The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. 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. Make thick my blood. Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings […]
What beast was ’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made […]
“Life is but a walking shadow ,” Idea: The brevity of life. Insight: Life is pointless. Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s tragedy deals with forces beyond our control. Macbeth who’s just learnt about his wife’s untimely death considers life to be “like a walking shadow.” It’s in his use of metaphor and the interplay between light and […]
She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a […]
Characters: Malcolm, Old Siward, Rosse, thanes and soldiers Location: Within the castle Events: As Old Siward expresses his pride that his son died bravely, Macduff enters with Macbeth’s severed head. Malcolm rewards the loyal thanes by making them earls, explains what now has to be done, and invites everyone to his coronation.
Characters: Macbeth, Macduff Location: Another part of the field Events: Macbeth finally faces Macduff, who dismays him by revealing that he had a C-section birth. Macbeth immediately feels threatened and is slain by Macduff. Rosse informs Old Siward that his son is dead.
Characters: Macbeth, Young Siward, Macduff, Siward Location: Another part of the plain Events: In the battle, Macbeth encounters Siward’s son, confident that he cannot be harmed by any man born of woman. Macbeth kills Young Siward and exits as Macduff enters, looking for him. Malocolm and Old Siward enter Macbeth’s castle.
Characters: Malcolm, Old Siward, Macduff and their army Location: A plain before the castle Events: Malcolm gives orders about the attack.
Characters: Macbeth, Seyton, a messenger and soldiers Location: Dunsinane, within the castle Events: Macbeth boasts that his castle can withstand a siege indefinitely but is disturbed by the cry of women. Hearing that Lady Macbeth is dead, he reflects on the pointlessness of life. A messenger informs Macbeth that Birnam wood appears to be moving […]
Characters: Malcolm, Old Siward and his son, Macduff, Menteth, Cathness, Angus, Lenox, Rosse and Soldiers Location: Country near Dunsinane. A wood in view. Events:The two armies opposing Macbeth have joined forces. Malcolm orders that every man must cut down a bough from Birnam wood so that they can conceal the army’s true size, and reports […]