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Post by Mr. Thomas on May 28, 2014 9:32:45 GMT -5
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow..."
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Post by chrisnoble on May 28, 2014 15:37:40 GMT -5
C. Why would Macbeth treat the servant the way he did?: "Go prick thy face and over-red thy fear, thou lily-liveried boy. What soldiers, patch? Death of thy soul! Those linen cheeks of thine are counsellors to fear. What soldiers, whey-face?...Take thy ace hence" (Act 5 Scene 3 14-17 and 19). Macbeth should not have treated the servant in this manner. The servant is trying to give Macbeth valuable information, but Macbeth starts getting stupid and calls the servant names.
E. I was surprised when Macbeth was going to commit suicide: "Why should I play the Roman fool, and die on mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the gashes do better upon them" (Act 5 Scene 7 30-32). I was surprised by this because directly before this particular scene, Macbeth seemed so motivated and prepared to fight. Then, all of a sudden he completely changes his mind and goes as far as holding a sword pointing toward himself.
D. I liked the quote Macduff said in the end of the story: "Hail, king! For so thou art. Behold where stands th'usurper's cursed head: the time is free" (Act 5 Scene 7 84-85). I liked this quote because the people are now able to have their normal lives back, without a crazy king killing people left and right.
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Post by nicholas Leong on May 28, 2014 16:15:47 GMT -5
E. One thing that shocked me was when Macduff said that he was born from a c-section. I was surprised because i never thought of the loop hole to the prophecy like that. I think that Macbeth was shaken up about how all the good prophecies were being crumbled so he could not fight that was why he got slain.
C.One thing that i wondered is why isn't Macduff becoming king? I mean he was the one to actually kill Macbeth so i think he is the rightful heir to the throne and not Malcom. I think that Malcom did not really do anything to deserve to become king. He was not the one to kill Macbeth and he couldn't even get the England army until Macduff came. Another thing is where was Donaldbain this whole time?
f. I think that the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth has been on its last end. I say this because when Lady Macbeth died he did not seem that sad at all.
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Post by alfredfrederic on May 28, 2014 18:05:25 GMT -5
B) Act 5 scenes 2-9 is the ending of the play. It is important because it finishes the story and leaves us with few questions to be asked and many of our own questions answered. These scenes highlight important points in the play that were not before. These even make some points clear, and give us some humor in it. These factors allow these scenes to cement their importance while they're read. That is why these scenes are important in our reading, and because of these scenes, I enjoyed the end of this play. These final scenes were worth the read.
D) I liked the quote "Was untimely ripped"(Shakespeare 96). This line just cements the fact that Macbeth didn't fully understand the witches and was so full of himself that he took them literally. This is one of the best parts of of the entire play, along with one of the best twists it had. This was also the best vengeful one-liner I've seen in the play. I was just waiting for something like that to happen just so Macbeth would finally get what was coming to him. This line caused Macbeth to lose all of his will to fight just because he realized he could be killed. That's why I liked it.
I) I just wanted to say that I liked this play. In class I wanted to mention how fast it went and how interesting it was because of its violence. And i wanted to mention how much irony was in these last few scenes. And finally I wanted to mention how Macbeth defined himself as both a king and a warrior here. He showed himself to be a good warrior, but a horrible king.
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Post by kyleconnolly on May 28, 2014 18:34:27 GMT -5
B) The final seven scenes are extremely important but are very short. Throughout the scenes, there are several twists and surprises, acts of irony and moments that leave you confused as ever. Malcolm and Macduff lead the English to attack Macbeth, Lady Macbeth can no longer take the guilt of what she and her husband have done, so she decides to kill herself. Macbeth’s thin piece of sanity finally snaps and he is fighting for his life. Eventually Macduff enters his castle and they fight, Macduff for revenge and Macbeth against the witches prophecy. Macbeth is killed, all is well in Scotland after Malcolm, the rightful king is named to the throne.
C) How many men remained loyal to Macbeth? We mentioned in class that he didn’t have many men who wanted to fight for him, but a lot of people apparently banned their post, joining the English army. Also, who was that inexperienced boy that tried to kill Macbeth? I understand everyone hated Macbeth but what was this guy’s relevance?
E) I was pretty amused by the prophecy of the Birnam Wood moving to Macbeth’s castle. In Macbeth’s case, had I seen that I would be flipping out, especially because I thought I would be invincible. It was a very ironic scene that Macduff, who had been dying to kill him, was not born of a woman, which would enable him to kill Macbeth as spoken in the prophecy.
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Post by gonzaleza16 on May 28, 2014 20:00:04 GMT -5
Anthony Gonzalez
. I really liked how the witches prophecy and the appartions did come true. I like how they didnt just say somthing and then it didmt happen or come true. It would have been cool if they had apperead again at the end or something to show that they were right all along but its alright
I. I agree with Nick on how I was too suprised that Macduff was born from a c section. I mean isnt it still being born from a woman technically I mean its just not the normal and usual kind of birth but your still being born. I think that loop hole was a little stupid because he was still born of a woman just in a differetn form.
I had a question on how the soliders brung the forest to him I mean they were just bringing branches how can that be the forest. I dont think thats enough to say that the forest was moving and coming to the castle. I liked how it ended though should have been more battling parts but for the most part it was well written
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Post by VonGarcia on May 29, 2014 23:21:48 GMT -5
C.) I still don’t understand why a C-section baby isn’t considered as “not born by woman”. Another question I have is how come Fleance never came back in the story after he fled and escaped his attempted murder? He’s supposed to be the one to take over the throne according to the prediction. This also leads to my other question, were the predictions real? Or was it told just so that it will lead to the tragedy of Macbeth? The witches could’ve been lying about Banquo’s line being filled with future kings so that Macbeth will die.
E.) I didn’t like how Macbeth’s live ends in the story. He’s a really good warrior so I think it would’ve been a lot cooler if he dominated over other really fierce warriors to show us again the prediction that no one “born of woman” can ever harm him. Another thing I found interesting is that he made the same mistake Duncan committed when Duncan was the king. He gave out his trust easily. Macbeth gave his trust to the witched easily because he liked what he heard and his life started to go downhill from there.
I.) I agree with nick. Who would have ever thought that the prophecy was actually referring to a c-section baby. I thought it was going to be something natural like the castle falling down to crumbles and Macbeth gets crushed. Or a tree falls on top of him.
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Post by thomaslaible on Jun 4, 2014 9:54:45 GMT -5
This is the end. I like this part because of the violence and death of Macbeth. Macbeth was "Was untimely ripped" in the scene and his head was put on a stick. I think Macbeth had this coming and so did lady Macbeth. Also it answers questions to the play but adds new one so it gives it even a better ending
I liked the quote Macduff said in the end of the story: "Hail, king! For so thou art. Behold where stands th'usurper's cursed head: the time is free" (Act 5 Scene 7 84-85). I liked this quote because this is the end of a crazy king who lost his mind.
"Go prick thy face and over-red thy fear, thou lily-liveried boy. What soldiers, patch? Death of thy soul! Those linen cheeks of thine are counsellors to fear. What soldiers, whey-face?...Take thy ace hence" these lines show how scared Macbeth really is but not really showing it. I think this even caused the servant to turn against him.
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