This question is based off on Macbeth. I need to know what that means
2007-02-15 12:34:59 · 5 answers · asked by shorty 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Throughout Macbeth is the motif of nature at war with itself or the un-natural. The opening scene is of three witches toiling over their cauldron of brew portending in the gloomy darkness the fate of mortals. It is unnatural as would be regicide
This Athenian owl was wise, but this is the Celtic owl representing death associated with the god of the underworld (Gwynn). The owl is not gently hooting it is screaming. When Macbeth asks his wife if she has heard anything she mentions the crickets. Crickets make noise when it is quiet when it is noisy they are quiet thus she doesn't hear anything .
2007-02-16 02:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Owl Scream
2016-11-13 04:45:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this part in the play, MacBeth is having a wiggins cause he just killed King Duncan, plus the Witches are tormenting him.
He asks his wife is she heard strange noises. She says "I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry."
He wigs out a little more.
Basically she's saying the equivelent of "It's only the wind, calm the heck down, ya pussy!"
2007-02-15 12:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by Delicious Pear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After Macbeth murders the king and comes back to his wife, he asks her if she heard anything and this is her reply. She means that she heard only the sounds of the night. In an earlier dialogue she compares an owl shriek to a 'fatal bellman'-for in those days they would ring bells before executing someone.
2007-02-15 13:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by hal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a line of poetry. it doesn't have to mean anything
2007-02-15 12:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by blakdragon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋