Author: Luis

Introduction: In this essay i am going to explore the deteriorating state of mind of Macbeth that Shakespeare presents in the play the way that macbeth acts at the start is a really angry and brutal when is a war/battle. Also macbeth is state of mind is deteriorating in the case that he kill the king duncan at the time they were friends an I find

Act 5 scene 5: Elsewhere in the field, Brutus stops and asks his remaining friends to rest on a rock.He calls Clitus aside and asks him to do something in a whisper. Clitus declines to do the mystery deed, saying he’d rather kill himself.The process is repeated with Dardanius. The two men, Clitus and Dardanius, reveal to each other that Brutus has asked them to kill him.They share the news while Brutus tears up a little bit.Brutus calls Volumnius over now and tells him that Caesar’s ghost has appeared to him twice, once at night and once again in the fields of Philippi. Brutus knows his hour has come and he would rather leap into the pit than loiter around and wait for his enemies to push him in.He asks Volumnius to kill him, since they were old friends from school. Volumnius points out that this is the very reason he can’t do it.Just then the alarums call to arms are sounding, so Clitus urges everyone to get away before the enemy arrives.Brutus speaks to his men valiantly. He says that even though he has lost to Antony and Octavius, he will find more glory in this day than either of them can hope to achieve through their vile conquest of Rome. As the alarums continue to sound out, Brutus tells everyone to flee and promises to follow after everyone else has left.The only man left with Brutus now is Strato, who’s slept through all the speeches and sadness. Strato has woken up just in time to be asked to hold Brutus’s sword while he runs into it. Strato thinks this is a good idea and asks only to shake hands with Brutus before doing the deed.Brutus’ final words assure that what he does now is twice as pure as what he did to Caesar, who is avenged by this act: Caesar, now be still, I kill’d not thee with half so good a will.Antony, Octavius, and their armies, along with the captive Lucilius and Messala, now approach the site of Brutus’s death.Messala asks Strato where their master is, and Strato says that Brutus is free.Only Brutus overcame Brutus, Strato says, and Brutus himself is the only one who gained honor in his death.There’s a bit of a conference, and Octavius will entertain all the men who nobly served Brutus.

Act 5 scene 4:

Everyone goes out onto the battlefield in a blaze of glory. Young Cato runs around shouting his name as a challenge to anyone who stands for tyranny and against the Roman Republic.Lucilius is running around pretending to be Brutus.Some enemy soldiers unceremoniously kill Young Cato. They’re ready to kill Lucilius too, but he says he’s Brutus, and they should be honored to kill him.The soldiers take him prisoner and are excited to show off their catch to Antony. They really believe he’s Brutus.The captive Lucilius tells Antony that no one will ever take Brutus alive. Lucilius promises that when Antony finds Brutus, whether alive or dead, he’ll still be Brutus, with the same noble character and unchanged by these events.Antony tells his overeager soldiers that this guy isn’t Brutus, but he’s no less worth capturing. Antony orders the soldiers to keep Lucilius safe and to be kind to him, as he’d rather have such men for friends than enemies.Antony then sends some folks off to find out whether Brutus is alive or dead. He goes to Octavius’s tent to hear news of how things are going.

Act 5 scene 3:

When Cassius’s standard bearer the guy who carries his battle flag tried to run away, Cassius killed him and took up the flag himself. This guy is merciless!Titinius doesn’t comment on this behavior but points out that Brutus came down on Octavius’s army too early. Though they were initially weaker, Octavius’s men now appear to be overtaking Brutus’s, and Antony is enclosing Cassius’s. The situation is looking pretty dire for Cassius and Brutus.Pindarus comes to Cassius and Titinius with the news that Antony has invaded Cassius’s tents. He tries to get Cassius to run away, but Cassius is distracted by a set of troops in the distance.Cassius sends Titinius off on horseback to see whether the troops are friends or enemies. He also sends Pindarus higher up the hill to watch and report on Titinius’s progress.Cassius notes to himself that his birthday is a good day to die, his life having come full circle.Cassius is resigned to his fate, but he still fights on. Pindarus reports on Titinius play by play. A horde of horsemen has surrounded Titinius. Now they’ve overtaken him. And now they’re shouting with joy. It looks like the worst has happened.Cassius calls for Pindarus to stop watching. He laments that he’s such a coward to have sent his best friend Titinius to his death. Pindarus returns to Cassius’s side, and Cassius speaks to him.

SOLILOQUY:

She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing

At this soliloquy Shakespeare is in some way saying that Macbeth is just a puppet that he is the one that controls the situation, and that the others characters are puppets as well and that life is short if you do bad things that you will be alone when he says “She should have died hereafter ” is like saying in other words that she was going to day at anytime. also when he says “Creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time” he means that that all the days are not  just peaceful that people die because they have to,  and that the ones that are still alive have to remember the last words that come out from the character that has just died, like when he says “And all our yesterdays have lighted fools, the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle” is saying that macbeth is pass he act like a stupid psychopath, dirty kills meaning that it wasn’t official battle that he kill the people when they weren’t looking and that is the most disgraceful a men could do when saying Out,out & out brief candle saying that life is short that if you waste your time doing bad things people are going to end up being alone with no friends because you make then get burn like a candle burns inside and shows the reactiong outside. When he says that “Life’s but a walking shadow” he is saying that the shadows are alone there are just shadows when saying walking he means that macbeth is one. A human being alone is mostly like a shadow. When saying a poor player he is saying poor player he says that he have next to him no one that he is alone. continue:

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

At Macduff is castle

In a dark cavern, a bubbling cauldron hisses and spits, and the three witches suddenly appear onstage. They circle the cauldron, chanting spells and adding bizarre ingredients to their steely of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog. Hecate materializes and compliments the witches on their work. One of the witches then chants: By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. In fulfillment of the witch’s prediction, Macbeth enters. He asks the witches to reveal the truth of their prophecies to him. To answer his questions, they summon horrible apparitions, each of which offers a prediction to allay Macbeth’s fears. First, a floating head warns him to beware Macduff; Macbeth says that he has already guessed as much. Then a bloody child appears and tells him that none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.

That night, somewhere in Scotland, Lennox walks with another lord, discussing what has happened to the kingdom. Banquo’s murder has been officially blamed on Fleance, who has fled. Nevertheless, both men suspect Macbeth, whom they call a tyrant, in the murders of Duncan and Banquo. The lord tells Lennox that Macduff has gone to England, where he will join Malcolm in pleading with England’s King Edward for aid. News of these plots has prompted Macbeth to prepare for war. Lennox and the lord express their hope that Malcolm and Macduff will be successful and that their actions can save Scotland from Macbeth.

Equivocator definition: the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.

Act 4 scene 1: First apparition an armed Head by the first apparition telling Macbeth to beware of Macduff

It is a pity silly scene has to be included in Macbeth. Or perhaps it is the work of an actor who found he had no part in the play, and so created the character of iterate for himself, after the banquet scene:
Macbeth said then that He would call upon the witches ‘Tomorrow’ and be tines I will”, and he would not have postponed such an important errant.