Lesson 7 paper
1. Find at least three places of peripety, where the emotion of fear is replaced by the emotion of pity.
I feel like the first place would have been during the first murder scene with Duncan; when Macbeth’s wife puts the pressure on him to follow through with the murder. There is a sense of fear that she is creating and then you pity him with how she manipulates him into following through with it. Another one in my eyes would be when the porter rings. You can sense that feeling of fear that everything that’s been down is going to be exposed; then follows further decent, you have an over whelming sense of pity as you know he has passed the point of no return. One that I especially like is the end of the play when Macbeth is boosting …show more content…
He had “good” in him but his biggest obstacle to overcome was his own pride and lust for power. If I had to assign the roles to two different characters it would be Macbeth as the protagonist and the Macduff as the antagonist who after losing his wife and son defeats Macbeth in hand to hand combat slaying Macbeth and putting an end to his murderous killing spree.
4. Find examples of hubris, and describe the protagonist’s nemesis, or fatal flaw.
The first example of the hubris would be Macbeths pride that he exhibits as he desire to know more about himself being King from the witches. He then puts into place his plot to kill Duncan and then Banquo and his son which would leave the throne to be him. Again, these actions were driven by pride and a lust for power. Another aspect of Macbeth’s fatal flaw of pride and a lust for power would be his wife who in the beginning manipulates him; she creates a monster that loses control. Along the lines of pride he seeks advice from the witches again, wanting to no more of the future and how to control it.
5. Talk about three major thoughts of the play. How does the reading of Macbeth encourage virtue in the audience
1. Find at least three places of peripety, where the emotion of fear is replaced by the emotion of pity.
I feel like the first place would have been during the first murder scene with Duncan; when Macbeth’s wife puts the pressure on him to follow through with the murder. There is a sense of fear that she is creating and then you pity him with how she manipulates him into following through with it. Another one in my eyes would be when the porter rings. You can sense that feeling of fear that everything that’s been down is going to be exposed; then follows further decent, you have an over whelming sense of pity as you know he has passed the point of no return. One that I especially like is the end of the play when Macbeth is boosting …show more content…
He had “good” in him but his biggest obstacle to overcome was his own pride and lust for power. If I had to assign the roles to two different characters it would be Macbeth as the protagonist and the Macduff as the antagonist who after losing his wife and son defeats Macbeth in hand to hand combat slaying Macbeth and putting an end to his murderous killing spree.
4. Find examples of hubris, and describe the protagonist’s nemesis, or fatal flaw.
The first example of the hubris would be Macbeths pride that he exhibits as he desire to know more about himself being King from the witches. He then puts into place his plot to kill Duncan and then Banquo and his son which would leave the throne to be him. Again, these actions were driven by pride and a lust for power. Another aspect of Macbeth’s fatal flaw of pride and a lust for power would be his wife who in the beginning manipulates him; she creates a monster that loses control. Along the lines of pride he seeks advice from the witches again, wanting to no more of the future and how to control it.
5. Talk about three major thoughts of the play. How does the reading of Macbeth encourage virtue in the audience