Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Act V scene vi

What is Malcolm’s position among the nobles, as suggested in this scene?

2 comments:

david said...

Malcolm, suggested by this act, is above all the nobles because he gives orders to his Uncle Siward, Siward's son, and Macduff. For example, in lines 26 and 33, Siward calls Malcolm "my lord" or "Sir" suggesting high position.

Unknown said...

".—You, worthy uncle,
Shall, with my cousin, your right-noble son,
Lead our first battle. Worthy Macduff and we
5 Shall take upon 's what else remains to do,
According to our order." giving orders showing that he is the leader, and the other nobles accept him as a leader, like David said "my lord", "sir" meaning respect and accepting his orders as commands.