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Macbeth

The tragedy of Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare, probably between 1603 and 1606. The play has been adapted into operas, movies, television programs, and other books.

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Thou hast it now king cawdor glamis all weird woman promised and you fear thou play'dst most foully for't?

the answer that the person gave was garbage i did you a favour by erasing it.

Or did i?? MUAHAHAHAHA

What strange events happen in macbeth's castle that lennox describe in scene 3?

There is a disturbance going on during that night. Lennox is describing how there is a screaming of death going on.

Who in Macbeth said The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures?

who in Macbeth said 'the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures'

Why in macbeths opinion is the murder of Duncan so wrong?

The audience would have been horrified because back in that time, the king symbolized God, and the king was a great promoter of the theory of the divine right of kings. Macbeth, however, had a different viewpoint: he says "he's here in double trust"--Macbeth is his "kinsman and his subject, both strong against the deed" and also his host. This is actually three reasons: killing a member of your family is much more wrong than killing some random person, killing someone whom you have sworn to serve is treason, a much more serious crime than an ordinary murder, and finally, to kill someone who you have invited to your home and entertained is a horrific offence against laws of hospitality which go back millenia. (Don't think so? Ask people how they feel about the Campbells and the massacre of Glencoe)

What price did Macbeth pay for his ambition?

He suffered from hallucinations, sleeplessness. He got himself killed by Macduff for he got mad and insane and made people suspicious by his actions and hallucinations.

What are the predictions made by the second and third apparitions?

The second apparition was a bloody child. It said that no man born of a woman shall harm Macbeth.

The third apparition was a crowned child holding a tree. It said that Macbeth will not be vanquished until Birnam woods approaches Dunsinane.

Does Macbeth drink the potion that the witches make in act four scene one?

The play is not clear on this point. The potion was drunk by Macbeth in the 1971 Roman Polanski movie starring Jon Finch. In the Trevor Nunn RSC production with Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench the potion is smeared on Macbeth's body. It's the director's call.

What is banquet sales office?

The banquet sales office is literally the heart of banquet services. This office is what ensures positive guest satisfaction and efficient banquet services. They deal with everything from reservations, follow-ups, cancellations, and more.

Whose idea was it to murder Duncan in Macbeth?

The prophecy that Macbeth will be king puts the idea of murdering Duncan into both Macbeth's head and Lady Macbeth's. Before he even writes to her Macbeth says to himself, "why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair" and later, "let not light see my black and deep desires." She doesn't give him the idea.

On the other hand, Macbeth does not put even the whiff of a suggestion into his letter that he has thought about murder, and Lady M says "Thou art too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way." She is thinking murder, but is afraid he isn't.

Macbeth would have talked himself out of it, however, if Lady M had not pressured him into turning the idea of murder (which they both had) into reality.

In Act 2 Scene 2 during Lady Macbeth's last speech What does she really mean?

Lady Macbeth says:

I hear a knocking

At the south entry; retire we to our chamber;

A little water clears us of this deed;

How easy is it then! Your constancy

Hath left you unattended. Hark! More knocking!

Get on your nightgown, lest occasion call us,

And show us to be watchers. Be not lost

So poorly in your thoughts.

Let's go line by line:

"I hear a knocking at the south entry"--someone's knocking at the south door. We know it's Macduff and Lennox but they don't.

"Retire we to our chamber"--their chamber is their bedroom--that's where they should go

"A little water clears us of this deed; How easy is it then!"--It's easy to wash off the blood. Macbeth has asked "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood from my hand?" and answered "no". She didn't hear him (probably--it depends how you stage it, but she is off smearing the grooms' faces when he delivers this line) but her line sounds like an answer to his question. It is also an ironic foreshadowing of the last glimpse we will get of Lady M, trying desperately in her dreams to wash Duncan's blood from her hands. What a great line!

"Your constancy hath left you unattended"--and then what a stinker of a line. I think it makes more sense if you add a comma making it "Your constancy hath left you, unattended." His constancy, his faithfulness and perseverence has left him and he is now unattended. That's because Macbeth is just standing there looking at his hands.

"Hark! More knocking!"-obvious.

"Get on your nightgown, lest occasion call us, and show us to be watchers" She wants him to put on his nightie, and why? So if someone has to wake them up, they look like "watchers", witnesses of the crime, not the perpetrators. She wants it to look like they were sleeping through the whole thing.

"Be not lost so poorly in your thoughts"--he's lost in his thoughts--still staring at his hands.

So what does this all add up to? She wants him to stop staring at his hands (Be not lost in your thoughts, your constancy hath left you), go to the bedroom (retire we), put on his nightie (get on your nightgown), and wash his hands (a little water). Then he will look like someone who has been asleep in bed all night, not prowling around murdering the king, when whoever is knocking gets inside. She thinks that she is the strong person who has to make the arrangements to cover up the crime; she is going to find out different really really soon and is not going to like it.

What does i come graymalkin mean?

It is a line from Shakespeare's Macbeth. One of the witches is being calle (presumably meowed at) by her familiar, a gray cat named "Graymalkin," and is called offstage.

Can the weird sisters make anything happen or do they merely foresee the futrue?

Their dialogue in Act 1 Scene 2 suggests that they have powers beyond merely foretelling. The first witch has been insulted by the woman eating chestnuts. She proposes that she will revenge herself on the woman's husband, a sailor ("master of the Tiger"--Tiger is the name of his ship). She says, "Though his bark cannot be lost, yet it shall be tempest-tost" which suggests that they can create winds and make the boat leaky and keep him from sleeping but that their powers do not go so far as to kill him--"his bark (ship) cannot be lost"

What is Lady Macbeth's state of mind berfore and after the murder of Duncan?

Before Macbeth killed Duncan he and Lady Macbeth were working together to aquire power. After Macbeth killed Duncan he went on to murder others without telling his wife. By the end of the play Macbeth does not care much about his wife as shown when he is told his wife is dead.

What is false face in Macbeth?

A reoccurring theme in Macbeth is false face and deception. He and Lady Macbeth spend most of the play pretending to be innocent, or hiding under a false face. This also begs use of the quote "False face must hide what the false heart doth know" (Act 7, Scene 1, Line 82).

What does ross mean when he calls Macbeth bellona's bridegroom?

he means that he is the goddess of war's husband, which is the god of war..

What is does lennox think about Macbeth fleance and duncans sons?

He thinks that Macbeth is a "good guy", Fleance killed Banquo and Duncan's sons killed the king.

What does lennox hope for?

What does Lennox hope for? He hopes that Macduff return quickly and frees their country which is suffering under a tyrant! ( line 33).

What would Duncan's horoscope be in Macbeth?

Leo (unlike Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet who we know was a Leo, we are just guessing here): If you go out to a party, take a cab home. Bad things will happen if you decide to stay the night. Also, beware of flowers which look innocent but may have serpents under them. Leos who are also King of Scotland may want to revise their wills. Very soon.