Monday, November 9, 2015

Bromances & Daggers, Or Macbeth 2.1

After our last vocabulary word of Unit 5, we reviewed for your vocab/Macbeth quiz tomorrow. I highly suggest you review the words and what you know of Macbeth so far.

Meanwhile, we began our look into Act II and how character prophecies have festered into nightmares and homicidal actions. First up, the bromance of Macbeth and Banquo, which highlights the past Macbeth and his connections to his moral center. While both men are loyal to one another, they also have a tendency to dream of witches and disturb their moral sleep. Yes, I just tied that into one of our motifs. Once Banquo has left his buddy, Macbeth needs to chat and the only available ear belongs to himself! Using that symbolic dagger, Macbeth whips up his courage to kill poor Duncan -- even if he cannot predict Duncan's eventual path to heaven or hell. When Macbeth has decided his fate, he begins to rhyme again, a feature missing from the soliloquy's questioning commencement.

As for tomorrow's reading, we will look towards Lady Macbeth and her role in this plot.

Daily Michael Fassbender photo -- I thought his bromance with James McAvoy & Hugh Jackman would fit in with today's reading.

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