麦克白英文简介和读后感

Abstract And Reviews of Macbeth

Abstract:

Macbeth begins as the heroic warrior who, together with Banquo, fights loyally in support of his king against rebels. Upon returning from his victory, Macbeth and Banquo encounter the three witches, who prophesy that Macbeth shall be thane of Cawdor, and king hereafter, and that Banquo’s children will succeed him on the throne. As Macbeth knows nothing of Cawdor’s part in the rebellion, the prophecies are incredible to him. However, with the first prophesy immediately confirmed be emissaries from Duncan, king of Scotland, Macbeth’s blood-thirsty ambition has been greatly stirred up by the witches’ miraculous prophesy. And when Duncan is on a visit to his castle, Macbeth, who is spurred on by Lady Macbeth, takes the chance to have the King murdered. But Macbeth soon finds that one crime is not enough to keep the crown for him. To keep his crown, he abandons reason to mindless savagery and plunges from covert to open slaughter. He murders Banquo and kills Macduff’s wife and children and others. Thus, Macbeth has degenerated into a tyrant and mass murderer. While Macbeth flails about him, killing suspected as well as herself, in her sleep, hag-ridden by horror and remorse. Finally she commit herself suicide. Macbeth also experiences a kind of mental disturbance, haunted by the involved all the people of Scotland who are groaning under his yoke and longing for liberation. When the opposing forces march forward, the people eagerly join them in fighting against the tyranny. In the closing scene, Macbeth’s isolation becomes complete. As his castle is surrounded, Macbeth is reduced to a trapped animal and meets his final doom. Malcolm wins the kingship.

Reviews:

After learning this drama during this semester, I learn a lot. And here I have some points to talk about.

The first one is that I am very impressed by the wittiness of Duncan’s two sons, Malcolm and Donalbain. When their father is murdered, the situation is a chaos. They don’t know who the murderer is and what their intentions are. They realize that they may be also in danger, as Donalbain says to Malcolm: “What should be spoken here, where our fate, hid in an auger-hole, may rush, and seize us? Let’s away; our tears are not yet brew’d.” So when Macbeth suggests all meet in the hall together, Malcolm says that”let’s not consort with them” and he goes to England and Donalbain to Ireland. As we can see, if they don’t flee, they may become the next persons to die, especially Malcolm, who is named by the king the Prince of Cumberland and will inherit the kingship after his father. As the old saying goes, revenge is a dish that should be eaten cold (君子报仇,十年不晚). The fact also proves that they make the right decision. Several years later, Malcolm comes back, fights with Macbeth and gains the kingship. What I want to say is not that we should revenge our enemies, but that we should keep in reason, keep calm. Think twice before you jump, especially in emergencies and disorders.

Another point I’d like to talk about is the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. At the very beginning, we can see that they have a very good

relationship. Before he comes back home, Macbeth has already send a letter home to Lady Macbeth to tell her the success of the war and the three witches’ prophesy. When Macbeth hesitate if murder Duncan or not, Lady Macbeth scolds him as coward. All these indicate that they are in a good relationship. After Duncan is killed, in order to clear the way to become the king, Macbeth plans to kill Banquo and his son. But he doesn’t tell his wife. Their relation is going badly. We can infer that Macbeth doesn’t tell Lady Macbeth his plan to kill Macduff’s wife and children either. Because in Act Ⅴ Scene Ⅰ, when Lady Macbeth is sleep walking, she says: “The Thane of Fife had a wife: where is she now?” And finally when his wife is dead, he is very cold, just saying: “she could have died hereafter; there would have been a time for such a word.” How comes a loving couple of the old days becomes strangers! It’s the blood-thirsty ambition that counts. From this, I learn that sometimes ambition is not a good thing. And if you have a proper ambition, such as becoming a champion in a competition or getting the highest score in an exam, you should get it through proper means, such as practicing a lot and study hard but not through cheating. Also, I learn that wife is an important role in a family. She should always lead the husband to go the right way to get the right thing. Otherwise, she could be the one who is hurt mostly.

 

第二篇:麦克白读后感

〈麦克白〉是一部经典的悲剧,但读完之后并没有一种悲伤的感觉。也许许多人都会觉得麦克白的灭亡是罪有应得,但是这种罪有应得展现出来的就是一种命运、人性以及这个国家的悲哀。起初的麦克白,他并不是一个人人唾弃、禽兽不如的逆贼,而是一个勇士,一个为国打了胜仗的英雄。是什么使他走向了这条不归路?首先,是他的野心。一个勇士拥有野心没有错,那些历史上的伟大君王,人人都是野心勃勃。但是,麦克白的野心并没有使他真正得到他想要的,而是使他走向失败的因素之一。麦克白的野心之所以燃烧,主要是因为巫师的预言。巫师预言道他将会成为Thane of Cawdor,然后将成为苏格兰的国王。因为巫师的预言应验了,所以麦克白才会认为他将成为苏格兰的国王。因此,他才会杀邓肯,以这种不正当的手段夺取王位。巫师的预言在这里起到了催化剂的作用,使得麦克白内心深处最阴暗的野心燃烧了起来。也正是因为他野心的燃烧,才使得他人性泯灭。麦克白起初并不希望刺杀邓肯,因为他知道邓肯是一个好国王。但是,在他妻子的煽动和激将下,麦克白最终还是做出了这罪恶的举动。所以,麦克白妻子的煽动性也是至关重要的。既然讲到了麦克白的行刺行为,就不得不提麦克白夫人的重要性。麦克白起初还是有良知的,但是他妻子却激将他,说:“难道你把自己沉浸在里面的那种希望,只是醉后的妄想吗?它现在从一场睡梦中醒来,因为追悔自己的孟浪,而吓得脸色这样苍白吗?从这一刻起,我要把你的爱情看作同样靠不住的东西。你不敢让你在行为和勇气上跟你的欲望一致吗?你宁愿像一头畏首畏尾的猫儿,顾全你所认为生命的装饰品的名誉,不惜让你在自己眼中成为一个懦夫,让“我不敢”永远跟随在“我想要”的后面吗?”这些话对于麦克白还是有很大的作用的,因为没有哪个男人能够忍受被别人说成是懦夫的耻辱。麦克白良心的泯灭是和他的妻子分不开的,因此这让我们不得不联想到那句话:一个成功的男人,背后总有一个能干的女人。麦克白夫人的确是一个能干的女人,她的能干把她的丈夫推上了王位,也同时把她的丈夫推近了无底的深渊。要是麦克白因为刺杀了邓肯而感到良心不安,那么他刺杀班柯还有麦克德夫的家人就没有罪恶感。麦克白刺杀班柯是因为他感受到了班柯对他的威胁,使他必须杀了他。麦克白杀害麦克德夫的家人,同样也是因为感受到威胁,不过幸运的是,麦克德夫逃走了。如果说当上国王前的麦克白还有一些良知,那么当上国王后的麦克白就连人性都泯灭了。麦克白为了

保住他的王位而大开杀戒,使得苏格兰的许多贵族离开这个国家。麦克白的不安还是来源于他的迷信,他过分信赖巫师,认为巫师说的话都是对的,这使他自己也走上绝路。虽然《麦克白》堪称悲剧,但是整部戏剧中并没有悲的色彩。也许许多人认为麦克白和他的夫人最后的结局是罪有应得,但是麦克白只是那个时代的代表。莎翁是在用麦克白这个人物代表那个时代的悲哀。虽然麦克白是暴君,但是继任的马尔康也许会比麦克白更糟糕。莎翁向我们展现的不仅仅是人性的悲哀,也是那个时代的悲哀。

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