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hello and welcome to the meet course act
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one scene
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6 what happens in act 1 scene 6 now this
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scene is set outside mag's Castle why
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because King Duncan has decided to pay a
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visit to the mag's castle uh and he's
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accompanied by his attendants and other
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Scottish Lords
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now all the names are mentioned who all
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have accompanied him and this scene is
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important because this is where the
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murder not in this scene uh it is at the
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castle that King Duncan is murdered
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Duncan says this Castle has a pleasant
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seat the air nimbly and sweetly
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recommends itself unto our gentle senses
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now the purpose of this scene basically
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are three-fold one to establish the
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castle itself the look of the castle
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which is deceptive because it looks
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beautiful but here is where a ghastly
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deed is going to take place number one
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number two King Duncan as a very
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positive and a and a very gentle kind of
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a person as is obvious in this scene's
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interaction with Lady MTH right and also
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banko to an extent number three lady
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mbth the way she behaves okay we've
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already met her in the previous scene
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and here we see her welcoming her guest
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so Duncan says that this Castle is in a
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very pleasant sight seat means sight
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it's it's in a very pleasant place the
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fresh sweet air the fresh sweet air kind
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of recommend itself recommends itself
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means that it kind of
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delights that it kind of looks feels
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very good you know it kind of smells
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very good so this one is sight it it is
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at a very good
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it is at a very present place the air
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kind of recommends itself means it kind
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of delights you know it kind of makes
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feel one feel very good my Noble senses
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to convey that it is very pleasing unto
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our gentle senses or Noble senses to say
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that you know it is something which is
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very pleasing
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uh Bano says this guest of Summer the
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temple haunted Marlet does approve by
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his loved M mansion that the Heaven's
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breath smells booly here what is he
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saying now he's referring to a bird out
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here the martlet you would recall that
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you have studied about this in Merchant
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of Venice right so uh he's saying that
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the fact that this summer bird it is
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known as a summer bird martlet or
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Martin okay Martin it builds its nest
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Mansion Tre means Mansion building
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Mansion okay it kind of builds its nest
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uh here proves how inviting and sweet
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the breeze is right how inviting
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Heaven's breath smells wly out here so
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Heaven's air means how inviting and
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sweet the breeze is now Temple haunting
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martlet or Martin right uh is a
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reference to the habit of the Martin to
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make its home in the Steeples of the
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churches so that's where it would
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generally build its uh churches which is
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why it is referring it is being referred
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to as a temple haunting martlet now
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please uh do one thing remember these
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kind of phrases from the McQ point of
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view okay what is being spoken about and
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you see there are lots of birds which
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will be mentioned out here in the play
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The Owl in general uh owl at a couple of
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places The Raven Which lady magb speaks
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about here we are talking about the
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Marlet you know which one of these is a
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temple haunting bird you know I'm just
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giving an example about the kind of mcqs
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that could also be asked this one of
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course it's easy if you know
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it okay no juty freeze butes or coin of
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Vantage but this bird had made its
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pendant bird and procreant cradle now
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what is he talking about he's Bano is
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saying that there is no projecting part
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JY means projecting body talking about
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more civil construction terms no painted
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decoration on the wall near the ceiling
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which is the freeze okay where is a
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freeze yeah here J is talking about the
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projecting part freeze is talking about
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the decoration part on the wall near the
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ceiling butress is also another form of
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projection okay uh or a suitable corner
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for resting coin of Vantage Vantage
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means giving you an advantage where you
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can rest a resting kind of a uh place a
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suitable corner for place but this bird
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has made his hanging Nest pendant bird I
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I've given all the word meanings in the
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note so but just remember that each one
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of the word meanings you can know in
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this kind of a passage okay uh pendant
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bird he's talking about his hanging NE
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and the procan Cradle is where the young
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ones are bred the procreation
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procreation procreate cradle okay where
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the young ones are bred where they most
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breed and haunt I have observed the air
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is delicate so I have noticed that they
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breed and live in places where the air
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is most fine so what Bano and Duncan are
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saying and Bano is kind of
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substantiating that is that this
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particular Castle is good the air is
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fresh the air is inviting and what is
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the proof of that the Martin the martlet
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the bird the summer bird which is a
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temple haunting bird which normally
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constructs its nest procan cradles in uh
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the churches right it has chosen this
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castle of the magas to do this so it is
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kind of a c certificate that this Castle
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is an inviting and a good place right so
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you are you see the the irony in that
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you know it for a fact that this is
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where he's going to be killed but the
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outside the deception the deception
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which is a theme of mbth as a play that
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the
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deception when he speaks to Duncan he
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will speak in the most polite and the
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most docile tone lady mbth you will see
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the way she invites Duncan inside her
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castle also will be very two-faced so
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the castle also in that sense is two-
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faced what it is it is not showing the
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real self of the castle in that sense
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you know the castle is is an extension
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of the meb's personality you know
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because that's where uh the king is
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killed which is the most you know
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terrible thing to happen right the king
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being
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killed now you see the air is delicate
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okay now the the moment he says that I
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have seen that they breed in places
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where the air is most fine exactly at
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that point in time is when lady mbth
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enters the scene and Duncan says CC are
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honored Hostess now the contrast that
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Shakespeare has built in and he has done
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that throughout the
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play the talk here is about life about
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the Martin the bird right about she how
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she has chosen the castle where she will
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bu build build her procreant cradle
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right and you know it for a fact that
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this is the same place where murder is
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being plotted so the contrast out there
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keep making these kind of notes because
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if you make these kind of references it
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will only add to the quality of your
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long format answers right again Bano is
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talking about giving life and shelter
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right and you have lady magb who's
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actually talking about death or at least
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thinking about someone's death so d says
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look look it's our honored Hostess who
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has come the love that follows us
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sometimes is our trouble but still we
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thank as love no what he's saying is
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that as a king I must always acknowledge
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the love of my subjects right the love
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that follows the love that my people of
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my kingdom Scotland Kingdom of Scotland
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the Scottish Kingdom they give towards
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me the love that follows us even though
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it may bring us trouble sometimes even
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though it may bring us trouble time
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sometime is our trouble here in I teach
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you how you shall bid god build uh us
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for your pains uh build us for your
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pains and thank us for your trouble I
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really don't know what is this I
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Guild I really don't know okay now uh so
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he says that I am thankful that because
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we know that they love us therefore I am
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teaching you to thank us thank me for
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the trouble my presence is causing you
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since it comes out of my love for you
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okay uh in taking the trouble for me you
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win God's thanks okay so he's saying
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that I am thanking you for the trouble
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that you know my presence will be
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causing you but because it comes out of
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my love for you and in taking the
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trouble for me you win the thanks from
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God so that's what he's saying so U
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basically In classical times it was
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considered the duty of the host I mean
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even now ATI Deo B right so you
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essentially are expected to be as
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hospitable as possible towards the guest
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and this
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reference by Duncan in a way contrasts
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with the fact that magets are immoral
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they're deceptive and they're
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inhospitable with regard to the king
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because who kills the person who has
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come to live at your castle for a night
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and rest there right and have dinner
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right now all our efforts lady MB says
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all are service in every Point twice
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done and then done double were poor and
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single business to contend against those
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honors deep and Broad where with your
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majesty loads our house so she says that
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all our efforts even if they are doubled
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and then doubled again very much like
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you remember Merchant of Venice you know
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that whole thing of you know how many
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duket should be given so even if they
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are doubled so Shakespeare essentially
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same style use even if they doubled and
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then doubled again are nothing poor and
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single business to contend with are
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really worthless or nothing compared to
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the honor that you have brought us by
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visiting our castle by visiting our home
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so being grateful to the Honors that you
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have given us in the past and those you
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have added recently the th of C she's
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referring to late dignities late
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dignities is essentially uh honors de
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your majesty Lords are house for those
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of old and those late dignities heaped
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up to them we rest your hermit so she's
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saying that we will we are inded to you
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and we invite you and we support you
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rest your hermit so lay dignities is the
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reason title that he has given to megb
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so he says where is the thing of C so
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the moment she says lay dignities he
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understands and he refers to him as the
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th of coder not as the th of glams we
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coed him at the heels and had a purpose
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to be his purveyor so she he says that
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we followed him closely coed means we
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followed him closely I hope to arrive
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here perve means I hope to arrive before
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him perve is a person who arrives before
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as a messenger to give the message like
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the other fellow came before him but he
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writes very swiftly but he writes well
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means he rides very fast and his great
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love sharp as his spur hath helped him
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to his home before us and his great love
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which is as sharp as his spur weapon
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spur means weapon
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Bala uh he helped him reach before Us
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Hal means helped and fair and Noble
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Hostess we are your guest tonight right
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so we are are your guest tonight lady
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beg says your servant ever have their
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themselves and what is there in compt to
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make their audit at your highness's
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pleasure still to return your own so M
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Meb says per is an official who prepares
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the king's reception on trips and here
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Duncan is being very modest when he says
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that I will be magb purveyor or I wanted
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to be magb perve lady magb says that we
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are always your servants and our
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servants we ourselves uh our servants we
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ourselves and everything we own you know
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she speaking almost like in third person
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all belong to you and Inc compt means
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like it is like a dep osit which has
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been interested to the mebs right in
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comp you know it's all this it's like
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you know you have given us for
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safeguarding in deposit kind of thing
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Duncan says give me your hand conduct me
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to my host give me your hand take me to
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your host we love him highly we love him
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so he's being very gracious uh and shall
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continue our Graces towards him by your
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leave Hostess so
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uh uh you know we'll continue to bestore
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Royal favors on you so so she um has
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said that we keep it in your trust and
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it for you to enjoy and return ready to
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return to us because we uh it is still
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always your own so nothing that is here
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is like we belongs to us it has been
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given as a deposit to us and you are
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always uh free to use it any time that
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you would want to right and we are ready
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to return it to you anytime that you
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want to now uh continue our Graces
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towards him what Duncan is saying is
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rather ironic because he has actually
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made it very easy for meth to kill him
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by actually entering his castle he
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entered the villains done I mean if I
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may use the term villain for meth who's
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more of a tragic hero but here he's
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going to be someone who's going to
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commit an extremely evil deed and Lady
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mbth leading Duncan just think of this
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scene a castle I don't know if anyone of
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you has seen a Scottish or a British
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Castle English Castle but they are like
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you know built of you know rock stones
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and they're huge in size so lady mbth
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holding Duncan and taking her
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inside she's taking Duncan inside she's
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actually leading him because he's saying
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take me to your host but who is the host
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the host is actually going to be a
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murderer so he's she's actually leading
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him towards his murder that makes for an
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extremely chilling kind of a scene okay
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I hope you have understood act one scene
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six still here we will now move to act 7
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which is by far the most important scene
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apart from act one scene 3 of act one
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because here we see mbth and Lady mbth
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together for a considerable period of
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time we'll be doing it in two parts
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because there are lots of important
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passages in this particular scene which
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we need to kind of do it very very
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carefully and in a very elaborate manner
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okay so now I will see you next in act 1
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scene 7 which is the last scene as far
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as act one is concerned act two is when
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King Duncan will get killed okay let me
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break that suspense for you thank you
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very much
