The Five Favorite Acts In Macbeth By William Shakespeare
Favorite Acts
Macbeth
In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth there are five total acts. They all have a different meaning and they all have different points to make. The ones that seem to stand out the most are acts 1, 2, and 5. The meaning of these acts are similarly the same. Shakespeare wanted to show the different ways people think and how fast everything can change in these acts in particular.
“When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain?” These are the first lines of act one of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This act is one that stands out because it is the beginning of the end, essentially. No one really knows what is going on in each other's minds yet, this is where we get introduced to the people of the play. The three witches, though not in this play much, are very important people. They basically decide everyone’s future, which isn’t good at all. In act one, we learn what is going to happen to Macbeth and Banquo. This starts off as something they can put aside and think nothing of, until further along in the play, bad things start happening. Act one is where you start to learn what people are really thinking. It really shows how …show more content…
Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.” (Act 2 scene 1) This is a statement that Macbeth makes to himself while he is having a soliloquy on stage. Act two is right after Macbeth has killed King Duncan, the man that completely trusted him and even allowed him to be Thane of Cawdor. In act two we see what is really going on in everyone’s minds. No one will be the same ever again, this is why this act stands out so well. At first Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself feel bad about what just happened, but they cannot do anything about this anymore. What is done is done. Like Macbeth says in act two scene two, “Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!” Duncan is dead, and now nothing is going to change what they have just
Macbeth
In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth there are five total acts. They all have a different meaning and they all have different points to make. The ones that seem to stand out the most are acts 1, 2, and 5. The meaning of these acts are similarly the same. Shakespeare wanted to show the different ways people think and how fast everything can change in these acts in particular.
“When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain?” These are the first lines of act one of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This act is one that stands out because it is the beginning of the end, essentially. No one really knows what is going on in each other's minds yet, this is where we get introduced to the people of the play. The three witches, though not in this play much, are very important people. They basically decide everyone’s future, which isn’t good at all. In act one, we learn what is going to happen to Macbeth and Banquo. This starts off as something they can put aside and think nothing of, until further along in the play, bad things start happening. Act one is where you start to learn what people are really thinking. It really shows how …show more content…
Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.” (Act 2 scene 1) This is a statement that Macbeth makes to himself while he is having a soliloquy on stage. Act two is right after Macbeth has killed King Duncan, the man that completely trusted him and even allowed him to be Thane of Cawdor. In act two we see what is really going on in everyone’s minds. No one will be the same ever again, this is why this act stands out so well. At first Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself feel bad about what just happened, but they cannot do anything about this anymore. What is done is done. Like Macbeth says in act two scene two, “Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!” Duncan is dead, and now nothing is going to change what they have just