Macbeth 4
This act has always confused me. Macbeth appears to have gotten over his guilty conscience and apparent morality that he seemed to have in the beginning of the play. He kills people more easily now. Maybe this is because he thinks of himself as too far gone at this point? He has already killed the king and is already a bad person so why not just ride this wave of cruelty and milk it for as long as he can. I would imagine that this is what he is thinking. Or perhaps it is the other way around and he feels so guilty and afraid of being caught that in panic he is just killing anyone that could be a lose end or dethrone him. This is also an interesting act regarding the conversation between Macduff and Malcolm on Malcolm returning to Scotland to kill Macbeth. It seems he quizzes Macduff for some unknown reason and says that he (Malcolm) would be a poor king, but this is all apparently him saying this to test Macduff and actually believes he wouldn't be that bad??
Macbeth has officially lost his marbles. He just goes on a killing spree. I feel no remorse for him. I think he's just slaying everyone because he's so obsessed with maintaining his title of king. I don't think he feels guilty. He's beyond that now.
ReplyDeleteI do not think he has realized he has gone too far. I think he has lost all conception of sacrifice. He is willing to do whatever he needs to do to stay in power, because his crazed mind has only that goal in mind. Yah, MadDuff is coming to get MacBeth. The scene where Malcom tests him is super weird, but this is Shakespeare after all.
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