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Macbeth act 1 scene 7.

fredyrizo52 — 2017-01-27 01:50:46 UTC

Summarizing

fredyrizo52 — 2017-01-27 01:51:22 UTC

We begin act 1 scene 7 with Macbeth at the castle, servants are delivering food and the oboes play music. We see Macbeth pondering over the idea of assassinating King Duncan. Shakespeare gives Macbeth a soliloquy in the play in which he states '' If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well It were done quickly. He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.'' In simpler terms Macbeth is counting King Duncan's qualities and furthers his decision to not kill Duncan. He states that he is his kinsmen (relative) and that for he is the host of the party; Macbeth should be protecting Duncan there for not being the reason for Duncan's death. He later states the only thing driving him is the ambition, however, the ambition leads others rush and quickly fall in despair. Lady Macbeth then enters the room, Macbeth states the assassination is off due to the king honoring him, Lady Macbeth went quick to scolding him. She is quick to judge and insult Macbeth of his manliness, she states quotes such as, '' Was the hope drunk , Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?

And wakes it now, to look so green and pale.'' Lady Macbeth continues insulting and persuading Macbeth which such line, '' When Duncan is asleep, His two chamberlain will I with wine and wassail so convince, that the memory shall be a fume. What cannot you and I perform upon unguarded Duncan.?'' This line is the ultimate factor that convinces Macbeth to perform the crime, Lady Macbeth shall drunk the guards once Duncan is sleeping, Lady and Macbeth shall kill the king and later blame it on the guards who were so laced they wouldn't remember.

Innocent or guilty?

fredyrizo52 — 2017-01-27 02:17:57 UTC

Through out many of act 1, scene 7 we see Macbeth fighting self vs self, and self vs other. Macbeth is constantly fighting between the break of good and bad, he has the ambition to be a king but he also has the human guilt and emotions that are separating him from his actions and wanting. Although his early soliloquy is an important establishment of his feelings the three major parts of the scene are when Lady Macbeth scowls Macbeth, when she establishes the plan, and when Macbeth finally agrees. Lady Macbeth enters the scene early on hearing Macbeth's idea to not assassinate Duncan, she was quick to run her tongue. She provides vivid detail of how Macbeth is a disgrace to the art of manliness, and how even she would kill her own child in the name of a promise. This already affects Macbeth strongly, he was previously weak-minded but the scowling from his wife damages his inner ego and thoughts of cancelling the assassination. Later Mrs. Macbeth establishes the plan in which I mentioned the quote during the summary paragraph. The weak-minded Macbeth is open ears to his dominant wife, he previously already had plans to kill Duncan and with his wife stressing that the plan can't go wrong it furthers Macbeth's ambition but kills his inner sense of good. This also gives a foreshadow of what shall take place further in the play. Finally the final important factor of scene 7 is the acceptance to continue the plan, Macbeth is finally accepting the plan to kill Duncan. It is almost equivalent to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. We see the change from a considerate Macbeth pushing away his ambition and agreeing not to kill Duncan ,into a savage motivated Macbeth ready to further the rushed death of King Duncan. We noticed the change so quickly under few words from Mrs. Ducan, this deeply symbolizes how easy manipulation is and how love can sometimes be evil.
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Three questions

fredyrizo52 — 2017-01-27 02:49:12 UTC

Is Macbeth truly doing this for himself, or is this now the wishes of his wife? What is the motivation behind Lady Macbeth? Was the prediction the only way Macbeth and his wife would even consider this?

Predictions

fredyrizo52 — 2017-01-27 10:35:15 UTC

---In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth is having trouble deciding whether he should go on with the plan of killing Duncan. He is very hesitant; however, Lady Macbeth exclaims that if she made a promise, no matter what she would go through with it. Lady Macbeth said "I have given suck, and know how tender 'tis to love the baby that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had i sworn as you have done to this." She also reruns the plan and points out that they cant fail. This then convinces Macbeth and he decides he will kill King Duncan. Gathering from that, readers can predict that he was successful and went through with the plan.

---Macbeth was really indecisive about killing Duncan; because he knew that there were consequences, especially for an action this grave. As he stated "But in these cases we sill have judgement here." Most likely if its true that there were certain severe consequences for a behavior like this, he probably received them.
---Now, Macbeth was really hesitant about killing Duncan for multiple reasons. He knew that if someone committed a crime this severe, the consequences will amount to it. Also, the king had just honored him, he wanted to enjoy this new status with a lot of people. With all these reasons to not murder Duncan, Lady Macbeth believed otherwise. That it would be best to just do it. She convinced him and he went on to the plan. However, as people, we could assume that he probably felt bad for his crime and maybe even regretted.

Connections

fredyrizo52 — 2017-01-27 13:37:02 UTC

One connection of the struggle demonstrated in act 1 scene 7 is the constant battle many individuals face in which they don't know if the actions they are doing is for them self or for a loved one. Macbeth in the play is constantly struggling whether or not to assassinate Duncan, once Lady Macbeth persuades him, Macbeth is right back on track. Almost as if he was forced or if he felt that he needed to do it because he was already thus far. We see this usually when student athlete struggle in continuing their sport for the fear of upsetting their parent or when young parent workers fear quitting a dead-end job for the ability to follow a new career. Another factor the audience can relate to from the text is, can our ambitions truly overpower our knowledge of right and wrong? Most highly ambitious individuals go through the mindset of ''I'll do anything to remain on top'', Macbeth went through this mindset and was willing to kill his own family blood in order to step up and become higher order. Entrepreneurs or highly motivated individuals constantly go through this in which they realize they need to sacrifice an event/party/or action in order to gain higher power; regardless if the action is right or wrong they are willing to do whats beneficial to them. Lastly, we can also relate to Macbeth because he goes through a struggle of personal denial. Ambition can also get in the way of things and scramble ones morality. Macbeth considers taking the blood from his own family. In my experience, my sister was so ambitious to get through her university studies that she had forgotten about her own family. She would tell us she was too busy to even come to our birthday parties; that she was too overwhelmed with her studies. She had visited us twice in the past year. My point is, although it may seem right at the time, because its all you ever wanted. One day you will look back and regret letting ambition take the better of you.