Character Pages
Andrew
Katz as King Duncan -
1. What
does your character want in this scene?
In this scene, King Duncan is searching for
answers. He wants the truth of what occurred during the war, specifically
concerning the fate of Macbeth and Banquo.
2. What
is your character’s motivation for doing what he or she does?
The
King’s motivation or his incentive to discover the information which he desires
is simply the fact that the knowledge will benefit him, and help him to retain
his reign as King.
3. What
obstacles stand in his or her way?
Had the bloody captain not
returned from the war, the King would not have received a first hand account of
the occurrences of the war, which he yearned for.
4. What
happens when your character confronts these obstacles?
Upon
confronting this obstacle, the king is introduced to the captain, which solvs
his dilemma. He is then able to learn the result of the war.
5. Are
there any distinctive elements in your character’s way of speaking? (Is his or
her language elaborate, plain, musical, or what?)
The king does use
elaborate language to help symbolize his role and the extent of his power. He
utilizes strong vocabulary.
6. What
is your character thinking during the scene? (How does he or she react to the
other characters and events?)
At
first the king most likely is in awe, upon the sight of the bloody captain.
However he almost certainly regains his composure and realizes how important
the captain is for he contains the necessary information.
Christian
Lynch as Malcolm/Captain
1. What does your character want in this scene?
The captain lines that I
perform want to show the intensity of the battle and the courage of Macbeth and Banquo.
2. What
is your character’s motivation for doing what he or she does?
The captain
tells his story to show the two men’s bravery and so he can get aid for his wounds.
3. What
obstacles stand in his or her way?
Since
the Captain is telling a story, he must gather the strength to tell of the dramatic battle and still keep from dying of
his wounds.
4. What
happens when your character confronts these obstacles?
The
Captain tells his story with pride.
5. Are
there any distinctive elements in your character’s way of speaking? (Is his or
her language elaborate, plain, musical, or what?)
The
Captain would be out of breath and on crutches.
He would be disheveled and look
wounded. He would be trying to recall
the battle while talking to the king.
6. What
is your character thinking during the scene? (How does he or she react to the
other characters and events?)
The captain
is in pain and trying to recall the fight between Macbeth and Macdonwald.
Jason Yon
as Captain/Malcolm
1. What does your character want in this scene?
In this scene, the captain, wounded from battle, reports the
bravery of Macbeth and Banquo.
2. What is your character’s motivation for doing
what he or she does?
The captain wishes to inform others about the
unpredicted victory against the Thane of Cawdor.
3. What obstacles stand in his or her way?
His wounds act as a physical obstacle for the
captain.
4. What happens when your character confronts these obstacles?
The captain does not complain and tells others
of the victory.
5. Are there any distinctive elements in your character’s way of speaking? (Is
his or her language elaborate, plain, musical, or what?)
The
captain’s injuries add pain to his voice.
6. What is your character thinking during the scene? (How does he or she react
to the other characters and events?)
Both pride and pain are demonstrated by the
captain. However, he does not react to the pain much.
Wyatt
Dickerson as Lennox
1. What does your character want in this
scene?
Lennox is a character that
follows his orders, as shown when in this scene by him remaining loyal to King Duncan
during the battle with the Thane of Cawdor. Also Lennox simply replies to the
King’s question of who is approaching by adding descriptive words to Malcolm’s
answer.
2. What
is your character’s motivation for doing what he or she does?
As expressed in the first answer
Lennox’s motivation for his small but meaningful line is his devotion to his
King and service as a Thane.
3. What
obstacles stand in his or her way?
There are no real obstacles
standing in the way of replying to the King’s query of who is coming, but the
obstacle that stood before him earlier and later in the book is the corrupt
Thane (and King) that he and his fellow nobles fight against for at first the
good of King Duncan and later to take down the evil King Macbeth and the good
of Scotland.
4. What
happens when your character confronts these obstacles?
Lennox before his quote in Act 1
Scene 2, fought in a large battle against the traitorous Thane of Cawdor,
therefore he had to confront him and his men in battle to follow the orders of
his King and loyalty. Also due to his loyalty he helps Macduff and the Scottish
nobles defeat Macbeth at the end of the play.
5. Are
there any distinctive elements in your character’s way of speaking? (Is his or
her language elaborate, plain, musical, or what?)
Even though Lennox’s one line in
1.2 is relatively short, he still says what would rather seem a simple sentence
very complexly. He says, “What a haste looks through his eyes! So should he
look That seems to speak things strange,” and in a modern, less complex
translation this would basically just what “He looks like he has to say
something important.” This is just an example of the Shakespearian language
that was very ornate and complex.
6. What
is your character thinking during the scene? (How does he or she react to the
other characters and events?)
My interpretation of the part of
Lennox in Macbeth led me to believe that he is just thinking what
everyone else is thinking at this part of the story, what the Thane of Ross has
to say about Macbeth’s role in the previous battle.
Ethan
Levine as Ross
1. What does your character want in this scene?
Ross
wishes to inform the king of Macbeth’s
victory.
2. What is your character’s motivation for doing what he or she does?
His motivation
to say what he does is that he is a messenger and he needs to report on the
victory.
3. What obstacles stand in his or her way?
There are no
obstacles in the way of Ross because he is a messenger and this is his first
appearance.
4. What happens when your character confronts these obstacles?
He does not
confront any obstacles.
5. Are there any distinctive elements in your character’s way of speaking? (Is
his or her language elaborate, plain, musical, or what?)
Based on the way
my character speaks with vivid adjectives his language is elaborate.
6. What is your character thinking during the scene? (How does he or she react
to the other characters and events?)
During the scene
Ross is trying to think of what to tell the King. The way he reacts to the
other people is by getting more into the message while sharing it.