The macbeths Our First Look into Their Relationship

How is macbeth introduced? The Witches want to meet him after the battle.The Witches want to meet him after the battle. Captain reports Macbeth’s bravery and brutality on the battlefield to King Duncan.Captain reports Macbeth’s bravery and brutality on the battlefield to King Duncan. Shakespeare contrasts Macbeth’s loyalty to King Duncan with the treachery of the original Thane of Cawdor.Shakespeare contrasts Macbeth’s loyalty to King Duncan with the treachery of the original Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth reacts to the witches’ prophecies and his promotion to Thane of Cawdor.Macbeth reacts to the witches’ prophecies and his promotion to Thane of Cawdor. Lady Macbeth reacts to her husband’s letter.Lady Macbeth reacts to her husband’s letter.

Macbeth: a dual perspective Dying Captain, 1.2Lady Macbeth, 1.5 For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name -/Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,/ Which smoked with bloody execution,/ Like valour’s minion carved out his passage/ Till he faced the slave;/ Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,/ Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps,/And fix'd his head upon our battlements. Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be/What thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature;/It is too full o’ the milk of human kindess / To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great;/ Art not without ambition, but without/ The illness should attend it:””

Macbeth: a dual perspective Macbeth’s aside, 1.3 This supernatural soliciting/ Cannot be ill, cannot be good: if ill,/Why hath it given me earnest of success,/Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor:/If good, why do I yield to that suggestion/Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair/And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,/Against the use of nature? If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me,/Without my stir.

Macbeth: a dual perspective Macbeth to Duncan, 1.4Macbeth’s aside, 1.4 The rest is labour, which is not used for you:/ I'll be myself the harbinger and make joyful/ The hearing of my wife with your approach; /So humbly take my leave. The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step/On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,/ For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;/ Let not light see my black and deep desires: / The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be,/ Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.

How is LADY macbeth introduced? She is alone, reading a letter from Macbeth.She is alone, reading a letter from Macbeth. She reacts to the news of the witches’ prophecies.She reacts to the news of the witches’ prophecies. She reacts to the news that King Duncan and his entourage is going to sleep in their home tonight.She reacts to the news that King Duncan and his entourage is going to sleep in their home tonight. She delivers her first lines as a soliloquy that is interrupted by a servant delivering the message of Macbeth and King Duncan’s impending arrivals.She delivers her first lines as a soliloquy that is interrupted by a servant delivering the message of Macbeth and King Duncan’s impending arrivals.

Lady macbeth’s initial desire “…Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown’d withal.” To have thee crown’d withal.”

Lady macbeth’s response to the prophecies Lady Macbeth's first soliloquy, 1.5 Lady Macbeth's first soliloquy, 1.5Lady Macbeth's first soliloquy, 1.5Lady Macbeth's first soliloquy, 1.5

View each hyperlink Actor Sian Thomas Speaks of How She Views the Role of Lady Macbeth Actor Sian Thomas Speaks of How She Views the Role of Lady Macbeth Actor Sian Thomas Speaks about Summoning Spirits Actor Sian Thomas Speaks about Summoning Spirits Director Dominic Cooke Speaks about the Male World of the Play Director Dominic Cooke Speaks about the Male World of the Play

View each hyperlink Actor Greg Hicks Speaks of the First Moment He and Lady Macbeth Reunite Actor Greg Hicks Speaks of the First Moment He and Lady Macbeth Reunite Actor Sian Thomas Speaks of the Same Moment Actor Sian Thomas Speaks of the Same Moment Actor Greg Hicks Analyzes 1.5 Actor Greg Hicks Analyzes 1.5 RSC: Actors Sian Thomas and Greg Hicks Perform 1.5