Hi everyone:
Please use the comment section below to reflect on Shakespeare's Macbeth:
what did the story leave you with and what do you think is most
essential to understand about the story? Use one of the quotations /
motifs that you have tracked to support your ideas. Can you choose a
quotation (with an embedded motif) that gets to the heart of the play?
Explain its importance.
Comments are due on Tuesday April 15th. Thanks, Mr. Telles.
The story of “Macbeth”, by Shakespeare, shows that characters can sometimes become more important than the plot itself. In fact, what is most essential to understand about the story is to know the characters. The characters shape and form the plot. It is the characters’ actions in Macbeth that lead some of them to their downfall. It becomes vital to understand what each character, such as Macbeth, Banquo, and Macduff, think or plan to do and how they, as a whole, contribute to the plot. By understanding them, the story become clear, you are able to foresee what might happen next, and overall, you begin to see the plot. “Macbeth” included multiple characters and it was key to understand each one of them for the best understanding of “Macbeth” altogether. The line, “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“, (Act 1. Sc.5) shows how Lady Macbeth instigates Macbeth and how his actions are based upon Lady Macbeth’s influences, which ultimately leads to his end. It is important to understand each character’s motive so that way the story makes more sense. “Out, damned spot; out, I say. One, two- why, then ‘tis time to do’t. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeared? What need we fear who knows it when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” (Act 5. Sc.1) This line, said by Lady Macbeth, includes the motif of blood. Blood was a continuous motif throughout the story and in this case, it was involving Lady Macbeth washing off the blood from her hands. This line is important since it shows how wrong decisions can create unexpected situations. For example, Lady Macbeth’s greed and lust for power made her commit a murder of an innocent man, which in turn, made her uneasy and feel guilty, leading to her death. Evil intentions make people do things that they wouldn’t normally do, and in this case, Lady Macbeth confessed unknowingly and created trouble for herself. This idea is important throughout the story since each character’s action did lead to an impact, either with a good result or a negative one. “Macbeth”, by Shakespeare, was an interesting book and the different language and tone made it even more interesting.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare's Macbeth left me unsatisfied with the plot and overall play as a whole. I felt this way when we finished the book because the plot followed the prophecies of the witches. By having prophecies included in the text, I could assume what was going to happen in Macbeth's future. Shakespeare composed a plot filled with amazing literary aspects, but unfortunately he left his characters to live through simple plots and farfetched events. The characters of Macbeth made uncommon decisions; for the fact that Shakespeare needed the prophecies to come true. As a reader, I felt the plot left me with a sour taste for the play and a lackluster interest in the pre-revealed future. On a less negative note, in order to fully comprehend the play, one must focus on Shakespeare's literary marvels which truly make Macbeth the constantly re-run play which it is known to be. With a keen and trained mind, one can enter into the realms of Shakespeare's true genius. By comprehensively understanding the base plot and cross referencing it to the play's underlying truths, one will be left with more questions brought forth than compared to the answers rewarded. Honestly, the base story of Macbeth is significant to understand, but only if you are reader deeper into the complicated text. Motifs can be easily seen throughout the base level of text, but can only be connected and fully appreciated when one understands Shakespeare's intricate complexity. An important part of the play is the motif of blood. An example when Macbeth exclaimed, "Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day and with thy bloody and invisible hand cancel and tear to pieces that great bond which keeps me pale." Act 3 sc. 3. This quote reveals Macbeth's concern about the murder he just committed, but also suggests Macbeth's emotions that will haunt him and his wife, until they both are dead.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare's Macbeth has left me awed in the same way that his other works have left me; feeling enlightened and craving for more. What I love about Shakespeare's style, that is only found within the words of his original works, is the thought and articulation of the carefully selected words. He conveys such powerful concepts through his characters and their actions. For example within Romeo and Juliet, it is passion, faith and loyalty. Whereas in Macbeth, there is power, lust, and vengeance, The story of Macbeth leaves me craving for more from the plot. It often felt fast paced and hurried, and there were some arcs that never were quite finished that he should have addressed. The most major being how one prophecy was not fulfilled. This leaves me wondering if that was the intent from the start, if the whole point of the play was to see if receiving these "prophecies" would push Banquo and Macbeth to attempt to fulfill them. In a way, it may be seen as paradoxal. One quote from act 3 states "Put rancors in the vessel of my peace/ Only for them, and mine eternal jewel/ Given to the common enemy of man/ To make them kings, the seeds of Banquo kings." This relates the motif of jewels found throughout the play. Macbeth reveals the lust for power that was not originally in him, and the corruption that has been conjured within his soul. He feels himself above the common man, only due to the prophecy that he was told, and in turn it leads to his own downfall. All in all, I am satisfied with the work of Macbeth, despite its unfinished arc. It is nice to ponder and infer what Shakespeare wants his readers to see between the lines.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Shakespeare's "Macbeth", I've received some mixed emotions. At first, it was very difficult for me to comprehend. The language that was used was not in my range of vocabulary for the most part. The advantage to this was that I could do research on Shakespeare's use of dialect, and I could learn more about it and personally benefit from it. Towards the end, I got a better, clearer understanding of what was going on. Everything that Shakespeare says has a message behind it; it all has deep meaning. The more you read his type of writing, the more you can decipher it and understand what he is really trying to say. He uses many symbolic objects in his writing to enhance the whole idea of the book. The most important thing about reading "Macbeth" was to get a feel of the time period and a sense of knowledge of Shakespeare and his creativity. Motifs were often used to enhance the meaning of the book. One of the main motifs was the concept of blood. For example, "Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time,/ Ere humane statute purged the gentle weal" (Act 3, Scene 4, Line 91). This quote basically means that Macbeth has started his so-called "killing rampage" and isn't really phased by it.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare's Macbeth was a very complicated play and could leave the reader very confused. In my experience of reading this book I found that knowing the characters was very important to understanding the book as a whole. The character's could easily confused but they are what make the story and the events understandable and intruiging. One main part of the story that needs to be understood is the personalities and intentions of the characters throughout the play because that is the basis of the entire play. By reading their lines carefully in the play and understanding the meanings you can see more into the play. For example Lady Macbeth's line "How tender 'tis the love the babe that milks me, I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from it's boneless gums and dashed the brain's out" (Act I, Scene 7) This line goes deeper into the characters personality showing that she is really a twisted and sick person which you can infer could later lead to other actions by this character. Macbeth, was however, was a good play as a whole and along with many other Shakespeare plays was very tragic and riviting which makes them so liked by readers.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare’s play Macbeth left me with how power can take over a person. Like how Macbeth has been told he will be given power and as soon as he knows this, it takes him over and he kills Duncan so he can become king. But then the feeling of guilt takes him over and he starts to kill people because he is scared they will be suspicious of him. it is easy to understand that Macbeth never would have done all of this killing if the witches hadn’t told him he would become of a higher power and if his wife never pressured him into doing it. A motif that really shows what goes on in Macbeth is all the blood motifs. With these motifs you really get a feel of what is going on in the play. A quotation that really gets the heart of the play “It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move and trees to speak.” This is what Macbeth says when he sees Banquo’s ghost at dinner. This quote is important to the play because it is saying that people say the dead will somehow get their revenge and that the trees and gravestones will speak to those to make them feel guilty of what they have done and they will continued to be haunted until they feel that way and that is exactly what happens to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, they are haunted by ghosts and guilty dreams until they are both dead at the end of the play.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the play “Macbeth” By Shakespeare, I was left very confused on both the plot and characters. With being confused with the characters I inturn think that that made me not completely understand the plot of the story. In the story Macbeth its always the characters actions shaping what is going on in the story. When Macbeth kills someone or sends someone to be killed the plot is completely changed. With not knowing the characters well, it was hard to understand what was going on why each character was doing a certain action. One motif that is present throughout the whole play that we have tracked, was the motif of blood. Blood was everywhere in the story of macbeth with all of the terrible killings that occurred. One quote that made this motif stand out was "make thick my blood;Stop up the access and passage to remorse" which was said by Lady Macbeth in act one scene five, as she is planning on killing Duncan she calls upon the spirits of murder. In this scene Lady Macbeth wants to poison her own soul so she can kill someone without remorse. The motif blood is a huge part of the story of Macbeth in so many ways and really helps shape the plot through quotes that include this theme.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare’s Macbeth was a fairly good book but was a little hard to follow at time and hard to read and interpret what is said. The way that Shakespeare writes is very different from how people write now. I think that it would help the reader understand and enjoy the book more if they read some of shakespeare’s writing before hand. The characters were also difficult to follow, if a reader read a character analysis of all the characters in the book either before or during the reading that would help greatly. To understand the story of Macbeth you must understand Macbeth’s lust for power. That is the motivation for all that he does in this play. To gain more social dominance over others Macbeth kills the people above him and ,by doing this, he moves up in rank and becomes even more powerful. Although it is Macbeth’s lust for more power that leads to his downfall in the end because Macduff kills him. This also leads to Lady Macbeth’s downfall when she commits suicide because she can not take the guilt of knowing that she talked her husband into killing many different people. I thought it was odd how in the beginning of the story Lady Macbeth is the cold hearted and manipulative one when she is trying to get Macbeth to kill Duncan and Macbeth is the one that has second thoughts about the crime. Although in the end their roles switch when Macbeth becomes cold hearted and almost evil like, so much that even the sight of his wives dead body does not phase him. As for Lady Macbeth she becomes soft and feels the guilt so much that she could not take it anymore and commits suicide. Overall I liked this book, it had a good story line and was a very interesting read.
ReplyDelete"Macbeth:, leaves you with a sense of wonder and a mind full of unanswered questions. What you have to understand about this book is that some people will do what ever it takes to be at the top, to have a high amount of power. "Bleed, bleed, poor country"! It gets to the heart of the play because there's a lot of blood shed that happens in that one area. Blood in this play is the drive for Macbeth he kills Duncan having his blood on his hands drives him to kill the guards, and several other people that get in his way while he tries to become king. Macbeth wants to be king so badly but, the reason why he wants to be king is unknown throughout the whole play. I don't see what reason he could have that justifies killing all those people to just be a king. Macbeth is the kind of play that leaves you wanting to know what else is going to happen. It's so good because it only gives you insight in some place, but it gives absolutely nothing in others.
ReplyDeleteMacbeth is an extremely powerful story about desire and evil. From Macbeth I have learned that desire for power can overtake a person's mind and body. Shakespeare uses motifs and themes to convey feelings of evil and obsessive desire. A motif often found in Macbeth is mothering figures being evil or unnurturing. This can be shown when Lady Macbeth says “I would while it was smiling in my face, have plucked the nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” This quote shows the distortion or corruption of motherhood that Macbeth contains. In this quote Lady Macbeth is saying that if she vowed to commit a murder, she would follow through even if it was her own child. This quote embodies her ruthless attitude towards life and her effectiveness towards manipulating others. Lady Macbeth influenced Macbeth into killing Duncan, even though he didn't necessarily want to. Shakespeare has shown me that lusting for power can have dire consequences. For Macbeth, his insatiable need for power lead to his downfall when he was killed by Macduff. Macbeth is the kind of book that leaves you on the edge of your seat. It guides you in some places while other parts are open to your own interpretation and perception. In my opinion, some parts of the book were hard to follow but overall I felt that I learned a great deal from Macbeth.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved Shakespeare’s Macbeth, even the parts that disturbed me a bit, because it is very easy to fall in love with a playwright or an author when they can change your emotions just with their words. I feel like there are so many hidden messages and connections that Shakespeare put in there, that it will take hundreds of years before anyone actually completely understands every detail of the play. E very single motif that we talked about in class, and I’m sure that there are more, was important in some way or another, which I think is what makes Shakespeare so great. He puts so much detail into his scripts, he is like J.R.R. Tolkien, except he uses less words. Shakespeare’s Macbeth left me with many connections between it and The Picture of Dorian Gray, my choice book. Both of these books focus on the lengths that some people go to to stay young and powerful, when influenced by outside forces that that is what they should be striving for. Both Macbeths and Dorian’s guilt tears them apart, and they both eventually meet their downfall. Both of these stories are absolutely wonderful tragedies, and I really do think that it is a good idea to read them both around the same time. That way you can compare the same type’s of themes, in different time periods, and in slightly different classes of society. One thing that Macbeth left me with was an entirely new appreciation for Shakespeare. I liked Romeo and Juliet, but I could never really connect with the emotions that you would assume go along with a story about “star crossed lovers.” But, in Macbeth, there is loss and suffering and so much raw emotion, that I felt so much more involved in than with a romance between to teenagers. After reading Macbeth, I feel more in touch with the raw writer that Shakespeare was, and makes me enjoy his work even more.
ReplyDeleteMacbeth was a story filled with desire, greed, and the lust for power. This story showed how far people will go to obtain such power, and how many people they will cross in order to achieve their goals. Macbeth was also a book filled with motifs, and as I searched for a quote for a motif during class I stumbled upon a paradox that I felt was great. “Such welcome and unwelcome things at once 'tis hard to reconcile” was the paradox that stuck out to me. Macbeth was filled with different paradoxes similar to this one, it is a tightly woven story with incredible structure in each sentence, as if Shakespeare thought about every individual sentence and tried to force the reader to think. If you were to go into Macbeth you would have no trouble finding paradoxes or finding other motifs such as blood, or jewelry. Overall, I was satisfied with Macbeth as a whole, and I have learned to appreciate the way that Shakespeare tends to link his sentences together, and make the reader wonder how each and every sentence could be symbolism, or foreshadowing in regards to the story.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading and watching Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the play left me fascinated, but also confused at the same time. The only difficult thing about reading Shakespeare is the Old English, in my opinion I find it very hard to understand. But the more I read it, the more I find it fascinating. Since there were many characters in Macbeth, it was very confusing. I couldn’t tell who was who and what had happened to those characters in the end of the play. The plot for Macbeth was neither good nor bad. There were many important events that had happened during the play and it happened one after another. Therefore, it was really confusing to catch up and know what’s going on in the play. I find Macbeth fascinating because of the Old English that was used. Even though it was confusing, but at the same time it was really amazing because it’s like you’re learning another language. The most essential to understand about the story is how “evil” played a role in the play. Macbeth murdered many people in order to get throne and not only to get the throne, he murdered people that suspected him of killing King Duncan. As the play goes on, the evilness in Macbeth builds up and in the end he wasn’t willing to give up his power to Malcolm. As a result, he was killed by Macduff because Macbeth murdered his whole family.
ReplyDelete“When first they put the name of king upon me
And bade them speak to him. Then, prophet-like,
They hailed him father to a line of kings.
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
And put a barren scepter in my grip,
Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding. If’t be so,
For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered”
Macbeth, line 51-71 Act 3, Scene 1 page 85
This quotation with an embedded motif is important because it showed how “evil” played a role in the play Macbeth.
Shakespeare is indeed a literary genius. Though his play on words and the uses of some of their meanings were hard to understand, I could tell by the flow of words. Because he is known for tragedies, I found his book to be predictable at times. The book also ends with some unanswered questions which is unsettling on the readers part. But as far as the story goes Shakespeare proves just how easily a person's heart can be manipulated. Macbeth started off being the Thane of Glamis and a Scottish general. His life was good. But after the witches come along and got into his head his desire for power feasts on his purpose of life. His wife begins to push him toward corruption and after the first deed is done, Macbeth finds the will to do whatever it takes. It is important to understand the power that one's desire for it can ultimately result in her or she's downfall. In Act II it is written, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." This quote falls under the blood motif category. It shows what the characters are feeling inside. MacBeth is suffering from guilt, even haunted from it. But he cannot stop if it means getting the throne. His desire, his heart was controlled by the thoughts put in by the witches. To understand a book, it is most important to understand the characters.
ReplyDeleteMacbeth examines the ideas of desire, selfishness and power. The story begins with a death and ends likewise. The story left me with the thought that if we allow desire to control us death will be our ultimate demise. Since the book ends and begins with death an ominous or melancholic tone began and ended Macbeth’s fate. Throughout the book Macbeth’s desire for power overwhelmed him leading him to act selfishly. To understand the story of Macbeth it is essential to understand the idea of desire that is seen throughout the book. This desire controls his actions. At the beginning of the book Macbeth attempts to control his desires, however, his wife’s encouragements led Macbeth to let his desire to control his actions. The desire that is seen in Macbeth is sated when blood is split. Macbeth desire begins to control him when his wife tells him the she would “While it was smiling in my face… I would dash the brains out … (1.7.64-65).” When someone dies by the hand of Macbeth he does this to make sure his desire for power is never interfered with. This quote also encompasses the play as a whole it shows what both Macbeth and his wife is willing to give up for power. This willingness is their downfall.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare’s Macbeth left me with mixed feelings. The overall plot was very interesting and fairly easy to follow. The most essential thing about this story was the relationship and constant change in and between characters. You could see the characters changing throughout the story through their actions and dialogue with others. Macbeth, the main character, begins the story power-hungry, hunting for as anything he can get. He is convinced by Lady Macbeth to begin his killing spree with Duncan, who is just the beginning of Macbeth’s treacherous journey. I also was left feeling unsatisfied with the ending. Shakespeare left a lot unsaid which may be part of the reason his works of literature are so entertaining. In Macbeth, he leaves characters missing at the finale, which we never know what happens to them. The worst part in my opinion was the prophecies foretold constantly by the witches. It gave away very key information and made the story less interesting because the main events were expected. It ruined my interest in the story but made it easier to follow. The motif blood was constantly happening throughout the book. With many deaths, blood is necessary. No matter what point in the book you flip to, you will see something relating to blood. One of the dialogues that stood out to me about the motif blood was from Act 3 Scene 4 page 109 Line 156 when Macbeth says “The secret’st man of blood – What is the night.” The language used in Macbeth wasn’t terrible to decipher but wasn’t easy either. Overall, the story of Macbeth was worth the read and I learned from the experience.
ReplyDeleteIt is safe to say that Shakespeare’s Macbeth left me with mixed feelings. I was quite confused throughout the book. It was the language that really through me off. I do think the story line was genius. I liked how it was a sick and twisted book. I had to use another source other than the book to understand what I was reading. It took me a while. The characters of Macbeth changed throughout the whole story. Macbeth started out the story with a desire for power. He also went on a killing spree starting with Duncan. Towards the end it seemed as if Macbeth settled down a little bit more. A reoccurring motif that I noticed was blood. On just about every page of Macbeth blood was mentioned somehow. An important scene of the blood in Macbeth was when Lady Macbeth thought she had permanent blood stains on her hands. It wasn’t literally blood. The blood was a symbol of guilt. Throughout the whole story blood seemed to symbolize guilt. Macbeth left me unhappy. This is because there were a lot of questions that remained unanswered for me. Shakespeare’s Macbeth had an excellent story line but the word choice and symbolization was hard for me to follow which took away from the book.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare's Macbeth is a play that gets to the depth of the dangers of a greed for power. The book shows the way that a person can become paranoid and filled with guilt. A motif that illustrates this guilt is the use of blood through out the play. Lady Macbeth is a character that becomes filled with guilt and tries to rid herself of it by washing the “blood” from her hands. Another motif I noticed through out the play was the references to things that grow and develop. A specific quote that struck me was “ If you can look into the seeds of time And say which grain will grow and which will not”. The idea of things growing and changing and some things doing the opposite, can be compared to the characters that grow and change through out the play. Some characters such as Lady Macbeth seems to develop a conscious. She grows as a person, and begins to see what is wrong in the things she had done. Some characters, however, seem to grow in the opposite direction. Characters such as Macbeth seem to regress and develop into a lesser person. He starts out the story with having a conscious and the more greedy he becomes the more he begins to regress. I think Macbeth was had an interesting plot, but the language was tough to understand. The more we read the book the easier it became to decipher the true meaning of the words and analyze the motifs. I think it is most essential to understand about the book that our desire for power can lead to our downfall if we become too greedy
ReplyDeleteWhat really stuck with me was how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth seemed to switch roles throughout the play. As Lady Macbeth started to reflect upon her decisions, Macbeth became more and more apathetic. In the end Lady Macbeth, overwhelmed with guilt and grief, kills herself. Macbeth is killed by Malcolm. Desire is an overwhelming things, and that is what led to both of these character's demise.
ReplyDeleteThe story of “Macbeth”, written by the great writer William Shakespeare, leaves you with many different feelings. Shakespeare is a very complex writer. Shakespeare writings were written during a different time period which allows people to travel back in time to understand what the dialogue was like back then. At first I found myself struggling greatly when it came to understanding the language of Macbeth. The dialogue at the time was much different than the type of language that is spoken now. Macbeth is one of those books that you really have to take your time reading, if not you will soon find yourself struggling. I believe that everyone can agree that throughout the novel blood becomes a major motif. A motif is a reoccurring subject or theme throughout a literary or artistic work. For an example here is a blood motif from Macbeth, “We still have judgment here/ That we but teach bloody instructions/ Which being taught/ Return to plague th’ inventor” (Act 1, Scene 7, Line 8). This is one of the many times that Shakespeare brings up the motif of blood. In the story of Macbeth there are many deaths, a reason why blood is a major motif. The characters of Macbeth find themselves constantly being involved in killing sprees. Macbeth becomes one major killer throughout the novel, which is one of the many reasons why blood becomes a major motif.
ReplyDeleteNote: I was not in class the day we found the motif quotations.
ReplyDelete“Macbeth” by Shakespeare left me confused but overall I liked the story. The story was written and came together pretty well. Also, most of the characters developed completely and you see how their specific decisions affect them. However, there were times of feeling unsatisfied and like situations weren’t complete. For example, after the witches give their prophecies you wait to see them play out. While most of them happened, there was one that didn’t. The prophecy which did not happen was that Banquo’s son would be king. Instead Malcom is crowned king at the end. It is not clear whether Banquo’s son will be king later or not. For the most part, the story was put together well with information as to why characters are the way they are and what led them to be the way they are. Also, the language in which Shakespeare writes makes Macbeth a lot more enjoyable. While some would find it hard, I find it interesting and unique. The story of Macbeth does a really good job of portraying an uncontrollable desire of power and status. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth complete actions in response to their greed. Their actions of killing and selfishness eventually lead up to their own death. So while Shakespeare created a story that at times left you unsatisfied and confused, he made up for this in other ways. The story of Macbeth as a whole was interesting and enjoyable.
Shakespeare is a very interesting writer. His writing is brilliant but it takes much time and patience to really appreciate his brilliance. He has a very unique style of writing that is often misinterpreted by many. He uses sonnets to write his plays so he often times rearranges the order of his words in order to follow the rhyme scheme. The vocabulary he uses has also come a long way so many words have changed their meaning completely from then and now. These factors make it very hard to understand Shakespeare's writing. Macbeth is no exception to these ambiguous techniques. I am one who has the trouble of not quite understanding Shakespeare language. For this reason is was tough for me to really get into the book. Although the general plot came across clearly, some of the details got lost in the difficult language. For this reason it was hard for me to get into the book. I did enjoy the plot of the story. Shakespeare demonstrated power and control in Macbeth so well. The theme of self destruction was also demonstrated in the end. The most essential things to understand about the book is how the characters developed throughout the play. The two characters who made the most substantial personality changes were Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the beginning Macbeth was very intimidated and unwilling to begin killing people, it was his wife who convinced him. He had a guilty conscience when the deed was done. As the book went on this conscience withered away and by the end he felt no remorse killing people left and right. Lady Macbeth on the other had had the opposite transition. At the beginning she was all for the killing of these innocent people. She was very pushy and said the right things to ensure her husband would be on board. As the story progressed her guilty conscience overwhelmed her and took over bringing her to commit suicide. A quote from Act II that represents Macbeth's feeling towards the beginning is: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." This exhibits his guilty side before he changed into a monster.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Macbeth by William Shakespeare I was left feeling disturbed. The book really shows how far someone will go to obtain power and control. Macbeth was just a regular person but when the opportunity came and he knew he could take power from the king just by killing him Macbeth quickly turned into a monster. This book was very graphic and disturbing thats why I think the motif of Blood is very important. It is so important because Macbeth, as well as other characters from the story, seek power and control so much that they would go far enough to ed someone else's life. This motif from the book helps show that Macbeth killed someone for power but he still feels guilty in a way. "With all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
ReplyDeleteClean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red."
I thought that Macbeth was a very graphic play with a lot of death and violence. It showed how violent someone can be and the extent they will go to get more power. One of the motifs of the play that stuck me the most was the amount of blood. From the beginning, people died in bloody, messy ways that left their murderer soaked in blood. When Macbeth killed Duncan, he was covered in his blood. they covered the guards with blood. One of Lady Macbeth's nighttime rambles was, "Who knew the old man had so much blood." It is a bloody play about a man with a lot of blood on his hands, and how he went on in a bloodbath of power.
ReplyDeleteMacbeth left me a little bored. Although the story itself was good the language was difficult for me to read. with the language being hard to understand it left me a little uninterested. i think something very essential to the story is power. The things that people will do for power and the things people will do when they get that power. an often occurring motiff would be blood. With macbeth killing so many people there was alot of blood involved in the story and symbolized both power and guilt.
ReplyDeleteI personally thought the book Macbeth by William Shakespeare was a decent book. The dialect was a little difficult for me to comprehend. It was difficult to find this book interesting considering the fact the I mixed up who was who several times and the dialect was hard to understand. Overall the book was pretty disturbing and had a lot of death and violence. Im sure if you understand the dialect; the book is very interesting. A motif that is greatly used throughout the book is animals. “Fillet of a fenny snake in the cauldron boil and bake. Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, adder’s fork and blindworm’s sting. Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing, for a charm of powerful trouble, like a hell-broth boil and bubble.” (Act. 4 Sc.1 Line 12-19) says the second witch as they are doing their famous double double toil and trouble scene. Macbeth by William Shakespeare was not one of my favorite books that we have read this year, for it was difficult for me to comprehend and get into.
ReplyDeleteA.C. Bradley (Lectures on Shakespearean Tragedy):
ReplyDelete“The chief characters, built on a scale at least as large as that of Othello, seem to
attain at times an almost superhuman stature.”
“Both are sublime, and both inspire, far more than the other tragic heroes, the feeling of awe.”
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Rupert Goold’s 2009 film of “the Scottish play”, based on his triumphant stage production, is mighty fine. Original, witty at times, more earthily human than most interpretations, its avant garde mood gives the familiar material a fresh and new tone. At times it also clashes absurdly with the text of the masterpiece, but we can overlook that as minor in the main.
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