Dear Sophomores,
You did SUCH a great job finishing up this play today - well done!
Please watch the above video of renowned Shakespearean actor Ian McKellan performing the "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" speech. Then, answer these questions:
MACBETH 17 She should have died hereafter; 18 There would have been a time for such a word. 19 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, 20 Creeps in this petty pace from day to day 21 To the last syllable of recorded time, 22 And all our yesterdays have lighted fools 23 The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! 24 Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player 25 That struts and frets his hour upon the stage 26 And then is heard no more: it is a tale 27 Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 28 Signifying nothing.1. The speech is about Lady Macbeth's death, and the focus is on TIME.
He uses words like 'tomorrow,' 'yesterday,' 'time,' 'hour,' 'day'. What is he suggesting about time in this passage?
2. What is Macbeth's TONE?
3. Do you feel sorry for him at all?
1. Macbeth is suggesting that her death is at the wrong time, and that if it was after the battle he would have time to mourn and pay his respects for Lady Macbeth. Macbeth also knows he doesn't have much time left on this earth.
ReplyDelete2. Macbeth's tone is sad because he talks of how quick life ends, and how he has lost everything in his life.
3. I do feel kind of bad for Macbeth since he lost Lady Macbeth, but all the terrible acts he has committed definitely lessens my respect for him.
By using the words MacBeth uses he is suggesting that he knows that he will die soon. Macbeth's tone is a sad tone because his wife has died. I do not feel for him at all because he had murderers kill Macduff's wife and kids, so in my opinion he got a taste of his own medicine.
ReplyDelete1. I think what he is suggesting about time is that he wishes he could have maybe died on the same day as her so he wouldn't have had to hear about her death.
ReplyDelete2. The tone of Macbeth is mostly sad and angry about what he has just been told and also it seems like he feels bad about what he has done and regrets it but doesn't really show it.
3.I don't really feel sorry for Macbeth because he deserves everything he gets because he killed many people and ruined the lives of other people so I don't think anyone should feel sorry for him.
1. The reason why Macbeth uses many terms throughout his speech like "tomorrow" and "yesterday" is to signify that Macbeth tells this speech after the events of Lady Macbeth's death, and regrets that he wasn't there to change anything.
ReplyDelete2. Throughout this speech, Macbeth has a very serious tone when addressing words like "Dusty Death" or a statement like "Life's but a walking shadow."
3. I feel sorrow for what Macbeth is going through at the moment but on the other hand, his selfishness to become king and kill Duncan has came back to haunt him so he basically brought this on himself.
Sean Nash
1. Macbeth in this passage is suggesting that one looses all sense of time when they have gone crazy. lady Macbeth had no sense of time and neither did he by the end of the book.
ReplyDelete2. Macbeth's ton is almost scolding like hes disappointed in her for doing something wrong. at the same time he is also sorrowful. he is sad that his wife is dead even though by her later days she was quiet mad.
3.i feel sorry for Macbeth only because he sees the fault in his ways. he knows he did something wrong, if he didn't recognize this and regret his actions i would not feel sorry for him.
Liam Gross
ReplyDeleteI think he is suggesting that time has gone by fast and that he has not used it to its fullest. Like he has messed up.
His tone is sad and depressing. Also thoughtful and regretting.
I don't really feel sorry for him because he killed a lot of people including children and he ad plenty of opportunities to stop and correct himself
1. I think that time in the passage is reflected over a longer period of time than just a day or two. He first mentions tomorrow - meaning after the war is over. Then he mentions yesterday - probably referring to the time before all the bad events occurred. When Macbeth mentions hours - I think that he really means that now is not the time to hear such news. He knew that she was "sick" but wasn't expecting her to kill herself. When he talks about day I believe that it is the actual day. The day that will change everyone. The day that he will finally face Macduff and hopefully defeat the army.
ReplyDelete2. Macbeth's tone is solemn and slightly sad. He is serious about the situation at hand but doesn't really react to his wife's death. Macduff had more of a reaction to his family's massacre than Macbeth did about his wife. A massacre is obviously more serious than a suicide but I expected him to react more.
3. I don't think I feel extremely sorry for Macbeth. He in a way brought everything upon himself but at the same time he didn't. It all started with the plot to become king, after all the bloodshed now his entire life is crumbling to pieces. I feel a little sorry for him since his life is falling apart. His wife killed herself, he is going into battle, he is constantly paranoid that someone will find out. All this brings me to believe that it could have been prevented if he wasn't "forced" to kill Duncan in the beginning by Lady Macbeth.
1.) Macbeth is suggesting that time slowly can take things away from you. Time has taken his meaning in life away. One day he was a noble soldier respected by everyone in his country. The next he was a murderer and liar. As time went on, things just get worse, he kills his best friend, he kills innocent women and children,etc. It takes up to now after his wife had killed herself, to realize that he has simply become something he never wanted to be, a savage animal that would do anything for power.
ReplyDelete2.) The tone is overall sad and in "despair". Grieving and inevitable.
3.) I do feel bad for Macbeth now that he has finally seen what time has made him. I do think however that he did bring this upon himself.
1.In this passage, Macbeth is saying that neither him, nor Lady Macbeth had any sense of how much time was going by or how crazy they had become. He uses those words to explain how quickly time can fly by.
ReplyDelete2.Macbeth’s tone is angry. He is angry at himself and for Lady Macbeth. He also seems regretful for how out of hand he and Lady Macbeth had gotten.
3. I kind of feel sorry for Macbeth because at first, he got pressured into the things he did. He knows how wrong he was and wishes he could fix them.
1. I believe he is suggesting that time has been lost. In the midst of battle, and horror, one can forget time and be completely oblivious to the length or duration of an event. He is suggesting that this was not Lady Macbeth's time to die, but she did. He may also be implying that he knows it is close to his time as well. He has messed with the natural order and is finally being punished for it, and he knows it now. He reflects back on his time in power, and realizes all of the unnatural things he did during that time.
ReplyDelete2. There is sorrow in Macbeth’s voice and sadness in his eyes. There are times when he pauses for long duration and is most likely thinking about how his life has unfolded. I don’t think he can quite grasp the idea that Lady Macbeth has died, so he is also in some sort of disbelief. He has now accepted his fate and realizes that his time to leave is coming near in the future.
3. In some ways, I do feel sorry for Macbeth. The loss of a loved one is never an easy thing to deal with, no matter who you are. At the same time though, he did commit very terrible crimes and caused several murders to occur. So yes I do have sympathy for him, but at the same time I do know all of the horrific things he did so I don’t necessarily feel all that sorry for the guy.
1. in this scene i think Macbeth is wishing he had just one more day with his wife just one more moment to be with her and not take his time on earth for granted. in this it really finally hits him that time is limited and what he did with his wasn't truly worth it. he talks about yesterday in a regretful way while he talks about tomorrow in a wishful and hopeful way. you can hear the true regret in his voice and he makes it clear he thinks life is just a waste because the second you die, it's over, everything is gone and nothing is left.
ReplyDelete2. the tone he uses is quite depressing, his tone and the way he speaks and the words he uses show regret and a longing for just one more day. he realizes he now has nothing and you can hear that in his voice.
3. i feel absolutely horrible for Macbeth, unlike practically everyone else. even though he did kill all those people, including children, i still feel for him in this scene. watching him realize he truly has nothing and no one left breaks my heart, he is entirely alone to watch his own life fall apart and all he can do is watch. he knows there is nothing he can do
drew hannigan
1. when Macbeth mentions time, I think it means that Macbeth didn't think it was Lady Macbeths time to die. I also think it means that he wasn't expecting her death at that moment in time. When he talks about that specific day, he is talking about all of the terrible events that have occurred, and how so many things can happen and change in such a short amount of time. I believe that he thinks the karma from all the bad things he had done is coming back to haunt him.
ReplyDelete2. Macbeths tone is depressing and sad. I feel that he was trying not to show all of his emotions regarding Lady Macbeths death. When he was told about her death, I though he would have a more dramatic reaction.
3. I felt as though if Macbeth showed more emotion about the death of his wife that I would've felt a little bad. But, considering the people that he murdered and all the trouble he had caused, I don't exactly feel bad for him.
Macbeth is obsessed with turning back time, not because he realizes what he did was wrong, but because he wishes to undo the mistakes he made. As soon as he hears the news about Birnam Wood moving towards him he realizes that despite his immense power, he can't control time. His tone is regretful because he knows that he will die, despite trying to convince himself that no one who was not of woman born would come for him. I don't feel bad for Macbeth because he doesn't regret the decisions to kill people because of those people's lives, he only regrets them for the negative ramifications that will affect him
ReplyDelete1. Macbeth is suggesting that Lady Macbeth has died too soon and it was not time for that to happen, as time goes on things change
ReplyDelete2.The tone Macbeth uses is sorrow. He feels bad that Lady Macbeth died, he thinks it was too soon for her to die. I think he also still wants to become king and do that before he actually notices that she's gone.
3. I feel a little bad for Macbeth because he is losing his life and realizes that what he did is wrong. I don't feel bad because he killed many people just to be king which ended up hurting himself in the end.
1) Macbeth suggest that time is inevitable, and that every second is only bringing everyone closer to death.He didn't really seem to care about his wife's death because he basically said its going to happen one day, and that life is just a bunch of fools preforming a play only to never be heard from again once their gone.
ReplyDelete2)I see his tones as a blend of emotions. Even though he suggests that he doesn't care about his wife's death, i feel he really does. 1 because she is his wife, 2 because she was his partner in crime and he is probably asking himself,if she was the strong one, and died from guilt, what is going to happen to me? Secondly Macbeth seems angry at the realization that life, in his interpretation, is just a meaningless act.
3) I don't feel bad for Macbeth because he got what was coming to him.
1. He uses these words to show that we don't have much time on this earth and it is taken for granted.
ReplyDelete2. His tone is remorseful, because his wife just died, and his actions caused her to be killed.
3. I don't feel bad for him at all. I believe in an eye for an eye. If Macbeth is going to go around killing peoples families, he and his wife should die as well.
Hanna Konash
1. I think he is saying that throughout all of time life is pointless and has no meaning to it.
ReplyDelete2. The tone of the passage is depressing, which we can tell by looking at what he is explaining; that life is pointless and everyone is just a pawn in life playing a role.
3. I feel sorry for macbeth because he was (sort of) a good person turned bad by witches and his wife and didnt deserve to be put in the situation he was in at the end of the book
1. He is using these words to show that he thinks that this death is at a horrible time. It is just before a major battle and Macbeth needs to be fully focused on fighting and not on mourning his wife's death. It also shows that he will remember her death for a long time.
ReplyDelete2. I think that his tonw is very sad and remorse-full. This is evident when after this scene, he is very reluctant to fight when he usually would go all in.
3. I don't really have any sympathy for Macbeth because he has been a horrible person to become the king, so its just kind of karma that something like this would happen to him.
-This passage from Macbeth shows what is happening to his mind as it begins to decay with stress and insanity. He loses all sense of time and feels as though his world is falling apart.
ReplyDelete-Macbeth's tone is sad and enraged. He is sad because he realizes that his entire world is falling apart and he is no longer the great person that he was. He is angry because he hates how the witches prophecy is coming true.
- I do feel sorry for Macbeth. He was such a great man who was valiant in battle, until the witches. I believe that the witches corrupted him. They put the idea for the need for power in his head.
-Nick Piccioli
1. I'm convinced that this could mean several different things. For one, I feel this means he wished that the death of Lady Macbeth happened later on, after the battle, so he could mourn her death in a proper way. This line could also represent the fact that all time is inevitable. What we think is the present is actually the past because time goes by, and what was once the present for that moment in time, is now the past, not to be seen again. The two ideas I got out of this line was time is inevitable and Macbeth wished he could properly mourn his wife's death.
ReplyDelete2. I can sense regret and sorrow in his voice. He feels extrenely sad because his wife died and he couldn't properly mourn the death of Lady Macbeth, and because of that, he regrets everything that happened as a result of his actions. He realizes that if he just accepted the role of Thane, he would have power as well as his wife and his life, rather than killing everyone in power.
3. I do not feel bad for Macbeth. Before committing these murders, he acknowledged that he would be in big trouble if he got caught, but he did it anyway. Yes, he may have been "brainwashed" by the witches, but it was his idea to go to them in the first place. He knews the consequenecs, but he did the crimes anyway.