1. Yes in my opinion lady Macbeth is a cold blooded murderer because she is first a cold hearted person. What she did is very inhuman and something that only someone who is cold hearted and crazy would do such thing - murder someone so innocent.
- "He'll never see tomorrow's sun! Your face, my thane, is like a book…" … "Look like the innocent flower, but be the snake that's lying under it." 1.5.49
- "Tonight's great business you must leave to me. It will secure us unchallenged power for the rest of our lives." 1.5.51
- "Look frank and innocent. To show your feelings is dangerous. Leave everything else to me." 1.5.51
2. In Act II when the servant first finds king Duncan dead with blood all over him, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both act as innocent as they can and try to play it off as if they had no idea that that had happen - of course everyone bought into it. Lady Macbeth, as a way to show she had a real reaction, she faints on purpose. I think that this serves a purpose to make everyone buy more into their fake reactions. In these situations, it is normal for someone to faint either in disgust of blood or the thought of someone dying but it definitely helped persuade everyone else that they were just as shocked.
- "Help me, please. [pretending to faint]" 2.3.85
- "Oh, no! What? In our house?" 2.3.83
3. I'm not sure what this question is specifically asking but in act II after the murder there was a quote from Macbeth and he said something about life not being worthy of after king Duncan had died and he also said that dignity is dead etc etc. I don't know if he said this to play things off again but I think a part of him also realized that Kind Duncan was a good person who drove others to do good and also he was someone people looked up to, I'm guessing. OH! Also right after he kills Macbeth more right after he killed him, he started to freak out and he began to panic and it seemed as if he regretted doing that the second after it was done.
- "From now on there's nothing left worth living for. Everything is a sham. Honor and dignity are dead. The wine of life has gone. Only the dregs remain." 2.3.83
- "Who's hands are these? They're plucking my eyes out! [Groaning] Is there enough water in the oceans to wash my hands of this blood? No! More likely my hands will stain the vast green seas blood red." 2.2.73
- "[Horrified] I won't go back! I'm afraid to think of what I've done. I daren't look at it again!" 2.2.73
4. Lady Macbeth has pressured Macbeth to do the killing and I think she personally didn't want to do it because she didn't want the blood on her hands. Not literally though because in the story she actually did touch the blood to smear it on the servants to make them look like the killers but I meant that saying in general. She didn't want to do the initial killing because if Macbeth gets caught, it'll be more his fault than hers even if she was the initial one who provoked him into doing that.
- "Go and get some water. Wash that filthy evidence off your hands. Why did you bring the daggers with you? They must be left up there. Take them back, and smear the sleepy servants with blood." 2.2.73 (read on for macbeths reply. Lady Macbeth ends up smearing the blood on the servants)
- "If Duncan hadn't looked like my father in his sleep, I'd have done it myself." 2.2.69 ??
5. No, now that Macbeth has killed the king, I don't think he needs to do anything else to reign as king. I think that now he has more power than ever because he was basically next in line. Wait, actually, he might need to do a few more inhumane things in order to secure his reign. That would be to kill the two sons of Duncan because they are family to King Duncan which means that they are royalty and with no doubt have more of a choice to take the reign and position of king IF they decide to. Then again, they moved countries.
- "The spring, the source, the fountainhead of your family has been stopped." 2.3.83
- "This murder is only the start. We should get out of the firing line. Let's ride off and not be too polite about leave-taking. Just slip away. When there's no mercy, there's no shame in stealing off." 2.3.87
Macbeth Soliloquy:
1. Macbeth I think is meant and sought out to be a good guy. A man of honesty, humility, respect, and kindness. Although there is a saying that you are who you hang out with and having a spouse who is the total opposite, well, you rub off of them after some time and sooner or later you may not realize it but you start to act the way you do. Obviously we didn't know Macbeth before this story but in Act II, you can kind of see how he changes in the way he used to talk in Act I and also in his actions towards others. In Act I he was very polite and understanding and caring and respectful to people and in Act II when Lady Macbeth persuaded him to kill King Duncan, something clicked in Macbeth and he wasn't able to keep his ground in his beliefs of what he thought was right. Now he's cold hearted, murderer, ruthless, heartless, and brave to do things that aren't right.
2. I think his future plans in act III is to of course gain the kingdom and also to constantly watch out for any threats to his power. I think he'll be compared to Stalin, a past leader of the Soviet Union, where he killed anyone who stood in his way or was a threat to his leadership and power/throne.
I don't know what to feel. My own wife just persuaded me into killing the KING. When would I ever do that and how will I ever hide the great act of injustice? I don't know what to do either. My Lady pushes me to do these things that I would've never thought of doing before and I hate it when she uses my pride against me because I'm a guy and we all know that guy's hate when their pride is attacked. I just really regret what I did and now I don't know if I should continue this path of the new ruthless Macbeth or hold my ground against my Lady and do the right things from now on.
- "He'll never see tomorrow's sun! Your face, my thane, is like a book…" … "Look like the innocent flower, but be the snake that's lying under it." 1.5.49
- "Tonight's great business you must leave to me. It will secure us unchallenged power for the rest of our lives." 1.5.51
- "Look frank and innocent. To show your feelings is dangerous. Leave everything else to me." 1.5.51
2. In Act II when the servant first finds king Duncan dead with blood all over him, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both act as innocent as they can and try to play it off as if they had no idea that that had happen - of course everyone bought into it. Lady Macbeth, as a way to show she had a real reaction, she faints on purpose. I think that this serves a purpose to make everyone buy more into their fake reactions. In these situations, it is normal for someone to faint either in disgust of blood or the thought of someone dying but it definitely helped persuade everyone else that they were just as shocked.
- "Help me, please. [pretending to faint]" 2.3.85
- "Oh, no! What? In our house?" 2.3.83
3. I'm not sure what this question is specifically asking but in act II after the murder there was a quote from Macbeth and he said something about life not being worthy of after king Duncan had died and he also said that dignity is dead etc etc. I don't know if he said this to play things off again but I think a part of him also realized that Kind Duncan was a good person who drove others to do good and also he was someone people looked up to, I'm guessing. OH! Also right after he kills Macbeth more right after he killed him, he started to freak out and he began to panic and it seemed as if he regretted doing that the second after it was done.
- "From now on there's nothing left worth living for. Everything is a sham. Honor and dignity are dead. The wine of life has gone. Only the dregs remain." 2.3.83
- "Who's hands are these? They're plucking my eyes out! [Groaning] Is there enough water in the oceans to wash my hands of this blood? No! More likely my hands will stain the vast green seas blood red." 2.2.73
- "[Horrified] I won't go back! I'm afraid to think of what I've done. I daren't look at it again!" 2.2.73
4. Lady Macbeth has pressured Macbeth to do the killing and I think she personally didn't want to do it because she didn't want the blood on her hands. Not literally though because in the story she actually did touch the blood to smear it on the servants to make them look like the killers but I meant that saying in general. She didn't want to do the initial killing because if Macbeth gets caught, it'll be more his fault than hers even if she was the initial one who provoked him into doing that.
- "Go and get some water. Wash that filthy evidence off your hands. Why did you bring the daggers with you? They must be left up there. Take them back, and smear the sleepy servants with blood." 2.2.73 (read on for macbeths reply. Lady Macbeth ends up smearing the blood on the servants)
- "If Duncan hadn't looked like my father in his sleep, I'd have done it myself." 2.2.69 ??
5. No, now that Macbeth has killed the king, I don't think he needs to do anything else to reign as king. I think that now he has more power than ever because he was basically next in line. Wait, actually, he might need to do a few more inhumane things in order to secure his reign. That would be to kill the two sons of Duncan because they are family to King Duncan which means that they are royalty and with no doubt have more of a choice to take the reign and position of king IF they decide to. Then again, they moved countries.
- "The spring, the source, the fountainhead of your family has been stopped." 2.3.83
- "This murder is only the start. We should get out of the firing line. Let's ride off and not be too polite about leave-taking. Just slip away. When there's no mercy, there's no shame in stealing off." 2.3.87
Macbeth Soliloquy:
1. Macbeth I think is meant and sought out to be a good guy. A man of honesty, humility, respect, and kindness. Although there is a saying that you are who you hang out with and having a spouse who is the total opposite, well, you rub off of them after some time and sooner or later you may not realize it but you start to act the way you do. Obviously we didn't know Macbeth before this story but in Act II, you can kind of see how he changes in the way he used to talk in Act I and also in his actions towards others. In Act I he was very polite and understanding and caring and respectful to people and in Act II when Lady Macbeth persuaded him to kill King Duncan, something clicked in Macbeth and he wasn't able to keep his ground in his beliefs of what he thought was right. Now he's cold hearted, murderer, ruthless, heartless, and brave to do things that aren't right.
2. I think his future plans in act III is to of course gain the kingdom and also to constantly watch out for any threats to his power. I think he'll be compared to Stalin, a past leader of the Soviet Union, where he killed anyone who stood in his way or was a threat to his leadership and power/throne.
I don't know what to feel. My own wife just persuaded me into killing the KING. When would I ever do that and how will I ever hide the great act of injustice? I don't know what to do either. My Lady pushes me to do these things that I would've never thought of doing before and I hate it when she uses my pride against me because I'm a guy and we all know that guy's hate when their pride is attacked. I just really regret what I did and now I don't know if I should continue this path of the new ruthless Macbeth or hold my ground against my Lady and do the right things from now on.
