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Explain how ironic is there is no art to find the mind's construction in the face?
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How ironic is it? Not at all. It means exactly what it says. And we'd all do well to remember it, though we rarely do.
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Who said in Macbeth there's no art to find the minds construction in the face he was a gentleman on whom i built an absolute trust?
Duncan, about the first Thane of Cawdor. Of course, his next choice for Thane of Cawdor is someone else in whom he builds an absolute trust, namely Macbeth. Truly, Duncan is useless at finding the mind's construction in the face, which might make him a saint or an idiot, but in any event a man unequipped to be an effective king.
What does there's no art to find the minds construction in the face mean in Macbeth?
The context helps here. Duncan is surprised to find that the Thane of Cawdor turned out to be a traitor. He says, "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust." We know what the second part means: Duncan trusted Cawdor completely. In the first part, the word "art" means skill or ability, "mind's construction" means the way someone's mind is constructed, or what they are thinking, so it means "there is no such thing as the skill or ability to find what someone is thinking in the face", or "you can't judge a book by its cover". Duncan is saying that you cannot tell what someone is thinking by looking at them, and this is true for Duncan anyway. Other people are capable of it.
What leads Duncan to honor Macbeth?
He says so himself. "There's no art to find the minds's construction in the face. He was a gentleman upon whom I built an absolute trust." This of the first Thane of Cawdor he made the mistake of trusting.
Did duncan fit shakespeares role of a good king?
Not really. Duncan was a good and saintly man, but was poorly equipped to run a country. In particular he is a poor judge of character: as he himself says "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face." He is completely wrong about the Thane of Cawdor, and has no inkling of what is going on in Macbeth or Lady Macbeth's minds. He chooses the feckless Malcolm as his successor, just because he is his son. Henry V better fits the ideal of a king. He spots conspirers against his throne and without difficulty foils them.
What is king duncan's reaction to the news about cawdor?
"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust."
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Who said in Macbeth there's no art to find the minds construction in the face he was a gentleman on whom i built an absolute trust?
Duncan, about the first Thane of Cawdor. Of course, his next choice for Thane of Cawdor is someone else in whom he builds an absolute trust, namely Macbeth. Truly, Duncan is useless at finding the mind's construction in the face, which might make him a saint or an idiot, but in any event a man unequipped to be an effective king.
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The context helps here. Duncan is surprised to find that the Thane of Cawdor turned out to be a traitor. He says, "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust." We know what the second part means: Duncan trusted Cawdor completely. In the first part, the word "art" means skill or ability, "mind's construction" means the way someone's mind is constructed, or what they are thinking, so it means "there is no such thing as the skill or ability to find what someone is thinking in the face", or "you can't judge a book by its cover". Duncan is saying that you cannot tell what someone is thinking by looking at them, and this is true for Duncan anyway. Other people are capable of it.
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