Macbeth by Shakespeare Elisa Colussi IV c

Scene I In the royal palace at Forres, Banquo thinks about the coronation of Macbeth. He is worried because three witches told him, his children will become kings but not him, He is confuse, doubts makes him insecure, so in his monolog he looks for hope, something that could lights him up and gives more explanation. Third Witch Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!

Another important Macbeth’s aspect is fear. He is scared of Banquo, because he knows about the three witches’ prophecy. He represents honesty and courage his previous virtues. Banquo consulted the sisters but he became immediately silent, Macbeth acknowledges his inferiority in front of Banquo. MACBETH: … “But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo. Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd. 'Tis much he dares, And, to that dauntless temper of his mind,.. “ Macbeth slanders “cousins”, Duncan’s sons, he criticizes them, almost he wants to convince himself his terrible crimes aren’t linked to him. He needs expressing such feeling, so he can feels his hands clean. His attitude shows who he has become: a man who must kill and lie. MACBETH: “We hear our bloody cousins are bestow'd In England and in Ireland, not confessing Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers With strange invention….”

Macbeth’s tragedy Macbeth asks himself if his power is an illusion. He wants to pass his crown to his son but witches predicted Banquo’s sons would become kings. Did he murder Duncan and ruin his soul to give the crown away? Eternal jewel, his soul, looks after a “barren sceptre”. Now his life is full of rancour, hatred and violence therefore he wonder s he will get no less nuisance MACBETH: … Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding … For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind,filed For them the gracious Duncan have I murther'd, Put rancors in the vessel of my peace Only for them, and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings -the seed of Banquo kings !

MACBETH: So is he mine, and in such bloody distance That every minute of his being thrusts Against my near'st of life; and though I could With barefaced power sweep him from my sight distancenear'stdistancenear'st He compares his soul with an eternal jewel because of his sense of guilt he feels depressed. He is pensive and worried about his future. The new Macbeth hates his friend Banquo, a reliable man who was loyal to him. Later he can prove he is not the same person who was at the beginning of the tragedy, he has changed The new Macbeth, who was once loyal, strong, brave and generous, is worried about appearance. His soul is as dirty as his hands. I think Macbeth is a tragic hero because he has lost his virtue when he murdered the kingtogether with his wife.

In Scene II Lady Macbeth draws the audience’s attention Lady Macbeth is disappointed because of the happy life she has just lost. She destroyed her peace in exchange for power. Now anxiety dominates her, and controls her actions LADY MACBETH: “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.”

During Macbeth and his wife’s speech you can perceive feelings of anguish and remorse. The two are sorry for Duncan’sdeath. They are disgusted by themselves: they are in fact are Duncan’s real murderer. MACBETH: We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it. scotch'd She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice poor Remains in danger of her former tooth. …Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie

In Scene III Banquo dies, he has been kill by Macbeth’s murderer Macbeth rejoices in it But when he hears that Fleance is hale and hearty, his mood turns angry

You can no longer recognize Macbeth

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