"They hailed him father to a line of kings. Upon my yea they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip, thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, no son of mine succeeding." (pg. 85)
This quote is relevant to the plot of Macbeth and also the whole motif of destiny, and how you achieve destiny. Basically, Macbeth is ranting about the fact that Banquo's children will be kings and queens however, Macbeth's children will not. And so he's saying that how can he really be THE king if his children won't be kings. And also that all of his hard work will be given to somebody else, when he intended it for his kids.
The way that this quote fits into the plot is through the killing of Banquo and the attempted killing of Banquo's son. This jealousy over Banquo led to the killing, and the proclamation for revenge by Banquo. If Macbeth hadn't killed Banquo, there wouldn't have been a need to seek revenge on Macbeth. So, Macbeth is trying to run from his destiny, but may end up fueling it by the final scene.
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This is a very good point, how Macbeth is running from destiny. I've often thought it was weird that no one has pointed out that destiny can not be avoided, and Macbeth hasn't once thought of that.
ReplyDeleteHi Bailey. I notice that the fate argument always turns into circular logic. If MacBeth reacted differently to the foretelling of his fate, would it have come true?
ReplyDeleteBailey, yeah it's actually pretty interesting/humorous to see how someone's actions taken to avoid an event is actually what ends up causing the event.
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