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Lennox. For certain, sir, he is not. I have a file^3
Of all the gentry: there is Siward’s son,
And many unrough^4 youths that even now
Protest^5 their first of manhood.
Menteith. What does the tyrant?
Caithness. Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies.
Some say he’s mad; others, that lesser hate him,
Do call it valiant fury: but, for certain,
He cannot buckle his distempered cause
Within the belt of rule.^6
Angus. Now does he feel
His secret murders sticking on his hands;
Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach.^7
Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in love. Now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe
Upon a dwarfish thief.
Menteith. Who then shall blame
His pestered^8 senses to recoil and start,
When all that is within him does condemn
Itself for being there?
Caithness. Well, march we on,
To give obedience where ’tis truly owed.
Meet we the med’cine of the sickly weal,^9
And with him pour we, in our country’s purge,
Each drop of us.^10
Lennox. Or so much as it needs
To dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds.^11
Make we our march towards Birnam. [Exit, marching.]⌘ ⌘ ⌘Scene iii • Dunsinane. In the castle.
[Enter Macbeth, Doctor, and Attendants.]
Macbeth. Bring me no more reports; let them fly all!^1
Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane
I cannot taint^2 with fear. What’s the boy Malcolm?
Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know
All mortal consequences^3 have pronounced me thus:
“Fear not, Macbeth; no man that’s born of woman
Shall e’er have power upon thee.” Then fly, false thanes,
And mingle with the English epicures.^4
The mind I sway^5 by and the heart I bear- file list.
- unrough beardless. 10
- Protest assert.
15- rule self-control.
- minutely... faith-breach every
minute revolts rebuke his
disloyalty. 20 - pestered tormented.
25- med’cine... weal Malcolm
and his supporters are “the
medicine” that will heal “the
sickly” commonwealth.
purge (purj) n. ousting; removal - Each... us every last drop of
our blood. - dew... weeds water the royal
flower (Malcolm) and drown
the weeds (Macbeth).
30- let... all let them all desert
me! - taint become infected.
- mortal consequences future 5
human events. - epicures gluttons.
- sway move.
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Strategic Support
Unpacking Figures of Speech Review the examples of figurative
language in Scene ii, lines 12–31. For students to fully appreciate
Shakespeare’s figurative language, they need to be able to tell what
dissimilar things Shakespeare is comparing, and what each passage
means. As they closely read Act V, students might complete a chart
to help them analyze these comparisons.Analyze Figurative
Language
Students may have marked Scene ii,
lines 12–31 during their first read. Use these
lines to help students analyze figurative
language. Encourage them to talk about the
annotations that they marked. You may want
to model a close read with the class based on
the highlights shown in the text.
ANNOTATE: Have students mark details in
these lines of dialogue that demonstrate the
use of figurative language, or have students
participate while you highlight them.
QUESTiON: Guide students to consider what
these details might tell them. Ask what a
reader can infer from what was marked and
accept student responses.
Possible responses: Every figure of speech is
a metaphor, each one featuring an image of
disease, deformity, or incongruity.
CONCLUDE: Help students to formulate
conclusions about the importance of these
details in the text. Ask students why the
author might have included these details.
Possible response: The author intends these
metaphors to reflect the disastrous condition of
Scotland under Macbeth.
Remind students that figurative language
reveals truth imaginatively instead of stating it
literally. Authors employ figurative language
to emphasize particular aspects of a person, a
thing, or a situation.
• simile: a comparison of two apparently
unlike things that uses the words like, as,
than, or resembles
• metaphor: a comparison of two apparently
unlike things, in which one thing is spoken
of as if it were the other—without like, as,
than, or resembles
• personification: a comparison in which
a writer gives a nonhuman subject human
characteristicsCLOSER LOOK
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