Blogger #25 Ramim Tarafdar 11/14/18

November 14, 2018

Aim: How does an analysis of Macbeth’s soliloquy demonstrate that he is a round and dynamic character with many layers?

Do Now: With your groups - Review
Read the remainder of Act I, scene V (after Macbeth walks in) To be completed after reading Lady Macbeth’s “Come You Spirits”

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1.When does King Duncan plan on visiting and departing Inverness (Macbeth’s estate)?
           He plans on staying the night and departing in the morning.

2. Explain the Lady Macbeth’s intentions and plan when she states about King Duncan: “O, never / Shall sun that morrow see!”
           Lady Macbeth intends on murdering King Duncan when he comes to visit her estate thus he wonʼt live to see another day.

3. Explain Lady Macbeth’s ​figurative language​ when she explains: “Look like th’innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t.” What is the meaning? What is the ​biblical ​​allusion?
          The quote means that although something can look innocent, it can having evil lurking in the shadows that is left unseen, which alludes to the Bible and the story of Adam and Eve, when the serpent tricked Eve into eating fruit from the forbidden tree in the garden of Eden..

4. How does Lady Macbeth’s statement compare with King Duncan’s from scene iv: “There’s no art / To find the mind’s construction in the face”?
          Lady Macbethʼs statement is similar to King Duncanʼs as he also
speaks of how it is not possible to determine a personʼs true intentions from their facial expressions and body language.

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5. What commentary are Banquo and King Duncan making about the ​atmosphere​​ of the castle? What ​mood does this create? How does it compare and/or contrast to the knowledge of the audience?
          Banquo and King Duncan attribute the castleʼs atmosphere as pleasant, delicate and welcoming, which is as far off as can be since Lady Macbeth is patiently waiting to kill Duncan

6. Explain the culture of ​xenia​​ as demonstrated between Lady Macbeth and King Duncan?
           The culture of Xenia is a Greek term form “hospitality” which means that any guests in oneʼs home should be treated with the utmost respect and care, which Lady Macbeth demonstrates by stating that everything leading to Duncanʼs arrival, even the most trivial matters were tended to twice.



Read Aloud- Complete Scene VII
Focus: How does Lady Macbeth choose to execute her plan? How does Macbeth feel about the choice he is presented with?

Macbeth worries about the consequences that may occur should he murder Duncan. An eye for eye.
He uses a metaphor for horse spurs to show that he has no immediate reason to urge him to murder therefore he does not wish to kill someone purely due to ambition. There is simply not enough reason and too many consequences  in order for him to go through with the murder.

Lady Macbeth in turn criticizes and judges Macbeth for not having the guts to go through with his plan. She simply says he has a weak will. She states that he would only be a man if he actually did it. In fact he would be even MORE of a man should he do it - a king.