Act 3 Scene 2 Flashcards
Summary (1)
-Lady acbeth wants to speak to her husband before the feast . She is on edge - uncertaint and insecurity troubel them both .
-Macbeth appers and she scolds him both for staying lone and for his continued dwelling on their actions .
Summary (2)
-THey discuss the feast ahead , resove to prais Banquo at it , And then , Mcbeth reveals his fear of Banquo and Flenance .
-He revels that he intends to commit noher dreadfulc rime . HEe will not tell Lady Macbeth wha is is , but asks her to praise it rhwen it is achieved .
Why is this scene improtant (1)
-wE SEE mACBETH GROWING IN EVIL , AND HRDENING HIMSELF TO COMMIT MORE CRIMES .
-Duncan; peace of mind - being dead 0 is now a source of envy to Mcbeth , who s in torment nd has dreadful nightmares .
Why is this scene improtant (2)
-Lady Macbeth is no longer controlling and driign action of her husband but is trying to calm his troubled mind .
-The intiial hop that they would neoy their reign together is now exposed s hollow .
Key character Macbeth
-The third act marks th runing point f or our trgaic hero . Int he firsgt part of the play , we have seen Macbeh rise to power
-Now he is king , he is hardening and becoming mroe burtal , and Shakespeare dhows the situation chnging .
-Macbeth keeps himself to hismelf nd broods on the crime commtited , and on the crimes he inteds to commit - norice he dark imagery ; ‘O full fo scorpions in my mind .
Key Character Macbeth (2)
-Just as scorpions brin death , so does the tormented Macbeth . He no longer sares his htoughts with his wife , in contrast to ct 1 3 , and so she feels isolated .
-the affectionate ter ‘deerest chuck ‘ that Macbeth uses for he , seems to imply a shift in powr .
-Lady Macbeth ,t his scene amrks th start of her reakdown - she wil take control one mroe time at the Banquet , fter which she will be overwhelemd by the reomre for the tide of evil she hd helped unlesh , thier roles are reversing.
WORRIES
-the roeshave reversed l lady Macbeth is starting fele the strain of thier deed , as she relaizes they havedone something rerrible .
-But neither of the re secure and hppy , The solilooquies nd worries begin to cho eachother , oth chracters are worrid but dont tel eachothe . They beelive they have done all for nothing , hidign their worry and msiery
Macbeth tires to protect Llady Macbeth while she rebukes him for being miserbale ,a nd tlls hi what is odne si done .
-Both are struggling to sleep having dreams of toroutre .
-Now they start to drift prt in the llay LADY MACBETH comes askng he rhusband hwat is to be doone , after he hieds B murder form her .
-HE HAS LOCKED OUT HIS PARTER IN CRIE ND ASSUMES HER ROLE AS WELLA S HIS OWN , SHE IS NOW DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR GUIDNCE AND HWILE HE STILL HE NEEDS HER BECUAE HE WANTS TO CONFESS HIM MIND IS RESTLESS , HE DOES NEED ANYTHIGN ELSE FORM HER .
*she does recover a little for the banque ,
reversed roles
Macbeth tires to protect Llady Macbeth while she rebukes him for being miserbale ,a nd tlls hi what is odne si done .
-Both are struggling to sleep having dreams of toroutre .
-Now they start to drift prt in the llay LADY MACBETH comes askng he rhusband hwat is to be doone , after he hieds B murder form her .
-HE HAS LOCKED OUT HIS PARTER IN CRIE ND ASSUMES HER ROLE AS WELLA S HIS OWN , SHE IS NOW DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR GUIDNCE AND HWILE HE STILL HE NEEDS HER BECUAE HE WANTS TO CONFESS HIM MIND IS RESTLESS , HE DOES NEED ANYTHIGN ELSE FORM HER .
REVERSED ROLEZ
she does recover a little for the banquet , but the lady aMacbeht of act 2 is gone , isnea we hve in her a caste stufy on hwo evil deeds ruins perosn . She called on evil to fill her body to all intents and purposes now she is possesed by demons and tthings dont go well from her anymroe …
