Thursday, April 7, 2016
conversation #5 Group D
Macbeth's reaction to Lady Macbeth's suicide in Act 5 scene 5, the famous "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" speech (p.179-180) is filled with some of the bleakest reflections on life in any work of literature. What, exactly, is Macbeth saying here? Why is he saying it? How does it suggest the way that this powerful protagonist has fallen?
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During this speech Macbeth repeatedly mentions the idea that everyone will die soon and that life is pointless. He says that life is just for fools who live through everyday, and each day get they closer to their deaths. He concludes his speech by saying, "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". In this grim statement, Macbeth concludes that he sees no importance in life or death. This suggests that once noble and valient Macbeth has fallen into despair and has lost all his original values because Macbeth sees no purpose in life for himself or anyone. I believe Macbeth says this because he believes he has nothing to live for at this point. His wife is dead, he is the king of few subjects that have no faith in him, and he has killed so many people that he is going crazy. Macbeth believes all he has to live for anymore is the day of this death.
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ReplyDeleteMacbeth during this scene points out that eventually everyone will die and that there is no point in living. He said that life was for fools. He said that he sees no good in life or death, and that everyday people are one step closer to their death. Macbeth went from being a brave and courageous warrior to seeing no point in life in him and all those around him. Macbeth says this quote because he feels as if all good in his life disappeared. He says that the only day that he sees a point in living is the day he dies.
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ReplyDeleteThe play ends with Malcolm's speech in which he invites everyone (who is still alive) "to see us crowned at Scone." In what specific ways does this speech bring the play full circle from order to chaos to order? How in this Shakespearean tragedy do we now see a world that was broken made whole again?
When King Duncan was the leader is Scotland the country was in order, and no chaos was going on because of the glory Scotland was having under Duncan's rule. When Macbeth took over as king, chaos broke into Scotland because of the strange event that Duncan died. Macbeth was never able to bring Scotland in order under his control because of the suspiciousness going on with Duncan's death, and Macbeth's strange behaviors during that time. Once oppressors started to go after Macbeth, even more chaos broke out, and he eventually died. It was more fitting for Malcolm to be king because he will rule just like his father did, and bring order and peace back to Scotland unlike Macbeth. An example of Malcolm wanting to make Scotland great again is when he says, "What's more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time, as calling home our exiled friends abroad That fled the snares of watchful tyranny..." (191).
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ReplyDeleteThis speech shows the order when Duncan was king, the chaos when Macbeth was king, and the order when Malcolm is crowned king. We see Macduff brutally and confidently kill Macbeth and now we basically have an offspring of the dead king back in power as king.
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