1) Select a theme: Ambition, Violence, Gender, Marriage, Fate v. Freewill, Nature v. Unnatural
2) Select a quotation, or brief dialogue exchange
3) Select lyrics from a song that matches the theme, passage/dialogue you chose
4) Explain the connection.
Still from Macbeth: The Musical
EXAMPLE: Your post should look like the following...
1) Themes:
Ambition and Marriage
2) Text:
MACBETH
We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
LADY MACBETH
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valour
As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'
Like the poor cat i' the adage?
MACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
LADY MACBETH
Who dares receive it other,
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?
If I said what's on my mind
You'd turn and walk away
Disappearing way back in your dreams
It's so hard to be unkind
So easy just to say
That everything is just the way it seems
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
I can't get any stronger
I can't climb any higher
You'll never know just how hard I've tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can't be satisfied
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you still see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
4) ANALYSIS:
In my opinion, Macbeth is haunted by his inability to produce an heir. This will haunt him later when he becomes king. Lady Macbeth consistently questions his manhood, even when we as an audience see how much he has accomplished, it appears that it will never be enough for his wife. She calls to the spirits to "unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty!" (I,iv, 120-123). This also undoes the sexual and emotional relationship between the two characters, making it impossible for them to work together as a couple. The song by Boston calls upon this idea, as the speaker feels it is impossible to say "what's on mind/You'd turn and walk away/Disappearing way be in your dreams." Lady Macbeth has a vision for what she wants her husband to be. It will continue to get harder for Macbeth "to hide behind this dream you see/a man i'll never be."
2) Text:
MACBETH
We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
LADY MACBETH
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valour
As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'
Like the poor cat i' the adage?
MACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
LADY MACBETH
Who dares receive it other,
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?
MACBETH
I am settled, and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
I am settled, and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
LADY MACBETH EXITS
3) Song & Lyrics:
"A Man I'll Never Be" by Boston (1978)
MACBETH
3) Song & Lyrics:
"A Man I'll Never Be" by Boston (1978)
MACBETH
If I said what's on my mind
You'd turn and walk away
Disappearing way back in your dreams
It's so hard to be unkind
So easy just to say
That everything is just the way it seems
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
I can't get any stronger
I can't climb any higher
You'll never know just how hard I've tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can't be satisfied
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you still see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
4) ANALYSIS:
In my opinion, Macbeth is haunted by his inability to produce an heir. This will haunt him later when he becomes king. Lady Macbeth consistently questions his manhood, even when we as an audience see how much he has accomplished, it appears that it will never be enough for his wife. She calls to the spirits to "unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty!" (I,iv, 120-123). This also undoes the sexual and emotional relationship between the two characters, making it impossible for them to work together as a couple. The song by Boston calls upon this idea, as the speaker feels it is impossible to say "what's on mind/You'd turn and walk away/Disappearing way be in your dreams." Lady Macbeth has a vision for what she wants her husband to be. It will continue to get harder for Macbeth "to hide behind this dream you see/a man i'll never be."
Macbeth deals with the witches periodically throughout the story. He knows that they are something ‘other than man’, but can’t really explain what they are. “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more! A prosperous gentleman; and to be King Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence, or why, Upon this blasted heath you stop our way, With such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you” (19). Macbeth knows they are unnatural, but has no science or facts to explain what they are. The witches remind me of Stevie Nicks, who as an artist produces music that sounds mysterious and unexplainable. One of her songs, “Sorcerer”; speaks of a woman falling in love with a man, but she can’t explain what he’s doing to her. “Timeless in your finery, It’s a high price, For your luxury, Sorcerer; Who is the master? A man and a woman on a star stream. In the middle of a snow dream”. In both scenarios they struggle to identify what’s real and what is not.
ReplyDeleteThroughout Act One, Macbeth shows a strong ambition to become the King of Scotland. However, there are some points where he shows contradicting thoughts that compromise his plans of killing King Duncan and taking over the throne. For example, when King Duncan and his party are at Macbeth’s home, Macbeth has a soliloquy. During the soliloquy, he says, “If it were done when ‘tis done then ‘twere well It were done quickly”(41). At the beginning of his soliloquy, Macbeth believes that the plans to murder King Duncan will be fine as long as it is quick and effortless. But, later on he starts to have doubts when he says, “First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then, as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself”(41). Macbeth begins to weigh in the cons to his internal argument by thinking about the sins he will be committing if he proceeds in killing the king. This back and forth in Macbeth’s mind is somewhat similar to the lyrics of “Haven’t Met You Yet,” by Michael Bublé, because at the beginning of the song he says a lot of contradictory things that he has done. The first example of contradictory statements in the song is right at the beginning of the song when Bublé says, “Talk myself in, I talk myself out, I get all worked up then I let myself down.” This quote relates to how Macbeth is feeling in his soliloquy because at the moment he too is trying to talk himself into murdering Duncan, but he eventually talks himself out of it after weighing the pros and cons. Later in the song, Bublé says, “I came up with a million excuses, I thought, I thought of every possibility,” which is exactly what happened to Macbeth when he is talking to himself about the murder. Macbeth tries very hard to stack up a bunch of reasons not to kill Duncan, because although he is eager to become king, he does not want it to be because he murdered his cousin. So, I believe that the soliloquy in Act one Scene 7 is very similar to the song “Haven’t Met You Yet,” by Michael Bublé because of the similarity in the inner conflict of Macbeth and the singer.
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ReplyDeleteWhen reading the possible themes to choose from for this assignment, the first thought that came to mind was Mrs. Macbeth wanting to become nothing but evil; “Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between Th’ effect and it”(Scene IV). It’s clear that Mrs. Macbeth doesn’t want to be a woman, as she says how she doesn’t want to be something which creates life, but a creature that destroys it. Therefore, I thought “What I’ve Done”by Linkin Park, is an appropriate song to describe her thoughts on being a woman. Phrases like “Erase myself” and “What I’ve done” describe how Mrs. Macbeth feels during scene IV, as well as her frustration with Macbeth having second thoughts about killing Duncan.
ReplyDeleteI chose the themes of ambitions and violence. I chose the text in scene 5, lines 15-31 where Lady Macbeth is talking about being unsexed and how her husband is too good. I picked the sing Blank Space and the lyrics, “Wait the worst is yet to come, oh no screaming, crying, perfect storm, I can make all the tables turn” and “darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream”. I chose the lyric “darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream” because Lady Macbeth puts on this act for the king where she is this kind and beautiful lady but in reality, she is planning to kill Duncan so her husband can become king. I picked the lyrics “wait the worst is yet to come” because one possible outcome of killing the (very well-liked) king is that, it is not going to end well for her and Macbeth. But Shakespeare seemed to write her as a very powerful character who could be capable of pulling this off. So that’s why I picked “I can make all the tables turn” because she could kill Duncan, Macbeth can become king, and she can be this powerful person who secretly killed the powerful king.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the entire first act, Macbeth has had a strong ambition to become King.
ReplyDelete“LADY MACBETH
And when goes hence?
MACBETH
Tomorrow, as he purposes.
LADY MACBETH
O, never
Shall sun that morrow see!
Your face, my thane, is as a book where men
May read strange matters. To beguile the time,
Look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent
flower,
But be the serpent under ’t.” (35). At scene 6, Macbeth is faced with a difficult choice that fuels his and Lady Macbeth’s ambition of taking the throne. Lady Macbeth wants to kill the King tonight, while Macbeth is a bit hesitant. The song “Lose Yourself” by Eminem has this troubling experience through the opening lyrics
“Look
If you had
One shot
Or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
In one moment
Would you capture it
Or just let it slip?”
as if Macbeth doesn’t kill the King and his son the chances that Macbeth will live to be King will slip. This fuels Macbeth’s decision.
Theme
ReplyDeleteMarriage
Quote
“Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males.”
- Macbeth
lyrics
Oh you lured me in I couldn't sense the pain
Your bitter heart cold to the touch
Now I'm gonna reap what I sow
I'm left seeing red on my own
- Stitches by Shawn Mendes
Connection
The lyrics in the song Stitches by Shawn Mendes work well with the passage from Macbeth because I think Macbeth is frustrated with his relationship and annoyed with his wife and the song lyrics show that he was blindsided by the structure of the relationship and now it's too late to get out. I think Macbeth also feels this way because in those times, once you were married, you could not get divorced and he is stuck in the relationship which he is not happy with because he is always being told what to do and yelled at for what he does.
LADY MACBETH
ReplyDeleteWe fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?.
Attention by Charlie Puth
You just want attention, you don't want my heart
Maybe you just hate the thought of me with someone new
Yeah, you just want attention, I knew from the start
You're just making sure I'm never gettin' over you, oh
Analysis:
I think that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a very toxic marriage in general. I think Lady Macbeth is only married to him because it was the times and she wanted attention for being the wife of a general and someone with a title which is why she wants him to kill the king so badly. All she does is put him down and calls him a coward for not killing enough people and for not having a lot of power. She always questions his masculinity and always makes him feel less than. I think their situation is linked to the song “Attention” by Charlie Puth because it talks about how you aren’t with me for me but is just with them for the attention. This is exactly how Lady Macbeth is because all she wants is power and bloodshed.
I chose the theme violence, it seems to be the most affluent theme in the play. Most scenes deal with it and most if not all characters are violent at heart. An example of this is when the Captain is talking about Macbeth in the first act.
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“For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name),
Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like valor's minion carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave;
Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,
Till he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops,
And fixed his head upon our battlements” (1.2.18-26).
Captain states that Macbeth is unfazed by the gruesome killing he had just committed. One song that has lines that relate to this quote is Murder on My Mind by YNW Melly.
“His face is on a T-Shirt and his family traumatized
I didn't even mean to shoot 'em, he just caught me by surprise
I reloaded my pistol, cocked it back, and shot him twice
His body dropped down to the floor and he had teardrops in his eyes
He grabbed me by my hands and said he was afraid to die
I told 'em it's too late my friend, its time to say "Goodbye"
And he died inside my arms, blood all on my shirt “
Both of these quotes are about how violence can affect anyone. But also how these people are unfazed by their actions.
Nick Criniti
ReplyDeleteTheme:
Violence
Quote:
Macbeth: My dearest love, Duncan comes here tonight.
Lady Macbeth: And when he goes hence?
Macbeth: Tomorrow, as he purposes.
Lady Macbeth: O, never shall the sun that morrow see!
Song: Murder NBA Youngboy
Strapped like the Navy Seals
Promise you don't want it
Explanation:
I chose the theme violence and the song Murder because it goes really well with the quote I chose and the play itself. The quote itself is from the scene when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are talking about killing Duncan. I thought that the song Murder was a good tie in to the scene because theres a lot of violence and talking about killing in both.
The theme I have chosen is power. In Act 1 Scene 3 the three witches hail to Macbeth for his current title, Thane of Glamis. The witches then inform Macbeth that he will soon become Thane of Cawdor and the King. “First Witch: All Hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis. Second Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor. Third Witch: All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” (17-19). This scene is describing power because Macbeth will soon gain power. The song I have chosen to describe the theme is Eye of the Tiger by Survivors. I chose this song because I think it portrays gaining power just like this scene from Macbeth. “Just a man and his will to survive. So many times it happens too fast You trade your passion for glory Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight just to keep them alive. It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night And he's watchin us all with the eye of the tiger.” This also shows the perseverance of trying to gain power.
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Matt Gaetano
ReplyDeleteThroughout the rest of Act 1, Macbeth contemplates whether to kill King Duncan or not. When Lady Macbeth finds out about his destiny, she feels that she must be involved. She tries to talk Macbeth into helping her in her scheme to no avail. It doesn’t take until she calls him a coward to convince him that this is for a good cause. By the end of Act 1, Macbeth commits and is willing to “bend up / Each corporal agent to this terrible feat” (45). He is essentially saying that he will allocate every part of his body to the sole purpose of killing King Duncan. This reminds me of a song called “Glory” by The Score. The part I’m referring to goes
“I'm a name that you'll remember
I am more than just a thrill
I am gonna be the greatest ever, now
Watch out
I'm a force that you will fear
…
And it goes something like
(Oh-ohh-oh) I'm victorious
(Oh-ohh-oh) It's my time
(Oh-ohh-oh) There's no stopping this
'Cause I was born for this
I do it for the glory”
I picture this as Macbeth speaking, as if he says “I’m a name you will remember”, “There’s no stopping this”, and “I do it for the glory”. Because he is destined to be king, his name (which is already pretty well known) will be remembered. At the end of the act, he is committed, resembling the line “There’s no stopping this”. His motive to kill King Duncan is reflected in the line “I do it for the glory”.
Fate v. Freewill
ReplyDeleteAct 1 Scene 7
“When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both.
They have made themselves, and that their fitness
now” (43)
Run the world by Beyonce
“My persuasion can build a nation
Endless power, with our love we can devour
You'll do anything for me”
In Act 1 Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth wants to control her husband and tells him it is what he must do. She wants him to take control of the crown and get rid of Duncan. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband he will truly be a man only if he kills Macbeth. The song “Run the World” by Beyonce relates to this scene because of how Lady Macbeth is taking control and telling her husband what to do. The line “Endless power, with our love we can devour” also relates to how she and her husband are striving for power.
Theme: Violence/ambition
ReplyDeleteIn Act 1 after the witches talk to Macbeth about him becoming Thane of Cawdor and the king, Macbeth tells his wife and she is eager to kill King Duncan so Macbeth can be king. ”That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between Th’ effect and it. Come to my woman’s breasts And take my milk for gall, you murd’ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry “Hold, hold!”(33). She also talks about murdering King Duncan when he is at there house. “O, never Shall sun that morrow see!” (35). I chose the song Lose Yourself by Eminem because it talks about being nervous about doing something and still doing it. This relates to Macbeth because he is hesitant to kill King Duncan but he still does it.
(1) Themes:
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(2) Texts:
Macbeth. (Aside) If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me,
Without my stir. (25)
Macbeth. We will proceed no further in this business.
He hath honored me of late, and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon. (43)
Lady Macbeth. Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?
And wakes it now to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valor
As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would,”
Like the poor cat i’ the adage? (43)
Macbeth. Prithee peace!
I dare do all that may become a man.
Who dares do more is none. (43)
Lady Macbeth. Who dares receive it other,
As we shall our griefs and clamor roar
Upon his death? (45)
Macbeth. I am settled and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show;
False face must hide what the false heart doth know. (45)
(3) Song & Lyrics
“You Should See Me in a Crown” By Billie Eilish (2018)
You should see me in a crown
I'm gonna run this nothing town
Watch me make 'em bow
One by one by, one
One by one by
You should see me in a crown
Your silence is my favorite sound
Watch me make 'em bow
One by one by, one
One by one by (one)
Count my cards, watch them fall
Blood on a marble wall
I like the way they all
Scream
Tell me which one is worse
Living or dying first
Sleeping inside a hearse
I don't dream
(4) Analysis
This song perfectly matches the ambitions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth believes that he could become a king was an opportunity given to him by the witches. At first, Macbeth did not dare to murder the king directly and feel that the king has given him a lot of honor recently so he should not kill the King. But Ms. Macbeth has been inciting him. In order to preserve his dignity, Macbeth was determined to murder the king.
The theme that I chose was free will versus fate. I believe that the only true thing about free will versus fate is free will itself. We all make our own decisions and all have the power to, however i think that fate has an effect on our decisions for better or for worse. In the case of MacBeth, he was bestowed a prophecy that he would become King. However, it seemed that the prophecy he was given persuaded him to kill the king in a situation where he did indeed have a choice. The song “Rush freewill” proves with the verse “If you choose not to decide. You still have made a choice...You can choose from phantom fears. And kindness that can kill” These lyrics are emphasizing that everything you do you have a choice even if you chose to do something. It also shows that an act that could have a positive effect also have a negative effect elsewhere. For example, if Macbeth did not kill Duncun he would have to be confronted by his wife where she might question his masculinity and what actually happened when he murdered the king but made his wife proud. In the play, Macbeth says “Witchcraft celebrates, Pale Hecate's offerings; and withered murder… for fear thy very stones prate of my whereabout and take the presnt horror of the time.” (pg.51). This quote shows how much Macbeth has been swan by a prophecy he was given by three witches he’s never seen before. He’s willing to kill a King well suited for the crown and loved by everyone because it was his “fate”. He always had a choice, but fate made the choice for him.
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