Darkness
"Black Macbeth" - Pg 184, Malcolm
"Black scruples" - Pg 188, Malcolm
Essentially in Scene 3, The dark cloud that is Macbeth has descended over Scotland and Macduff has gone to England to get help. He runs in to Malcolm and is trying to convince him to come back to Scotland and become king. Malcolm however is not sure if he can trust Macduff after all it could be a trap, because Malcolm's father was killed and as far as Malcolm knows someone could still be after him. So when Macduff asks him to come back and replace Macbeth, Malcolm says that he would be a terrible king much worse than "Black Macbeth" (meaning that Macbeth is a dark and evil king but Malcolm says he would be by far worse). However once Ross shows up and tells Macduff about what happened to Macduff's family, Malcolm begins to believe Macduff and says that he was lying about him being a bad king and that he would go with them to Scotland and become king.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Act 4, Scene 1-2
Darkness
Pg 160, Third Witch - "Slivered in the moon's eclipse,"
Pg 162, Macbeth - "How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!
Pg 166, Witches - "Come like shadows, so depart."
Scene 1 is where we get our dark imagry. It is clear that scene 1 is meant to be very dark. It's storming, the witches are dancing around a caldron making enchantments. Thats where "slivered in the mood's eclipse" comes in, darkness is part of their enchantment. "How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags! This is how Macbeth calls out to the witches. We know that the witches are dark, in an evil enchantment sort of way. Also they are out at night making their spells. Macbeth wants answers so he demands that the witches give him answers. So the witches show him demons, that they've conjured, to give him his answers. "Come like shadows, so depart." The witches are telling Macbeth to go, they've given him answers and their retreating back to their work. Overall this scene is meant to be very dark, stormy, their are demons. Overall it's meant to be a dark satanic scene.
Pg 160, Third Witch - "Slivered in the moon's eclipse,"
Pg 162, Macbeth - "How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!
Pg 166, Witches - "Come like shadows, so depart."
Scene 1 is where we get our dark imagry. It is clear that scene 1 is meant to be very dark. It's storming, the witches are dancing around a caldron making enchantments. Thats where "slivered in the mood's eclipse" comes in, darkness is part of their enchantment. "How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags! This is how Macbeth calls out to the witches. We know that the witches are dark, in an evil enchantment sort of way. Also they are out at night making their spells. Macbeth wants answers so he demands that the witches give him answers. So the witches show him demons, that they've conjured, to give him his answers. "Come like shadows, so depart." The witches are telling Macbeth to go, they've given him answers and their retreating back to their work. Overall this scene is meant to be very dark, stormy, their are demons. Overall it's meant to be a dark satanic scene.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Act 3 scene 5-6
Act 3 Scene 5 – 6
Pg 146 – Hecate – “Upon the corner of the moon…”
Pg 148 – Hecate – “Sits in a foggy cloud…”
Pg 151 – Lennox – “And the right valiant Banquo walked too late…”
“men must not walk too late.”
Pg 153 – Lord – “The cloudy messenger turns me his back…”
In scene 5 we open up with the witches and their queen Hecate. She is angry that they did not include her in their mischief that they were creating with Macbeth. She says it is their art to stir up darkness and trouble with humans. In scene 6 we go to Lennox talking about the death of Banquo, he suggests that it is possible that Fleance was the killer. He also has a line relating to darkness “And the right valiant Banquo walked too late…” He says that even the best like Banquo can meet great harm if they are out to late, because one never knows what hides in the shadows.
Pg 146 – Hecate – “Upon the corner of the moon…”
Pg 148 – Hecate – “Sits in a foggy cloud…”
Pg 151 – Lennox – “And the right valiant Banquo walked too late…”
“men must not walk too late.”
Pg 153 – Lord – “The cloudy messenger turns me his back…”
In scene 5 we open up with the witches and their queen Hecate. She is angry that they did not include her in their mischief that they were creating with Macbeth. She says it is their art to stir up darkness and trouble with humans. In scene 6 we go to Lennox talking about the death of Banquo, he suggests that it is possible that Fleance was the killer. He also has a line relating to darkness “And the right valiant Banquo walked too late…” He says that even the best like Banquo can meet great harm if they are out to late, because one never knows what hides in the shadows.
Act 3 scene 1-4
Act 3 Scene 1- 4 Darkness
Pg 112 – Banquo – “I must becom a borrower of the night for a dark hour or twain.”
Pg 120 – Macbeth – “…must embrace the fate of that dark hour.”
Pg 120 – Macbeth – “ Banquo, thy soul’s flight, if it find heaven, must find it out to-night.”
Pg 124 – Macbeth – “ere to black Hecate’s summons…. Hath rung night’s yawning peal…”
Pg 126 – Macbeth – “Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day…”
“Light thickens…”
“Whiles night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.”
Pg 130 – Banquo – “It will rain tonight.”
Pg 140 – Macbeth – “Hence, horrible shadow!”
Scenes 1-4 is mostly about the death of Banquo, which in itself is very dark, because it is Macbeth moving forward with more murders by killing his friend. Macbeth hires people to kill Banquo for him. This if for a few reasons, if he killed him it would be very suspicious, also Banquo was his friend and even though Macbeth is unhinged he still has a little bit of light in him that keeps him from doing the killing himself. This little light is what drives his guilt as it gets crushed by the darkness, that he keeps taking on. Which as we have already seen his guilt is driving him mad. After Banquo is dead the murders report to Macbeth of Banquo’s death and the escape of Fleance. Shortly after this Macbeth is ‘visited’ by the gohst of Banquo while at the feast. Macbeth though able to kill can not handle the crushing after effect of guilt.
Pg 112 – Banquo – “I must becom a borrower of the night for a dark hour or twain.”
Pg 120 – Macbeth – “…must embrace the fate of that dark hour.”
Pg 120 – Macbeth – “ Banquo, thy soul’s flight, if it find heaven, must find it out to-night.”
Pg 124 – Macbeth – “ere to black Hecate’s summons…. Hath rung night’s yawning peal…”
Pg 126 – Macbeth – “Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day…”
“Light thickens…”
“Whiles night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.”
Pg 130 – Banquo – “It will rain tonight.”
Pg 140 – Macbeth – “Hence, horrible shadow!”
Scenes 1-4 is mostly about the death of Banquo, which in itself is very dark, because it is Macbeth moving forward with more murders by killing his friend. Macbeth hires people to kill Banquo for him. This if for a few reasons, if he killed him it would be very suspicious, also Banquo was his friend and even though Macbeth is unhinged he still has a little bit of light in him that keeps him from doing the killing himself. This little light is what drives his guilt as it gets crushed by the darkness, that he keeps taking on. Which as we have already seen his guilt is driving him mad. After Banquo is dead the murders report to Macbeth of Banquo’s death and the escape of Fleance. Shortly after this Macbeth is ‘visited’ by the gohst of Banquo while at the feast. Macbeth though able to kill can not handle the crushing after effect of guilt.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Act 2 theme Darkness
Darkness Act 2
Pg 72 – Banquo – “…Their candles are all out.”
Pg. 100 – Ross – “… and yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp…”
Pg. 90 – Lennox – “the night has been unruly…”
Pg. 90 – Lennox – “Clamoured the live long night…”
Pg 78 – Lady Macbeth – “… the fatal bell man, which gives the stern’st good-night.”
There is a faire bit of darkness in Act 2. It is not as prominent as sleep, but it is still visible. Even excluding the quotes this is a very dark chapter. Macbeth kills the king, and begins to become unhinged. He has halucinations of daggers. He kills the king as well as the guards. He claims that the blood from his deeds can not be washed from his hands and that they would stain the sea red. Lady Macbeth warns him not to dwell on this because it would drive him mad. Although none of this direcetly refers to darkness they are all very dark happenings and the overall atmosphere of Act 2 is very dark.
Pg 72 – Banquo – “…Their candles are all out.”
Pg. 100 – Ross – “… and yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp…”
Pg. 90 – Lennox – “the night has been unruly…”
Pg. 90 – Lennox – “Clamoured the live long night…”
Pg 78 – Lady Macbeth – “… the fatal bell man, which gives the stern’st good-night.”
There is a faire bit of darkness in Act 2. It is not as prominent as sleep, but it is still visible. Even excluding the quotes this is a very dark chapter. Macbeth kills the king, and begins to become unhinged. He has halucinations of daggers. He kills the king as well as the guards. He claims that the blood from his deeds can not be washed from his hands and that they would stain the sea red. Lady Macbeth warns him not to dwell on this because it would drive him mad. Although none of this direcetly refers to darkness they are all very dark happenings and the overall atmosphere of Act 2 is very dark.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Scene 4 - 7
In acts 4 – 7 we see talk of shadows and darkness. Lady Macbeth after receiving news from Macbeth about what the weird sisters have told him, she becomes filled with ambition. She wants nothing more to be king. She knows what such a step will take so she asks the spirits for strength and darkness that she may not see what it is that she does yet that she be able to carry out the deed. “Come, thick night, and pall the in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, to cry ‘Hold, hold!’ She also asks for this because she knows that Macbeth has ambition but she fears that he does not have the ruthlessness to accompany his ambition, that will drive him to make the step to become king. Thus she feels that she needs to be there to push him forward thus she wants the strength to do it.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Act 1 - Act 3
Through Act 1 - Act 3 we see a number of paradoxes, most tying together. The witches in scene one say "Fair is foul and Foul is Fair." As Macbeth and Banquo enter onto the scene with the witches Macbeth makes the statement "So foul and faire a day I have not seen." The witches then give Banquo three more paradoxes. 1st Witch "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." 2nd Witch "Not so happy, yet much happier." 3rd Witch "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!"
So clearly we see the use of paradoxes throughout the first 3 acts. They are used to describe the constant confusion and contradictory events that make up life. "So foul and faire a day" It is a foul day because of the losses recieved from the battle, but the day is faire because they won. These paradoxes show that nothing is perfect, its like wherever there is a cloud their is a silver lining just as the same as the inverse, wherever there is a silver lining there is a cloud.
So clearly we see the use of paradoxes throughout the first 3 acts. They are used to describe the constant confusion and contradictory events that make up life. "So foul and faire a day" It is a foul day because of the losses recieved from the battle, but the day is faire because they won. These paradoxes show that nothing is perfect, its like wherever there is a cloud their is a silver lining just as the same as the inverse, wherever there is a silver lining there is a cloud.
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