Friday, December 12, 2014

"Macbeth" Act II Reaction

- - -  Explain the progression of the tragic hero cycle for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth through Act II.

- - -  Explain how Macbeth is like a Greek Tragedy through Act II.  Use evidence from TEXT to explain.

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  1. 1.) In the tragic hero cycle macbeth is now the noble character do to the death of the current king in which him and lady macbeth killed by getting the guards drunk. Macbeth is next for king due to the fact that malcolm went to england and donalbain went to ireland to flee the scene for fear of their lives making people think they killed the king. Both of the characters are through their tragic flaw(the killing of the current) and may soon get there crisis where tension will begin and dilemmas will rise. As the play goes on these characters will enter the reversal of fortune most likely due to there flaw whos not to say macbeth wont be king and they did the killing for no reason?
    2.) Macbeth is like a greek tragedy because the planning too kill the king and the action to do so all happened in a short period of time. Also this all happened at macbeths little "party" so it all happened so far in one location. So far the focus has been on how lady macbeth feels on killing the king(she wants everything to do with it just wants to do it already) macbeth however likes the king and likes him as a friend and doesnt want to do thw action that lady macbeth has asked him to do resulting in the next phrase of a greek tragedy of traits in the characters. Lady macbeth so far is just crushing macbeth saying how he is too nice to be the king and she would be ashamed to me as much of a coward as he is. She has leadership and is very witty by doing the plan (putting blood on the guards) and causing a distraction when macbeth nearly throws them both under the bus (fainting) she also acts alot like a man. macbeth has traits of a female hes nice caring and doesnt like the idea of killing someone over something that he may not deserve. He is always thinking and is always getting bossed around and he ask himself in the play why am i afraid of everything? Showing he doesnt like to do bad things without regretting it. Private guilt is macbeth feeling bad for the deed and doesnt feel that it is right what he had done to the king and begins to mess up when the visitors come to see the king from being nervous. Lady macbeth is the punishment by crushing macbeth doing the evil plan of killing the king and lasting making herself faint to stop macbeth from the truth that could of gotten them both in trouble. Lastly the justice was do to malcolm and donalbain leaving the scene they believe they did the killing of the king causing them ti get the time for the crime in which they didnt do giving "justice" to the wrong people.

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  2. Explain the progression of the tragic hero cycle for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth through Act II.

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  3. Macbeth had nobility which is part of the reason that his tragic flaw was revealed. Which is the next part in the cycle which is his ambition his ambitoins from him wanting to be king. The same with lady Macbeth. In act two they have each gotten past the crisis which is Duncans death and now they are in the point of the tragic chain of events.

    This is a greek tragedy because all the actions happen in a very little amount of time and the people represent how people should not act. Macbeth should not be acting like a girl and doing his wifes bidding, he also should not be killing his boss. Also lady macbeth should not be boosing her wife around and telling him to do illegal things.

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  4. Macbeth shows more heroism throughout act II by murdering King Duncon. His character grows by this action. But he shows fear and feminism by becoming very worried after he commits the murder. He also forgets to leave the daggers on the guards, which could jepridize the entire plan. His fear caused him to make mistakes. Lady Macbeth does not show change as she continues to show no fear. Her plan of murdering King Duncon comes together. She must go and place the daggers on the guards because Macbeth is too afraid too. Lady Macbeth continues to show masculin traits by finishing the job. She does not become worried after the murder like her husband does. Lady Macbeth stays calm and believes that everything will be alright.

    Greek tragedies are a form of theater based on myths. Macbeth plans to kill and kills the king in a short period of time. The idea of killing the king came from the witches, which could be looked at as a myth. The main focus of the play has been on the fact that Lady Macbeth sees Macbeth as a coward. She constantly puts him down everytime he shows fear. Macbeth had a hard time killing the king because he liked Duncon. This is why he showed fear at the idea of murdering him. Lady Macbeth convinced him to go through with the murder, but made sure to let him know that he was being a coward throughout the entire process.

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  5. Macbeth was a hero to all of Scotland because of his part in the war. Then he killed Duncan which caused Donalbain and Malcom to flee making him the king. Then he goes crazy and gets killed. His wife is a very masculine woman.

    Macbeth plans to kill and kills the king in a short period of time. The idea of killing the king came from the witches, which could be looked at as a myth. The main focus of the play has been on the fact that Lady Macbeth sees Macbeth as a coward. She constantly puts him down everytime he shows fear. She also constantly convinces him to do illegal things.

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