![]() ![]() ![]() This simile suggests he is the manifestation of virtuous bravery.įinally, Shakespeare uses a quick succession of positive adjectives in this scene to emphasise Macbeth’s personality. If this a reference to the goddess Arete of Greek mythology, then the protagonist is one of her most faithful of servants. Macbeth is then compared to “valour’s minion”. ![]() The parenthetical “well he deserves that name” reinforces the Sergeant’s opinion that his nobleman is someone who the audience should admire because of his qualities and not just his rank. That bold willingness to lead the army and confront the “slave” in the dangerous “hurly burly” is heroic. The wounded soldier also describes Macbeth as “brave” and “disdaining fortune”. His “steel” blade is so hot with killing the enemy it is almost on fire. The hyperbolic image of his sword “smoked with bloody execution” epitomises his military prowess on the battlefield. The protagonist’s fearless defence of Scotland is certainly awe-inspiring. Till he unseam’d him from the nave to the chaps,Īnd fix’d his head upon our battlements.” Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Like valour’s minion carved out his passage ![]() “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name –ĭisdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel, In the second scene, the Sergeant, a credible witness who is “bloody” from the battle, describes Macbeth’s courage when he surged through the enemy’s lines and killed the “merciless Macdonwald”: ![]()
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