Macbeth Act 1 Scene 2 | English Explanation | ISC Class 11 | English with Sudhir Sir | SWS

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Summary

TLDRIn Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," the scene shifts to a military camp near Fife, where King Duncan and his sons discuss the ongoing battle against the rebellious Macdonwald. A wounded sergeant reports on the battlefield's chaos, depicting the gruesome violence with vivid imagery, which is a recurring theme in the play. Macbeth is introduced through the sergeant's account as a fearless warrior who brutally defeats Macdonwald, marking the turning point in the battle. Duncan is impressed by Macbeth's valor and courage, declaring him the new Thane of Cawdor after the betrayal by the previous thane. This scene foreshadows the violent path that Macbeth will eventually follow and highlights themes of ambition and betrayal. Additionally, Duncan's inability to judge character sets up future conflicts. The scene is rich with metaphoric language, reinforcing the playโ€™s dark and foreboding atmosphere and laying the groundwork for the dramatic events to unfold, linking to Macbethโ€™s eventual tragic rise and fall.

Takeaways

  • ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ Act 1, Scene 2 introduces key characters and sets the violent tone of Macbeth.
  • ๐Ÿด Macdonwald's rebellion is quashed by Macbeth's valor and bravery.
  • ๐Ÿ”ช Macbeth is described in terms of brutal violence, foreshadowing his bloody future.
  • ๐Ÿค• The wounded sergeant symbolizes the play's focus on blood and violence.
  • ๐Ÿฐ Duncan rewards Macbeth with the title of Thane of Cawdor after observing his valor.
  • โš”๏ธ The scene highlights themes of ambition and the consequences of power struggles.
  • ๐Ÿ”ฎ Metaphoric language enriches the scene with dark, foreboding imagery.
  • โš–๏ธ Duncan's inability to judge character foreshadows future betrayal.
  • ๐Ÿ”„ The violence of Macbeth's actions ties back to cyclical themes of revenge and bloodshed.
  • ๐ŸŒŒ The play's complexity is deepened by the powerful and illustrative descriptions throughout the scene.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The scene introduces the setting and characters for Act One, Scene Two of "Macbeth", focusing on the camp near the location of the first battle where Macbeth killed Macdonwald. It highlights King Duncan, his sons, and other noblemen of Scotland, along with a bleeding sergeant. This sergeant visually represents the prevalent theme of blood and violence, setting up the atmosphere for the arrival of Macbeth in the next scene.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Malcolm introduces the sergeant who protected him from being captured in battle. The sergeant begins to describe the battle's uncertainty, likening the situation to two exhausted swimmers clinging to each other, unable to stay afloat. He casts Macdonwald, the merciless rebel, as a villainous and unnatural figure swarmed by evil, while explaining their fierce combat against Macbeth's forces.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The narrative describes Macbeth's valor in defeating the traitor Macdonwald. The sergeant uses vivid imagery of swimming and clinging to convey the battle's intensity, aligning Macbeth with valor as he faces and defeats Macdonwald, emphasizing the violent theme with the act of decapitation and displaying the rebel's head as a trophy on the castle's battlements.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The narrative continues with the sergeant describing Macbeth's ferocity in battle. Shakespeare's use of violent imagery foreshadows future events and establishes Macbeth's formidable nature. Despite his valor on the battlefield for King Duncan, it subtly hints at the violent potential Macbeth later unleashes against Duncan himself.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Ross enters to confirm more good news about Macbeth's upstream battle success against the King of Norway's fresh assault. He calls Macbeth and Banquo fearless, as they charge against Norway's new army. The theme of ambition and Macbeth's increasing valor is emphasized, highlighting his transformation into a heroic figure amidst Scotland's turmoil.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The scene further develops with Macbeth being hailed as the new Thane of Cawdor, a title stripped from the former traitor. Duncan's inability to discern loyalty in those around him foreshadows his fate. Yet, it initially serves to show his fairness and quick appreciation of service, all while setting up the dangerous ambitions that will drive Macbeth later.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:37:21

    The closing part of the scene juxtaposes Macbeth's commendation with underlying irony. While Macbeth is lauded for his loyalty and courage on the battlefield, the scene plants seeds of his potential for betrayal. The cyclical nature of the play hinted by his rewarded violence foreshadows his ultimate downfall and echoes themes of fate, ambition, and justice in Macbeth's complex character arc.

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Video Q&A

  • Who are the characters introduced in Act 1, Scene 2 of Macbeth?

    King Duncan, his sons Malcolm and Donalbin, noblemen of Scotland, and a wounded sergeant are introduced.

  • Where is Act 1, Scene 2 of Macbeth set?

    It is set in a camp near Fife, which is one of the oldest towns in Scotland.

  • What is the significance of the bleeding sergeant in Macbeth?

    The bleeding sergeant symbolizes the violent and bloody themes of the play and sets the mood for Macbeth's introduction.

  • How does the sergeant describe the battle in this scene?

    He compares it to two exhausted swimmers clinging together, emphasizing the uncertainty and exhaustion of both sides.

  • What role does Macbeth play in the battle described in Act 1, Scene 2?

    Macbeth is depicted as a heroic and valorous fighter who kills Macdonwald and helps secure victory for King Duncan.

  • What imagery is prevalent in Act 1, Scene 2 of Macbeth?

    Violent and bloody imagery is prevalent, with descriptions of Macbeth's brutal acts on the battlefield.

  • What does the scene foreshadow about Macbeth's character?

    The scene foreshadows Macbeth's violent nature and potential for betrayal, hinting at his later role in Duncan's murder.

  • What is Duncan's reaction to Macbeth's actions in Act 1, Scene 2?

    Duncan praises Macbeth, calling him brave and noble, and rewards him with the title of Thane of Cawdor.

  • What does the term 'Bellona's bridegroom' refer to in this scene?

    'Bellona's bridegroom' refers to Macbeth, comparing him to the husband of the Roman goddess of war, emphasizing his warrior prowess.

  • What is the outcome of the battle against the King of Norway?

    Macbeth and Banquo lead the Scottish forces to victory, and the King of Norway eventually seeks a peace treaty.

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    okay after the introduction scene in
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    which we were introduced to the three
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    weird sisters or the three witches now
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    we get to act one scene two of Meb in
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    which we are introduced to the other
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    principal characters mainly King Duncan
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    and his sons and other uh noblemen of
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    Scotland also one particular injured
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    Sergeant or Captain both names are
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    mentioned um in different editions now U
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    this is taking place a camp near FS uh
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    the way it's pronounced is almost as if
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    the spelling would be f a u z i mean
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    that's how the pronunciation is made now
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    uh this is one of the oldest towns in
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    Scotland I hope you know the geography
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    of U Europe essentially of England let
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    me just draw my drawing is not very
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    great so let me put that disclaimer
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    right at the beginning so it's something
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    like you know if this is England
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    Scotland is the northern part okay so
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    for would be somewhere around here on
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    the West in the western part of Scotland
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    that's where Duncan King Duncan's Castle
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    is located okay and um it's also the
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    location of the first battle where meth
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    killed me Donald okay um now you hear
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    this word alarum a l a r u m uh now uh
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    this is the AR the old term English term
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    for Alam in this case it's essentially
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    refering into some kind of trumpets you
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    have Duncan Malcolm Malcolm who is his
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    son donalan who is his son then you have
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    lenux with attendance meeting a bleeding
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    captain now in some editions as I said
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    some old Edition this in fact is an old
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    Edition there is it is used as Captain
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    in some of the newer editions it is
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    mentioned as sergeant both are okay you
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    can go with Sergeant absolutely no
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    issues with that okay now a sergeant was
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    a high ranking soldier in those days uh
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    now what is really the significance
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    before we get into the line by line
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    explanation what is really the
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    significance of that bleeding Sergeant
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    or captain in this particular scene one
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    he represents the violent blood imagery
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    which is a very prevalent theme as far
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    as meth is concerned so right from the
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    outside the first scene if you remember
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    there was thunder and lightning there
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    was talk of meeting on the heat there
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    was talk of War Etc so there was a sense
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    of E
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    right something very strange you know
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    you're not comfortable with that kind of
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    a situation in scene two you have this
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    bleeding Sergeant who is talking about
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    what happened in that particular battle
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    so the blood and violent imagery he
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    reinforces he's like the visual
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    representation of that violent and blood
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    imagery um
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    also by talking about all this before
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    mbth is introduced in act one scene 3
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    you are kind of setting the mood for to
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    for what to expect in this particular
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    play by the time mbth arrives on the
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    scene uh so that's something to prepare
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    both the audience and the reader for uh
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    so the the sight of the injured and the
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    blood blood soaked Sergeant uh he
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    represents what he represents disruption
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    just like the witches to an extent the
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    witches are much more negative and toxic
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    uh the sergeant represents the chaos and
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    the Bloodshed of the battle in Scotland
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    uh now Malcolm and Donal bin are the
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    sons of uh King Duncan as I said and
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    denox is a nobleman of Scotland so uh
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    Duncan starts by saying dun means Duncan
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    what bloody man is that you know he's
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    obviously referring to the blood on his
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    body and his face he can report as Seth
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    by Spight of the Revolt the newest State
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    now the newest state state does not mean
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    a physical geographical area he's
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    essentially saying that from his
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    condition it seems from his condition as
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    Seth by his plight plight as in
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    condition by his condition it seems that
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    he can tell us about the latest news the
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    newest State the latest news about the
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    Revolt because there is this macdon wal
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    who has revolted against King Duncan's
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    Scotland Kingdom so he wants to know
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    what is the latest news and he wants to
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    hear it from the injured Sergeant okay
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    Malcolm this is the sergeant who like a
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    good and Hardy Soldier fought so Malcolm
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    is introducing Sant and telling who is
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    not named uh the sergeant and he's
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    telling his father the king he says this
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    is the sergeant who fought like a good
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    and tough Hardy means
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    tough like a good and tough soldier in
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    order to prevent me from getting
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    captured okay let's move forward
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    sorry H it's a little slow so please
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    bear with it and in case you will have
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    your books with you okay so he says um
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    who fought against my to ensure that I
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    did not get captured okay captivity
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    means again so it means that Malcolm was
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    also part of the battle he would have
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    got captured but for the presence of
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    this particular Sergeant or Captain who
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    ensured that the son of King dunar did
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    not get captured because if he had got
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    captured they could have used that as a
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    pawn in order to extract maximum U you
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    know whatever goodies they wanted from
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    King Duncan you know kidnap AB you can
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    actually demand whatever you want so he
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    says he essentially ensured that I did
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    not and he actually saved me so now
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    Malcolm talks to the uh Sant he refers
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    to him as Brave friend important say to
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    the king the knowledge of the Ro as thou
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    did leave it now bro means battle
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    okay battle so he says please inform
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    King Duncan about whatever you know
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    about what was happening on the
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    battlefield in that particular battle
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    till the moment you left it why because
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    of serious injuries because of injuries
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    you have to leave it so please inform
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    King Duncan what happened till that
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    precise moment when you left the
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    battlefield now the Sergeant Speaks now
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    you see here it is written cap but
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    earlier he has been referred to as a
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    sergeant which is why I said both words
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    can be used uh doubtful it stood as two
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    Spence swimmers that do cling together
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    and choke their art this is an important
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    line what does it mean now Sergeant is
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    saying that the outcome was in doubt
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    outcome was in doubt doubtful it stood
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    the battle the way it was being waged it
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    was very doubtful which side would
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    actually win King Duncan's Army or the
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    rebels Army led by McDonald so he says
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    the two armies were like too exhausted
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    and tired spent means you know you say
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    no spent Force spent force is that whose
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    energy have got completely dissipated so
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    spent essentially refers to
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    tiredness okay tiredness so like two
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    exhausted and tired swimmers um and
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    drowning swimmers clinging to each other
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    making it impossible for either to stay
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    afloat so they were clinging to each
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    other it was very difficult for them to
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    stay
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    afloat okay uh so they were kind of in
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    that sense choking their art art is what
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    the art of swimming okay so he's kind of
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    describing it in a rather artistic kind
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    of manner the merciless magdon World
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    worthy to be a rebel for to that
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    multiplying villain of nature to swarm
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    upon him now what does he mean see
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    basically Shakespeare has used the
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    imagery of two swimmers who are kind of
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    you know almost embracing each other
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    clinging to each other as they struggle
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    to stay afloat okay and alive while
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    death is actually it could be a
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    possibility for both of them okay choke
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    their art essentially means that they
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    hampered each other's movement so that
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    neither could use their art or the skill
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    of swimming uh for to
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    that for to that means because of that
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    and it is really no surprise that
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    mcdonal has turned out to be a re re or
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    a traitor so he says someone as
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    merciless as McDonald McDonald is not
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    really known to be a good man so someone
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    as mercilus as McDon has turned out to
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    be a traitor so it is really no surprise
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    so because of that now what happens
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    because of that is that the merciless
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    McDon is fit to be called a rebel fine
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    now all the evils found in nature
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    multiplying villainies of nature all the
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    villainies which are found in nature
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    whatever that can be they are there in
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    McDon World okay they are attracted to
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    him they're attracted to him like a
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    swarm swarm of bees swarm of flies we
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    say right Maka jund right so swarm of
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    flies so they are attracted to him
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    almost like a swarm of flies uh to meat
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    okay to any kind of eatable in this case
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    meat okay so that is what is happening
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    uh from the hibrid is a cluster of
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    islands on the west coast of Scotland so
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    from the Western ises okay what is this
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    Western ises he's referring to one
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    particular area in Scotland uh which is
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    a cluster of islands of the West Coast
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    of Scotland okay uh the Kerns which are
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    being referred out here the ks were
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    Scottish or Irish foot soldiers who
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    essentially would carry a sword or a bow
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    arrow basically light weapons uh the
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    Gallow glass the Gallow glass that is
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    being referred to now this can all come
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    at you know one two marks or even in
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    mcqs which is why you need to know what
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    exactly they uh refer to so glass Gallow
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    glass for mercenary armored Warriors
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    mercenary means that who would kind of
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    do things for a price that is you pay
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    them some money and they would do this
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    they will come on and fight against the
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    enemy on behalf of your
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    army so in this case the gallog glass
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    they would serve as bodyguards to the
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    Irish or Scottish which is known as an
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    umbrella term as
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    Celtic it it includes both Irish as well
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    as Scotland which was also part of that
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    entire Great Britain Kingdom at one
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    point in time um so Celtic Chieftain and
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    they were handpicked for their strength
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    and massive size they would always carry
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    an ax so I mean both Kerns and Gallow
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    glass in that sense is talking about two
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    different kinds of uh Warriors U these
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    people would carry an axe these people
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    would carry small weapons these people
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    are known to be more of bodyguards
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    because of their rather Hefty size so
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    what the captain is saying is that
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    fortune on his damned Coral smiling so
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    Fortune Smiled
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    On Fortune smiled uh on magdonald Dons
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    McDonald McDonald McDon W's CA Okay and
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    like a prostitute who would kind of
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    Grant favors to her client okay where is
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    it so like a prostitute like a Rebels
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    like a means prostitute so
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    like a prostitute who would Grant favors
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    to her um fortune on her damned Coral
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    smiling showed like a Rebel's or but all
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    but all is too weak for brave mbth
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    well he deserves that name so he's
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    saying that you know like a prostitute
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    who would Grant favors to her client
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    shered him with all favors you know so
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    all this help was available to McDon
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    World okay uh so the reference is what
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    the reference is to all these troops
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    which are coming from the Western ises
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    from the hdes okay so now at this point
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    in time Shakespeare introduces mbth for
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    the second time first time was from the
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    witches the second time is from the
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    injured Sergeant both times you
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    see that is some conveying something
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    very negative this is and very Sinister
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    and this one is conveying the blood
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    imagy so that's how meth is introduced
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    even before he has actually arrived on
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    stage and it helps to build up interest
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    you
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    know you know you are curious to know
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    someone called meth is being uh spoken
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    about uh by different characters so
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    there is an element of curiosity which
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    is there in The Spectator in the reader
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    even before he actually makes an
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    appearance so he says for brave mbth
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    well he deserves that name another point
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    he saying that he deserves that name so
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    it's some kind of an affirmation that
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    that person called maget who we have not
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    so far is actually a very brave kind of
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    person who the witches are also keen on
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    meeting upon the heat right disdaining
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    Fortune with his brandish steel which
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    smoked with bloody execution like
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    valia's minion carved out his passage
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    till he faed his sleeve a slave sorry
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    face the
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    slave I have put a question about what
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    is the significance of this phrase bra
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    mab please have a look at the question
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    and answer now uh the sergeant is saying
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    that he arrived with contemp you know
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    content means he's so confident about
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    his
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    skills you know I will come and Conquer
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    everybody defeat the rebel forces so he
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    arrived with um contempt disdaining
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    Fortune disdain also essentially conveys
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    you know that I look down upon them
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    right uh that was smiling on and on the
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    fortune which was smiling at McDonald we
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    already spoken about the Rebels score
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    right and waved brandished brandished
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    means he waved his talwar he waved his
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    sword uh steel steel means uh sword so
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    this is
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    waved and he's talking about uh waved
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    his sword with smoke with bloody
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    execution so this is
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    waved his
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    sword okay uh which smoked with bloody
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    execution uh disdain as I already said
  • 00:14:31
    it also conveys a Defiance it also
  • 00:14:34
    conveys uh fate you know uh of going
  • 00:14:37
    against the fortune the Fate okay so um
  • 00:14:41
    interestingly mbth uses the sword in
  • 00:14:43
    this particular case to change the
  • 00:14:45
    course of this particular battle later
  • 00:14:47
    on he will use the sword against Duncan
  • 00:14:50
    right in order to change his own fortune
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    so please keep marking all these
  • 00:14:55
    elements of dramatic irony that
  • 00:14:57
    Shakespeare is very in a very subtle
  • 00:14:59
    manner introducing into the play you
  • 00:15:01
    know if you already know the story if
  • 00:15:03
    you have seen the introduction video
  • 00:15:04
    that I had done so you know the story so
  • 00:15:06
    these all these small small elements are
  • 00:15:08
    interesting so in if you get an answer
  • 00:15:10
    about the significance of the sword and
  • 00:15:12
    if you make a reference to that it
  • 00:15:13
    always shows to the exam that this
  • 00:15:15
    particular student knows a little more
  • 00:15:17
    than uh the others because he's able he
  • 00:15:19
    or she is able to make the correlation
  • 00:15:21
    between what is happening now and what
  • 00:15:23
    will happen later in the play and all
  • 00:15:25
    this because you are an S SWS
  • 00:15:27
    student okay okay bit smoked with bloody
  • 00:15:31
    execution bit smoked with bloody
  • 00:15:34
    execution what does this mean it is a
  • 00:15:37
    metaphor for a bloody image you know
  • 00:15:39
    completely blood so and it creates what
  • 00:15:42
    it creates a rather dramatic effect you
  • 00:15:45
    know ke so much of blood you know you
  • 00:15:47
    feel almost revolted you feel sorry you
  • 00:15:49
    feel a little agitated about what you
  • 00:15:51
    are seeing on stage or even while you're
  • 00:15:54
    reading and it emphasizes the the fury
  • 00:15:57
    of the battle the the fury of the
  • 00:15:59
    battlefield and the fact that it is very
  • 00:16:01
    very ferocious on that particular
  • 00:16:03
    Battlefield and this in a sense also
  • 00:16:06
    listen to this carefully it foreshadows
  • 00:16:08
    the assassination of King Duncan as I
  • 00:16:11
    said Bloodshed and the blood imagery is
  • 00:16:13
    an integral part of this particular play
  • 00:16:17
    so that is something which you need to
  • 00:16:18
    be very conscious of throughout uh the
  • 00:16:21
    play in almost every other scene wer
  • 00:16:25
    minion minion is someone who is like a
  • 00:16:27
    Chila kind of thing in Hindi okay so it
  • 00:16:30
    means the servant of Courage Valor means
  • 00:16:34
    courage okay Valor means courage and
  • 00:16:37
    Minion means someone who is a slave or a
  • 00:16:40
    servant carved out his passage till he
  • 00:16:43
    faced the slave so he's saying
  • 00:16:47
    that as if mbth was the favorite minion
  • 00:16:52
    is the favorite of Valor himself and he
  • 00:16:54
    cut a path through the enemy troops till
  • 00:16:56
    he fac the slave that is mcdonal which
  • 00:17:00
    never shook hands nor B farewell to him
  • 00:17:03
    uh it say it says that you know there
  • 00:17:06
    was no kind of I mean there's obviously
  • 00:17:08
    very clear animosity between mcdonal and
  • 00:17:12
    magb who is fighting on behalf of King
  • 00:17:15
    Duncan till he unseamed himself from the
  • 00:17:17
    Nave to the chaps Nave refers to the
  • 00:17:19
    Naple uh Naval uh and chaps refers to
  • 00:17:22
    the jaw Naval essentially the stomach
  • 00:17:25
    right so unseen from the battle M it
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    means that again the motive of blood
  • 00:17:31
    returns to meth and it says it's very
  • 00:17:33
    gory imagery because what he is doing
  • 00:17:36
    and this is something extremely gory
  • 00:17:38
    against something which will happen
  • 00:17:39
    later on in the play H so uh mbth
  • 00:17:44
    essentially rips apart McDonald like it
  • 00:17:47
    happens it it happened with a character
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    in Mahabharata I think beim rips apart
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    was it jarasandha if I remember my Hindu
  • 00:17:55
    mythology correctly uh you know he rips
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    apart
  • 00:17:59
    that particular demon so vivid and gory
  • 00:18:03
    images of meth ripping apart unseamed
  • 00:18:07
    unseen means you kind of SE CL right
  • 00:18:12
    unse right so that is what is important
  • 00:18:15
    and decapitating him you know completely
  • 00:18:17
    you know the body the human body is
  • 00:18:19
    ripped apart so you're decapitating that
  • 00:18:22
    particular human body and then
  • 00:18:26
    sticking fixed means sticking his head
  • 00:18:29
    Upon Our battlements what he has done
  • 00:18:32
    then he has removed the head and he has
  • 00:18:34
    put outside the castle in Scotland to
  • 00:18:37
    show what he can do to the enemy so you
  • 00:18:39
    get an idea about the fury of Mag Beth
  • 00:18:43
    on the battlefield you get an idea about
  • 00:18:46
    what he could possibly do on the
  • 00:18:48
    battlefield also that he could actually
  • 00:18:50
    subject his enemy to such kind of
  • 00:18:54
    Bloodshed and violence that is what meth
  • 00:18:57
    is capable of okay and he has put
  • 00:19:00
    McDonald's head as a trophy of Victory
  • 00:19:03
    please remember this phrase and use it
  • 00:19:05
    in your answers as a trophy of Victory
  • 00:19:08
    and this particular Act of Meb is
  • 00:19:11
    designed to frighten not just the enemy
  • 00:19:15
    the enemy The Rebel forces because the
  • 00:19:17
    next time anyone wants to Rebel he will
  • 00:19:19
    think about what meth did to mcdonal
  • 00:19:22
    it's also sets you to prepare okay this
  • 00:19:25
    is a guy who is a protagonist of this
  • 00:19:27
    particular player WR by William
  • 00:19:29
    Shakespeare who is capable of so much
  • 00:19:33
    violence that is what It prepares the
  • 00:19:35
    reader and The Spectator for okay now
  • 00:19:39
    the irony is again yet another thing
  • 00:19:42
    which s SW students would know and
  • 00:19:44
    should point out in your in their
  • 00:19:46
    answers the irony is that at the end of
  • 00:19:49
    the play meth 2 is decapitated by a
  • 00:19:53
    character called mdff okay um he cuts
  • 00:19:56
    his forehead his head and brings it to
  • 00:19:59
    Malcolm King Duncan's son so it in that
  • 00:20:02
    sense it gives a cyclical structure to
  • 00:20:05
    the play what happens in Act One happens
  • 00:20:08
    again to another character at the end of
  • 00:20:11
    the play so there is a cyclical
  • 00:20:13
    structure which is given to this play
  • 00:20:15
    magb and this kind of foreshadows the
  • 00:20:18
    ending of the play you know we know okay
  • 00:20:21
    this has happened will there will be an
  • 00:20:23
    equal retribution later on at the end of
  • 00:20:25
    the play that's what is really
  • 00:20:27
    Shakespeare so Shakespeare has this very
  • 00:20:29
    uh way of kind of doing these kind of
  • 00:20:32
    things
  • 00:20:38
    okay okay oh Valiant cousin worthy
  • 00:20:41
    gentlemen so uh so basically mbth what
  • 00:20:45
    he has done he that he has cut a path
  • 00:20:47
    till he faced mcdonal he did not pause
  • 00:20:49
    to shake hands with mcdonal or say
  • 00:20:52
    goodbye and cut him from his stomach to
  • 00:20:54
    the Jaws you know so this part of the
  • 00:20:56
    body he ripped apart and subsequently
  • 00:20:58
    play faed his head outside the castle uh
  • 00:21:01
    in front of the castle in uh F okay uh
  • 00:21:04
    and it is very clear that mb's entry
  • 00:21:06
    into the battlefield was like the
  • 00:21:08
    turning point of that particular battle
  • 00:21:10
    which was referred to by the witches in
  • 00:21:12
    act one scene one also it turns in
  • 00:21:14
    Duncan's favor the Duncan's Duncan King
  • 00:21:16
    Duncan's Army manages to win that
  • 00:21:18
    particular battle now Duncan calls him
  • 00:21:21
    oh
  • 00:21:22
    heroic Valiant means courageous heroic
  • 00:21:25
    Brave cousin he's referring to him as
  • 00:21:27
    cousin I'll take you why and he calls
  • 00:21:30
    him a worthy gentleman because Duncan's
  • 00:21:33
    mother and meet's mother were actually
  • 00:21:37
    sisters so that makes Duncan a cousin of
  • 00:21:40
    meth however I must also point out here
  • 00:21:44
    that shakespare is known to have used
  • 00:21:46
    the word cousin also a little Loosely
  • 00:21:48
    even when it is not only referring to
  • 00:21:51
    relatives but with some kind of kinship
  • 00:21:54
    okay in that sense also in other place
  • 00:21:56
    he has used the word cousin okay but in
  • 00:21:59
    this particular case there is a sense of
  • 00:22:02
    um relationship between King Duncan and
  • 00:22:06
    megb okay so that I just wanted to point
  • 00:22:08
    that out to
  • 00:22:10
    you Sergeant says as when the sun begins
  • 00:22:15
    it Its Reflection let me just move it
  • 00:22:17
    forward it's a very old Edition which I
  • 00:22:20
    got which is probably why it's kind of
  • 00:22:22
    you know
  • 00:22:27
    little okay okay so as winds the sun
  • 00:22:31
    begins his reflection shipw wrecking
  • 00:22:33
    storms and direful Thunders break so
  • 00:22:36
    from that spring winds Comfort seemed to
  • 00:22:38
    come discomfort swells so what is he
  • 00:22:41
    saying is that he's reporting to Duncan
  • 00:22:44
    the good news of meet's Victory as well
  • 00:22:46
    as the bad news that the king of Norway
  • 00:22:49
    has begun a fresh assault okay so he
  • 00:22:53
    says that just as terrible storms
  • 00:22:55
    shipbreaking storms shipw wrecking means
  • 00:22:58
    so they're so terrible they're like the
  • 00:22:59
    Tempest you know which kind of create
  • 00:23:02
    storms on the Seas uh and Dreadful
  • 00:23:05
    thunder direful thunder Dreadful means
  • 00:23:08
    again very fearful and Dreadful Thunder
  • 00:23:12
    suddenly Ares when the sun begins to
  • 00:23:14
    rise in the east so also new trouble
  • 00:23:17
    begins to rise uh when it when when it
  • 00:23:21
    seemed that we have reached our moment
  • 00:23:23
    of Triumph with the killing of McDon
  • 00:23:25
    World okay uh so discomfort swells so so
  • 00:23:29
    the good news was there I told you about
  • 00:23:31
    the good news of we having won the
  • 00:23:33
    battle as a result of meet's Waller now
  • 00:23:36
    there is a bad news discomfort is
  • 00:23:39
    swelling again we are getting some bad
  • 00:23:41
    news when we thought all was going well
  • 00:23:44
    listen King of Scotland listen Mark
  • 00:23:47
    means listen King of Scotland listen no
  • 00:23:49
    sooner Justice had with Valor armed
  • 00:23:51
    compel these keeping KS to trust their
  • 00:23:53
    heels trust their heels means to run
  • 00:23:55
    away from the battlefield KS were the
  • 00:23:57
    ones which were helping McDon world to
  • 00:24:00
    trust their heels means to run away but
  • 00:24:04
    the norian Lord that is the king of
  • 00:24:06
    Norway surveying Vantage sensing some
  • 00:24:09
    kind of an advantage with furbished arms
  • 00:24:11
    and new supplies of men that is with you
  • 00:24:14
    know new soldiers Etc coming and with
  • 00:24:16
    more modern and better
  • 00:24:19
    Weaponry okay uh he began a fresh
  • 00:24:23
    assault uh with fresh soldiers and new
  • 00:24:25
    weapons so that is the second bit of
  • 00:24:27
    news so if you get a question about the
  • 00:24:29
    news which had been brought by the
  • 00:24:31
    sergeant you need to talk about the
  • 00:24:33
    first battle and then you need to talk
  • 00:24:35
    about what king of Norway had
  • 00:24:38
    done let me move it forward dismayed not
  • 00:24:42
    this our captains meth and banko so
  • 00:24:45
    Duncan is asking whether this did not
  • 00:24:48
    trouble our captains who are the two
  • 00:24:50
    captains meth and banko the sergeant
  • 00:24:54
    says yes as Sparrow's Eagles are the
  • 00:24:56
    hair the land so now he's being a little
  • 00:24:59
    let's say a little not sarcastic but in
  • 00:25:01
    a very poetic manner he's kind of
  • 00:25:03
    describing he's saying that well yes
  • 00:25:06
    they did trouble as much as a sparrow
  • 00:25:09
    troubles the eagle okay or a rabbit or a
  • 00:25:13
    hair troubles the lion obviously both
  • 00:25:16
    don't happen a rabbit does not trouble
  • 00:25:18
    the lion okay unless he runs very fast
  • 00:25:20
    or sparrows don't trouble the eagle
  • 00:25:22
    which will be able to catch them
  • 00:25:23
    similarly uh these um king of Norway
  • 00:25:26
    forces do not trouble are Heroes that is
  • 00:25:29
    Captains meth and banko which means no
  • 00:25:32
    not at all not at all trouble if I say
  • 00:25:37
    truthfully Soo means truthfully if I
  • 00:25:39
    speak truthfully I must report they
  • 00:25:44
    were as cannons overcharged with double
  • 00:25:47
    cracks so they doubly redouble Strokes
  • 00:25:50
    upon the four except they meant to Bath
  • 00:25:52
    in wreaking wounds or memorize another
  • 00:25:54
    golgo I cannot tell what does this mean
  • 00:25:58
    so he says that if I speak truthfully I
  • 00:26:00
    must tell you that they were like
  • 00:26:02
    cannons cannons is like through which
  • 00:26:04
    the gabu this thing to you know put it
  • 00:26:06
    in recent bahubali Etc kind of movies
  • 00:26:08
    you would have seen right they were like
  • 00:26:10
    cannons loaded with double do of gun
  • 00:26:13
    power cannons overcharged with double
  • 00:26:16
    cracks double dose of gunpowder so they
  • 00:26:19
    exploded on the enemy who meth and banko
  • 00:26:22
    so they exploded on the enemy doubling
  • 00:26:25
    their impact with greater ferocity so
  • 00:26:27
    they were even more f
  • 00:26:28
    this time in the battle against the king
  • 00:26:31
    of Norway perhaps they wanted to Bath in
  • 00:26:35
    the blood okay except they meant to Bath
  • 00:26:38
    in wreaking wounds they wanted to bath
  • 00:26:40
    so bath in Blood of the wounds of their
  • 00:26:43
    enemies just imagine the kind of very
  • 00:26:46
    reprehensible you kind of cringe at the
  • 00:26:50
    kind of the power of the language that
  • 00:26:52
    Shakespeare has used telling it through
  • 00:26:55
    a very injured Sergeant talking about
  • 00:26:58
    about extreme
  • 00:27:00
    Bloodshed this the the thought of
  • 00:27:03
    someone actually drinking or bathing in
  • 00:27:05
    the blood of the wounds of the enemies
  • 00:27:08
    it conveys an extremely
  • 00:27:10
    reprehensible um very disgusting kind of
  • 00:27:13
    an image right uh to indulge in Total
  • 00:27:17
    Carnage you know total Bloodshed to make
  • 00:27:19
    that Battlefield another Golgotha now
  • 00:27:22
    what is golota I cannot tell or to
  • 00:27:24
    memorize means to kind of remember or to
  • 00:27:27
    remind people of another golata to make
  • 00:27:30
    that Battlefield another golgatha
  • 00:27:31
    according to the New Testament Jesus
  • 00:27:34
    Christ was crucified at a spot outside
  • 00:27:37
    Jerusalem called golgo okay that is
  • 00:27:40
    something which is the reference which
  • 00:27:42
    is why the reference to Golgotha now let
  • 00:27:44
    me give you some more extra information
  • 00:27:45
    I put it in the notes also the word
  • 00:27:47
    Golgotha actually means the place of the
  • 00:27:49
    skull uh and the Latin word for skull is
  • 00:27:53
    calvaria which is why in English many
  • 00:27:55
    Christians refer to Golgotha as Cal
  • 00:27:58
    okay just for your GK okay so he says
  • 00:28:01
    but I am now feeling but I am feeling
  • 00:28:05
    tired I am also feeling tired I am
  • 00:28:07
    feeling very tired my gashes Cry for
  • 00:28:10
    Help gashes means my wounds are crying
  • 00:28:12
    for some kind of medical attention
  • 00:28:14
    Duncan said so well thy words become
  • 00:28:16
    thee as thy wounds they smack of Honor
  • 00:28:19
    both go get him surgeons so Duncan says
  • 00:28:21
    your words speak of Honor just like your
  • 00:28:24
    wounds do because the wounds are proof
  • 00:28:26
    that you fought valiantly on on the
  • 00:28:28
    battlefield saved my son Malcolm also
  • 00:28:30
    from getting captured remember so in the
  • 00:28:33
    sergeant character sketch I so you need
  • 00:28:35
    to mention all these facts not just he's
  • 00:28:38
    a messenger of what happened of facts
  • 00:28:40
    he's also someone who saved his son
  • 00:28:42
    Malcolm the Crown Prince Malcom from
  • 00:28:45
    captivity so he says it your words
  • 00:28:48
    convey that you're an honorable man get
  • 00:28:50
    him to a surgeon that is get someone to
  • 00:28:53
    cure him of his surgeons who comes here
  • 00:28:55
    so the captain the sergeant
  • 00:28:58
    it and enter Ross and Angus now they
  • 00:29:01
    Ross essentially role is that of a
  • 00:29:03
    messenger Malcolm says
  • 00:29:07
    sorry what a haste looks with the worthy
  • 00:29:10
    th of Ross th is another title in
  • 00:29:14
    Scotland okay just like mbth at this
  • 00:29:17
    point in time is a thing of glams it's
  • 00:29:20
    spelled as g l a m i s it's pronounced
  • 00:29:23
    as glams okay what a haste looks through
  • 00:29:27
    his eyes so should he look that seems to
  • 00:29:29
    speak things strange so Duncan says U
  • 00:29:33
    after U he has gone that his eyes convey
  • 00:29:36
    that he has something important and
  • 00:29:38
    incredible to convey okay uh important
  • 00:29:42
    haste means something very important
  • 00:29:44
    something Hasty he has to conveyed the
  • 00:29:45
    news so so she should look that seems to
  • 00:29:49
    speak things strange so he has something
  • 00:29:51
    very important and incredible to convey
  • 00:29:53
    God saved the king when then C as thou
  • 00:29:56
    worthy th Ross says from five Great king
  • 00:29:59
    where the noran banners flout the sky
  • 00:30:01
    and fan our people cold so he's also
  • 00:30:04
    telling about that particular battles he
  • 00:30:07
    says great king I come from five where
  • 00:30:09
    the Norwegian banners fly in the sky uh
  • 00:30:12
    flout indicates that they are doing
  • 00:30:13
    something which they should normally not
  • 00:30:15
    do they're going against the uh rules
  • 00:30:18
    they're mocking our land okay they're
  • 00:30:20
    Fanning our people called Norway himself
  • 00:30:22
    that is the king of Norway the terrible
  • 00:30:24
    numbers assisted by that most disloyal
  • 00:30:27
    traitor the th of coder began a dismal
  • 00:30:30
    conflict till that bellona's bridegroom
  • 00:30:32
    laed improv confronted him with
  • 00:30:34
    self-comparison so he's saying that the
  • 00:30:37
    king of noret himself with a large army
  • 00:30:40
    and assisted by the disloyal um traitor
  • 00:30:43
    the thing of coder began a battle that
  • 00:30:46
    our forces looked likely to lose till
  • 00:30:49
    the point when meth clad in armor now
  • 00:30:52
    mbth comes to the rescue once again mbth
  • 00:30:55
    clad in armor armor I mean referring to
  • 00:30:57
    proof out here which is lapped in proof
  • 00:31:00
    means lapped in that weaponed armor
  • 00:31:03
    confronted him with self-comparisons he
  • 00:31:05
    kind of took him on confronted him with
  • 00:31:08
    self-comparisons there was a hand
  • 00:31:09
    to-hand com combat arm against arm and
  • 00:31:12
    he broke the spirit of the army when he
  • 00:31:15
    says curbing his lavish Spirit he broke
  • 00:31:17
    the spirit of the enemy forces and in
  • 00:31:20
    the end we emerged uh Victory fell on us
  • 00:31:23
    we emerged uh Victorious now bellona's
  • 00:31:26
    bridegroom Bellona was the Roman goddess
  • 00:31:29
    of war and meth is being referred to as
  • 00:31:33
    her bridegroom so again elevating him
  • 00:31:36
    even before he has actually been uh and
  • 00:31:38
    know has made an entry in this
  • 00:31:40
    particular uh uh play it is used to
  • 00:31:43
    exaggerate the heroism of mbth so
  • 00:31:46
    bellona's bridegroom as a key phrase
  • 00:31:49
    please use it in your answers whenever
  • 00:31:51
    you're talking about mbth okay dunan
  • 00:31:54
    reacts saying great happiness Ross says
  • 00:31:57
    sweno sweno is the name of the Norwegian
  • 00:31:59
    King craves composition nor would be D
  • 00:32:02
    him burial off his mentally dispersed at
  • 00:32:04
    sent columns inch $10,000 to our general
  • 00:32:08
    use so he says he desires truths that he
  • 00:32:11
    desires some kind of he has waved the
  • 00:32:13
    White Flag he wants a truce with us and
  • 00:32:16
    he begs for a peace treaty craves
  • 00:32:18
    composition means he begs for a peace
  • 00:32:21
    treaty we refuse to allow him that is
  • 00:32:24
    Dane we refuse to allow him the burial
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    of his men till actually went back
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    retreated means he went back disbursed
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    he went back to send columns inch though
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    it is spelled as c l m e apostrophe s
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    the pronunciation is columns k o l l u m
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    and gave us $10,000 for our use so those
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    are the conditions uh which have been
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    imposed
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    okay meth sorry Duncan no more than uh
  • 00:32:53
    no more that thing of cter shall deceive
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    uh our bosam interest so he says uh
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    dollars is a reference to the silver
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    coins inch means Island uh Duncan says
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    that the th of quarter will never again
  • 00:33:05
    deceive our interest go Proclaim that he
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    will be executed so immediate punishment
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    being U given to him go pronounce his
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    present death and with his former title
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    greet meth so it says that the thing of
  • 00:33:18
    coder title will now pass on to meth who
  • 00:33:21
    is now the th of glams okay so that is
  • 00:33:24
    what uh will happen so Ross says I will
  • 00:33:27
    get it done no no mbth has won that what
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    thing of cter has uh lost you know what
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    he had lost Noble mbth has won so Noble
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    is another adjective which has been used
  • 00:33:38
    from MTH please use it as a keyword so
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    basically this line introduces the fact
  • 00:33:44
    that titles were not hereditary they had
  • 00:33:46
    to be kind of gained or lost purely on
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    the basis of Merit which is an important
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    point and it's an idea which kind of
  • 00:33:53
    gets dangerous because when ambition
  • 00:33:54
    meets ambition meets this kind of an
  • 00:33:57
    arrangement it means anyone could
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    actually try to become the king and in
  • 00:34:01
    this case by murdering the king uh what
  • 00:34:03
    mebed does to Duncan
  • 00:34:06
    now a few points before we close act one
  • 00:34:09
    scene two mbth kills magdonal taking
  • 00:34:13
    revenge for his treachery against the
  • 00:34:15
    throne okay U it is ironic because the
  • 00:34:18
    same meth later on kills Duncan in order
  • 00:34:21
    to gain the Throne of the kingdom of uh
  • 00:34:25
    Scotland okay so here his very
  • 00:34:28
    ferociously protecting Duncan but the
  • 00:34:30
    same meth once he hears of the
  • 00:34:32
    prophecies by the three witches he
  • 00:34:34
    completely goes the other side and he
  • 00:34:36
    decides to become the aggressor against
  • 00:34:38
    King Duncan himself that is an important
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    point that you need to bear in mind so
  • 00:34:42
    any long uh five Mark or 10 mark
  • 00:34:45
    question that you get you should be able
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    to put it in that kind of a context of
  • 00:34:49
    what happens later on in the play also
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    because it will give your answer that
  • 00:34:53
    much more depth uh the scene also shows
  • 00:34:56
    that meth was given to use extreme
  • 00:35:00
    violence that's another important aspect
  • 00:35:03
    of meth that comes through even though
  • 00:35:05
    we have not met mbth so far uh the blood
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    soaked
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    Sergeant he's pretty unrecognizable
  • 00:35:13
    because there's so much of blood on his
  • 00:35:15
    face and his body pretty much like mbth
  • 00:35:18
    who also will get transformed into a
  • 00:35:20
    monster who will be covered by the blood
  • 00:35:22
    of all those people who he kills in
  • 00:35:24
    order to achieve his ambition right so
  • 00:35:26
    that's another important important
  • 00:35:28
    comparison that you could draw between
  • 00:35:30
    the sergeant and meth that works very
  • 00:35:32
    well literally and this in a
  • 00:35:34
    metaphorical kind of a sense uh the
  • 00:35:37
    third point is very important because it
  • 00:35:39
    shows Duncan's inability to judge people
  • 00:35:42
    correctly he's very happy with what mmed
  • 00:35:45
    has done so he does not kind of think
  • 00:35:46
    that could he also become a potential
  • 00:35:49
    threat to me and my family later on he
  • 00:35:52
    immediately rewards dun so you could
  • 00:35:55
    magb so you could think that he's a fair
  • 00:35:57
    King that's one way of looking at Duncan
  • 00:35:59
    the other way of looking at Duncan is
  • 00:36:01
    that he does not have a very great
  • 00:36:02
    Judgment of the people around him okay
  • 00:36:06
    uh because he's doing what he's
  • 00:36:08
    replacing one traitor who mcdonal with
  • 00:36:11
    another traitor potential traitor that
  • 00:36:13
    is going to be meth uh meth and banko
  • 00:36:17
    are compared to Eagles and Lions and the
  • 00:36:19
    lion actually appears on the crest of
  • 00:36:22
    the king Royal Court of the arms of the
  • 00:36:24
    King of Scotland so just a small detail
  • 00:36:27
    and uh Duncan is shown as someone who is
  • 00:36:30
    concerned about the bleeding soldiers
  • 00:36:32
    tells his people that you know he should
  • 00:36:34
    be taken to a surgeon of course after
  • 00:36:36
    knowing all the news from him okay so uh
  • 00:36:39
    this is as far as act two act one scene
  • 00:36:41
    two is concerned I hope you have
  • 00:36:43
    understood it very thoroughly go through
  • 00:36:45
    the notes because Shakespeare is not
  • 00:36:47
    something which you will understand and
  • 00:36:49
    remember in one reading multiple
  • 00:36:51
    readings will be required and meth
  • 00:36:53
    definitely is that kind of a play so
  • 00:36:55
    please go through the notes because in
  • 00:36:56
    the notes each and every line is
  • 00:36:58
    explained with uh the exact words Etc
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    plus there will also be question and
  • 00:37:03
    answers which will follow which will
  • 00:37:05
    make it all you
  • 00:37:09
    know whatever you want to write in your
  • 00:37:11
    examination T byebye I will now see you
  • 00:37:14
    in act one scene 3 where we will finally
  • 00:37:16
    get to meet mbet thank you very much
Tags
  • Macbeth
  • King Duncan
  • battle
  • bleeding sergeant
  • Scotland
  • Macdonwald
  • Thane of Cawdor
  • violence
  • foreshadowing
  • betrayal