McB Act 1 Scenes 1-3

In the first section of reading there are a lot of images of injury, beacuse or the battle, so I decided to talk about those. On page 26, Duncan speaks of a bloody man and the sergeant while speaking of the battle, talks about Macbeth's brandished steel "which smoked with bloody execution" (pg. 26.) These are both images of injury in the novel. They are giving the reader a visual of what the scene would be like and especially when the sergeant is talking about MacBeth, the way he describes it shows that MacBeth killed many people in the battle, and he was respected. On page 28, the sergeant says "But I am faint, my gashes cry for help" (pg. 28.) This is once again describing the battle and how he was wounded and it has made him weak, and now he needs someone to see to his injuries. We learn from all of this imagery that this was a big and important battle. Also on page 28, Duncan says to the sergeant, "So well they words become thee, as they wounds;" (pg. 28) this is another image of injury and Duncan is saying that the news the sergeant brought and the wounds he has suffered give him credit.