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Macbeth


            Three witches plan to meet with Macbeth upon a heath (maybe Macbeth should be pronounced Macbeeth to rhyme with heath?). They announce the major theme of the play: appearances are deceiving. That's the foul is fair stuff. You know, what's good will be bad, what's bad will be good. This will be repeated until you are sick of it.
             scene ii.
             All right, now for some of the background stuff. The audience does have to learn what's going on. .
             Duncan decides a bloody man (sometimes bloody sergeant or bloody soldier or bloody Captain but whatever at least we know he's covered in blood) should know something about the battle going on. Bloody good guess on Duncan's part.
             Well the guy does know something. It looked like Macdonwald, a no good rebel trying to overthrow Duncan and cut a deal with the King of Norway, was going to win for Fortune was smiling on him. But Macbeth hacked his way to meet Macdonwald and meeting him face to face he split him in two ("unseemed him from the nave to th' chops" --meaning the sword went in at the navel and was pulled up, Macbeth was strong). Oh, and he cut the head off and fixed it on a battlement: a tall pole waved over the troops to dishearten them because as many were mercenaries (soldiers for hire) and unless they were really stupid once they say the head of their employer truly looking down on them they would figure out no leader, no money.
             Sounds good. Battle's over right. No. It seems that Sweno, King of Norway, figured he could mount a second attack with fresh men; but Macbeth and Banquo fought like men possessed ("cannons overcharged with double cracks").
             Now the bloody whatever is too pooped to continue, so Duncan ever concerned with his men says it's OK to get him a doctor, now. Sure, after he's pumped out what little life was left in the guy. And did you pick up on the good is bad thing--the battle seemed won but additional troops arrived. Watch for that stuff if you want to make points with your teacher.


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