Macbeth

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   pmiranda2857 Teacher
   High School - 11th Grade

   In Act II, Scene 4 between the Old Man and Ross, when they discuss the odd happenings that have occurred with animal behavior.  Shakespeare uses a disrupted order in nature to express the dark/evil behavior of man.  He uses in this scene the example:

   "'Tis unnatural,
   Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last,
   A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
   Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd". (Act II Scene IV)

   and

   "And Duncan's horses--a thing most strange and certain--
   Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
   Turn'd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
   Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would make
   War with mankind". (Act II Scene IV)
   

   Both of these quotes capture the chaotic behavior of animals acting out of character, therefore suggesting that there is a darkness unleashed upon the land. 

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   http://www.shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth

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   Posted by pmiranda2857 on Monday April 7, 2008 at 2:46 PM