AC+SeJune

Scene 2.3 Character: Lennox and Lady Macbeth

Scene Analysis
What happens in your scene? Outline the basic events. In our scene, everyone learns about Duncan's murder. Macduff comes early to wake him up but he sees that Duncan has been murdered and raises the alarm. He then tells the sons about their father's death. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth put up a good act about being shocked and the Lady even faints to try to convince the others. In the end, Malcolm and Donalbain deem it dangerous and flee to other countries.

What do you think are the key purposes of your scene? In other words, why is this scene important? The importance of our scene is that the water was spilled and the events develop so that Macbeth and the Lady can't try to go back. The consequences to their actions are playing out and already it seems that people are leaving the kingdom. The scene is important since it marks the beginning of Macbeth and the Lady's rule as well as their change.

What are your reactions to this scene? This scene made me think that the sons were very wise since I did not expect them to run away but actually take throne. Then I further noticed, with horror, that Lady Macbeth might have planned the whole thing in her mind and made me recoil from the thought. Overall, the scene was nasty and did not contain a single happy character except the Porter who was too drunk to know what was happening.

Lennox
What is his objective in the scene? Lennox's objective in this scene was to serve the King and Macbeth. He wants to serve his country and people as faithfully as he can while he is alive with dignity. But since the King died his primary objective is to seek revenge and reveal the news to everyone else.

What is his motivation in the scene? Lennox wants to serve his country by protecting and serving whoever has power but does not dream of power. Because the king died he is angered and grieves for his lost king.

What is his obstacles in the scene? His goals are difficult because King Duncan died and Lennox has no royal power to serve. He seems to be confused and lost because he has no one to serve but soon turns to Macbeth.

What are some distinctive elements in character's way of speaking? Lennox is very respectful and humble when he speaks. He talks respectfully to the people and even thinks of him as lower than the others as he should be. He does not show avarice and greed towards power but respect and courtesy.

What is the subtext of Lennox? Lennox thinks about the King throughout the whole scene. He wants to spread the word of the King's death not because he is happy, but because he wants everyone to grieve for his king as he was doing.

Lady Macbeth
What are her objectives in the scene? Lady Macbeth's objectives in this scene is to look as innocent and devastated as possible when the news of the king's death is presented. She even faints to fake her innocence and overreacts.

What are her motivations in the scene? Her motivations is gain the trust and confidence of the others so Macbeth can be put on the throne instead of being killed or exiled out of the country.

What are her obstacles in the scene? Her obstacles in this scene are the many people that are watching her. There are too many people and means more people that can find out the truth and her guilt.

What are some distinctive elements in character's way of speaking? The greatest distinctive element in Lady Macbeth's speech is her astonishment and overreaction. She says very few lines but they are screams of grief and astonishment that leads to fainting.

What is the subtext of Lady Macbeth? Lady Macbeth thinks that she has convinced a few people at that time. Then after she sees a few suspicious glances she faints to make everyone believe her fake story.

Scene Reflection
1. Evaluate the performance of your group. What went well? What didn’t go well? Our performance as a group went fairly well since there were no real collisions between actors. I think there was emotion and good understanding of each character and the scene. If there was a problem it was the uncertainty and bumpy story because of unfamiliar characters due to lack of people.

2. How well did you contribute to your group? I think I contributed well to the group since I worked hard for the group. I not only knew my character and parts but helped the others in their parts as well. I helped coordinate the stage movements and the emotions that should be used as well. I chose the characters so there were no collisions between talking and contacted Alex when I knew of Brian's absence.

3. How well did you perform as an individual? I think I performed well but could have done better. Since I had two parts that changed three times in the scene it was hard to focus and missed my timing once only. I think that was my only flaw since I did well on the rest of the parts.

4. What could have improved your scene performance? Our scene could have improved if we had more people to play characters. Since everyone had at least two characters to play, it was hard for the audience who was talking and what impact had in the overall scene.

5. How did the scene performance help you better understand the play? Our scene performance helped me understand the play since it showed how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth acted to show their innocence and not be caught by the people of their crime.