Friday, November 28, 2008

the end

In act five scene 5, Macbeth does, what I like to call a dark Vader move, and moves back to good. This is seen at the beginning of act 5 when Macbeth says, “I have almost forgot the taste of fears: the time has been my senses would have cooled to hear a night-shriek, and my fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir”(224). What this quote is showing is that Macbeth for the first time since before he killed Duncan has fear. This is also the first time that Macbeth’s fears have not led him to kill someone. This makes him good because for the fist time since act one he is almost human, he is thinking rationally for the most part and is now afraid that something might happen. I do think that is interesting that this comes at the cry death from lady Macbeth. In some ways it is as if lade Macbeth, who was the one that made Macbeth do the first killing, was the part of Macbeth that was making him do the other killings and thing.

2 comments:

southerndawg777 said...

While he acts with fear I would not call it a "DARTH (check the spelling) Vader" move. sure he shows remorse but he doesn't go out and then kill the biggest evil guy because he is the biggest evil guy. In Star Wars the reason it is so powerful is because Darth Vader goes from the number 2 bad guy to saving the number one good guy and taking down the number one bad guy. I understand what you are saying but I believe the connection is not as much as u say it is.

Jsmith said...

I wouldn't say he comes good he just starts to realize that he could be killed. When he sees the queen die he realizes that he could be next. As the ending comes he starts to become more afraid of dying and he just fights for his life and dies.