BIOL1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lady Macduff, Banquo, Pangs
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Characters relationship and interactions give the reader insight into the mind of the characters and manipulates how the readers respond sympathetic towards macbeth. How other characters praise and denote macbeth manipulates how the reader perceives him. We first hear of captain highly praises of brave macbeth who has fought, disdaining. Fortune , with his brandished steel which smoked of bloody execution . This confirms the idea that the reader"s initial impression is of a brave and capable warrior-somewhat of a hero which is formed through other characters praise of macbeth. Instances of humanity within them, audience react sympathetically. Macbeth saw duncan as meek and possessing virtues that would "plead like angels, trumpet- tongued against the deep damnation of his take-off. Macbeth"s internal combination of ambition and passivity create his susceptibility to the witch"s prophecies and allow him to commit murderous deeds, but his unwillingness to take action-and to do evil-create his internal conflict that ultimately leads to his downfall.
