describe the situation in Scotland and during Macbeth 's reign as macduff described?
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How has Scotland changed under Macbeth's rule?
TOPIC: MACBETH
Asked on May 8, 2009 at 4:25 PM by raheelahmed
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kc4u | College Teacher | (Level 3) Valedictorian
Posted on May 8, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Under Macbeth's rule, Scotland changed for the worse. Macbeth killed the good old king Duncan, and Duncan's sons, Malcolm & Donalbin, escaped to England & Ireland respectively for their safety. Constantly suffering from a guilty conscience & a deep psychological fear, Macbeth proves to be a cruel, tyrannical king, haunted by the prophecy that Banquo's issues would be the future kings. Murderers appointed by him kill Banquo & attempt to kill Banquo's son, Fleance. Subsequently, Macbeth gets the family of Macduff killed. As Macbeth moves from fear to fear, he unleashes a reign of terror in Scotland, killing wholesale whomsoever he doubts to be his enemy and therefore, a traitor.
In act3 sc.6, a Lord, while in conversation with Lennox, refers to Macduff's visit to the court of the English king to initiate a military campaign against Macbeth so that life returns to normal: '.......we may again / Give to our tables meat, sleep to our nights, / Free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives, / Do faithful homage and receive free honours:/ All which we pine for now'.
Ross, talking to Lady Macduff in act4 sc.2, uses the analogy of a voyage to suggest the state of affairs in Scotland under Macbeth's rule: 'But cruel are the times, when we are traitors/ And do not know ourselves, when we hold rumour / From what we fear, yet know not what we fear, / But float upon a wild and violent sea / Each way and move'.
How Scotland changed under the despotic violence of Macbeth is best expressed in the Macduff-Macbeth conversation in act4 sc.3. We hear Macduff say, 'Each new morn / New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows / Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds/ As if it felt with Scotland and yell'd out / Like syllables of dolour'. Malcolm responds in the similar vein of melancholy anguish:'I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;/ It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds...' Later in the same scene, Ross describes the deplorable state of Scotland in highly coloured language:
" It cannot
Be call'd our mother, but our grave; where nothing,
But who knows nothing, is once seen to smile;
Where sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the air
Are made, not mark'd; where violent sorrow seems
A modern ecstasy; the dead man's knell
Is there scarce ask'd for who; and good men's lives
Expire before the flowers in their caps,
Dying or ere they sicken".
I assume that you are talking about Act IV, Scene 3 here. In this scene, Macduff and Malcolm are in England, talking about how things are in Scotland. The basic idea of their conversation is that things in Scotland have gotten much worse under Macbeth's rule.
You can see this from the very first words of the scene. They say that everyday people are dying -- there are new widows and new orphans -- and that this slaughter is making Scotland feel a great deal of pain.
They blame this and all of Scotland's woes on Macbeth. They say he is a tyrant and that "each new day a gash is added to her (Scotland's) wounds (46).
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وصف الحالة في اسكتلندا وعهد لماكبث كوصف ماجدوف؟المساعدة المنزليةمختبر مقالأدوات الدراسة ▻المعلمين ▻تسجيل الدخولالانضمام إلىرووسينوتيسيرتشكيف تغيرت اسكتلندا تحت سيادة لماكبث؟ الموضوع: ماكبثطلب في 8 مايو 2009 في 04:25 م راهيلاهميدمثل 1 يكرهون 0إجابات 2 | تضيف لكkc4u | كلية المعلمين | (المستوى 3) والطالب المتفوقنشرت في 8 مايو 2009 في الساعة 07:02 متحت سيادة لماكبث، اسكتلندا تغيرت إلى الأسوأ. ماكبث قتل الملك دنكان القديمة الجيدة، وأولاده دنكان، مالكولم ودونالبين، هرب إلى إنكلترا وأيرلندا على التوالي لضمان سلامتهم. استمرار المعاناة من ضمير وخوف من نفسية عميقة، ماكبث يثبت أن ملك القاسية، ومستبدة، مسكون بالنبوءة أن القضايا في بانكو ملوك المستقبل. قتل بانكو القتلة يعينهم ومحاولة قتل ابنه في بانكو، فلينسي. وفي وقت لاحق، يحصل ماكبث عائلة ماجدوف قتل. ماكبث تتحرك من الخوف بالخوف، أنه تطلق العنان لعهد من الإرهاب في اسكتلندا، والقتل بالجملة كان مرتكبوها أنه يشك في أن تكون عدوة، وبالتالي، خائن.في act3 sc.6، رب، بينما في محادثة مع لينوكس، يشير إلى زيارة في ماجدوف إلى المحكمة للملك الإنكليزي بدء حملة عسكرية ضد ماكبث حيث أن تعود الحياة إلى طبيعتها: '...we قد مرة أخرى/تعطي للحوم جداول أعمالنا، النوم إلى ليال، ولدينا/مجاناً من لدينا السكاكين الدموي الأعياد والولائم،/القيام بتحية المؤمنين وتتلقى الأوسمة الحرة:/ الصنوبر التي نحن جميعا الآن '.Ross, talking to Lady Macduff in act4 sc.2, uses the analogy of a voyage to suggest the state of affairs in Scotland under Macbeth's rule: 'But cruel are the times, when we are traitors/ And do not know ourselves, when we hold rumour / From what we fear, yet know not what we fear, / But float upon a wild and violent sea / Each way and move'.How Scotland changed under the despotic violence of Macbeth is best expressed in the Macduff-Macbeth conversation in act4 sc.3. We hear Macduff say, 'Each new morn / New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows / Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds/ As if it felt with Scotland and yell'd out / Like syllables of dolour'. Malcolm responds in the similar vein of melancholy anguish:'I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;/ It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds...' Later in the same scene, Ross describes the deplorable state of Scotland in highly coloured language:" It cannotBe call'd our mother, but our grave; where nothing,But who knows nothing, is once seen to smile;Where sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the airAre made, not mark'd; where violent sorrow seemsA modern ecstasy; the dead man's knellIs there scarce ask'd for who; and good men's livesExpire before the flowers in their caps,Dying or ere they sicken".I assume that you are talking about Act IV, Scene 3 here. In this scene, Macduff and Malcolm are in England, talking about how things are in Scotland. The basic idea of their conversation is that things in Scotland have gotten much worse under Macbeth's rule.You can see this from the very first words of the scene. They say that everyday people are dying -- there are new widows and new orphans -- and that this slaughter is making Scotland feel a great deal of pain.They blame this and all of Scotland's woes on Macbeth. They say he is a tyrant and that "each new day a gash is added to her (Scotland's) wounds (46).
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