| What is happening immediately before and after the scene | Everyone is having dinner and Macbeth is talking to himself while getting something |
| What’s happening in this scene | Macbeth is talking himself out of killing Duncan and decides not to proceed further with the plan |
| Setting | Macbeth’s home (in the castle at the dinner table) |
| Characters in the scene | Macbeth and Lady Macbeth |
| What their actions highlight of the characters personalities | Lady Macbeth is not afraid of what happens if Duncan is killed. Macbeth is scared and indecisive of the situation, showing readers that he has a vaulting ambition which is his tragic flaw |
| Mental state of Macbeth | ??? |
| Mental state of Lady Macbeth | ??? |
| Tone | The Soliloquy has an argumentative tone. It goes from contemplative to argumentative to decisive. |
| Thesis | In act 1, scene 7 from the play Macbeth, Shakespeare uses her Marsha, Soliloquy, and characterization to show the blind ambition can lead to destruction |
| LIT 1: Harmatia | vaulting ambition of Macbeth and being aware of it |
| LIT 2: Soliloquy | realization of not killing Duncan he knows that people would be against his murder because Duncan was a good King. He also knows it’s wrong and he has no reason to even be considering the murder |
| LIT 3: Characterization | Macbeth’s weaknesses and always trying to prove manhood.Lady Macbeth convinces him to kill Duncan to prove his manlihood. |
| Theme/Purpose: | To show how Lady Macbeth can manipulate Macbeth by influencing the decision of killing Duncan. |
| Why it’s a key moment in the plot? | This is a key moment because it is a driving decision that will lead to all events that come after and it shows Macbeth’s true nature where Lady Macbeth controls to get her way. |
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Macbeth Act 1, Scene 7
September 8, 2019