© Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved.NOTESSiward. Some must go off;^14 and yet, by these I see,
So great a day as this is cheaply bought.
Malcolm. Macduff is missing, and your noble son.
Ross. Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier’s debt:
He only lived but till he was a man;
The which no sooner had his prowess confirmed
In the unshrinking station^15 where he fought,
But like a man he died.
Siward. Then he is dead?
Ross. Ay, and brought off the field. Your cause of sorrow
Must not be measured by his worth, for then
It hath no end.
Siward. Had he his hurts before?
Ross. Ay, on the front.
Siward. Why then, God’s soldier be he!
Had I as many sons as I have hairs,
I would not wish them to a fairer death:
And so his knell is knolled.
Malcolm. He’s worth more sorrow,
And that I’ll spend for him.
Siward. He’s worth no more:
They say he parted well and paid his score:
And so God be with him! Here comes newer comfort.
[Enter Macduff, with Macbeth’s head.]
Macduff. Hail, King! for so thou art: behold, where stands
Th’ usurper’s cursèd head. The time is free.^16
I see thee compassed with thy kingdom’s pearl,^17
That speak my salutation in their minds,
Whose voices I desire aloud with mine:
Hail, King of Scotland!
All. Hail, King of Scotland!
[Flourish.]
Malcolm. We shall not spend a large expense of time
Before we reckon with your several loves,^18
And make us even with you.^19 My thanes and kinsmen,
Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland
In such an honor named. What’s more to do,
Which would be planted newly with the time^20 —
As calling home our exiled friends abroad
That fled the snares of watchful tyranny,
Producing forth the cruel ministers
Of this dead butcher and his fiendlike queen,
Who, as ’tis thought, by self and violent hands
Took off her life—this, and what needful else- go off die.
40- unshrinking station place
where he stood firmly.
4550usurper (yoo SURP uhr) n. person 55
who takes control without the
proper authority- The... free Our country is
liberated. - compassed... pearl
surrounded by the noblest
people in the kingdom.
60- reckon... loves reward each
of you for your devotion. - make... you pay what we
owe you. - What’s... time what remains 65
to be done at the beginning of
this new age.
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DIGITAL PERSPECTIVES
Enriching the Text Review Scene viii, lines
60–75. Point out that, as the play closes,
Duncan’s son Malcolm takes the throne of
Scotland. Inform students that, in reality,
Malcolm Canmore did become king in
1057, seventeen years after Duncan’s death.
He reigned as Malcolm III for 35 years.
Further explain that Malcolm had been
protected during exile by King Edward theConfessor of England. Later, Malcolm had
an opportunity to return the favor to the
country that shielded him from harm. After
England was defeated at the 1066 Battle
of Hastings by William of Normandy, the
grandchildren of Edmund Ironside (half-
brother to Edward the Confessor) fled to
exile in Scotland. There, Malcolm protected
them just as Edward had protected him.Encourage students to conduct further
online research into the lives of one of
these historical figures: (the real) King
Macbeth; King Malcolm III; his father,
King Duncan I; Edward the Confessor of
England, William of Normandy; Edmund
Ironside; or Saint Margaret of Scotland,
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