Skólaskýrsla 2002 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

MACBETHWho can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man:The expedition of my violent loveOutran the pauser reason. – Here lay Duncan,His silver skin laced with his golden blood;And his gashed stabs looked like a breach in natureFor ruin’s wasteful entrance: there , the murderersSteeped in the colours of their trade, their daggersUnmannerly breached with gore. Who could refrain,That had a heart to love, and in that heartCourage, to make’s love known? (II,iii,105-115)4 What deed is Macbeth trying to justify in the above passage and what is his argument,i.e. how does he justify the deed? (4%)She should have died hereafter;There would have been a time for such a word.Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more: it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing. (V,v,17-28)5 Who says the above and what does the passage reflect about that person’s state of mindat this point? (4%)6 Explain the above underlined passage. (4%)MACBETHIf’t be so,For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind;For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered;Put rancours in the vessel of my peaceOnly for them; and mine eternal jewelGiven to the common enemy of man,To make them kings, seed of Banquo kings! (III, i, 63-69136