macbeth act two literary term banquo: i dreamed of the three weird sisters… macbeth: i think not...
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Macbeth
Act Two
Literary Term
Banquo: I dreamed of the three weird sisters…
Macbeth: I think not of them.
• Irony - that’s all he thinks about
Political ambition
versus
Moral Anguish
Bell Rings = Tolling of the Death Bell (Symbolic)
Conclusion - he has lost the struggle with his conscience and will murder the king.
Earlier Lady Macbeth called her husband a coward. She implied that nothing would stop her. But when it came time to act...
1. She needed a drink.
2. She couldn’t do it because Duncan looked like her father.
Her words were an act of deception! Think theme!!
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Sceneii,
lines14-48
Macbeth Lady Macbeth
This is called dramatic dynamics!
Lady Macbeth: …The sleeping and the dead are but pictures. Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.”
She didn’t think like this earlier!
Line 60-62:
Red = guilt
Macbeth recognizes his guilty and compares his guilt to the depth of the ocean.
Line 64:
Lady Macbeth has returned the daggers and points out that she is just as guilty as her husband.
Line 68:
Note how easily she pushes her guilty aside.(This will come back to haunt her!)
Low Comedy:
gags
slapstick
bawdy
He is pretending that he is opening the gates of Hell.
Because of his low status - he speaks in prose.
Chimney's falling down
Screams heard in the night
The owl seen in the day
Earthquakes
Macbeth: ‘Twas a rough night.” Surface = the weather
Hidden = his inner turmoil
Deception!
When Macbeth and Lennox see the dead king...
Appearance =
he is mad with grief and anger
Reality =
he needs to cover his tracks
When Macbeth starts talking too much...
How typically female!
Why scene four?
• Shows that all of nature is out of sorts.– Owl is no match for a
hawk
• Tells that Macbeth will be king and Macduff will not attend.– Big insult!
Why scene four?
• Tells what has happened to Malcolm and Donaldbain– Malcolm - England
– Donaldbain - Ireland