Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Post XII: reader response

Pick the most important word/line/image/object/event in Act III and explain why you chose it; be sure to support your explanation with examples from the text.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Autumn

An important event of Act III was the death of Banquo. Macbeth wanted Banquo and Fleance both dead because he thought they would jeopardize the throne. Macbeth asked two murders to do the job but asked another because he was paranoid it wouldn't get done. "To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared." Macbeth is saying that there is no joy in being king unless the position is safe and he fears that Banquo and Fleance could take that away from him.

mmatysak said...

Autumn,
jeopardize- WOW word

Good supporting quote

Anonymous said...

Daniel

Great job Autumn!! Great quote! Great detailz. Very discriptive! Awesome! :)

Anonymous said...

Elliott

Nice Autumn

I believe that the beginning of Act I was extremely important. Macbeth's interrogation of Banquo set the stage for his death. Asking "Ride you this evening?", and "Goes Fleance with you?", are the two details which I believe really urged Macbeth to go through with the assassination. He wanted the two together and getting them both at once would be the easiest way to keep Banquo's prophecy from coming true.