Based on what we've read so far, what kind of ruler do you think Macbeth will be? Why? Provide at least three textual examples that support/illustrate your main points.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Act III Macbeth quotes (below)
POST:
Your interpretations of the quotes below. (title: MY THOUGHTS ON SHAKESPEARE'S WORDS)
(Thanks, Mr. Becker!)
1. Banquo
says: Thou hast it now—King, Cawdor, Glamis, all/ As the weird women
promised, and I fear/ Thou played’st most foully, for’t.
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2. Macbeth
says: They hailed him father to a line of kings./ Upon my head they
placed a fruitless crown/ And put a barren scepter in my grip.
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3. Lady Macbeth says: Naught’s had, all’s spent,/ Where our desire is got
without content./ ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by
destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
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4. Macbeth
says: Better be with thee,/ Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent
peace,/ Than on the torture of the mind to lie/ In restless ecstasy.
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5. Macbeth says: I am in blood/ Stepped so far that, should I wade no more,/ Returning were as tedious as go o’er.
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