Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5 | Explanation in English | ISC Class 11 | English with Sudhir Sir | SWS

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Summary

TLDRIn Act 1, Scene 5 of "Macbeth," Lady Macbeth is introduced as a central figure with a commanding personality. The scene opens with Lady Macbeth reading a letter from Macbeth, recounting his encounter with the witches and their prophecies. She immediately recognizes the opportunity for Macbeth to ascend to kingship, reflecting on his "milk of human kindness" which she fears might prevent him from seizing power. Lady Macbeth reveals her determination to push Macbeth towards murder, invoking spirits to "unsex" her, removing any compassion and filling her with cruelty. She instructs Macbeth on deception, emphasizing the need to appear innocent while hiding sinister intentions. The scene underscores her ambition and willingness to manipulate Macbeth, marking the beginning of their infamous plot against King Duncan, whom she sees as an obstacle to their shared greatness.

Takeaways

  • 👸 Lady Macbeth is introduced as a key character, known for her strong and ambitious nature.
  • 📜 She reads Macbeth's letter about his encounter with the witches, indicating the significant prophecies.
  • 🧙‍♀️ Macbeth attributes supernatural knowledge to the witches, which intrigues Lady Macbeth.
  • 🩸 Lady Macbeth describes Macbeth as being 'too full of the milk of human kindness,' concerned he's too compassionate.
  • 🔪 She wishes to be 'unsexed,' asking spirits to fill her with cruelty to pursue the throne.
  • 🌺 Metaphorically, she advises Macbeth to 'look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.'
  • 👹 Lady Macbeth plans to manipulate Macbeth into committing regicide to fulfill the witches' prophecy.
  • 💼 She views Duncan's visit as an opportunity, planning with anticipatory malice.
  • ⚔️ The scene sets off their plot to kill Duncan, showing Lady Macbeth's pivotal role in the scheme.
  • 📖 Lady Macbeth's soliloquies provide deep insight into her ambitious and manipulative character.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    In this segment, Lady Macbeth is introduced through her reading of a letter from Macbeth. The letter details Macbeth's encounter with the witches, who foretold he would become king. Seeing the prophecies coming true, Lady Macbeth is motivated by ambition. Interestingly, Macbeth refers to her as his 'dearest partner of greatness,' indicating their close bond and shared ambitions, setting the stage for their later actions.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Lady Macbeth expresses concern about Macbeth's nature, fearing he is too kind to seize the throne through nefarious means. She resolves to persuade him to act, demonstrating her more ruthless and determined character. This reveals her belief that ambition must be pursued with ruthlessness, contrasting with Macbeth's reluctance to use deceit or violence to achieve his goals.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Continuing her soliloquy, Lady Macbeth calls on evil spirits to make her ruthless, removing any feminine compassion that might deter her from murder. This scene underscores her resolve to push Macbeth towards their shared goal, showcasing her willingness to embrace evil to achieve power. She plans to overpower Macbeth's hesitations using her own manipulative abilities.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Upon learning King Duncan is coming to their castle, Lady Macbeth sees an opportunity to fulfil the prophecy. She instructs Macbeth to appear welcoming and hide his true emotions, advising him to behave innocently while planning Duncan's murder. This scene illustrates her pivotal role in directing Macbeth's actions and foreshadows the impending betrayal.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:27:59

    The segment concludes with Lady Macbeth reinforcing her plan to murder Duncan, emphasizing the need for Macbeth to adopt a façade of innocence. She takes control of the conspiracy, highlighting her dominance in their relationship. Her determination to manipulate Macbeth showcases the tragic descent into moral corruption, driven by ambition and prophecy.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the key characteristic of Lady Macbeth introduced in this scene?

    Lady Macbeth is shown to have a strong, powerful, and ambitious personality.

  • Why is the phrase "dearest partner of greatness" significant?

    This phrase underscores the deep attachment between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and highlights their shared ambitions and subsequent collaboration in their schemes.

  • What does Lady Macbeth's soliloquy reveal about her intentions?

    Lady Macbeth's soliloquy reveals her desire to incite Macbeth into committing regicide and her wish to be filled with cruelty, rid of any womanly compassion.

  • How does Lady Macbeth perceive Macbeth's nature?

    Lady Macbeth perceives Macbeth as too kind-hearted and lacking the ruthlessness needed to seize power.

  • What is Lady Macbeth's famous quote in this scene?

    "Too full o' the milk of human kindness" is a famous quote that describes Macbeth as being too compassionate by nature.

  • How does Lady Macbeth plan to influence Macbeth?

    Lady Macbeth plans to manipulate Macbeth by questioning his manhood and persuading him to follow her ruthless plans.

  • What metaphor does Lady Macbeth use to describe deception?

    She uses the metaphor "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't" to describe how Macbeth should disguise his true intentions.

  • What does Lady Macbeth ask the spirits to do to her?

    She asks the spirits to "unsex" her, filling her with cruelty and removing her feminine qualities.

  • What role does the supernatural play in this scene?

    The supernatural is invoked by Lady Macbeth as she calls upon spirits to assist her in her dark intentions.

  • What is Lady Macbeth's attitude toward Duncan's visit?

    She sees Duncan's visit as an opportunity to execute her plan, viewing it with anticipatory malice.

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    act one scene five of Meb and now we are
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    going to meet the second most important
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    character in mbth which is his wife lady
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    mbth
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    extremely strong powerful personality
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    and many of her lines are extremely
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    important from the examination point of
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    view so please pay attention to each and
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    every line of what lady mbth says so now
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    the scene is at inness Castle meb's
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    castle where Duncan is supposed to come
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    we have already seen that Meb has left
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    from there and Duncan is also prepared
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    to follow suit so enter lady meth and
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    she's reading a letter I mean I don't
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    understand the kind of hostal uh system
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    that was there at that time mbth has
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    also sent a letter across to Lady mbth
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    which she has already received even
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    before he has arrived okay so pretty
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    impressive postal system of those times
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    lady magb says they met me in the day of
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    success now she's reading this letter
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    which has been written by Meth okay so
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    she says the witches they witches met me
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    in the day of success and I have learned
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    by the perfectest report they have more
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    in them than mortal knowledge so now
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    he's attributing certain things to the
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    three witches okay so he says the
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    witches met me on the Day of Victory
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    okay the Day of Victory that is after
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    the victory over the Norwegian King and
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    I have learned by the perfectest report
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    and I have since learned for sure you
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    know learned for certain that they
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    possess Supernatural knowledge more than
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    mortal knowledge now this in them than
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    mortal knowledge that they possess more
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    than super I mean normal knowledge so
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    they possess some kind of Supernatural
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    knowledge so you can more in them than
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    mortal knowledge is again a phrase that
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    you can use for the three witches
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    whenever you are talking about the three
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    WI is any answer and you will definitely
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    get questions relating to the three
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    witches so you should be able to use
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    this kind of a phrase key
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    phrase when I burned in desire to
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    question them further they made
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    themselves air that when I was very keen
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    and very desperate to kind of ask them
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    more questions they made made themselves
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    scarce uh they made themselves um you
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    know they vanished Into Thin Air so
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    report out here report out here means
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    information or intelligence like they
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    say know intelligence reports and the
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    Mortal means human this you know
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    obviously only I mean humans are mortal
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    right so when I burnt in desire that
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    when I was really very keen whilst I
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    stood wrapped in The Wonder of it while
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    I was completely a struck as a result of
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    what I had seen both he and Bano were a
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    struck right they were completely amazed
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    wrapped in the
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    Wonder means you are completely amazed
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    at what you you see of it came misses
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    from the King that is messages from the
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    king who all hailed me th of coder and
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    they all called me th of cter Ross and
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    Angus by which title before these weird
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    sisters saluted me the same title the
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    three weird sisters had actually saluted
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    me so I told you know some of the old
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    editions use uh witches instead of weird
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    sisters let me just check from the
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    latest book what it is one minute
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    huh a minute
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    in the new edition also it's three weird
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    sisters only which is what I said no
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    that Shakespeare had used the word three
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    Weir sisters also for the three witches
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    so these three beir sisters saluted me
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    and referred to me on the coming of time
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    with hail King that shall be and then
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    they later on went on to say that I will
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    be the Future King referring to me as
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    the Future King so he's telling her
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    exactly what had happened and you and I
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    are already aware of it this have I
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    thought good to deliver thee this I have
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    kind of considered that this is
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    extremely important for me to kind of
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    convey to you which is why I'm writing
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    this letter to you okay so um coming on
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    of time means the future that what will
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    happen uh coming on of time means in the
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    future refer to me or the future with
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    Hil King that shall be that you shall be
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    king in the the
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    future now meth now this is important
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    now out
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    here mbth is referring to Lady mbth as
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    my dearest partner of greatness this is
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    an extremely important phrase because
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    another question that you could possibly
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    get is to talk about the relationship
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    between meth and lady mbth and there are
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    several interactions between the two
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    especially act one scene 7 right uh
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    which is Extreme which is just between
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    mbth and Lady mbth very important scene
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    so this phrase key phrase please make
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    sure that you use it whenever a question
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    comes relating to the relationship
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    between mbth and lady mbth that thou
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    mightest not lose the dues of rejoicing
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    by being ignorant of what greatness is
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    Promised thee so what he is saying is
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    that my dearest partner in greatness so
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    that you are not ignorant of the
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    greatness and therefore not celebrate
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    and rejoice so keep it close your heart
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    and farewell so he says I wanted to tell
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    you these things because it was
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    important because you are my dearest
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    greatest partner in greatness so that
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    you are not ignorant of the greatness
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    and therefore you are not celebrating
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    though not might us not lose the dues of
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    rejoicing by being ignorant of what
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    greatness is Promised thee so he's
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    saying greatness is Promised thee lay to
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    thy heart and farewell so keep it to
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    yourself and farewell okay so keep this
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    clu so saying that you know you should
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    not what he saying is that because it's
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    a slly confusing kind of line not lose
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    the dues of rejoicing basically he means
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    to say that you should not lose the
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    opportunity not lose the chance to
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    Rejoice what is due to you okay what is
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    due to you which is why I'm writing this
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    letter so that you are aware of what is
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    coming your way now it is interesting as
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    I said that megb refers to Lady magb as
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    his dearest greatest partner of great
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    greatness it shows one that they are
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    deeply attached to each other point
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    number one point number two they think
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    of their common interest and meth
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    already has his plot working on in his
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    mind right the irony is that the tragic
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    flaw of the characters and Shakespeare's
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    thing is always that there is a
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    character a major character at the peak
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    and Meb is at his Peak as a warrior and
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    then the tragic flaws will kind of make
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    him come down and he becomes a tragic
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    hero that's usually the trajectory that
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    most Shakespearean tragic Heroes follow
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    so he's the irony is that the tragic
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    flaws in the characters of both mbth and
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    Lady mbth is actually going to convert
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    is going to make this this greatness
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    so-called greatness into something very
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    very negative right so that greatness is
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    going to go down and become extremely
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    negative and from Partners in greatness
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    they become what they become partners in
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    crime please use this phrase as well
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    they were they called I mean he called
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    her the partner in greatness but they
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    become Partners in the crime of killing
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    uh Kingdom Duncan so lady Meb puts down
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    the letter and she says uh glams the art
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    you already Tain of glams and coder pain
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    of coder also you have become and you
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    will be king and shall be what Thou Art
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    promise and shall be what Thou Art
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    promis you could get just this line and
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    say that with reference to the
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    particular line what does this mean who
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    says this in what context what happens
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    before and after right so and that you
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    will be king as you have been promised
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    now it is a prophecy it is not a promise
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    The Witches have not promised anything
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    to magb witches have not told Meb that
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    we will make you King you shall be king
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    right so as you have been but she takes
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    the prophecy as a promised and she says
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    that will also happen yet do I Fear Thy
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    nature it is too full full of the milk
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    of human kindness so she says but I have
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    a problem the problem is that I have a
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    problem B A your nature because your
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    nature is full of the milk of
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    humankindness this is one of the most
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    prominent quotes of this particular play
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    by sh Shakespeare that is full that mbth
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    is described as someone who is full of
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    the milk of human
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    kindness milk is an important kind of an
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    imagery a metaphor that is spoken about
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    we will hear about it more in act one
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    scene 7 from lady magb so he say she
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    says that I worry about your character
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    because it is too full of the milk of
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    human kindness basically to say that you
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    are extremely kind-hearted kind of a
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    person to take the shortest route to
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    part in order to take the shortest roote
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    to part to catch the nearest way to
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    strike at the first opportunity so what
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    does it show that lady mbth is actually
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    much more of a cunning kind of a
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    personality as opposed to Meb thou
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    wouldest be great or maybe think that
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    both of them are made for each other
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    thou wouldest be great not without
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    ambition so she says that you want to be
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    great she's pointing out the flaws in
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    meb's personality so she's saying that
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    you want to be great and you do not lack
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    an ambition you want to become something
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    but you do not have the nastiness or the
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    evil traits or the mean streak the
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    illness that she's talking about without
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    the illness that you are you are
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    ambitious you want to be great but you
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    do not have the nasty streak you don't
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    have the evil trait or the illness sorry
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    or the illness which should actually
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    accompany that in order to realize the
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    ambition to be great understood I hope
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    you have understood this line so she
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    says that you hope to become great High
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    by acting with goodness so she's meaning
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    to say
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    that okay so it's completely contrary to
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    what we generally would like to believe
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    in that if you do good good things will
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    happen to you but lady mbath believes
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    that if you want to achieve your
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    ambition to be great you need to have be
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    a little ill you need to be a little
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    evil nasty so she's saying that what
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    thou would us highly that wouldest thou
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    Holly wouldest not play false and yet
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    would us wrongly win so she's telling
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    him that you hope I mean she's kind of
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    speaking aloud that you hope to become
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    High by acting with goodness holily you
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    do not want to cheat playf Falls means
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    you do not want to uh cheat anyone okay
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    yet you want what does not belong to you
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    the King of Scotland the throne does not
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    belong to you after Duncan it will go to
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    malcol though she's not aware of it
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    right now but after Duncan it will go to
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    Malcolm but even assuming that it is
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    Duncan it is not yours right so but you
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    want that but you will not do anything
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    which is necessary to achieve that you
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    want to achieve that with basic goodness
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    okay so great than th of glams great
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    glams that which C thus thou must do if
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    thou have it and that which rather thou
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    Dost fear to do than wishes should be
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    undone so she's saying that you want to
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    have something which you are too afraid
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    to do what you need to do to get it you
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    want to get it done for you okay so
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    she's saying
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    that she's speaking aloud about what he
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    needs to do and the kind of
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    personality that mbth essentially is
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    that you want to have something but you
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    are too afraid to do what you need to do
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    right you want it to be done for you
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    okay
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    so what does she want to do
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    then hi the the hither that I may pour
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    my spirits in thine ear so she's saying
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    that you kind of hen hi means h j th
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    hither hither means here and that I may
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    pour my spirits in thine ear thine means
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    in your ear my spirits means you know my
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    kind of energy and we know that it is
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    essentially what kind of energy it's
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    extremely negative kind of energy so she
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    says that you come here fast so that I
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    can pour my spirits in your ear you know
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    I can persuade you with my kind of
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    reasoning and I can tell you what needs
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    to be done and I will make you do what I
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    want you to do in order to achieve your
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    ambition to be great understood all the
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    connection through this entire passage
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    right so she says with vigor and drive
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    away
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    chastise and chastise okay with the
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    Valor of my tongue that I have powers of
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    persuasion with my tongue with my
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    ability to speak in a persuasive manner
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    all that impedes thee from the golden
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    routs all that is kind of obstructing
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    you all that is Stopping You impedes
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    means Stopping You obstructing you which
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    fate and metaphysical a do seem to have
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    the crown with all so she's saying which
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    fate and the super natural the
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    metaphysical means the supernatural h
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    both seem to have chosen you as the king
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    so there is already the there is some
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    kind of a thing which is already
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    happening you just need to take that
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    step in order to achieve that and I will
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    ensure that I will be able to persuade
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    you to do whatever is necessary in order
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    to achieve what this supernatural has
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    already in her words promised you
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    okay so according to lady mbth mab's
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    fears that is his personality and the
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    milk of hum kindness prevent him from
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    doing anything ill even when the end
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    result would be to magb BET's advantage
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    that is her
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    um analysis of magb BET's personality
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    and it is true to an extent we will
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    again see that in act 1 scene 7 act 1
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    scene 7 I'm again repeating is extremely
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    important it's very significant so meth
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    a messenger enters and Lady meth asks
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    him what news he has says the king comes
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    here tonight so lady Meb says Thou Art
  • 00:14:32
    mad to say it is not thy Master with him
  • 00:14:34
    who were it so would have informed for
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    Preparation so he says the king comes
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    tonight so you're crazy to say isn't
  • 00:14:39
    mbth with the King he would have
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    informed me beforehand so that I can
  • 00:14:43
    prepare for the king's
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    arrival messenger says so please you it
  • 00:14:50
    is true araine is coming one of my
  • 00:14:52
    fellows had the speed of him who almost
  • 00:14:54
    dead for breath had scarcely more than
  • 00:14:56
    would make up his message so she he says
  • 00:14:59
    that I beg your pardon but it is true
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    arain mbth is coming one of my fellow
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    servants raised ahead of him had the
  • 00:15:06
    speed of means that was faster than even
  • 00:15:08
    meth and arrived so out of breath that
  • 00:15:11
    he could barely come out with the convey
  • 00:15:13
    the message he could barely convey the
  • 00:15:15
    message so it is true that mbth is
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    coming I mean the king is coming lady MB
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    give him tending he brings great news so
  • 00:15:22
    he says she says that you know um take
  • 00:15:26
    care of him tending means take care of
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    him he brings great news so uh the
  • 00:15:30
    messenger announces Duncan uh the Raven
  • 00:15:33
    himself is horse that croaks the Fatal
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    entrance of Duncan upon under my
  • 00:15:37
    battlements come you Spirits so the
  • 00:15:39
    moment she hears that Duncan is coming
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    to their Castle to their home to their
  • 00:15:43
    Castle uh palace and castle are slightly
  • 00:15:46
    different um so u i mean Castle is used
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    more in a British kind of a context
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    British Scotland Scotland has beautiful
  • 00:15:54
    castles even today uh so does
  • 00:15:57
    England so uh he he says that the
  • 00:16:00
    messenger announces Duncan's fatal entry
  • 00:16:03
    into my castle just like a horse Raven
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    now Raven is a bird which looks pretty
  • 00:16:08
    much like a crow black in color with a
  • 00:16:10
    similar kind of a Sharp break uh beak uh
  • 00:16:14
    now but the beak is a little longer in
  • 00:16:17
    the case of a raven okay uh and it was
  • 00:16:19
    supposed to be an ill Omen and it's
  • 00:16:21
    supposed to be forb boarding death in
  • 00:16:24
    indication of death Raven uh crying
  • 00:16:26
    horse so lady mbth is comparing the
  • 00:16:29
    breathlessness of the messenger that he
  • 00:16:31
    was almost like a raven um to the
  • 00:16:33
    croaking of a raven and that it is
  • 00:16:35
    actually the harbinger of bad news so
  • 00:16:38
    her mind is already working over time so
  • 00:16:41
    she says that come on spirits that Aid
  • 00:16:44
    in murderous thoughts okay come you
  • 00:16:48
    spirits that a tend on Mortal Thoughts
  • 00:16:51
    that is Mortal means human thoughts that
  • 00:16:54
    is uh murderous thoughts you know mortal
  • 00:16:56
    means you know human is mortal that's
  • 00:16:59
    something which will die who will die
  • 00:17:01
    unsex be here and fill me from the crown
  • 00:17:04
    to the top top full of dest Cruelty very
  • 00:17:07
    important lines of lady mbth all Lady
  • 00:17:10
    Math's solices when she's talking to
  • 00:17:12
    herself are extremely important because
  • 00:17:14
    they give a very deep glimpse into her
  • 00:17:18
    personality
  • 00:17:19
    and character so she says that come on
  • 00:17:24
    spirits that fill with murderous
  • 00:17:26
    thoughts make me less of a woman that is
  • 00:17:29
    unsex me means make me less of a woman
  • 00:17:33
    uh and fill me from head to toe with
  • 00:17:35
    cruelty with terrible cruelty is dest
  • 00:17:38
    cruelty dest cruelty why is she saying
  • 00:17:41
    that because a woman traditionally
  • 00:17:43
    speaking is supposed to be the kind of
  • 00:17:46
    you know representative of kindness of
  • 00:17:49
    someone who is a little soft but she
  • 00:17:52
    wants to now remove that womanly self
  • 00:17:55
    from her and make herself into someone
  • 00:17:58
    who is capable of doing something
  • 00:18:00
    extremely cruel and violent which is why
  • 00:18:03
    she says unsex me here okay make thick
  • 00:18:06
    my blood stop of the axis and the
  • 00:18:09
    passage to remov so she says let my
  • 00:18:11
    blood be thickened thicken my blood and
  • 00:18:14
    block my vein so that I feel no regret
  • 00:18:16
    or remorse so that the Natural Instincts
  • 00:18:19
    of compassion and kindness um Can hinder
  • 00:18:22
    my Savage my cruel plans or prevent me
  • 00:18:25
    from accomplishing them so she wants
  • 00:18:28
    that you know this should be nothing
  • 00:18:29
    positive in her soul and body which can
  • 00:18:33
    prevent her from carrying out the most
  • 00:18:36
    violent and cruel task obviously she's
  • 00:18:39
    referring to the murder of King Duncan
  • 00:18:41
    inside their castle and Inverness so she
  • 00:18:44
    says make thick my blood stop of the
  • 00:18:46
    aess and passage to Remos that no
  • 00:18:48
    compunctions uh compunctious visting of
  • 00:18:51
    nature shake my fell purpose nor keep
  • 00:18:53
    peace between the effect of and it come
  • 00:18:56
    to my woman's breast and take my milk
  • 00:18:58
    for gas you murdering ministers wherever
  • 00:19:01
    in your sightless substances you wait on
  • 00:19:03
    Nature's Mischief so she's saying that
  • 00:19:06
    Demons of murder murdering ministers
  • 00:19:08
    come to my chest and take away my and
  • 00:19:11
    convert my mother's milk into Gall G as
  • 00:19:14
    in bile okay so it's obviously not
  • 00:19:16
    something which is uh kind of can be
  • 00:19:19
    drunk so she says no matter where you hi
  • 00:19:22
    invisible and unseen which is sightless
  • 00:19:24
    sightless is invisible or something
  • 00:19:26
    which cannot be seen and ready to cause
  • 00:19:29
    Nature's Mischief that is it is ready to
  • 00:19:31
    cause harm so she's invoking all the
  • 00:19:33
    evil spirits she wants herself to be
  • 00:19:36
    converted physical sense right even an
  • 00:19:39
    emotional sense she want her to be
  • 00:19:41
    converted and she's invoking all the
  • 00:19:43
    evil spirits which can kind of Aid her
  • 00:19:46
    in this difficult task of carrying out
  • 00:19:49
    an extremely violent murder right so
  • 00:19:51
    that's what she wants her to be
  • 00:19:53
    completely the because only when she's
  • 00:19:55
    completely in that zone she can also man
  • 00:19:58
    complete meb's mind who she feels is
  • 00:20:01
    full of the milk of human kindness
  • 00:20:03
    understood so she's trying to unsex
  • 00:20:05
    herself remove the milk from her breast
  • 00:20:07
    and fill it with gall right and she's
  • 00:20:10
    invoking all the evil spirits so that is
  • 00:20:13
    the essential nature of this particular
  • 00:20:16
    uh solu be by lady mbth okay uh come on
  • 00:20:21
    come thick night and pal thee in the
  • 00:20:23
    dunnest Smoke of hell that my Keen
  • 00:20:25
    knifes see not the wound it makes nor
  • 00:20:28
    Heaven peep through the blanket of the
  • 00:20:29
    dark to cry hold hold so she says let
  • 00:20:33
    thick night come again Darkness
  • 00:20:35
    associated with something which is very
  • 00:20:38
    evil and cover the night in the darkest
  • 00:20:41
    dest means darkest smoke of hell so that
  • 00:20:44
    my Sharp knife Keen Keen as in you know
  • 00:20:47
    the sharpness of the knife cannot see
  • 00:20:49
    the wound it makes even the sharp edge
  • 00:20:53
    of the knife cannot see the wound it
  • 00:20:55
    makes because the night should be so
  • 00:20:57
    dark the the night should be so dark
  • 00:21:00
    that even the edge of the knife which is
  • 00:21:01
    going to be in contact with the skin of
  • 00:21:03
    the person is not able to see the kind
  • 00:21:05
    of wound it makes so look at the power
  • 00:21:07
    of the language that Shakespeare has
  • 00:21:09
    used so that heaven cannot peep through
  • 00:21:12
    the blanket of dark and cry no stop so
  • 00:21:15
    that no positive force can actually so
  • 00:21:18
    she's invoking hell so she doesn't want
  • 00:21:20
    heaven to peep through the blanket of
  • 00:21:22
    Darkness of the night sky and say that
  • 00:21:24
    no lady magb stop rja don't do that so
  • 00:21:27
    she doesn't want any kind of positive
  • 00:21:30
    influences while she's committing the
  • 00:21:32
    dark deed and at that precise moment
  • 00:21:36
    mcth
  • 00:21:38
    enters great glams worthy coder greater
  • 00:21:41
    than both by the all hail Hereafter so
  • 00:21:45
    you see the interesting part is that she
  • 00:21:47
    refers again to the phrase all hail who
  • 00:21:50
    is to say all hail the three so
  • 00:21:54
    every time you repeat that Shakespeare
  • 00:21:56
    wants the reader and the audience to be
  • 00:21:58
    able to connect which is Nik then they
  • 00:22:00
    said it before meth and now lady meth is
  • 00:22:03
    also saying so they all are getting
  • 00:22:05
    influenced by the negativity of the the
  • 00:22:08
    evil spirits of the three weird sisters
  • 00:22:11
    right so the process of her degradation
  • 00:22:15
    as a person has also truly begun okay
  • 00:22:18
    these are all indications of that very
  • 00:22:20
    subtle perhaps not so subtle indications
  • 00:22:23
    of that so U lady mcbet says uh great
  • 00:22:27
    glams birthy cter greater than both by
  • 00:22:30
    the all hail Hereafter thy letters have
  • 00:22:31
    transported Beyond this ignorant present
  • 00:22:34
    and I feel now the future in the instant
  • 00:22:36
    so the letter which has been sent by you
  • 00:22:38
    letters I mean I think the word letters
  • 00:22:40
    has been used because she's referring to
  • 00:22:42
    the words in the letter right uh has
  • 00:22:45
    transported me from the present okay
  • 00:22:47
    moments ignorance of what will happen in
  • 00:22:50
    the future that now I feel the future in
  • 00:22:52
    the present instant that is in the
  • 00:22:54
    present I would normally not know about
  • 00:22:56
    the future right but the letter have
  • 00:22:58
    transported me to the Future that they
  • 00:23:00
    actually I can feel the future in the
  • 00:23:02
    present moment right
  • 00:23:04
    so that has been the effect of the
  • 00:23:07
    letter that you sent megb says my
  • 00:23:09
    dearest love dunan will come here
  • 00:23:11
    tonight lady Meb says and when he goes
  • 00:23:13
    from here he says tomorrow that's what
  • 00:23:16
    the plan is that he will leave tomorrow
  • 00:23:18
    lady MB says oh never that sh shall son
  • 00:23:21
    that Morrow see so that he will never be
  • 00:23:23
    able to see that day will never come
  • 00:23:26
    that never you know he will never not be
  • 00:23:28
    able to see see the son of
  • 00:23:31
    Tomorrow your face my thing is as a book
  • 00:23:34
    where men may read strange matters to
  • 00:23:37
    begal the time look like the time so now
  • 00:23:39
    she's advising the first bit of advice
  • 00:23:40
    she's giving to meth is that your face
  • 00:23:45
    my dear mbth betrays your troubled
  • 00:23:48
    emotions that is whatever you're
  • 00:23:50
    thinking is actually visible on your
  • 00:23:52
    face it's very clearly
  • 00:23:54
    visible on your face and people can read
  • 00:23:57
    it like a book like there's a Hindi mu
  • 00:24:01
    that you should that you know everything
  • 00:24:04
    can be read on your face so says she
  • 00:24:06
    says to deceive the people you must
  • 00:24:09
    behave as they expect you to be that is
  • 00:24:12
    don't let what you are thinking to show
  • 00:24:14
    on your face so she's asking him to wear
  • 00:24:16
    a mask of deception so she says You must
  • 00:24:20
    appear as they expect you to be greet
  • 00:24:23
    the king with a warm expression right
  • 00:24:26
    welcome in your eye your hand your
  • 00:24:28
    tongue look like the innocent flower but
  • 00:24:31
    be the serpent under it that you know
  • 00:24:34
    you look like the flower but you should
  • 00:24:35
    actually be like the snake that is
  • 00:24:37
    hiding under the FL right camouflaged he
  • 00:24:41
    that is coming must be provided for the
  • 00:24:43
    king is coming and he should be made
  • 00:24:44
    comfortable and you shall put this
  • 00:24:46
    Knight's great business into my dispatch
  • 00:24:49
    so she's saying that Duncan who is
  • 00:24:52
    coming must be provided for and allow me
  • 00:24:54
    to manage dispatch means manage
  • 00:24:56
    everything tonight because tonight will
  • 00:24:58
    change all our nights why is this
  • 00:25:02
    important because what will happen
  • 00:25:04
    tonight okay will actually change
  • 00:25:07
    everything about the future which is why
  • 00:25:10
    she says I'm able to see the future in
  • 00:25:12
    the present instant okay so tonight we
  • 00:25:14
    change all our nights and days to come
  • 00:25:17
    and give complete power and Mastery so
  • 00:25:21
    uh provided for that she has spoken
  • 00:25:23
    about can mean both attended to that is
  • 00:25:25
    you know he must be provided for means
  • 00:25:27
    the king must be looked after he must be
  • 00:25:29
    attended to he must be taken care of uh
  • 00:25:31
    in a Hospitality sense provided for in
  • 00:25:34
    the overall context of what lady McBeth
  • 00:25:37
    has in mind also could mean murdered
  • 00:25:39
    right he must be provided for because
  • 00:25:41
    that's precisely what she's wanting but
  • 00:25:43
    here it could actually mean both
  • 00:25:45
    meanings you know provided for a general
  • 00:25:46
    he must be taken care of but taken care
  • 00:25:49
    of can also mean that you know we will
  • 00:25:52
    take care of him type of thing you
  • 00:25:54
    understand what I'm saying right Meb
  • 00:25:55
    says we will speak about this further
  • 00:25:57
    Meb say so lady Meb says only look up
  • 00:26:00
    clear that you know keep your head up
  • 00:26:03
    and appear to be calm and innocent to
  • 00:26:06
    alter favor ever is to fear leave all
  • 00:26:09
    the rest to me you know leave all the
  • 00:26:11
    rest to me you know mea kind of a thing
  • 00:26:13
    right so she says uh if your expression
  • 00:26:16
    changes it will arouse suspicion to
  • 00:26:19
    alter favor ever is to fear so she's
  • 00:26:22
    saying that if your expression changes
  • 00:26:24
    it will arouse suspicion so leave all
  • 00:26:26
    the rest to me so lady mbth means to say
  • 00:26:29
    that mbth really needs to have a very
  • 00:26:31
    clear and Guiltless expression on his
  • 00:26:34
    face so that fear doesn't show on his
  • 00:26:36
    face if he's constantly thinking about
  • 00:26:38
    what is possibly going to do it will
  • 00:26:41
    show on his face and Lady mcbath does
  • 00:26:43
    not want that so that is the first piece
  • 00:26:46
    of advice she gives to her husband it is
  • 00:26:49
    also giving an indication that she has
  • 00:26:50
    put her act her kind of you know she has
  • 00:26:53
    decided to act very fast and she's
  • 00:26:55
    always beginning to manipulate magb
  • 00:26:57
    BET's mind because she knows that he's
  • 00:27:00
    not capable of doing things Beyond a
  • 00:27:02
    point he has the ambition he wants to be
  • 00:27:04
    great but he will not do things which
  • 00:27:06
    are needed for that the illness does not
  • 00:27:09
    come with that he is full of the milk of
  • 00:27:11
    humankindness why am I going on using
  • 00:27:14
    these phrases because the more you
  • 00:27:15
    listen to me the more you read the notes
  • 00:27:18
    the more you underline these key phrases
  • 00:27:20
    the more times you read megb all these
  • 00:27:23
    will become part of your vocabulary part
  • 00:27:26
    of your usage and you'll be able to
  • 00:27:28
    write it in your examination answer
  • 00:27:30
    scripts without any problem that's
  • 00:27:32
    precisely the idea so as one parent
  • 00:27:34
    wrote to me that you know I repeat my
  • 00:27:36
    things so many times that you know even
  • 00:27:38
    by listening
  • 00:27:40
    itself one parent from Bengal had
  • 00:27:42
    written so that I believe is our
  • 00:27:44
    strength that even when you listen to
  • 00:27:46
    the video it becomes like a revision of
  • 00:27:49
    understanding plus some kind of a
  • 00:27:50
    preliminary revision all the best to you
  • 00:27:53
    we will see you now in scene six act one
  • 00:27:56
    scene 6 of mCP t byebye
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  • Lady Macbeth
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  • Murder
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