth should become king. She knows for a fact that the witches’ predictions will come true. Lady Macbeth assures to her husband, “Leave all the rest to me.”(Act One, Scene Six. Line seventy three.) Lady Macbeth is someone Macbeth trusts very much. To Macbeth, she is his best beloved partner in crime. Lady Macbeth criticizes, “The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements.”(Act One, Scene five, lines thirty nine to forty.) Lady Macbeth refers to the raven as Macbeth. She herself wants to become queen of Scotland. (Athena Baker, third time.)
1. This is a quote from Lady Macbeth in act 1.5. What she is expressing is that Macbeth’s heart is to good too kill Duncan to become the king. Considering she will do anything to get Macbeth the throne, this is a problem for her. Another thing that she is saying in this quote is that Macbeth has ambition enough to do whatever he has to do to obtain the throne, but his conscience won’t let him.
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Macbeth says this in act 1.4, after King Duncan announces that Malcomb, his eldest son, will be crowned king after him. This interferes with the prophesy of the witches because Macbeth was told he was going to be king and by the time Malcombs reign is over, he will be either very old or dead. This is the point when Macbeth thinks to himself “I need to take action” because inside of him, he is hoping that the prophesy does come true.
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This is another quote from Lady Macbeth in act 1.5. In this one she is talking about how she will persuade Macbeth with her words to make him kill Duncan and take the throne from Duncan. After all, they always say that only a woman knows how to get what she wants from a man. This is the reason she become sort of the power house behind Macbeth; she is a main force, along with the witches, that cause him to kill Duncan.
(Cypress Austin- First time)
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ReplyDeleteThis is a quote from Lady Macbeth in act 1.5. I think what she is saying is that Macbeth is too good of a person to do what he has to do (kill Duncan) to obtain the throne. However, Lady Macbeth wants the throne just as much as Macbeth does and will stop at nothing to have him on it. When she says “Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend to it” she is expressing that Macbeth is very ambitious and wants to have the throne, but his conscience wont let him go through with it.
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Macbeth says this in act 1.4, after King Duncan announces that Malcomb, his eldest son, will be crowned king after him. Macbeth begins to worry because the witches told him that he was going to be king, but now that the king announced that Malcomb is to be king, Macbeth knows that he needs to take action. Whe he said “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.” It means that he needs to appear noble and kind to the face of the king, but keep the thought in his mind that he still might have to kill him.
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This is a quote from lady Macbeth in act 1.5. She knows that Macbeth will need some persuading in order to kill Duncan and she plans to talk him into it. It seems as though she wants the crown more than he does. It is seen throughout the book that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are very close and she will probably be able to persuade Macbeth to do anything. I think another idea she is expressing is that Macbeth is basically doing things to prevent becoming the king, even though fate and the witches basically told him that it should be his.
(Cypress Austin- Second time)
AVERY DARGIE (FIRST TIME)
ReplyDelete1. Yet do I fear they 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 to it.
I think this quote is saying that he fears everyone’s kindness because someone has to have ambition against people even though they are being almost too kind to them.
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The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
This quote is talking about the ambition that the first quote was saying. That everyone has their deep hidden fears about someone looking to murder them or do something to knock them down.
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Hie thee hither,
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear
And chastise with the valour of my tongue
All that impedes thee from the golden round
This is a quote by Lady Macbeth who wants Macbeth to murder the King of Scotland so he can get the crown (the golden round.) She is talking about how he needs to listen to her voice talk about this, so that they can take over the thrown.
AVERY DARGIE (SECOND TIME)
ReplyDelete1. Yet do I fear they 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 to it.
I think this quote is saying that he fears everyone’s kindness because someone has to have ambition against people even though they are being almost too kind to them; he believes that everyone has a dark side and if put to the proper point they will take advantage of that position.
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The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
This quote is talking about the ambition that the first quote was saying. That everyone has their deep hidden fears about someone looking to murder them or do something to knock them down to get to a better place. People are greedy for what their desires want.
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Hie thee hither,
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear
And chastise with the valour of my tongue
All that impedes thee from the golden round
This is a quote by Lady Macbeth who wants Macbeth to murder the King of Scotland so he can get the crown (the golden round.) She is talking about how he needs to listen to her voice talk about this, so that they can take over the thrown. She is basically being an instigator for Macbeth wanting to take over the thrown, even though Macbeth himself wasn’t thinking about murdering the King of Scotland for Macbeth is a loyal kinsman to the King.
AVERY DARGIE (THIRD TIME)
ReplyDelete1.Yet do I fear they 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 to it.
I think this quote is saying that he fears everyone’s kindness because someone has to have ambition against people even though they are being almost too kind to them; he believes that everyone has a dark side and if put to the proper point they will take advantage of that position. Does everyone have that ambition? Macbeth has the goal of becoming King but he cannot achieve this without killing the king of Scotland which he feels is wrong because he is a loyal kinsman.
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The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
This quote is talking about the ambition that the first quote was saying. That everyone has their deep hidden fears about someone looking to murder them or do something to knock them down to get to a better place. People are greedy for what their desires want because Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to be King so she can fulfill her greatest desire of being queen.
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Hie thee hither,
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear
And chastise with the valour of my tongue
All that impedes thee from the golden round
This is a quote by Lady Macbeth who wants Macbeth to murder the King of Scotland so he can get the crown (the golden round.) She is talking about how he needs to listen to her voice talk about this, so that they can take over the thrown. She is basically being an instigator for Macbeth wanting to take over the thrown, even though Macbeth himself wasn’t thinking about murdering the King of Scotland for Macbeth is a loyal kinsman to the King. Macbeth, though unfortunate, listens to his wife and her words to deceit to the King.
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ReplyDeleteQuote one is said by Lady Macbeth in act one scene 5. In it she is acknowledging the fact that Macbeth is too kind of a person to do murder Duncan. The reader notices that Lady Macbeth is keen on having Macbeth king and will do anything for him to obtain it. She comes off as a rather sneaky and devious person. It seems as though she wants the crown for herself, but no clear motive for this is stated. Another idea that she is expressing is that Macbeth has the ambition to do what needs to be done and he wants to be king himself, but conscience wont let him go through with it.
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Quote two is said by Macbeth is cat 1.4. He says this after king Duncan announces that his eldest son, Malcomb, will become king after him. Macbeth then acts happy about it, but in his head he knows that this will be a problem for him, considering the witches predicted that he will be the king next. Maybe he thought that Duncan would die from natural causes and then he will automatically just be king, but now he knows he has to act in order to be king. This is when he initially starts thinking that he has to kill Duncan in order for the prophesy to come true. When he says “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.” He is basically expressing that to Duncan’s face he will continue to act noble and kind, but in his heart he will remember that he may eventually have to kill him in the future.
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Quote 3 is said by Lady Macbeth in act 1.5. By now it is apparent that she wants the throne just as much as Macbeth does. However, she knows that Macbeth is too good of a person to kill Macbeth, or at least he will need a little bit of persuasion to go through with it. She expresses that she is going to talk him into it when she says “That I may pour my spirits in thine ear And chastise with the valour of my tongue”. She knows that Macbeth trust her and loves her more than anyone and she is the only one that can convince him.
Cypress Austin- Third time