Thursday, August 7, 2014
Act 4, Scene 2, II. 14-26 Ross, Characterization
In William Shakepeare's Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 2 begins at Macduff's castle. Lady Macduff asked Ross why her husband fled to England. Lady Macduff revealed that she felt betrayed by her husband. Ross then made sure to tell Lady Macduff to trust her husband and left even though he felt guilty for it. Right after Ross left Lady Macduff told her son that his father had passed away. Her son does not believe a word of this. A messenger then told Lady Macbeth that she and her family was in danger and told her to flee the country. Lady Macduff questions the reason why she would flee the country because she believes she has not done anything. Right after this conversation the murders barged into the room and one of the murders called Macduff a traitor. Macduff's son and spoke up and called the murderer a liar. The murder then stabbed Macduff's son and he told his mother to run away before he died. Lady Macduff runs away crying with the murders running close behind.
In this Act Lady Macduff was extremely worried about her husband. Her worry turned to anger and she felt abandoned by her husband and believed that he lacked kindness. The Thane of Ross tried to convince Lady Macduff that her husband is not a traitor and he needs to be trusted by calling him "noble, wise, and judicious." Ross believes in Macduff's wisdom and wants Lady Macduff to believe in Macduff and trust in why he fled. Ross, however, felt really guilty to leave Lady Macduff after their conversation. Ross obviously knew something was wrong and Macduff's family actually could be in danger. Here Ross's character seems to be timid and selfish because he did not tell Macduff's family that they were in danger. Unfortunately Ross left anyway and soon after he departed Macduff's son was stabbed and his wife had to run away.
Macbeth's character keeps turning into an evil person throughout this play. Macbeth has now murdered three people that could get in his way. Now he has went as far as killing not only Macduff, but also his family. This Act is important to the whole play because it foreshadows the fact that Macbeth is only getting worse and other people are starting to catch on to his schemes. Macbeth could be overthrown because of his evil character. Many people are starting to become very upset with all of the casualties of many innocent people.
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This evaluation is exceptional, however you could have elaborated further on Ross's character and how he stands up for Macduff. You didn't specify enough on who you were characterizing, but I like how you cite that Macbeth is becoming increasingly worse and having more and more people killed to secure his throne. I would give you a 6.
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ReplyDeleteThe analysis aspect would have received a 5, but excessive punctuation and grammar errors pushed it to a 4. Especially look for errors in verb tense and subject/ verb agreement:
"Right after Ross left Lady Macduff TOLD her son that his father had passed away. Her son DOES not believe a word of this. A messenger then TOLD Lady Macbeth that she and her family WAS in danger and told her to flee the country."--In general, when you are talking about a text, you want to present the events in present tense to keep it consistent. "Lady Macduff tells her son...he does not believe...Ross tells".
On the analysis: In general, good job using adjectives to describe the characters and pulling out a specific quote used to characterize Macduff. I agree with Alyssa in the above comment, that there is more to be said about Ross's character and why he sticks up for Macduff. Could analyze other figurative language elements (such as the sea simile) for further support.
Hey Claud! I thought this summary was really well done and showed that you had a really good understanding of what went on in the scene. I think that you could've used more examples from the text to back yourself up on some of the views. Other than that I would've given you a 6.
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