For the people who haven't read Act III yet, what to do you believe the climax will be?
Since we have now established that the killing of Ducan is not the climax and that Macbeth's coranation will soon take place, we can rule that out of our options. I believe that the climax will be when it is discovered that Macbeth had something to do with the killing of Ducan. Macbuff has already started being suspicious and the other two sons have left and therefore have more time to think about he murder. Soon they will be able to connect the dots and link them to Macbeth.
I agree with "quiet mel" (melanie or melinda?; i'm guessing melinda if "quiet mel" is quiet)on her view of the climax Act III. Once characters in the play will realize that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's are the cause for Duncan's death, nothing will ever be the same and we will finally assist to the most intense point in the development of the play.
I think the climax has to be something we have been waiting for a long time. At first, we expect the killing of the king to be the climax, because usually those kind of plays are built like this. But then the king is killed in the beginning of Act II, and the murder is not even described. So we expect Macbeth's rise to the throne to be the climax, and we want it happening with Malcolm being killed. Once again, it doesn't go according to what we thought, because he becomes king a few scenes later with Malcolm leaving. Twice in a row, we didn't get the murder we wanted. So now, even though it sounds morally wrong, we want a murder, and we want it to be described in its every details. Shakespeare gets the climax by delaying the murder scene, making us impatient with the two previous aborted killings.
So you want it to happen on stage, this murder, don't you, Victor? All of the violence that has occurred, and there has been a lot of blood, has been off stage, so I think your comment stands!
Just a post concerning what we read: Act IV, Sc 1, What makes Macbeth listen to the witches and believe that he is safe, despite the fact that Banquo's descendants will become kings of Scotland?
To answer to your question Alex, I think Macbeth believes he is safe because the witches also tell him that no man of woman born shall harm him. The witches are practicably saying that he has become invincible. Also, maybe deep down, this made him think that he will be able to get what he wanted and that he still had time to kill Fleance in order to stop the line of kings. He was also told that he won't be attacked until the forest reaches the castle which he believes is impossible. All these elements reassure him and give him hope.
Climax in Act III
ReplyDeleteFor the people who haven't read Act III yet, what to do you believe the climax will be?
Since we have now established that the killing of Ducan is not the climax and that Macbeth's coranation will soon take place, we can rule that out of our options. I believe that the climax will be when it is discovered that Macbeth had something to do with the killing of Ducan. Macbuff has already started being suspicious and the other two sons have left and therefore have more time to think about he murder. Soon they will be able to connect the dots and link them to Macbeth.
I agree with "quiet mel" (melanie or melinda?; i'm guessing melinda if "quiet mel" is quiet)on her view of the climax Act III. Once characters in the play will realize that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's are the cause for Duncan's death, nothing will ever be the same and we will finally assist to the most intense point in the development of the play.
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ReplyDeleteI think the climax has to be something we have been waiting for a long time. At first, we expect the killing of the king to be the climax, because usually those kind of plays are built like this. But then the king is killed in the beginning of Act II, and the murder is not even described. So we expect Macbeth's rise to the throne to be the climax, and we want it happening with Malcolm being killed. Once again, it doesn't go according to what we thought, because he becomes king a few scenes later with Malcolm leaving.
Twice in a row, we didn't get the murder we wanted. So now, even though it sounds morally wrong, we want a murder, and we want it to be described in its every details. Shakespeare gets the climax by delaying the murder scene, making us impatient with the two previous aborted killings.
So you want it to happen on stage, this murder, don't you, Victor? All of the violence that has occurred, and there has been a lot of blood, has been off stage, so I think your comment stands!
ReplyDeleteJust a post concerning what we read:
ReplyDeleteAct IV, Sc 1,
What makes Macbeth listen to the witches and believe that he is safe, despite the fact that Banquo's descendants will become kings of Scotland?
To answer to your question Alex, I think Macbeth believes he is safe because the witches also tell him that no man of woman born shall harm him. The witches are practicably saying that he has become invincible. Also, maybe deep down, this made him think that he will be able to get what he wanted and that he still had time to kill Fleance in order to stop the line of kings. He was also told that he won't be attacked until the forest reaches the castle which he believes is impossible. All these elements reassure him and give him hope.
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