FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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“who, as others do, / Loves for his own ends, not for you”
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“This night I’ll spend / Unto a dismal and a fatal end.”
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“Have I not reason, beldams as you are, / Saucy and overbold”
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“My little spirit, see, / Sits in a foggy cloud and stays for me.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -9. Which excerpt from Hecate’s speech in Scene 5 foreshadows Macbeth’s downfall? A “Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do, / Loves for his own ends, not for you."
Detailed explanation-2: -In Hecate’s opinion, he is. She tells the Witches that Macbeth “loves for his own ends” and prophesies that Macbeth “shall spurn Fate, ” recalling the words “disdaining Fortune” from Act I. Without this line of argument, it would be easier to suggest that Macbeth is powerless to control his own destiny.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hecate refers to a ‘dismal and fatal end’ foreshadowing macbeth’s downfall. Shakespeare links Macbeth to the witches, when hecate refers to him as a ‘wayward son’, implying that he has become fully evil in nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Act 3, Scene 5 Notes from Macbeth Hecate is angry with the witches for telling Macbeth of his fortune without calling on her at all. She tells them that they have done all their work for a selfish man who thinks only of his own fortune.
Detailed explanation-5: -Act V: Downfall of the Macbeths He is enraged when a messenger tells him that Birnan Wood is coming to Dunsinane. He abandons his siege plan and goes out to fight; although his army is losing, nobody seems able to kill Macbeth himself.