Next:Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4 Explanatory notes below for Act 1, Scene 3 FromMacbeth. Ed. Thomas Marc Parrott. New York: American Book Co. (Line numbers have been altered.) Killing swine By each ... lips beards All hail, Macbeth ...
Act 3, Scene 2 Alone on stage, Lady Macbeth expresses her unhappiness: there seems to be no end to her desire for power and she feels insecure and anxious. Macbeth enters looking upset and she counsels him to stop mulling over the crimes they have committed. But Macbeth declares that their...
Explanatory notes below for Act 1, Scene 1 From Macbeth. Ed. Thomas Marc Parrott. New York: American Book Co. (Line numbers have been altered.)___ Shakespeare's dramatic genius is especially to be noted in the art with which he manages his beginnings. The first scene of Macbeth strik...
his sworn enemy reveals that he came into the world by cesarean section; he was not, precisely speaking, "born of woman." On hearing this news, Macbeth rejects one final time the Witches' prophecy. With a loud cry, he launches himself at Macduff and is slain. In the final scene, Malco...
(Act 1, Scene 3) Macbeth goes on to describes his wish to become king as ‘black and deep desires’, which suggests he is struggling with the acts he will need to undertake to fulfill his ambition: “The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step ...
At one fell swoop?(Act 4, Scene 3) Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny. It hath been The untimely emptying of the happy throne And fall of many kings.(Act 4, Scene 3) Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served ...
Macbeth Act 1 Scene 3 questions What is significant about the first words that Macbeth speaks in the play? A motif or recurring idea in the play is equivocation. There is the balance of the dark and the light, the good and the bad. Macbeth's first line reflects this. It... ...
For Groups: Choose a scene from the play to reenact it to the class. Use the traditional storyboard layout to plan out your scenes. You can add text to your storyboards, or simply use the cells to visualize each scene of your play. ...
Macduff is out on a walk when he runs into the messenger boy. The boy then tells him of the decision that has been reached. “This is unbelievable! I can't believe Macbeth is going to get away with this,” exclaims Macduff as he sets of for town. He must tell the court the truth...
: Act 4, Scene 1Thunder. Enter the three WITCHES. First Witch 1. brinded: brindled, streaked.1 Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. Second Witch 2. hedge-pig: hedgehog.2 Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Third Witch 3. Harpier: Apparently the name of the familiar spirit of ...