Act 2 Scene 8 Death Of Macbeth Analysis

FRAME 8: DEATH OF MACBETH The death of Macbeth is the end of everything Macbeth achieved in his lifetime as well as the end of his ambition. Would this scene has occurred if not for the prophecy? Probably not, if not for the fate laid out by the three witches, Macbeth most likely would not have taken the steps he took to reach the crown. Sadly, the prophecy was told and Macbeth made his own consciousness steps in accordance with how he believed he would reach the kingship. This specific frame though is comprised of the witches’ cauldron, the murder of Macduff’s family, and the beheading of Macbeth. All these events are connected. Macbeth, as he grows more power-hungry, seeks out the witches for more information on how his fate will …show more content…
The witches hiss out the future to come; one such prophecy a warning from a floating head telling him to beware Macduff (the others being none of woman born can kill Macbeth, that he is safe till Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill, and a procession of eight kings with Banquo at the end). The witches do not force anything upon him within the scene; Macbeth only extrapolates from the information that he will kill Macduff’s family to stop the prophecy. The death of his family leads Macduff to revenge and eventually him beheading Macbeth as a man born of C-section. This entire plotline is amazing in how interconnected the acts are. If Macbeth did not kill Macduff’s family, there is a possibility that Macduff would not have purposefully searched him out or have killed him. The self-fulfilling prophecy again: what Macbeth is told will happen, he believes will happen and he …show more content…
FRAME 9: KING MALCOLM This frame is meant to be the closing frame in the central circle of the Cauldron; with Malcolm rightfully restored to his station. Though Macbeth’s choices and actions through the entire play were all done in fulfilling the prophecy and securing the throne, he is still left with nothing (his reputation and name buried in the dirt). Though the self-fulfilling prophecy may have placed him on the throne, the half-truths of the witches did not exactly mean what he wanted. In the frame, all aspects are meant to highlight the Divine Right of Kings that works in the favor of Malcolm, as the fate of being King is his through lineage and cannot (shouldn’t be) usurped by the acts of a traitor. The golden armor, crown, and sun represent the kingly graces given by God to his chosen representative on Earth. The stars are meant to be represent fate (the modern day ‘written in the stars’). The background is blue to set the scenery of day to show the new era that Malcolm will usher in after Macbeth’s tyranny. Also, the blue background is made out of rulers (rulers for a ruler). SUPPORTING