Thursday, November 20, 2008
Macbeth Act 4: Scene 3
Here are some images I found in the reading. " With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred, when shalt thou see why wholesome days again..." (Macduff, page 186) With this quotation, it is a conversation between Malcolm and Macduff. And, basically, Macduff is telling Malcolm that he really thinks that Macbeth is becoming a tyrant and that he wonders when they are going to see the 'wholesome' days once more. But, with the imagery, it describes Macbeth as an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred, which would basically mean that Macbeth has suffered from 'mental injury' that has corrupted his mind by his gain of power and murderous deeds. And, finally, two more quotations of imagery I found, "... this noble passion, child of integrity, hath from my soul wiped the black scruples, reconciled my thoughts to thy good truth and honour." (Malcolm, page 188) "... her abjure the taints and blames I laid upon myself, for strangers to my nature." (Malcolm, page 188) Both of these quotes are spoken by Malcolm to Macduff. With the first one, he's saying that because of Macduff's noble passion, it has wiped out all of Malcolm's black and 'shadow'-like suspicions from his soul. So, he's thanking him. And, in the second quotation, Malcolm is telling Macduff that he is going to discard all of the negative and bad comments that he has said about himself. They are 'strange' or foreign to him now.
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I really like some of the images that you found, I did not see the one about how Macbeth is becoming a crazy tyrant, and to me it seems that Malcolm was running away and didn't want to fight. The bloody sceptre was a really good piece of imagery. I also like the bit that you wrote about Macduff's noble passion, and how Malcolm's suspicions have gone away and he is thanking Macduff. Malcolm finally mans up in the end, and decides to fight.
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