![]() ![]() L )Ĩ “Stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more!” (Act 1, Scene 3, l. "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to the, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to the, Thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" - the Witches to Macbeth. #pleasedas #macbethismyhomeboyħ "All hail, Macbeth. “What he hath lost, nobel Macbeth has won.” (The thane of Cawdor has lost what the nobel Macbeth has won.) - Macbeth is to receive the power and wealth that comes with being a thane twice over. Go announce that he will be executed, and tell Macbeth that Cawdor’s titles will be given to him.) - Duncan explains that the thane of Cawdor is to be executed for fighting with the Norwegians against the Scots. “No more that thane of Cawdor shall decieive/ Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death,/ And with his formal title greet Macbeth.” (The thane of Cawdor will never again betray me. “O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!” (My brave relative! What a worthy man!) Duncan about Macbeth. Don’t be scared of the language! With Shakespearian, you can usually recognise enough words to get by!Ħ King Duncan is very pleased with Macbeth after the battle… ![]() Then without so much as a ’hello’ (”ne’er shook hands”) Macbeth defeated the the Norwegian leader ”unseam(ing) him from the nave to th’ chaps” or cutting him open from his belly button to his chin before cutting off his head and putting it on stick. He says that Macbeth changed the “fortune” or fate of the battle with his sword (”his brandished steel”), literally carving his way across the battlefield until he faced the leader of the Norwegians (“the slave”). ![]() The wounded solider tells King Duncan that the Scots were about to lose the battle against the Norwegians and the traitor Macdonwald - until Macbeth turned up. “But all’s too weak: For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name), Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour’s minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseamed him from the nave to th’ chaps, And fixed his head upon our battlements.” Wounded solider to King Duncan, Act 1, Scene 2, l. #killsitinakilt #theorignalbraveheartĥ The passage below describes Macbeth’s prowess on the battlefield… He fights so well, in fact, that he singlehandedly wins the battle that King Duncan and the Scots are fighting against the Norwegians at the beginning of the play. Macbeth is a man who – at the start of the play – appears to be a good man, with loyal friends, one who fights for his king. His bloody reign ends in a battle against Malcolm (King Duncan’s son) and the English forces.Ĥ “…brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)…” (Act 1, Scene 2, l. Once he commits this first crime, he embarks on further atrocities with increasing ease – even killing his best friend (Banquo) when he fears the other man suspects him of killing King Duncan. He kills King Duncan and takes over the crown. Upon hearing this, Macbeth allows his wife’s encouragement and his own ambition overcome his better judgement. The witches also predict he will one day be king of Scotland. When returning from battle, he is told by three witches that he will soon by Thane of Cawdor - a prophecy that quickly comes true. 3)ģ In a few words: At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a captain in Duncan's army and the Thane (Lord) of Glamis. MACBETH: Worthy gentleman or hell-hound? “Turn, hell-hound, turn!” – (Act 5, Scene 8, l. Presentation on theme: "Macbeth & Lady Macbeth Character Analysis."- Presentation transcript:ġ Macbeth & Lady Macbeth Character AnalysisĢ "Oh valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman." - (Act 1, Scene 2, l. ![]()
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