1.3.7 quiz: analyze different interpretations of macbeth
read this passage:
macbeth. seyton! -i am sick at heart,
when i behold -seyton, i say! - this push
will cheer me ever, or disseat me now
i have lived long enough. my way of life
is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf,
and that which should accompany old age,
as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,
i must not look to have, but in their stead,
curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath
which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not
seyton!
-william shakespeare, macbeth, act v, scene ili
what can you infer about macbeth's mood from his words in this scene?
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a. he feels confident his army will emerge victorious
b. he is upset that his soldiers are starting to desert him.
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c. he is afraid that he will be defeated in battle by malcolm
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d. he is sad and regretful about the actions that have led him to
battle against his former friends