These lines are uttered by Macbeth at the very beginning of the play, specifically Act I, scene IV. At that time, the witches’ prophecy a already been revealed to him and although he already somewhat believes it, the realization of its meaning is growing within his mind, spurred by a burning ambition. However, although he has not yet decided to murder the King, he already understands that since the King already has two sons, and he names Malcolm, his elder son as The Prince of Cumberland and his heir to the throne. This of course ignites the “fire” within Macbeth’s mind since it contradicts the prophecy. Indeed, if King Duncan has already named an heir, how will he become King?
Of course, to event openly disclose such musings in front of the King, his heir and his court will immediately amount to treason for they declare that Macbeth covets the throne and that he sees the official heir as either a means for his own ambition or an obstacle to be eliminated. He therefore decides to only break the fourth wall and only tell the audience, foreshadowing the later developments of the play.
Annan uses words like "deadliest," "suffering," "crimes," "violence" and "hatred." These words help the reader to see how the 20th century was uncomfortable, dangerous, and a bad time.
Although you haven't shown it, we can see from the context of your question that you are referring to Kofi Annan's speech during the Nobel Peace Prize.
In this speech, Annan states that:
- The world and the relationship between countries and people have changed a lot over time.
- However, not all of these changes were beneficial.
- Although the 21st century seems safer and more stable than the 20th century, boundaries between people still exist.
- These borders are no longer national borders and have started to be created by the social, economic, and political inequalities that surround us.
- Although the 20th century was a bad, criminal and violent moment in the history of humanity, we cannot say that there is a union between peoples and not even between people of the same nation, right now.
- This makes our current century still dangerous, unstable, and in need of improvement.
In short, he claims that we have evolved in technology, but our social relationships, empathy, and solidarity are still as shallow as in the 20th century.
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