Restless Ecsta= sy
Fri= day, November 21, 2008
9:5= 2 AM
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Reckless:
Can't move
Can't sleep
Can't sit still
Ecstasy:
Used to be a deep word
Now just a trance drug by emo kids
State of standing still
Latin: ex stare
Standing outside of yourself watching yourself
As you think deep thoughts
Contradiction reveals about MacBeth's character
Lady MacBeth: Doubtful joy
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Must be rooted= in the text
Book: frenzy of sleeplessness
Restless
-wants to kill enemies
-killing Banquo and Fleanse
Ecstasy
-standing still (then)
-frenzy (today)
Crazy
Not able to rest
In such a fren= zy that he can't sleep
Also ecstatic<= /p>
Means very happy
After he becomes king - must feel very excited inside
But confronted with the harsh realities - he's vulnerable
Euphoria
Overwhelming feeling
Good at delving and reflecting
Talks inside a lot
Worrying
Always complicating
Soliloquy
How do you rec= oncile the two???
Go back to the irony
What about him surprises you
Irony: opposite of what you expect
Expected to ca= ncel each other out
But something underneath that
How can sorrow= be sweet????
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Paragraph: How does "Restless Ecstasy" describe Macbeth's character???
- 4-5 sentences
- Text-routed
- Metaphors
- Analyze Macbeth's chara= cter
- End with the irony
- No passive voice=
- Precise
- 20 pts
Macbeth is stu= ck in restless ecstasy when he becomes king. He is ecstatic that he has achieved his dream. However, the violence he used can be j= ust as easily be used against him. Macbe= th knows this in Act 1 Scene 7, "we but teach bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague th’ inventor." Although Macbeth is ecstatic that he h= as achieved his goal, he must constantly look behind his shoulder to make sure= he does not meet the same end as Duncan.
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Dropped wordage:
However he knows the prophesy states= that he holds a "barren scepter" and a "fruitless crown." does not fit in
Thus even as he achieves his goal, he knows that his end is around the corner and he must do everything possible to hang on to his crown.
Thus he worrie= s that his own end is around the corner, just as Duncan's was (quote). The act which propelled him to the thr= one can just as easily remove him from it.
No passive voice - be percise
Me: don't alwa= ys have to come out and state= what the irony is