Macbeth

In Act 1 Scene 2 of the Shakespearean play, the reign of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] was being challenged by invading Norwegians and rebellious Scotsmen. Friends and fellow Generals Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and Banquo threw themselves into the midst of the bloodied fray despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Banquo received no reward other than a 'thank you' from his sovereign. Macbeth received the title and possessions of the disgraced, traitorous Thane of Cawdor.

Macbeth hesitates to kill Duncan because he has a change of mind. He begins thinking about the fact that Duncan has recently honored him by promoting him to the position of Thane of Cawdor. Likewise he reflects that if you get power by violence you set an example for someone who wants to get rid of you. Also, the King is not only his king but also his cousin. And there is an ancient taboo against harming guests in your house. And besides, if it were ever known what he did, there would be a huge outcry because Duncan is such an agreeable old buffer. And against all of this, what can Macbeth think of to encourage him to kill Duncan? Just the chance of becoming king. Big deal.

The dagger Macbeth sees is a hallucination. Becuase Lady Macbeth has put the idea of killing King Duncan into his head, Macbeth is beginning to wonder what to do. He believes he is seeing a dagger and believes that it is a sign for what he should do.

Yes, Malcolm will be a better king than Macbeth because in Act 4, Scene 3 we see that Malcolm tests Macduff's loyalty, which shows his king like qualities.

1.

Round about the cauldron go;

In the poison'd entrails throw.

Toad, that under cold stone

Days and nights has thirty-one

Swelter'd venom sleeping got,

Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.

2.

Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the cauldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,

Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,

3.

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,

Witches' mummy, maw and gulf

Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,

Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,

Liver of blaspheming Jew,

Gall of goat, and slips of yew

Silver'd in the moon's eclipse,

Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,

Finger of birth-strangled babe

Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,

Make the gruel thick and slab:

Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,

4. Baboon's blood

5. (From the part that never gets performed because it was probably not written by Shakespeare, and is impossibly cutesy and corny): Blood of a bat, leopard's bane, juice of toad, oil of adder, and three ounces of a red-haired wench.

6.

Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten

Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten

From the murderer's gibbet throw

Into the flame.

The summary: poisoned intestines, poison sweat from a toad which spent a month under a stone, the flesh of a snake which lives in a swamp, newt's eye, frog's toe, bat's fur, dog's tongue, poisonous snake's tongue, sting of a blindworm (they don't really have them, but whatever), lizard's leg, owl chick's wing, dragon's scale, wolf's tooth, shark's mouth and throat, powdered corpse of a witch, hemlock root (picked at night), yew tree twigs (picked during a lunar eclipse), goat's gall bladder, Turk's nose, Mongol's lips, Jew's liver, finger from a prostitute's baby who she killed at birth, tiger's intestines, baboon's blood, bat's blood, something to poison leopards with, toad juice (I guess you squeeze them), poisonous snake oil, three ounces of something from a redheaded girl (doesn't say from what part), blood of a female pig which has eaten nine of her babies and the grease from a gallows.

Macbeth is a heroic soldier and an honorable man.

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The first is that he is the kings kinsman and his subject, the second is because he is hosting the king at his home, the third is because he believes that Duncan is a humble leader. The fourth reason is that the king gives him honor and the final is because he is afraid of failing. Rather than that last one, you might include that he believes that if he kills a king to become king, someone else will follow his example and kill him. "This even-handed justice commits the ingredients of our poison'd chalice to our own lips."

Yes, yes I do

The letter of Macbeth was important to Lady Macbeth. It reinforced for her that the two worked together as a couple. Her husband confided in her, and respected and depended upon her advice and guidance. He didn't just tell her that they'd have the honor of King Duncan I as their house guest at Inverness Castle. He also updated her on his interactions with the three witches and their predictions of ever greater things for him on the job. Because she was warned in advance of the visit and of the predictions, she could prepare her household for her guest and her victims.

MacDuff kills Macbeth.

The crowned child tells Macbeth that he only needs to worry if the forest at the bottom of the hill begins to move up the hill. This "hill" is the one that Macbeth's castle is on.

It means that we have accomplished little in the scope of a human life.

After the murder of King Duncan it was planned that Macbeth would place the bloody daggers next to the drugged soldiers that were supposed to be keeping watch over King Duncan. This was to be done in order to make the people of Scotland believe that the soldiers had executed the murder.

He has a conscience and is able to analyze himself. At first convinced by the reality of the vision, he eventually realizes that it is his mind playing tricks on him; it is a "dagger of the mind". And it does not take him long to realize what is drivng him crazy: "it is the bloody business which informs thus to [his] eyes."

Answer #1 by Ginezumi Lady Macduff's main concern about her husband was the interpretation that others would give to his flight. She wasn't concerned about the reason that he might have had to do so. The nobleman Ross tried to tell her that she didn't have enough information to pass judgment on the why and wherefor, and that she should await word from Macduff as to the reason. But Macduff's Lady wouldn't listen. When she therefore moved from others' interpretations to her husband's motivations, she opted for madness, fear, or betrayal as reasons for her husband's escape. And so, in comparison to Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff appeared to neither know nor understand her husband. By way of example, it would be interesting to look at Lady Macbeth's main concern about her husband. She knew him well, and always looked first to a husband's reasons and then to others' interpretations. And so her main concern was Macbeth's kindness. She feared his tendency to choose the morally correct way to get something done. She likewise feared his tendency not to do something that couldn't be done in a morally correct way. Answer #2 by Quailly3 Lady Macduff is mainly concerned with her husband's safety, even though he may be a traitor and he abandoned her and their children. She says to the murderers when they ask where Macduff is, 'I hope, in no place so unsanctified/That such as thou may find him'. She hopes that he is safe from the murderers even as she is threatened.

Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and his Lady [b. c. 1015] were responsible for the death of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] of Scotland. Lady Macbeth was responsible for having planned the details of the murder plot. She also was an accessory in drugging the two royal guards, and in planting the murder weapons in the bloodied crime scene. Macbeth was responsible for having carried out the fatal stabbings of the three murder victims.

Macduff blames himself for their death (because he left them unprotected).

In 'Macbeth,' Banwuo was a real person, who happened to be related to King James I. The character was originally supposed to be a murderer who helped Macbeth kill King Duncan. However, fearing the king might not take too kindly to his relative being called a murderer, Banquo's character was changed into a nobleman.

In Act 3 Scene 1 of the Shakespearean play, Banquo was thinking about the witches' predictions for him and Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057]. He recalled first that the predictions had come true for Macbeth. Macbeth had gained a powerful noble title as Thane of Cawdor and then an even more powerful royal title as King of Scotland. Banquo considered that prediction as having come true with the help of foul means by Macbeth. Banquo recalled second that the witches had addressed him as father to a long line of kings. He considered it likely that the predictions could come true for him and his family line as well. Whatever direction he was heading with the thought was interrupted by Macbeth's arrival and greeting.

Villains are not better than heroes. More interesting perhaps. but not better.

Donalbain and Malcolm were the sons of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040]. According to the Shakespearean play 'Macbeth', they were at Inverness Castle the morning after their father and his two royal guards had been murdered. They were suspicious of Macbeth's confession of having killed the guards for having killed their sovereign. They also feared for their lives. So Donalbain escaped to Ireland. He later returned to Scotland to rule as King Donald III [d. 1099]. Malcolm escaped to England. He later returned to Scotland to rule as King Malcolm III [d. November 13, 1093].

James was a convert to the Anglican Church from the Presbyterian or Calvinist Church of Scotland.

He then believed in the Revelation of Christ once made to the saints. Scripture and Holy tradition. This being the faith and belief of the Catholic Church of the first thousand years, James was a Catholic who refused like most Anglicans to acknowledge the papacy!