Thursday, May 22, 2014

Please give a good quotation showing Macbeth's tyranny in Macbeth.

The scene that springs to mind immediately is Act IV scene
3, in which Macduff reaches Malcolm in England and the two talk about the state of
Scotland and how it has declined since Macbeth killed Duncan and then crowned himself
King. There are many possible quotes that you could choose from, so you might like to
re-read this scene again. However, one of the most poignant ones is said by Malcolm to
Macduff as he gives his assessment of Scotland's
state:



I
think our country sinks beneath the yoke;


It weeps, it
bleeds; and each new day a gash


Is added to her
wounds...



Another prominent
quote that could be used is Macduff's impassioned response to Malcolm pretending to say
that he cannot do anything to help Scotland:


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Bleed, bleed, poor
country!


Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis
sure,


For goodness dare not check thee! wear thou thy
wrongs;


The title is
affer'd!



Both provide
excellent examples of Macbeth's tyranny as seen through the eyes of other characters who
have witnessed the changes that have occurred in Scotland first or
second-hand.

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