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Act 2 Macbeth Study Guide

1.The opening gives a sense of forboding, things are not as they should be. The discussion serves to have Banquo acknowledge the weird sisters rather than claim they are a hallucination.
2. Macbeth is extremely stressed about having to Duncan and he is attempting to talk himself into committing the deed. He talks about it as if he is in a haze, a dream and he continues by making it a reality and committing the deed.

2..2
1. Lady Mac's state of mind is kind of heartless because of the focus she is putting into the task at hand. She has drugged the guards that stand at Duncan's chambers and put daggers in their hands to frame them as the murderers of Duncan. Lady Mac is assuming that Macbeth is in the act of killing Duncan and she didn't do it herself because she didn't want the guards to wake up and see her.
2. Macbeth has done the dirty deed of killing Duncan. Macbeth has a moment of self reflection as he looks at his bloodstained hands holding the dagger. He guiltily comments about his actions and worries that Donalbain heard the ruckus. Lady Mac replies by saying Macbeth shouldn't be so childish and scared. The problem that arises is that Macbeth thinks he heard a voice say that he would be killed for what he did. Lady Mac tries to calm him down and rationalize the situation.

2.3

2.3 1) The porter, in the third scene of act ii, is drunk and is pretending to be the Porter of the gate to hell. In the play, Macbeth has the trait of equivocation, where he manipulates his listener by circumlocution and the expectations of the other person without actually committing. For example, he does this when Lady Macbeth asks him to kill King Duncan.
2) The thematic function of Lennox describing the night as unruly was because that night was when King Duncan was killed by Macbeth. It was "unruly" not only for King Duncan but also for Macbeth because the guilt and fear of getting caught will always make him say and do things that might be suspicious, dark, and unruly. The scene is necessary to show Macbeth's transformation from the character before the murder vs. the character after the murder. This also connects back to what the witches had said earlier in the play: Fair is foul and foul is fair.
3) Macduff reports that the king has been murdered. Lady Macbeth appears to be horrified that this act could take place on his household. Macbeth is in encaged and kills the chamberlains. Malcolm and Donalbain decide to flee Malcolm and will go to England and Donalbain will go to Ireland. They're fleeing because they fear they will be murdered.

2.4

1. The function of the dialogue between Old Man and Ross is to discuss the strange happenings that have been occurring such as how an owl killed a falcon, the horses went wild and are one another, and several other things.  This wicked behavior symbolizes and foreshadows the promotion of Macbeth to the thrown. 

2. Macduff tells us from the castle that Macbeth has been made king by his fellow lords and that he will travel to Scone to receive the promotion and get crowned. He tells us that Malcolm and Donalbain are suspected of the murder of Duncan. They are suspected because they fled the scene. 

Macbeth

Imagine how the plot, theme and tone of Macbeth would be different if Macbeth could gain more power by becoming good at something or learning something, rather than benefiting through another's loss. 

Macbeth in the play, just like the prompt says, gains power from another's loss. With him becoming king by doing something courageous or brilliantly, yes absolutely he would have a completely different insight on "life" itself. By having something positive impact your life, you honestly have a different look on things surrounding your attitude/morals. What if a huge dragon came and conquered the whole town while killing the king? What if Macbeth killed the dragon and saved the world? He would inherit the throne by earning it and would give him and most importantly Lady Macbeth a more humble attitude with their "ego". Let's keep in mind this is one Shakespeare's tragedies and nothing works out in good thoughts. 

San Diego State Bound!!!!!

So incredibly excited to say San Diego State University will be my home for the next 4+ years! But really.... I'M GOING TO COLLEGE! Toured the school last weekend and absolutely fell in love! A campus and area couldn't be more perfect for me:) Sitting here and thinking back on high school, I am so glad I pushed myself the way I did. Most people aren't fortunate to be able to live this experience so I will 10000% be privileged to do this with nothing taken for granted. Thank you to all my teachers for helping me accomplishing my goal and well as my friends and MOST importantly my parents for the brilliant job they have done with my life :) Nothing but huge smiles upon my face while posting this and I am so happy! See you in 4 months SDSU! #GoAztecs 

Tomorrow, Tomorrow & Tomorrow...

Macbeth:

She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Macbeth Act 1 Notes

*Quick lecture notes while Preston was talking

Act 1 Scene 1
-Macbeth is going to have a rise to power
-Fair is foul? Foul is fair?
-Weird back in the old day was future seekers
The sisters
Act 1 Scene 2
-The bloody captain proves exposition on Hamlet.
-Macbeth kills Mcdonwald and bloody captain praised him on that.
-Mcdonwald was lesser than him.
-Ross and Angus said that MacBeth was the traitor.
Act 1 Scene 3:
-He's reinforcing what the witches had said. Repetition on the word "do".
-Macbeths reaction to the witches proficey as he thought it was true. Banquel doesn't believe the witches proficey and not going to be supportive to anything the witches say.
Act 1 Scene 5:
-He doesn't refer them to witches he refers to them as sisters. He doesn't tell Lady Macbeth the whole truth. Macbeth wants to impress her in the letter. She says you wanna be the king? Well kill the king.
-She's not scared of the witches her goal and all she wants to do is kill the king
-Lady MacBeth is fearless
-Lady MacBeth to make her plan possible ( to kill the king) she needs to remove the the "lady" side of her and to cut me off of my conscience (which in the case she needs to not feel guilty)
-She coaches MacBeth into killing the king.
Act 1 Scene 7:
-The only reason he's thinking about killing King Duncan is his ego
-Lady MacBeth is telling MacBeth he's being a sissy. "Man up"
-Lady MacBeth is a crazy bitch.
- The dagger is a huge symbol in the play. The dagger symbolizes betrayal, violence and murder.

Character Map

Thought this character map was visualized well and perfect for the blog! Viewer friendly and helped me understand who was connected to who!