© Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved.NOTESTo make thee full of growing. Noble Banquo.
That hast no less deserved, nor must be known
No less to have done so, let me enfold thee
And hold thee to my heart.
Banquo. There if I grow
The harvest is your own.
King. My plenteous joys,
Wanton^11 in fullness seek to hide themselves,
In drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes,
And you whose places are the nearest, know,
We will establish our estate upon
Our eldest, Malcolm,^12 whom we name hereafter
The Prince of Cumberland: which honor must
Not unaccompanied invest him only,
But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
On all deservers. From hence to Inverness.^13
And bind us further to you.
Macbeth. The rest is labor, which is not used for you.^14
I’ll be myself harbinger,^15 and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach;
So, humbly take my leave.
King. My worthy Cawdor!
Macbeth. [Aside] The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires:
The eye wink at the hand;^16 yet let that be
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. [Exit.]
King. True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant,
And in his commendations I am fed;
It is a banquet to me. Let’s after him,
Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome.
It is a peerless kinsman. [Flourish. Exit.]⌘ ⌘ ⌘Scene v • Inverness. Macbeth’s castle.
[Enter Macbeth’s Wife, alone, with a letter.]
Lady Macbeth. [Reads] “They met me in the day of
success; and I have learned by the perfect’st report
they have more in them than mortal knowledge.
When I burned in desire to question them further,
they made themselves air, into which they vanished.
Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came30- Wanton unrestrained.
35- establish... Malcolm make
Malcolm the heir to my
throne.
40- Inverness Macbeth’s castle.
- The rest... you anything not
done for you is laborious. - harbinger advance
representative of the army
or royal party who makes
arrangements for a visit.
4550- wink at the hand be blind to
the hand’s deed.
555CLOSE READ
ANNOTATE: In lines 28–30,
mark the metaphor, or implied
comparison, in Duncan’s speech
to Macbeth.
QUESTION: What role is the king
giving himself with regard to
Macbeth and Banquo?
CONCLUDE: What can you
conclude about the king’s plans
for Macbeth and Banquo?The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act I 269LIT17_SE12_U03_A1C_WC.indd 269 20/03/16 1:24 AMCLOSE READ
Remind students that metaphor is a figure of
speech in which a word or phrase is used to
compare two unlike objects. You may wish to
model the Close Read using the following think-
aloud format. Possible responses to questions on
the Student page are included.
ANNOTATE: As I read lines 28−30, I notice and
highlight words that the king uses to compare
Banquo. The king compares Banquo to the seeds
of a plant that he has planted and will be sure to
make grow.
QUESTION: I can see that the king thinks of
himself as someone who will guide Macbeth and
Banquo. He uses words that reflect nurturing and
growth.CONCLUDE: I think that the king believes he can
lead Macbeth and Banquo to greatness and help
them reach their full potential.Whole-Class Learning 269
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