FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Lady Macbeth
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Macbeth
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Macduff
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Mentieth
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Detailed explanation-1: -He says, “They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, / But, bear-like, I must fight the course” (5.7. 1-2). “They” refers to Malcolm’s forces, and “bear-like” refers to an extremely cruel sport that was popular at the time.
Detailed explanation-2: -MACBETH enters. They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But, bearlike, I must fight the course. What’s he That was not born of woman?
Detailed explanation-3: -They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, But, bear-like, I must fight the course. This expression means that Macbeth realizes that this has happen now. He knows he is surrounded and is going to give all he has in him.
Detailed explanation-4: -A well-known example is Macbeth’s line: “They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, / But, bear-like, I must fight the course” (Act 5, Scene 7). Much like those tortured bears, Macbeth feels the binds of fate but must fight for his life until the bitter end.
Detailed explanation-5: -The image of paralysis that ended Scene 5 is picked up immediately in Macbeth’s image of himself as a baited bear. He is like a captured wild animal, furious yet unable to move: “They have tied me to a stake: I cannot fly.” All he can do is to await his destiny.