“MECBRTH”READINGREAPORT《麦克白》

　　"Macbeth"isthelastofthefourtragedieswrittenbyShakespeare,ShakespearedepictedhowMacbeth,whowasonceapowerfulhero,sankintoatyrantbringingcalamitytothecountryandpeople.Thatreflectedhisindividualambitionandlustforpower,whichdestroyedhumannatureandshowedustheessenceofanti-humanitycausedbytheextremeindividualism.

　　First,thefollowingisthemainideaof“Macbeth”.Macbeth,aScottishgeneral,onhiswayhomeafterdefeatingtherebel,themercilessMocdonwald,believedinthreewitches,whogavehimsomeblurredpredictions.Aswhathetrusted,ThepredictionthatMacbethbecame“thaneofCawdor”wasfulfilled.Macbethwasnotsincerelygratefulforthat,butcovetedwiththehighestprophecy----beingthekingofScotland.WiththeinstigationofLadyMacbeth,theyplottogethertomurderDuncan,thekingofScotland,andputtheblameontwohousecarls.Unknowingthemurderer,twoprincesescapedtoEnglandandIrelandtoprotecttheirsafety.However,thenobilitiesbelievedthetwoprincesismurders!Ontheotherhand,Macbethorderedthreeassassinstokilledtheinsider,Banquo.Nolonglater,whatMacbethdonehadbeendiscovered.TwoprincesandBanquo’ssoncamebackwithEnglandarmy.EndupwithLadyMacbeth’suicideandMacbethwaskilledbyBanquo’sson.

　　Macbeth’sprospectshouldbebright,aswhatDuncan,thekingofScotland,said,“thouartsofarbeforethatswiftestwingofrecompenseisslowtoovertakethee.Wouldthouhadstlessdeserved,thattheproportionbothofthanksandpaymentmighthavebeenmine!OnlyIhavelefttosay,moreisthyduethanmorethanallcanpay.”“Ihavebeguntoplantthee,andwilllabourtomaketheefullofgrowing.”

　　ComparingwithBanquo,facingtoDuncan’srecognition,Banquosaidthatlikethis,

　　“ThereifIgrow,theharvestisyourown.”However,whenDuncandeclaredthatestablishedtheirestateuponheeldest,Malcolm,whomtheynamedhereafterthePrinceofCumberland,MacbethAsidethat,“ThePrinceofCumberland!thatisasteponwhichImustfalldown,orelseo'erleap,forinmywayitlies.Stars,hideyourfires;Letnotlightseemyblackanddeepdesires:Theeyewinkatthehand;yetletthatbe,whichtheeyefears,whenitisdone,tosee.”

　　accordingtothiscontrast,Macbethisverycareabouttheprediction.However,LadyMacbethgaveadescriptionofhimlikethis,

　　“Glamisthouart,andCawdor;andshaltbewhatthouartpromised:yetdoIfearthynature;Itistoofullo'themilkofhumankindnesstocatchthenearestway:thouwouldstbegreat;Artnotwithoutambition,butwithouttheillnessshouldattendit:whatthouwouldsthighly,thatwouldstthouholily;wouldstnotplayfalse,andyetwouldstwronglywin:thou'ldsthave,greatGlamis,thatwhichcries'Thusthoumustdo,ifthouhaveit;andthatwhichratherthoudostfeartodothanwishestshouldbeundone.”

　　ThesewordswereextremelyapropostoMacbeth.Also,LadyMacbeth’sintensiveanalysisgaveMecbethgreatcouragetomurdertheking.Ofcourse,whatarousedMacbeth’spsychicaldevilwashisinnermostbeing.Thiswastheinnerfactor.Intermofexternalfactor,IthinkmostlyliedonLadyMacbeth’surging.

　　“Hietheehither,thatImaypourmyspiritsinthineear;andchastisewiththevalourofmytongueallthatimpedestheefromthegoldenround,whichfateandmetaphysicalaiddothseem

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