Author: Nico

How does Shakespeare’s understanding of the Sonnet help him get his message across in “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun”

The Sonnet is very poetic and has only 14 lines 3 quatrains and one couple that rhymes to finish it off, this technique is used by Shakespeare to describe his Mistress/Wife/Girlfriend who he says has a few flaws among herself, even though she looks and seems a bit dull and boring, his love for her is undying, no matter what she looks like or how she acts. He loves her the same as he always has done.

In Andrew Niccol’s film Gattaca. Ambition is a major tool or descriptive method in this film, it is expressed by symbolism, by far one of the most obvious signs. Symbolism in this film is the Escalator. The reason I chose this idea is because the escalator is either constantly going up or constantly going down, in the Gattaca world it is constantly going up. Vincent, a In-valid or so to speak ‘Defect’ Is one of those people going up the Escalator for replicating DNA or to be a “Borrowed Ladder” from a god child named Jerome Morrows, whose only purpose to be alive was also to be a Borrowed Ladder towards Vincent. During Vincent’s time of faking his DNA or personality for being a Defect, the moral of this Ambitious events were, even if those who are god children can do everything. Doesn’t mean Defects and Degenerates cannot either,

Modernism definition = a movement towards modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (An idea of perfection and progressive change among individuals.)

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Modernist architecture look like that dramatically it changes the looks of other houses and buildings to look perfect and look expensive as while as exclusive.

Gattaca: Connection

This 1997 film Gattaca is a film based off in the not to far future. Written & Directed By Andrew Niccol .There are far so many ideas connected to this exotic film because of how solutions to problems can be solved from one person that is considered a “Defect”. Two ideas that are to be focused on are the ideas of Modernism (Involving innovative technologies, which follow.) And the idea of Eugenics (And how it affects discrimination and society as they know it.) The idea of Modernism and why it defies all other types of buildings, usually made from glass, steel and reinforced concrete. These buildings are meant for technologies beyond human power and knowledge. Based on the world of Gattaca and it’s non-diverse like world where everyone looks the same and acts the same, those who are perfect are considered “God children” Those with imperfect genes are considered “Defects” or “Degenerates”

The moral point of this movie is that, even if those who are god children can do everything. Doesn’t mean Defects and Degenerates cannot either, relating back to the fact those who are born normally are considered god children. But even god children like Jerome, he may have been a Gold Medalist Swimmer but he was bowled over by a car and broke his spine.

That then means he is now a so called “Degenerate” Or “Defect” because he cannot swim anymore which made him a Silver Medalist Swimmer

Explore Shakespeare’s use of language effects and dramatic devices and how they reveal the action of ambition on the character Macbeth

Macbeth as a longing and mostly interesting play during 1606, the genius William Shakespeare behind the scenes writing up such creative and desire to entertain Elizabeth the 1st who was a Wicked Queen because of her ruthless acts of execution, Shakespeare’s Tragedy Of Macbeth was a play that impressed the Queen and to soften King James who was but a new King to Scotland.

Paragraph One: Soliloquy is a crystal clear idea in the Tragedy Of Macbeth, it is an idea that captures the character’s thoughts and what they plan to do during their existence as a living being. This idea played a major part during this Tragedy Of Macbeth by this one Soliloquy during Macbeth’s crazed state of mind to debate on if he must do the evil deed to become the Wicked King, or play the Loyal soldier and let Malcolm lead on. By this “Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle towards my hand? come, let me clutch thee,” This might be only one part of the soliloquy but this one part can have such meaning that you couldn’t even think of if you read it over and over again, Shakespeare uses these words to give us an exact meaning of what Macbeth plans to do in his mind and physical state.

Paragraph Two: Treason or an Evil Intention is also a important key idea in William Shakespeare’s Tragedy Of Macbeth because it gives off a very instinctive aura of pain and suffering from the makeshift Dagger Macbeth sees before him, besides this the eternal crime Macbeth had create could not be washed from his hands even though Macbeth had washed them in reality, but within his mind he cannot wash his hands from the filthy murder Macbeth had created a monster out of himself by a simple massacre of King Duncan. With just a typical murder can lead to a wide spread of fear and chaos among the royal court and Macbeth’s sanity. By doing this one evil intention makes Macbeth the Wicked Evil King.

Paragraph Three: As an Evil Intention, Macbeth would have to commit to a psychotic way of living, by murdering King Duncan it creates more ambition, it would feel like demons were whispering lies and dark desires into Macbeth’s ears. This shows us (Audience) that anyone can become on such an evil array of sins.

But as the two were talking, Macduff had said something interesting that caught my attention. “No, cousin, I’ll to Fife.” Every sentence, every word always has a meaning to it, this one means that Macduff distrusts Macbeth: He smells out that Macbeth may have had inside help to commit this murder, he also has the feeling that he was connected to the murder of Duncan and does NOT support the New King which is Macbeth.

As Macbeth’s reign continues sinful and without any happiness left inside, Macbeth continues to rule with a Darkened Hand, a cursed way to live with especially with no soul or heart, it just becomes unnatural for someone as loyal as Macbeth to become as Wicked as the Devil himself.

In The Scene Act 4 Scene 1 Macbeth had entered a cavern with the 3 witches and the Three Apparitions had given Macbeth ‘blessings’ Even rewards for his cruel ways and his victorious glory. With the passage I’ve chosen from this scene is…

Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo: down!
Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls. And thy hair,
Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first.
A third is like the former. Filthy hags!
Why do you show me this? A fourth! Start, eyes!
What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?
Another yet! A seventh! I’ll see no more:
And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass
Which shows me many more; and some I see
That two-fold balls and treble scepters carry:
Horrible sight! Now, I see, ’tis true;
For the blood-bolter’d Banquo smiles upon me,
And points at them for his.

How Macbeth shows his infuriating anger towards what he sees as an apparition or an illusion. Why Macbeth expresses his anger in such a rough and coarse way is because Macbeth thinks he is the only ruler of Scotland. But in the perspective of the witches he is not the only ruler. When Macbeth sees the 8 kings and the ghost of Banquo. Symbolism of blood, which represents guilt and betrayal. What Macbeth sees with the last king with the mirror is that the mirror itself was blank. This would mean that the mirror in the king’s hand reflects on Macbeth’s past and his present life within Scotland.

The point of having this eight king with the mirror is that he is reflecting on Macbeth. But it show’s nothing. That means that Macbeth’s life will be nothing but a ghost, a wandering ghost in the lost of his darkened mind. Afterwards in the end of the passage Macbeth says to himself “For the blood-bolter’d Banquo smiles upon me,“
And points at them for his.” This has a specific meaning that Banquo knows that Macbeth will be defeated in the most humiliating of way.

This scene is particularly special. The three witches arrive back in this very scene back from the start of scene 1. And they came to Macbeth along side Hecate. But what makes THIS particular scene so significant..? And why it is like this, let’s see. As in the start of the scene when the witches appeared, it has this aura that something bad is happening. And something bad WAS actually happening. The witches were creating some evil spell or potion.

During the time when Macbeth had entered the witches domain he welcomes himself with a very unsatisfying words to them. “How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!
What is’t you do?” Funny isn’t it how Macbeth goes from shocked to just plain disgusting. But as soon as the apparitions arrive, I have an explanation for each and every one of them and what they mean. But not only are these “Evil” spirits that come from the witches cauldron, these 3 apparitions represent Macbeth himself. One for each part of him.

1st Apparition: A helmet wearing severed head. He comes with the words that make Macbeth question: “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff;
Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.” This gives Macbeth the warning that Macduff plans to recreate an army in England where he flees to escape Macbeth’s fury.

2nd Apparition: The Bloody Child explains to him with a shout of: “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!” Then goes on. “Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.” Meaning from this particular apparition that Macbeth can’t be killed by anyone born from a woman, What does that mean. A couple of men must give birth to kill Macbeth? Well we’ll find out another time.

3rd Apparition: A Child with a crown on his head carrying a tree in one hand. He speaks: “Be lion-mettled, proud; and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are:
Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until
Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill
Shall come against him.” This means that Macbeth must not fear until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.

But then Macbeth goes rogue and then goes to telling the witches that he shall curse them if they did not answer his question.
But to conclude this significant scene is that these Apparitions are apart of Macbeth, but in a different plain of dimension and probably doomtelling or truth revealed to Macbeth’s line as king.

MACBETH

You know your own degrees; sit down: at first

And last the hearty welcome. 

(Welcome everyone, come sit down and enjoy.)

Lords

Thanks to your majesty.

(Thank you your majesty)

MACBETH

Ourself will mingle with society,

And play the humble host.

Our hostess keeps her state, but in best time

We will require her welcome.

(we will talk with everyone as well as playing the host, we will wait for when Lady Macbeth will welcome everyone.)

LADY MACBETH

Pronounce it for me, sir, to all our friends;

For my heart speaks they are welcome.

(Say welcome for me, to everyone.)

First Murderer appears at the door

MACBETH

See, they encounter thee with their hearts’ thanks.

Both sides are even: here I’ll sit i’ the midst:

Be large in mirth; anon we’ll drink a measure

The table round.  

(And they will respond to you with their hearts as well.

The table is full on both sides. I will sit here in the middle. Be free and happy. Soon we will toast around the table.)

Approaching the door

There’s blood on thy face.

(There is blood on your face.)

First Murderer

‘Tis Banquo’s then.

(Then it must be Banquo’s blood)

MACBETH

‘Tis better thee without than he within.

Is he dispatch’d?

(it is better without him here. Is he dead?)

First Murderer

My lord, his throat is cut; that I did for him.

(My lord, I cut his throat.)

MACBETH

Thou art the best o’ the cut-throats: yet he’s good

That did the like for Fleance: if thou didst it,

Thou art the nonpareil.

( you are the best to cut the throats, did you do the same to Fleance, if you did, you are supreme )

First Murderer

Most royal sir,

Fleance is ‘scaped.

(Most royal Macbeth, Fleance has escaped)

MACBETH

Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect,

Whole as the marble, founded as the rock,

As broad and general as the casing air:

But now I am cabin’d, cribb’d, confined, bound in

To saucy doubts and fears. But Banquo’s safe?

( I am angry, everything else had been perfect, as perfect as a whole marble, stong as a rock, as big as the air, but I am now restricted, bound into my own doubts and fears, but is Banquo safe?)

First Murderer

Ay, my good lord: safe in a ditch he bides,

With twenty trenched gashes on his head;

The least a death to nature.

(Yes my lord, he is lying dead in a ditch with gashes all over him)

MACBETH

Thanks for that:

There the grown serpent lies; the worm that’s fled

Hath nature that in time will venom breed,

No teeth for the present. Get thee gone: to-morrow

We’ll hear, ourselves, again.

(Thanks for that. The adult snake lies in the ditch. The young snake that escaped will in time become a threat, but for now, he has no fangs. Get out of here. I’ll talk to you tomorrow.)

Exit Murderer

LADY MACBETH

My royal lord,

You do not give the cheer: the feast is sold

That is not often vouch’d, while ’tis a-making,

‘Tis given with welcome: to feed were best at home;

From thence the sauce to meat is ceremony;

Meeting were bare without it.

(king there is no joy, we have given the welcome but now they are waiting to be fed)

MACBETH

Sweet remembrancer!

Now, good digestion wait on appetite,

And health on both!

(oh no! It’s ok the food will be out soon.)

LENNOX

May’t please your highness sit.

(Please sit your highness)

The GHOST OF BANQUO enters, and sits in MACBETH’s place

MACBETH

Here had we now our country’s honour roof’d,

Were the graced person of our Banquo present;

Who may I rather challenge for unkindness

Than pity for mischance!

(We would have everyone noble in Scotland here if Banquo was present, I hope that he is late and nothing bad has happened to him)

ROSS

His absence, sir,

Lays blame upon his promise. Please’t your highness

To grace us with your royal company.

(He’s absent sir, he broke his promise. Please your highness, grace us with your company)

MACBETH

The table’s full.

(the table’s full.)

LENNOX

Here is a place reserved, sir.

(There is a place reserved for you here, sir.)

MACBETH

Where?

(where?)

LENNOX

Here, my good lord. What is’t that moves your highness?

(Here my lord, what’s wrong with your highness?)

MACBETH

Which of you have done this?

(which one of you did this?)

Lords

What, my good lord?

(What, My good lord?)

MACBETH

Thou canst not say I did it: never shake

Thy gory locks at me. (You can’t say that I did it, don’t shake your head at me)

ROSS

Gentlemen, rise: his highness is not well.

(Stand up gentlemen, his highness is not well)

LADY MACBETH

Sit, worthy friends: my lord is often thus,

And hath been from his youth: pray you, keep seat;

The fit is momentary; upon a thought

He will again be well: if much you note him,

You shall offend him and extend his passion:

Feed, and regard him not. Are you a man?

(Sit down my friends, my husband is often like this, even when he was a child, please sit down. This is just a brief fit, he will be well again, don’t pay attention to him or he will be angry, just eat your food. Are you a man?)

MACBETH

Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that

Which might appal the devil.

(Yes and a bold one, a daring look that might appeal to the devil.)

LADY MACBETH

O proper stuff!

This is the very painting of your fear:

This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said,

Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts,

Impostors to true fear, would well become

A woman’s story at a winter’s fire,

Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself!

Why do you make such faces? When all’s done,

You look but on a stool.

( Oh proper stuff! This is your fears, the murder weapon that you killed duncun with, these flaws and starts are not close to what real fear is, what would become storys pasted down generations. Shameful! Why do you make those faces, when everything is done, you look like a king on the throne.)

MACBETH

Prithee, see there! behold! look! lo!

how say you?

Why, what care I? If thou canst nod, speak too.

If charnel-houses and our graves must send

Those that we bury back, our monuments

Shall be the maws of kites.

(Please just look over there, look! (To Ghost) Look, see, what do you have to say? What do I care? If you can nod then speak as well. If the dead are going to return from their graves, then there is nothing to stop the birds from eating their bodies, so we might as well not bury our people at all.)

GHOST OF BANQUO vanishes

LADY MACBETH

What, quite unmann’d in folly?

(What? Has your foolishness paralyzed you?)

MACBETH

If I stand here, I saw him.

(As sure as I’m standing here, I saw him.)

LADY MACBETH

Fie, for shame!

(Nonsense!)

MACBETH

Blood hath been shed ere now, i’ the olden time,

Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;

Ay, and since too, murders have been perform’d

Too terrible for the ear: the times have been,

That, when the brains were out, the man would die,

And there an end; but now they rise again,

With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,

And push us from our stools: this is more strange

Than such a murder is.

(blood has been shed now, and in the past. Horrible murders happen everyday, but now they have come back as ghosts.) 

LADY MACBETH

My worthy lord,

Your noble friends do lack you.

(my worthy lord, your noble friends miss you.)

MACBETH

I do forget.

Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends,

I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing

To those that know me. Come, love and health to all;

Then I’ll sit down. Give me some wine; fill full.

I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table,

And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss;

Would he were here! to all, and him, we thirst,

And all to all.

(I forgot about them. Don’t be shocked on my account, my friends. I have a strange condition which doesn’t surprise those who know me well. (raising his glass to toast the guests) Come, let’s toast to love and health to you all. Now I’ll sit down. Give me some wine. Fill my cup.)

Lords 

Our duties, and the pledge.

(Hear hear!)

Re-enter GHOST OF BANQUO

MACBETH

Avaunt! and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee!

Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;

Thou hast no speculation in those eyes

Which thou dost glare with!

(Go! Out of my sight! Stay in the ground. Your bones no longer contain marrow, your blood is cold. You’re looking at me with eyes that can no longer see.)

LADY MACBETH

Think of this, good peers,

But as a thing of custom: ’tis no other;

Only it spoils the pleasure of the time.

(Good friends, this is nothing more than a habit. It’s nothing else. It’s only spoiling our pleasure tonight)

MACBETH

What man dare, I dare:

Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,

The arm’d rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger;

Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves

Shall never tremble: or be alive again,

And dare me to the desert with thy sword;

If trembling I inhabit then, protest me

The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow!

Unreal mockery, hence!

(I am as brave as any other man to come at me in the form of a rugged Russain bear, the armed rhinoceros, or a tiger from Iran. Take any shape other than the one you have now and I will never be scared . Or come back to life again and challenge me to a duel. If I am scared then call me a little girl, get out of here you horrible ghost, you’re a hallucination, get out!)

GHOST OF BANQUO leaves

Why, so: being gone,

I am a man again. Pray you, sit still.
( Look, now that it has left, I’m a man again, please stay seated.)

LADY MACBETH

You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting,

With most admired disorder.

(you’ve ruined the whole dinner party)

MACBETH

Can such things be,

And overcome us like a summer’s cloud,

Without our special wonder? You make me strange

Even to the disposition that I owe,

When now I think you can behold such sights,

And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks,

When mine is blanched with fear.

(How can such things happen, overcome us without our curiosity? When you look at these terrible things, you keep a straight face, whilst mine is white with fear)

ROSS

What sights, my lord?

(What things my lord?)

LADY MACBETH

I pray you, speak not; he grows worse and worse;

Question enrages him. At once, good night:

Stand not upon the order of your going,

But go at once.

(please don’t speak to him, he’s gone a bit mad. I’m sorry you all have to leave in such a hurry and I hope you had a good night.)

LENNOX

Good night; and better health

Attend his majesty!

(Good night, and i hope his majesty gets better soon.)

LADY MACBETH

A kind good night to all!

(Good night everyone.)

Everyone leaves except Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

MACBETH

It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood:

Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;

Augurs and understood relations have

By magot-pies and choughs and rooks brought forth

The secret’st man of blood. What is the night?

( everything will have blood and get revenge for unnatural things have come alive, what is the time of night?) 

LADY MACBETH

Almost at odds with morning, which is which.

(almost morning, hard to tell whether it’s day or night)  

MACBETH

How say’st thou, that Macduff denies his person

At our great bidding?

(Why do you think that Macduff refuses to come when I command him?)

LADY MACBETH

Did you send to him, sir?

(Did you ask for him sir?)

MACBETH

I hear it by the way; but I will send:

There’s not a one of them but in his house

I keep a servant fee’d. I will to-morrow,

And betimes I will, to the weird sisters:

More shall they speak; for now I am bent to know,

By the worst means, the worst. For mine own good,

All causes shall give way: I am in blood

Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more,

Returning were as tedious as go o’er:

Strange things I have in head, that will to hand;

Which must be acted ere they may be scann’d.

(I have paid for a servant to spy. Tomorrow I will go find the witches and I will make them tell me what is going on. My safety is the most important thing to me, I have caused so much trouble that I can’t go any further. I cannot go back. I have plans that i need to put in action before i think about it.) 

LADY MACBETH

You lack the season of all natures, sleep.

(You don’t seem like yourself, you should get some sleep)

MACBETH

Come, we’ll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse

Is the initiate fear that wants hard use:

We are yet but young in deed.

(Let’s go to sleep, My strange delusions are what causes my fear: We are new to crime)

End

The first scene is in the Palace of Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 2.) When Banquo goes for a ride with his son Fleance. Macbeth and his wife plan the murder of Banquo, they start scheming, with a few words and sentences that caught my eye was when Macbeth had said. “We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it:
She’ll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of her former tooth.
But let the frame of things disjoint, both the
worlds suffer,“
This is a meaning to me is that Macbeth has softened his prey but not quite pounced on it just yet. He waits patiently like a lion hunting a gazelle in the middle of the savanna, then as time passes at the end of this scene he says some words that caught my eye.
“Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond
Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood:
Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;
While night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.
Thou marvell’st at my words: but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
So, prithee, go with me.“
This is also a clear sign that Macbeth is talking about the murderer’s (The Black Agents) And then then Banquo (The Crow.) Or something like that at least

ACT 3 SCENE 3: The Murder Of Baquo

With this scene I believe there isn’t much to discuss about besides going back and forth in scenes. But the main one is since there was 3 murderers, the two that Macbeth talked to were back in Act 3 Scene 1. Then a third murderer comes in!? Ok first off where did this one come from..? The answer is from Macbeth incase guards or other people were near Banquo at the time. Then Banquo says before his death.
“O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!
Thou mayst revenge. O slave!“
Banquo had just tried to save someone who is relatively special to Banquo instead of letting the murderers get them both.

In this particular scene things start to go from bad to worse in Macbeth’s castle, first off the murder of King Duncan. But now things are stirring rapidly in the castle as Macbeth declares Banquo’s murder?! Alright let’s back up for a second here. Let’s go over something here, didn’t Macbeth and Banquo be partners in war? And didn’t they work together as one to achieve the goal of Macbeth becoming king? But now it has turned form friends to enemies… Today I shall explain this occurrence of bad omen towards Banquo.

If we go back a few scenes. Back to Act 2, Scene 2. When the tragedy of King Duncan’s murder took place, when Macbeth took the step of the devil’s path and slayed King Duncan in his sleep. Then if we skip towards to Act 2 Scene 3. The morning after King Duncan was killed. Banquo would become slightly suspicious of who killed King Duncan, he would be guessing that Malcolm and Donalbain would be behind this because since they were prince’s. Perhaps they wanted to speed up the process by killing off their father Duncan, as Macbeth is left guilty. He plays dumb like nothing had happened and says. “Had I but died an hour before this chance,
I had lived a blessed 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.“
This is a clear sign that Macbeth know’s his guilt will take over him. But another thing we should go back to on the scene I should be discussing about (Act 3 Scene 1) Is what caused Macbeth to make such a decision. Well if we look at the part where Macbeth finishes his Soliloquy, the Attendant walks in with two Murderers, then leaves. Then as soon as Macbeth begins talking, at the end he says. “the instruments,
Who wrought with them, and all things else that might
To half a soul and to a notion crazed
Say ‘Thus did Banquo.“
Macbeth is giving clear warning to the Murderers that Banquo is Macbeth’s enemy. To conclude the reason for this is that Banquo. If Macbeth dies is not to become King…

In this scene it was particularly simple to understand what has happened. This was continuing on from the night that Duncan was murdered by Macbeth, on the day Macduff went to wake up the king. Macbeth on the other hand had done the deed from Lady Macbeth’s plan from ringing the bell which struck at midnight, when the deed was done Macbeth came out with bloody daggers and hands, he then would say. “There’s one did laugh in’s sleep, and one cried
‘Murder!’
That they did wake each other: I stood and heard them:
But they did say their prayers, and address’d them
Again to sleep.“
He goes on and on about this. But relating back to scene 4 of act 2. Ross says to Macduff. “Will you to Scone?”. Then Macduff replies with. “No, cousin, I’ll to Fife.” This means to me that Macduff has an extreme loyalty and faithfulness to King Duncan (Still has) Which means to him that since Donalbain and Malcolm are Princes. Macduff is suspicious that they might be all over the crime of murdering King Duncan. And now Macbeth becomes King at his coronation. In conclusion I think that Macbeth would’ve been framed if Macduff hasn’t changed his thoughts.