7/29/2019 Macbeth Quest

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Matthias Barragan

ENG 3UI

- How do Macbeths soliloquies (I, VII, 1-28) and (II, I 33-64) contribute to ourassessment of his character so far? Use two quotes from each soliloquy tocomplete your paragraph style answer.

- Two of Macbeths soliloquies (I, VII, 1-28) and (II, I 33-64) contribute toanalyze Macbeths individual traits and character before Duncans murder by giving

a first impression of how he decides to kill Duncan. The main point of the soliloquy

discusses Macbeths decision whether to kill or not King Duncan. I find Macbeth as a

distressed man that struggles with this decision. Despite of this, he seems like a

moral man that wants to be king and does not want to kill the actual king for the

sake of achieving so. This part Macbeths will is supported his first thoughts If theassassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch, with his surcease,

success, that but this blow. Since a soliloquy is a passage where Macbeth is by

himself and speaking to himself, it is easy to figure out his inner thoughts.

Throughout this passage, Macbeth contemplates whether or not he should kill King

Duncan. At first, he is determined to kill Duncan and strongly conscious of the

gravity of the act of regicide. He acknowledges that bloody instructions . . . being

taught, return To plague thinventor is the first of many lines linking blood to

guilt and retribution. However, he begins to think about the consequences of him

killing Duncan. He fears the magnitudes of murder, especially the condemnation of

society. Moreover, he contrasts one good reason why he should kill Duncan, but

counters it with five reasons. At the end of the passage, he is determined to not kill

Duncan, when he says, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur to prick the

sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself and falls on the

other. However, Macbeth but will eventually be manipulated by Lady Macbeth later

on. He gets easily persuaded by Lady Macbeth, who encourages him to seize de

crown inspiring ambition and persuading him to murder Duncan.

Overall, both soliloquies predict the murder of King Duncan of Scotland

summarizing Macbeths feeling and true intentions. For instance, if simply killing theking were all there was to it, he tells himself, there would be no problem. But there

are bound to be unpredictable and uncontrollable consequences, when he says

"Trammel up the consequence meaning in the Shakespearean period as a "fishing

net or to catch up in a trammel net. When Macbeth doubts whether the

assassination could "trammel up the consequence," he doubts that the act of killing

Duncan will catch up in itself, as in a net, the consequences of that action.