Month: November 2016

How does Lady Macbeth text when Macbeth says ‘we will go no further in the business”?

Lady Macbeth comes across passive aggressive before Act 1 Scene 7, but during this Scene we see she is very controlling and manipulative. She uses insults to take away people’s ambition and can use others to her advantage. She is often written as a snake by using sibilance, ‘with this surcease, success’, the reference to a snake suggests she is sly and cunning when she wants to be. As snake are seen as dangerous and untrustworthy in society, the use of the snake suggests that Lady Macbeth will betray Macbeth in the future. She also reacts in a way that people will see her as a bully and an  agressive person, we see this when she says, ‘screw your courage to the sticking place’. She also calls Macbeth a coward this shows that she try’s to make people think their choices are theirs when they are hers.

Scene 1-

We open the play with 3 witches chanting around the thunder roars. The exit to go and confront Macbeth. The line that is most memorable is “fair is foul, foul is fair”.

Scene 2-

At a battle camp King Duncan awaits the commander where he asks of Macbeth. The commander says Macbeth had won them the battle and that he had stabbed a man from his knaves to his chaps in the heart of battle. He says that Banquo had also shown great courage and that the Thane of Cawdor had betrayed them out of fear the king orders the Thane be put to death and Macbeth take his place. A man named Ross leaves to tell Macbeth the news.

Scene 3-

Thunder roars once again and the three witches appear once more. One with says Macbeth is coming and they all stop him and Banquo on the journey to the palace. They address Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor and tell the two of a prophecy that Macbeth rise to be king. Macbeth says this cannot be true. The witches continue and say that Banquo will not be king but his children will. He is shocked by this and both men demand more however the witches were gone as fast as they appeared. The two men discuss what they had heard but they are still confused.

Scene 4-

Macbeth and Banquo arrive at the palace and the king thanks them if there bravery in battle. He also appoints his son Malcom to the throne, Macbeth is joyed by this but he now knows that Malcom stands in the way of his kingship.

Scene 5-

Lady Macbeth reads the letter sent to here by Macbeth. It tella her of the prophecy and his promotion of Thane of Cawdor. She knows Macbeth would be able to become king but fears he may be too weak to be disloyal. She then knows that she has to convince him that he is to do anything he needs to gain the throne. She then hears that the king is visiting and will stay until tomorrow, she then hears that Macbeth will be arriving with him. When Macbeth enters she tells him that the king will not see the light of tomorrow.

Scene 6-

The king arrives and Lady Macbeth and Macbeth welcome him along with the other lords in attendance.

Scene 7-

Macbeth is torn on the assassination of the king. He knows that the only reason to kill the king is out of his own greed and ambition. Lady Macbeth enters saying that the king wishes for Macbeths presents. He declares that he will no longer kill the king. She is mortified and calls him a coward and says that they will kill him during his sleep. She says they will get the lords drunk and then kill the king, they should then put the kings blood on the lords placing the blame upon them.

Right now I am reading The Flash: Rebirth (2016). The events take place after the result of the DC universe reboot, this is a way DC restarts their universe and all their heroes.

Barry Allen is a CSI at the Central City Police department – the CCPD – but he also is the bearer of a great secret, he is the Flash. The Flash can harness a power called the speed force, this allows him to move at a much faster rate than anything else. Because of his speed he regenerates faster than usual and ages slower. He is the only speedster alive until an explosion happens at the place the speed force can be contained. The explosion causes many people to be able to harness the speed force and Barry must try to stop some of these people going rogue.

However not all comply with Barry, one of these goes by the name of Godspeed. Barry must overcome this evil speedster but this time he may not be fast enough.