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Abdul Meelar Cindy Rogers English 12 October 25, 2013 Assignment 9 Macbeth Literature From reading scenes one and two, I can summarize that the character who is fair was Macbeth. One of the reasons why I think he is fair is because he acts courageously and destroys the leader of opposition. Macbeth also goes on to fight the next wave of soldiers, commanded by the Norwegian King, with full force. This scene also addresses the leader of the opposition, the Norwegian King, whom is shown as being unfair and foul. Macbeth's friend and second in command, Bonquo seems to enjoy praising the witches when they first meet. Macbeth on the other hand doesnt trust the witches at all and has a different outlook about them. Macbeth wants to understand the fortunes told by the witches and feels distraught by their accurate predictions. Later on, when Banquo and Macbeth find the witches predictions to be correct, Macbeth goes into a deep thought debating as to why he should believe that the predictions were only good or bad. Banquo speaks to the couriers or messengers Angus and Ross, and says Look, how our partner's rapt (in deep thought). This shows how Banquo accepts the predictions and brushes the off, while Macbeth ponders the meaning of them and stays alert. Macbeth appears to the characters in the story to be acting respectable and out of gratitude to the king, but in reality he is curious about the prophecy told by the witches. When

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Macbeth reaches his castle in Inverness, he immediately writes a letter to his wife, explaining all that had transpired. Lady Macbeth seems to be much more conniving and devious than her husban, Macbeth. She seems to understand the position/possibility that her husband has, and fully believes the witches and their prophecies. As seen in Act 1 Scene 5, Lines 25 26 and 27: All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal. Lady Macbeth then meets Macbeth at the castle and they she speaks of her plans to kill the king. Lady Macbeth bests her husband by using her conniving mind to convince him of her plan to kill King Duncan. The main tactic that she used was to show Macbeth how sure he was of himself before, and how he has changed. One of Macbeths greatest fears is of getting caught, and obviously so. Lady Macbeth explains to him that if they get caught, then they get caught, and that as long they have acted courageously, no harm shall befall them. My reasoning for that is simply that she uses a straight-forward plan, instead of assumptions and predictions.