Valerie Dubinsky
6 March 2017
English E
Take-Home Macbeth Practice Explication
In Act I Scene 7, Macbeth is pondering whether he should commit the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth is trying to understand the reasons for assassinating the king. Through the use of language, metaphors, and allusions, Macbeth shows his ambivalence his hesitations about committing the crime. The passage suggests that Macbeth is a God fearing man and he worries that by completing the murderous act, he would forever jeopardize his soul. At the end of the paragraph, Macbeth arrives to the decision that he should not commit the murder of the king.
Shakespeare uses language to show his ambivalence about the murder. He contemplates, “if it were done when ’tis done”(3),
6 March 2017
English E
Take-Home Macbeth Practice Explication
In Act I Scene 7, Macbeth is pondering whether he should commit the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth is trying to understand the reasons for assassinating the king. Through the use of language, metaphors, and allusions, Macbeth shows his ambivalence his hesitations about committing the crime. The passage suggests that Macbeth is a God fearing man and he worries that by completing the murderous act, he would forever jeopardize his soul. At the end of the paragraph, Macbeth arrives to the decision that he should not commit the murder of the king.
Shakespeare uses language to show his ambivalence about the murder. He contemplates, “if it were done when ’tis done”(3),