Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm?
Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know
All mortal consequences have pronounced me thus:
'Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman
Shall e'er have power upon thee.' Then fly,
false thanes,
And mingle with the English epicures:
The mind I sway by and the heart I bear
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Enter a Servant
The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon!
Where got'st thou that goose look?
Task
Consider the above passage from 'Macbeth'.
Locate the piece in your copy of the text (Act V Scene III)
Write a few paragraphs making comment on it.
You should include reference to...
It's context within the whole play...contextualise the piece.
Iambic Pentameter
- Does it follow the iambic pentameter pattern?
- Where?
- Why?
- Which words or syllables are highlighted by the verse form?
The Divine Right of Kings
The use of rhetoric (his quotation from the witches is a form of rhetoric.)
Where this extract fits into the model of the tragic hero
Everyone must do this...you have a week.
Anyone who cannot post here must submit a typed copy.
G'luck
