Zusammenfassung der Ressource
MACBETH
pt 2
- IMPORTANT QUOTES ACT 3
- This is where Macbeth becomes more murderous, It begins
with Macbeth and Banquo talking about what Banquo has
planned to do for the day so macbeth can tell the
murderes where he is going to be so the Murder can take
place. Lady Macebth is not involved in this plan but she
notices that achieving their ambition will not make them
happier ('our desire is got without content'). At this point
there is a change in the relationship between Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth as Macbeth tells her to be 'innocent of the
knowledge' until 'thou applaud the deed' this is contrary to
the murder of Duncan when Lady Macbeth was pushing
for the murder
- After the murder of Banquo there is Macbeths
banquet. The murderers tell Macbeth that they killed
Banquo but Fleance got away. Lady Macbeth reminds
macbeth that they have to attend to the guest so
Macbeth attempts to be brave and carry on with the
feast. Banquo's ghost appears adding to the
supernatural element of the play but also alludes to
the fact that Macbeth's sanity is being pushed to the
limit. Lady Macbeth at this points references her first
speech in the act by asking Macbeth 'Are you a Man'
Lady Macbeth attmepts to cover for Macbeth by saying
this is an illness he has had from childhood. Macbeth
now says he has to go and see the witches despite
Lady Macbeth's discouragement.He says he has
stepped too 'far in' that he cannot stop now.
- The final act in this scene is
where the lords start to
doubt Macbeth and they
refer to him as the 'tyrant'.
- IMPORTANT QUOTES ACT 4
- The witches scene emphasises the depths of their evil. The
ingredients added into the cauldron are described in a very
demonic way. The lexical set used includes words like
'posioned, venom and hellbroth' shows they intend to bring
evil. They even include parts of humans. The witches seem to
have no conscience. When the second witch 'By the pricking of
my thumbs, something wicked this way comes' underlines how
evil Macbeth has become. The witches are clearly wicked
beings themselves and even they think Macbeth is evil. The
witches tell Macbeth to'Beware Macduff' . The second
prediction contradicts the first as they say 'None of woman
born Shall harm Macbeth' . The final prediction which says
'Great Birnam wood to high dynsinane shall come'' Macbeth
will not be harmed leads macbeth to believe he is
untouchabke as the forest cant move. The last vision shows
Banquo's children reigning scotland he calls this a 'horrible
sight'.
- Macbeth then says 'damnd all those
that trust them!' in re ference to the
witches. This is ironic as he has put his
trust in them. This forebodes his death
as since he trusts them he will be
damned. Macbeth decides to act quick
and send people to muder Macbeth's
family including his 'babes' The killing
of innocents brings Macbeth to his
lowest point.
- Lady Macduff knows that she is in
danger and questions her husbands
dcision to leave the country which is
against status quo for women at that
time
- Final scene features Macduff trying
to persuade Malcolm to return to
Scotland and take back the throne.
Malcolm does not know whether
Macduff is loyal so he sets up a test
fir him: he goes to the ectent of
syaing if that if everyone knew
about his sins Macbeth would
appear 'white as snow'. Macduff
tries to prove that Macbeth is not
the better man which in trun
proves Macduff's loyalty. Ross
arrives after this and tells Macduff
that Macbeth has killed his
children. He is told to 'dispute it
like a man'
- IMPORTANT QUOTES
ACT 5
- Lady macbeth suffers for her
earlier actions. She is watched by
her maid and a Doctor as she walks
in her sleep. Lady Macbeth 'has
light by her Continually; tis her
command'' this is to emphasise
that Lady Macbeth can no longer
bear night and darkness. She is
washing her hands as she is
replaying the events that happened
earlier in the night of the murder.
She says 'Yet who would have
thought the old man to have had
so much blood in him', 'Will this
ne'er be clean?' . It is at this point
that she realises the consequences
of what she has done and her
conscience cant rest.
- The Doctor and the
Maid cant talk freely
about what they are
hearing because they
can not accuse Lady
Macbeth of the
murder without being
disloyal. As Malcolm
and the aenglish army
approach Macbeth
asks the Doctor about
his wife and the
Doctor says he cant
cure here
- The 'thanes fly from Macbeth'
but he keeps repeating to
them that he is safe until
'Birnham forest come to
dunsinane'. Te futility of his
words is made clear when
Malcolm tells this soliders to
cut down trees and walk with
them in front to hide their
numbers.
- Lady Macbeth dies and he is barely effected.
He says 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor
player. That struts and frets his hour upon
the stage, And then is heard no more' This
suggests life is worthless. He sees at this
point Birnham coming to dunsinane and
notices the witches trickery and
acknowledges he can do nothing but fight.
Macduff during the fight says 'he was
untimely ripped' from his mother's womb
showing he was not born of woman,
- CHARACTER MACBETH: At the beginning of the play
he is a hero as he has just won a great battle. The
captain of the army describes him as 'Brave
Macbeth'; the king calls him his 'valiant cousin'.
Macbeth clearly has invisioned himself on the
throne because when Duncan names Malcolm
prince of cumberland he sees this as a 'lying' in his
way. Macbeth still has a conscience and when lady
Macbeth suggests they kill Duncan he recalls the
duties he owes to him He recognises he is King
Duncan's subject and he should be protecting him
and not harming him. He says 'We will proceed no
further in this business' Its at this point we see
Lady Macbeths power of Macbeth; she knows
exactly the right things to say. She questions his
love for her and calls him a coward and even
questions his manhood
- Macbeths dagger scene shows his
increasing horror towards the idea
of killing Duncan. The extreme
reaction to the murder shows a
man with a conscience. He
understands the severity of the sin
he has commited and has accepted
it will be with him forever.
- After the murder Macbeth adopts a persona of innocence while
procedding, behind the scenes, to engage in further murders to
protect himself. He kills the guards and then kills Banquo (so
thatt banquo not reveal what the witches tiold them). It is a
measure of his decline when he wants Felance also killed but
after these murders his conscience still troubles him when he
sees Banquo's ghost. )
- After the banquet we can tell that Macbeth is insecure so for this
reason he goes and sees the witches again. After he sees that all
his attempts hof keeping the throne have been futile (he sees
that Banquo's descendants will reign) he orders for Macduff's
'wife, his babes' to be murdered. This murder of the innocent
marks Macbeth's lowest point.
- After Lady Macbeth dies, Macbeth has lost all
sense of the meaning of life. He says 'It is a tale
told by an idiot, full of sounds and fury signifying
nothing'. Even he thinks he has no 'honour love
obedience or friends'
- At the end of the play we can see Macbeth regain
some of the many characterostics we saw him
having at the start of the play. He becomes brave
again saying 'atleast well die with harness on our
back'. Even when he is about to die he says 'Yet I
will try the last' he is refusing to give up. In
Malcolms final speech he refers to Macbeth as a
'butcher' , a man who was so acclaimed at the
beginning but brought about his own downfall
- LADY MACBETH
- Lady Macbeth is shown to be evil from
the first time we meet her. She is
ecstatic with the witches predictions and
intends for them to come true no matter
the costs. The relationship between
Macbeth and Lady Macbeh is pivotal to
the play. At the beginning he writes to
her calling her his 'dearest love'.
- She wants Macbeth to be king but she says he is 'Too full o' the
milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way'. Meaning that he
is too humane to do what needs to be done. She is clearly evil from
the start as she calls upon 'Spirits' to unsex her so that she can
become stronger. The audience at the time would have expected a
woman to be compassionate and moral. She is quick to think of a
plan to murder King Duncan and soon tells Macbeth her plan. She
is able to lie easily as when she welcomes Duncan into their house
she does so with a smile. There is no sign of guilt. When Macbeth
tries to back out of the plan she accuses him of weakness and of
being a coward. She clearly knows how to manipulate him. She
does show a hint of weakness when she says 'had he not
resembled my father as he slept, I had done't'
- As the play progresses
Macbeth confides in her
less and less and tells her
'Be clear of the knowledge
dearest chuck, until thy
appluad the deed'. She
still however tries to
protect Macbeth as seen
in the banquet. She tells
the guests 'My lord is
often thus and hath been
from his youth'. She tries
to calm macbeth done but
the techniques she used
before to manipulaate
Macbeth are not as
succesful showing a
severe change in macbeth.
- When she is sleepwalking we can see
that the guilt has got to her. She relives
the murders in her sleep. She also
blmaes herself for the murders of
others. 'The thane of fife had a wife:
where is she now?' even though she did
not call. She eventually commiys suicide.
Mcbeth realises that their evil deeds
have lead his wife to madness and asks
the doctor to 'minister' to her mind.