Hi everyone! Right now in English class (Grade 10 - 16 yrs) we're reading Macbeth and I have to analyse + close read part of Act III Scene IV to connect it to bigger themes + literary terms. I've done it but I don't feel my analysation is sufficient - if anyone could offer any suggestions on the following passage I would be very thankful!
LM Think of this, good peers,
But as a thing of custom. 'Tis no other,
Only it spoils the pleasure of the time.
M What man dare, I dare.
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,
The armed rhinoceros, or th'Hyrcan tiger.
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
Shall never tremble. Or be alive again,
And dare me to the desert with thy sword -
If trembling I inhabit then, protest me
The baby of a girl. Hence horrible shadow!
Unreal mockery, hence!
EXIT GHOST OF B
Why so, being gone,
I am a man again. Pray you, sit still.
LM You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting
With most admired disorder.
Plz help - thanks!
2007-03-29 02:47:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It would help if I knew what your analysis of the scene was. For starters, do you know what's going on here?
Lady Mac: Guys, don't worry about it. It's just a thing he does.
Big Mac: Hey, Banquo's ghost, I'm not afraid of you... OK, he's gone. Now, what was I saying?
Lady Mac: Dude... not cool.
So there's fear of the occult going on. And manliness. And putting up appearances. You should have no problem connecting these things to other elements of the play.
2007-03-29 08:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by jfengel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Macbeth is freaking out because he's being haunted by the Ghost of Banquo (whom Macbeth had murdered).
Lady M. is trying to persuade the other guests at the party that her husband isn't quite himself.
Macbeth tells the Ghost that, having come in the form of the murdered Banquo, it's making him afraid, whereas, if it were anything ELSE (a rhino, a tiger, etc.), he'd be man enough to stand up to it.
The Ghost leaves, and Macbeth's terror passes.
2007-03-29 16:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ghost of murdered Banquo appears.
Lady Macbeth dismisses it as an inconvenience.
Macbeth is horrified by it and would rather see anything else.
He dares the ghost to come alive so he can battle it. He pleads for the ghost to leave.
When the Ghost leaves Macbeth is relieved.
2007-03-29 04:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by DramaGuy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋