Macbeth Act 1 Scene 4

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Macbeth was a strong, noble, warrior just like his best friend Banquo. The king loved him like a son. In Act 1, Scene 4, you can see that Macbeth and Malcolm were praising Macbeth. He wanted a healthy family with his wife. He always wanted to become king. In Act 1, Scene 4, Macbeth says to himself:
“The prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.”
Everyone loved and trusted him. He was strong until he let people get to him.

Macduff was a good man. He’s always been there for his family. But when they needed him the most, he wasn't …show more content…

Lady Macbeth was an evil person. In Act 1, Scene 5, she wish that she was a man to do the work Macbeth can’t do. “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty.” Back then, women didn't have enough power as men. At the end of Act 1, she complains about how he’s too kind and noble. Her plan was for Macbeth to kill the king. He was hesitant because Duncan really liked him. When he killed Duncan, he started hallucinating, feeling guilty, and started to regret his …show more content…

Which foreshadows to when the witches tell Macbeth that he'll not fall till Birnam woods. In Scene 3, Macbeth feels invincible, because he know that Malcolm is born from a woman. Which foreshadows to when the witch told Macbeth that no man that's born from a woman can defeat him. Macbeth said “What 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…” He recalls what the witches said. The differences I’ve noticed when Malcolm and Macbeth was preparing to battle is that Malcolm was cooperating with everyone. But Macbeth treated his servants cruel and calling them cowards in Scene

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