Macbeth

Lady M never shows what you might call tenderness, but she does show vulnerability as things get out of her control. In particular her line "Nought's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." (Act III Scene 2) shows genuine and deep regret. In this scene and in scene 4 Lady M tries to deal with her husband as she used to, but he is beyond the range of her influence. At the end of scene 4, as Macbeth carries on with the bloody imagery, she says, "You lack the season of all natures, sleep." Possibly she may be sympathizing with insomnia which is one of the causes of his insanity. And then there's the line, "If he had not resembled my father as he slept, I'd ha' done it." which shows that she would have some qualms about stabbing her father to death. (Unless this is just an excuse and the truth is that Lady M can only persuade, not act on her own.)

Depends. DO u believe that if the witches had not prophesized anything, would u still think his intents were still evil and on usurping the throne? We aren't left to know, but one thing i can say was he is only human, so... hope that helps. Just think about it.

he is afraid that Macbeth will do something bad to cheat his way into being king. this does end up happening and after he and his wife kill king Duncan, banquo is left with suspicion that Macbeth had something to do with it.

lennox is the nobleman who talks about the bad weather the night of the murder of king duncan and he tells Macbeth later about the fact that macduff has gone to enland.

The name of the man who became king at the end of the play 'Macbeth' was Malcolm. He was one of the two sons of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040]. He became the subsequent King Malcolm III [d. November 13, 1093]. The other son was Donalbain. He became the subsequent King Donald III [d. 1099]. But in the play, he escaped to Ireland after the death of his father. He didn't participate in the organizing or the launching of the combined English and Scottish forces to invade Scotland and overthrow Macbeth [d. August 15, 1057].

As all performances are before an audience, we presume that a number of people watched the play when it was performed for the first time. The first person we know of who watched a performance of the play was a man called Simon Forman who saw it at the Globe in 1610 or 1611--long after its first performance.

it means that one should use what ever they have to get where they want to be, to Macbeth this means that he should kill his king in order to become king

There was a lot of rhyming which Shakespeare only used when ending an act or when the witches were casting a spell. Hecate is not casting a spell but still rhymes throughout her monologue. The witches speak in iambic tetrameter not iambic pentameter. The witches are not portentous but silly fairies like the fairies in Midsummer Night's Dream, which does not match their appearance in Act 1. And here's the clincher: two of the songs they are supposed to sing and dance around to are known to have been written, not by Shakespeare, but by Thomas Middleton, who used them in his own play The Witch, which was written some ten years after Macbeth. It is thought that Middleton, who was working for the King's Men at the time, was asked to tart up this old play by the addition of some new scenes and dialogue featuring Hecate, a character from The Witch. Act 3 Scene 5 and parts of Act 4 Scene 1 are the result.

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The Old Man represents the sexual pleasure of the common man. In Scene 4, Act 2 he says "Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night"

It takes place in 11th Century Scotland

All of the above

Leonard Malcolm Saville [1901-1962] was the author of a number of series for the children and young adult reading public. Perhaps the series for which he is most widely known is the Lone Pine series. Among the most endearing and enduring of the series' characters is the children's dog Macbeth, whose tragic name often is shortened to Mackie. The dog is so named, because he is a Scottie. And in another way the name is appropriate. For Mackie is as courageous and ferocious in a fight with minor rogues, as was the historic Macbeth. And as was the case of Macbeth, Mackie quickly is cowed by the more ruthless of scoundrels and villains. And yet unlike Macbeth, Mackie is 'not so happy, yet much happier'. For he never sinks below a certain level of canine conduct, and therefore is allowed to age, slowly but surely and gracefully.

In Act 1 Scene 3, the first witch told the second witch about a sailor's wife who wouldn't share her chestnuts. She planned to punish the wife through the husband, who was headed for Aleppo, Syria. She was going to brew up a horrible storm, a tempest, to keep the sailor's ship from sailing into port.

Act 5 scene 5 when they hear a scream

She says he has an illness and has done since he was a child

Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] increased his confidence in his ability to hold onto his job as King of Scotland. He felt more confident because of his decision to leave nothing living or breathing at Macduff's home in Fife. At the beginning of Act 4 Scene 1 of the Shakespearean play, Macbeth was worried about his job as King. But the witches assured him of success against men born of women. They also convinced him of success as long as Birnam Wood didn't move to Dunsinane Castle. They showed him Banquo's ghost following a long royal line. But they warned him, not of Banquo, but of Macduff. Macbeth wasn't given practical interpretations of the witches' warnings. Neither was he encouraged to think along practical lines. So he saw improbable warnings as being improbable events. The only probable warning was against Macduff, whom he thought that he could handle in lethal ways. Macbeth's first plan was the murder of Macduff. But Lennox told him of Macduff's flight into England. Macbeth therefore projected his murderous vision onto Macduff's entire family and household. The Fife Castle massacre would anger Macduff. But Macbeth believed that Macduff, as just another man born of woman, could be handled. What Macbeth didn't know was that Macduff hadn't been born of a living, breathing woman. In fact, he had been delivered, not born, by Caesarian section from a recently dead mother. Technically, he therefore he had come into the word from a corpse, not a woman.

yes Malcolm was his eldest son.

they were afraid that they were next to be killed by the murderer of king duncan. so they fleed to a different country.

Malcolm, King Duncan's son, is proclaimed Prince of Cumberland in Act I Scene 4

In the countryside near Dunsinane the Scottish lords who have joined against Macbeth are waiting for Malcolm, Macduff, and the English support that they will bring.

The third great crime differed by being a massacre of known and unknown individuals. It resembled the two previous murders by being a surprise attack on the defenseless. It also resembled the two by claiming as its motive uncontrolled, raging, greedy ambition. The first murder was carried out in Act 2 Scene 2 of the Shakespearean play 'Macbeth'. The victims were King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] and his two royal guards. Not one had weapons with which to defend themselves. They were at distinct disadvantages. The King undoubtedly had eaten a heavy dinner. He had tired from a long work day. He had to get up early the next day. His guards had been given drugged drinks. The second murder was carried out in Act 3 Scene 3. The victim was Banquo. Again, he was unarmed and unwarned. He was intent upon getting back to Forres Palace in time for Macbeth's post-coronation banquet. The third murder was carried out in Act 4 Scene 2. The victims were Macduff's entire family and household. Once again, not one had the means or the opportunities to defend themselves. Among the bloodied corpses were Macduff's wife and son, whom Macbeth personally would have known. But also among the casualties were all the living and breathing entities to which a noble property was home: animals and servants as much as the noble family member themselves. The Fife Castle massacre was a transition step from the killing of local individuals whom Macbeth knew and saw as obstacles to his ambitious plans. It led to the indiscriminate, ruthless genocide of the Scottish nation. And it lasted 17 years.

The word "barren" is the giveaway. The sceptre is a symbol of kingship. It is barren because Macbeth has no heir to pass the throne to (not in the play, anyway. In real life he had a stepson who did succeed him.)

I think this may be alluded to in the plot but am not sure. Lady Macbeth was no saint, but was more angry at her husband"s warlike-in fact gangster-like personality in setting up a coup in Feudal Scotlant. She does not die on stage, kind of like some characters who walk on and off of a story line ( like people getting on and off a subway car_ in some movies. in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid- it is assumed the two lead characters are killed by the Mexican Army- as the girl ( Katherine Ross) is not with them in the battle scene, it is not really clear what happens to her. she could not be a mere ( Bar mistress) type of walk on character, but is not clear what happens to her in the plot- true life angle..??

because of therise of individualism in that period and the importance of character's inner side, there was not a need for that