Collaboration: Jayce, Jared, Hikaru, Marcel, Danielle
1.1
The effect of the
witches at the beginning of the play gives off a gloomy, dark, wicked aura.
Nothing beats a supernatural setting based on evil remarks and foreshadowing
from the witches, yet they detest their true objective in meeting someone of
value. From further reading of the play, the witches are going to meet Macbeth
and Banquo when the air is unclear to see, just like fog.
1.2.
The “bloody sergeant”
comes to meet the king and his attendants to describe the fierceness of Macbeth
and the experiences he’s had with him on the battlefield. Macdonwald was a
rebel fighting the king’s army and mercilessly slain many men. The one to kill
him was Macbeth and so chopped his head and stuck it to a pike. This did not
drop the moral of the enemy soldiers, so the king of Scotland regrouped with
new troops and retaliated with another assault. None of the rebels faltered
after such display of intimidation
Danielle- my picks are 1.3 #1, 2
1.3
In lines 1-27, the witches are talking about sinking the
ship of Macbeth. The effect the witches create is one of disgust to hear them
talking about sinking a ship as if it were a game. These specifics foreshadow
that Macbeth will arrive by the sinking of his ship. The witches are here to
create the plot while the other characters are merely dancers. Line 9 is
talking about sailing in a typical sieve sailing to sink the ship. The witches
prepare for Macbeth by literally casting a spell. Giving thee a wind means to
help you out. But this spell could be seen as basically winding up the plot so
that Macbeth will play the part the witches want him to.
Macbeth’s first line reminds me of the witches line fair is
foul and foul is fair. Those that we see as evil see us as evil. The witches
look really ugly and look almost demonic. They portray the typical image of a
witch. The witches tell Macbeth that he will be king of Cawdor as well as
Glamis. He becomes captivated in the witches visions of him as king. We know
this because that’s how Banquo describes him as being. Banquo asks the witches
to tell him what they see in his future and they tell him that he will be
greater than Macbeth though he is lesser and he will be happier though not so
happy. We know that Macbeth will kill the king and rise to his throne that way.
Jared Dube- My first picks are the 2 questions of 1.4.
1.4
Cawdor died honorably after confessing and repenting his own
crimes. The basically replies that Cawdor was a chivalrous man who had
completely trusted.
The king greets Banquo and Macbeth with guilt that he can
never truly repay them for their heroic deeds. The king then announces that he
is going to make his eldest son, Malcolm the heir to the throne. Duncan then
declares that he intends to dine at Macbeth’s castle. Macbeth states he is
happy for the new heir but then realizes that Malcolm is just another obstacle
getting in his way of becoming king.
Hikaru - my first two picks are 1.5 #4, 1.6
1.5
Lady Macbeth’s name is Gruoch, modeled after the name Gruoch
ingen Boite
1.6
Macbeth is not ready to kill the king. He expresses his
doubts and troubles of killing Duncan. In lines 1-12, Macbeth is worried that
the same assassination will happen to him once he replaces the current king.
Just as he is eyeing the king’s throne, other people will also want it if
Macbeth is to spill Duncan’s blood. Macbeth’s violates the code of friendship
with Duncan. He is his “kinsmen and his subject” so he has some sympathy
towards him. His “vaulting ambition” is his motivation.
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