Month: October 2016

Macbeths mental state


1) I think he is mad because he doesn’t even know what he’s seeing like when he says ” is this a dagger which I see before me.”

2)In this quote he says “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood.” Which means he does t think he can wash the guilt away for killing Duncan.

3) in act 1 scene 7 Macbeth says in his soliloquy “who against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself.” I think this means he is confused he doesn’t know what to do whether to kill Duncan or not.

4) I also think he is mad because only him and Banquo can see the witches. An evidence of him seeing the witches is in act 1 scene 3 he says “into the air, and what seemed corporal, melted, as breath into the wind. Would they had stayed.” I know this is talking about the witches because the witches vanish then he says that.

5)In act 1 scene 7 in this quote he admits he is going to kill Duncan “when we have marked with blood.” I think this makes him mad for power because he knows he will become king but now he’s going to go and kill him.

Metaphysics

Metaphysics is when you can see something no one else can see like a ghost but it could be something else like an object.

like in Macbeth act 2 scene 1. In macbeths soliloquy he says “is this a dagger I see before me.” This is metaphysics because it’s and imaginary dagger which no one else can see.

Pathetic fallacy

Pathetic fallacy is when say something bad happens the weather will be bad if something good happens the weather will be nice.

For instance in the play Macbeth by Shakespeare in act 1 scene 1 as the witches enter there is thunder and lightning. Also at the end of the scene all the witches say ” fair is foul and foul is fair hover through the thog and filthy air.” Which is also pathetic fallacy because it’s relating to the weather.

Paradox

A paradox is when the author says two things that cant happen at the same time but do happen at the same time.

An example of this is from the play MACBETH by Shakespeare. In act 1 scene 1 and the Witches say “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” This is a paradox because fair and foul can’t happen at the same time but they are.