Macbeth II.iii
Macbeth Film II.iii
48min - 57min 56sec
Motif of Alcohol
● Lady Macbeth vs. the Porter
● In groups, compare the following two excerpts.
● Consider how these two characters view
alcohol. Why is alcohol a motif? Take some
time to think about why Shakespeare takes so
much time to write about alcohol.
Lady Macbeth:
That which hath made them drunk hath made me
bold.
What hath quenched them hath given me fire.
(2.2.1-3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Macduff: What three things does drink especially proVoke?
Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine.
Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes. It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an
equivocator with lechery. It makes him, and it
mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it
persuades him and disheartens him; makes him
stand to and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep and, giving him the lie, leaves
him.
(2.3.27-38)
Fair is foul and foul is fair!
How are Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth acting when they
“hear” about Duncan’s murder?
MACBETH
Had I but died an hour before this chance,
I had lived a blessèd time, for from this instant
There’s nothing serious in mortality.
All is but toys. Renown and grace is dead.
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of.
(2.3.107-112)
As the reader:
Some characters in the play:
Think about shows you watch or movies you have seen. What
other pop culture parallels do you see with Macbeth? Any
specific characters that strike you as similar to our tragic
Shakespeareans?
Mufasa = King Duncan
Scar = Macbeth/Lady Macbeth
Simba = Malcolm
How to get away with murder?
Our Lady Macbeth? →
Malcolm and Donalbain?
Reading out loud!
Porter
Macduff
Lennox
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Donalbain
Malcolm
Predictions?
Homework:
Finish Act 2!