Paradox - two mutually exclusive situations that are happening simultaneously
Something that cannot be true in light of something else that is happening as well.
Just desserts - poetic justice - karma
WAIT! if the witches are casting these spells, then is Macbeth really making choices? Or is he doing what the magic makes him do?
HEY! We’ve got a paradox here too!
Self-fulfilling prophecy! - the witches might be setting him up to fulfill the prophecy based on HIS OWN PROBLEMS and MOTIVATIONS!
Maybe Macbeth is
- scared - witches! supernatural!
- excited - what!? I can be a king!? Cool!
- shocked to have his secret ambitions exposed like that
- intimidated by this huge honour/responsibility that was just thrust in his face
Soliloquy 1
Macbeth’s “Two truths are told...,” soliloquy. - Act 1, Scene iii
Read it with friends. Read the rest of this scene.
Translate the soliloquy as best you can - into your OWN WORDS.
This is will be part of a mark on 5 soliloquies in the whole play
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