Macbeth notes that these circumstances offer him nothing that he can use to motivate himself. He then considers the reasons why he ought not to kill Duncan: Macbeth is Duncan’s kinsman, subject, and host moreover, the king is universally admired as a virtuous ruler.
He declares his willingness to risk eternal damnation but realizes that even on earth, bloody actions “return / To plague th’inventor” (1.7.9-10).
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He says that the deed would be easy if he could be certain that it would not set in motion a series of terrible consequences. He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.(See Important Quotations Explained)Inside the castle, as oboes play and servants set a table for the evening’s feast, Macbeth paces by himself, pondering his idea of assassinating Duncan. If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well It were done quickly. She tells her husband to have patience and to leave the plan to her Macbeth tells his wife that Duncan plans to depart the next day, but Lady Macbeth declares that the king will never see tomorrow. Macbeth enters, and he and his wife discuss the king’s forthcoming visit. She resolves to put her natural femininity aside so that she can do the bloody deeds necessary to seize the crown. As she awaits her husband’s arrival, she delivers a famous speech in which she begs, “you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty” (1.5.38-41). A messenger enters and informs Lady Macbeth that the king rides toward the castle, and that Macbeth is on his way as well. She resolves to convince her husband to do whatever is required to seize the crown.
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Lady Macbeth murmurs that she knows Macbeth is ambitious, but fears he is too full of “th’ milk of human kindness” to take the steps necessary to make himself king (1.5.15). The letter announces Macbeth’s promotion to the thaneship of Cawdor and details his meeting with the witches. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty.(See Important Quotations Explained)In Inverness, Macbeth’s castle, Lady Macbeth reads to herself a letter she has received from Macbeth.
Ross leaves to deliver the news to Macbeth.Īnagram for coward the kings postition by macbeth becoming him he becomes a coward and is afraid to face his guilt & drives him to kill more ppl (ironic)Ĭonnects to the motif of growing things vs barness the fact that him being king is a lack of growing motift Duncan decrees that the thane of Cawdor be put to death and that Macbeth, the hero of the victorious army, be given Cawdor’s title. As the captain is carried off to have his wounds attended to, the thane of Ross, a Scottish nobleman, enters and tells the king that the traitorous thane of Cawdor has been defeated and the army of Norway repelled. The captain then describes for Duncan how Macbeth slew the traitorous Macdonwald. The captain, who was wounded helping Duncan’s son Malcolm escape capture by the Irish, replies that the Scottish generals Macbeth and Banquo fought with great courage and violence. As quickly as they arrive, they disappear.Īt a military camp near his palace at Forres, King Duncan of Scotland asks a wounded captain for news about the Scots’ battle with the Irish invaders, who are led by the rebel Macdonwald. In eerie, chanting tones, they make plans to meet again upon the heath, after the battle, to confront Macbeth. Three haggard old women, the witches, appear out of the storm. Thunder and lightning crash above a Scottish moor.
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