Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macduff and Malcolm are discussing the possibility of Malcolm becoming king of Scotland. Macduff: Fit to govern! No, not to live. O nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant bloody-scepter’d, When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again, Since that the truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accursed, And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father Was a most sainted king: the queen that bore thee, Oftener upon her knees than on her feet, Died every day she lived. Fare thee well! These evils thou repeat’st upon thyself Have banish’d me from Scotland. O my breast, Thy hope ends here! What is the effect of the hyperbole "These evils thou repeat’st upon thyself / Have banish’d me from Scotland. O my breast, / Thy hope ends here”?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. In this excerpt, Malcolm and Macduff are discussing their beliefs about Macbeth. Malcolm: What you have spoke, it may be so perchance. This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest: you have loved him well. What does Malcolm mean when he uses the hyperbole "whose sole name blisters our tongues”?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. In this excerpt, Macduff is talking to Malcom, trying to persuade him to fight against Macbeth and take back the throne of Scotland. Macduff: Bleed, bleed, poor country! Great tyranny! lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not cheque thee: wear thou thy wrongs; The title is affeer’d! Fare thee well, lord: I would not be the villain that thou think’st For the whole space that’s in the tyrant’s grasp, And the rich East to boot. Which best explains the intended effect of the personification "Bleed, bleed, poor country!”?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Malcolm is explaining to Macduff that the time has come do something about Macbeth. Malcolm: This tune goes manly. Come, go we to the king; our power is ready; Our lack is nothing but our leave; Macbeth Is ripe for shaking, and the powers above Put on their instruments. Receive what cheer you may: The night is long that never finds the day. What is the effect of the hyperbole "The night is long that never finds the day”?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ross is describing the situation in Scotland to Macduff. Macduff: Stands Scotland where it did? Ross: Alas! poor country! Almost afraid to know itself. It cannot Be call’d our mother, but our grave; where nothing, But who knows nothing, is once seen to smile; Where sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the air Are made, not mark’d; where violent sorrow seems A modern ecstasy; the dead man’s knell Is there scarce ask’d for who; and good men’s lives Expire before the flowers in their caps, Dying or ere they sicken. What does Ross mean when he says, "and good men’s lives / Expire before the flowers in their caps, / Dying or ere they sicken”?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Malcolm talks with Macduff about joining the other men who are ready to fight for Scotland. Malcolm: Whither indeed, before thy here-approach, Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men, Already at a point, was setting forth. Now we’ll together; and the chance of goodness Be like our warranted quarrel! Why are you silent? What does the simile "Now we’ll together; and the chance of goodness / Be like our warranted quarrel!" mean in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Malcolm shares his concerns with Macduff about how he could benefit from turning Malcolm over to Macbeth. Malcolm: I am young; but something You may deserve of him through me, and wisdom To offer up a weak poor innocent lamb To appease an angry god. What does Malcolm mean when he says, "To offer up a weak poor innocent lamb / To appease an angry god”?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Malcolm is explaining to Macduff that he too cares about Scotland. Malcolm: Be not offended: I speak not as in absolute fear of you. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds Which best explains the intended effect of the personification "I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; / It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds”?
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