Macbeth

At the beginning of Macbeth we talked about how no one wanted to see the act they were committing. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth called upon the night multiple time so they wouldn't be able to see the murder they were committing. No one in the play has died with the light on, everyone has died alone in the dark in some horrible way.

I think this is important because it shows the consequences of someone actions if they don't really think it through enough. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth don't want to see their actions and just assume everything will be okay, its almost as if seeing the murder would make them realize the horrible deed they've just committed. Their whole country is going under and their surprised it is. I think this is just a lesson about how bad your life can get if you don't think about your actions.


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Macbeth

Macbeth: “Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, / And put a barren sceptre in my gripe.”

Macbeth is talking about how he has no children to inherit his thrown that hes basically given up his life, soul, and sanity for. He is realizing hes paved this new path for Banquos kids and is now noticing the huge fault in his plan. This line is foreshadowing his planning to murder Banquo and his family. This is a big part in the play because it shows how insane Macbeth is becoming, hes willing to kill even his own best friend.

Lady Macbeth:"Yet I do fear thy nature;

It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way; thou wouldst be great,

Art not without ambition, but without

The illness should attend it.’

Lady Macbeth says this to Macbeth while persuading him to kill the king. She is saying she fears he wont be strong enough to commit the murder, and is basically telling him if he doesn't kill him hes just not a man. This quote is important because it gives readers an insight into Lady Macbeth's twisted mind, she is manipulating her nice husband and guilting him into murdering one of his friends just so that she can be queen and have the luxuries of being at the top of the Scottish Hierarchy.

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