Lady Macbeth is a total creep.
What are the witches planning at the beginning of the act?
They are planning to meet Macbeth on the heath before sunset after the battle is over. They want to tell him about something and allude to it and say together, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air,” meaning that all is not what all seems.
What happened to the original Thane of Cawdor and why did he lose his title?
The original Thane of Cawdor was a traitor who fought with the Norwegian army against the Scots. He and the Norwegians lost, and as soon as Duncan, King of Scotland, finds out about it, revokes his title and gives it Macbeth, the present Thane of Glamis.
How do the witches greet Macbeth after the battle? Why?
They greet him with “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee,” (page 15). They do this because of his current status as the Than of Glamis, his soon to be title of Thane of Cawdor, and in the near future, the king of Scotland. I think that they are also slyly mocking him, knowing that they are influencing his fate.
What is the significance of Lady Macbeth's "unsex me" scene?
Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to become the King of Scotland through the murder of Duncan. By saying “unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty,” (page 31), she wants to be rid of any feminine emotion such as gentleness and love and replace them with cruelty and ambition. This is to ensure that when the time comes to kill Duncan, she will not waver.
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Basically, Lady Macbeth wants to become like a man so that she will be able to employ the masculine qualities of ambition, greed, and ruthlessness. The irony in this is that her goal is to become queen, and a queen’s primary job during the medieval time period was to bear children (sons were preferred) and continue the generation.
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