Macbeth

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

Banquo said that King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] had given a diamond to Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015]. In Act 2 Scene 1 of the Shakespearean play, the King was an overnight guest of the Macbeths' at Inverness Castle. Macbeth and his wife in fact had been given same-day notice of the royal visit. Macbeth's Lady nevertheless managed to have her household ready for the royal stay. She also managed to impress the King with her sensitive capabilities as a hostess.

Greed is the accumulation of possessions in excess. A prime example in the Shakespearean play is the greedy grasp for the kingship that Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and his Lady [b. c. 1015] show. It isn't enough that Macbeth is General to the King's Army and Thane of Cawdor. When he becomes Thane of Cawdor, he immediately considers the crown that the three witches predict will be his. It doesn't matter that King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] makes it clear that his elder son, the future King Malcolm III [d. November 13, 1093], is being groomed to succeed him on the job. And Macbeth's Lady is the same way. The powerful Cawdor title and the profitable, wealthy Cawdor possessions aren't an end. They become the means to a royal end.

=The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches' prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne. Like Macbeth, Banquo thinks ambitious thoughts, but he does not translate those thoughts into action. In a sense, Banquo's character stands as a rebuke to Macbeth, since he represents the path Macbeth chose not to take: a path in which ambition need not lead to betrayal and murder. Appropriately, then, it is Banquo's ghost-and not Duncan's-that haunts Macbeth. In addition to embodying Macbeth's guilt for killing Banquo, the ghost also reminds Macbeth that he did not emulate Banquo's reaction to the witches' prophecy.=

Macduff was referred to as a 'bloody child' because of the bloody way in which he came into the world. In Act 4 Scene 1 of the Shakespearean play 'Macbeth', the three witches called forth the apparition of a bloody child. The child warned Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] of his powerlessness against the man not born of woman. It wasn't until Act 5 Scene 8 that Macbeth learned what the warning meant. In that scene, Macduff revealed that he owed his life not to a natural birth, but to a Caesarian delivery. That delivery was made, not from a living woman, but from the corpse of his already dead mother. William Shakespeare [Baptized April 26, 1564-April 23, 1616] didn't identify the cause of death for Macduff's mother. But the delivery would have been bloody. And it might have been made even bloodier by the cause of the mother's death.

It's contribution is in the fact that younger people watched it and had no idea they were actually watching Shakespeare. The detraction is that it is modernized and the feeling doesn't come through. All in all anything that makes younger viewers see Shakespeare in any form is a plus, and the script and acting was fantastic.

They are cousins.

In Act 1 Scene 3, the three witches made prophecies for friends and fellow Generals Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and Banquo. For Macbeth, they prophesied his being Thane of Glamis, which he already was; becoming Thane of Cawdor, which he was unbeknownst to him; and ascending to the throne of Scotland as King, which he did with the murder of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040]. For Banquo, they prophesied his good fortune and high status as ancestor to a long royal line in Scotland.

The first has a cat, the second a hedgehog, and the third an owl. Act IV scene i sets it up First Witch Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. Second Witch Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Third Witch Harpier cries "'Tis time, 'tis time." a hedge-pig is a hedgehog, and a harpier is (most likely) an owl. It likely comes from the name 'harpy' which is like a lady/bird thing. But its most likely an owl.

Yes, Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] early on considered killing King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040]. In Act 1 Scene 3 of the Shakespearean play, Macbeth heard the witches' predictions of noble and royal promotions for him. Then he heard the news from the noble Scotsmen Angus and Ross of his receipt of the powerful title and profitable possessions of the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth had to have known that King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] would have planned to be succeeded by his own children, the future Kings Malcolm III [d. November 13, 1093] and Donald III [d. 1099]. So he had to have known that something untoward would have to happen for him to become King. In fact, in lines 134-142, he pondered means 'against the use of nature'. Such means to an end could have included king-killing. Then in Scene 4, he witnessed the King giving the title of Prince of Cumberland to Malcolm, the elder of the two children. That title identifed Malcolm as the heir apparent to the throne. Macbeth again considered foul means to realizing his royal destiny. In lines 48-53, he recognized the title as an obstacle that had to halt his progress or be dealt with. Most definitely did he consider foul means, which he called 'black and deep desires'.

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When they first meet Macbeth, they greet him as Thane of Glamis, which he is, Thane of Cawdor, which is about to happen, and King, which will also happen. Later, in Act 4, the witches warn him: 1. to beware of Macduff 2. that no man born of woman shall harm Macbeth 3. Macbeth is safe unless Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane. Hope that helps!

in Shakespear's play Macbeth ,Macbeth becomes the thane of cawdor so its saying kinda all bow to Macbeth

This is from the witches predictions. At this point Macbeth is the thane of Glamis, meaning he is the lord of a place called glamis.

When the witches say all hail to thee thane of cawdor, they are predicting that Macbeth will be the thane of cawdor.

Shalt be King Hereafter-- witches predict Macbeth will become King

Who did McBeth kill ? Duncan I in 1040 in battle near Elgin, Scotland or he murdered Duncan shortly after the battle.

She was haunted by the experince of killing King Duncan, and commited suicide.