Monday, March 3, 2014
When is Enough, Enough?
Macbeth has gone off the deep end. He has killed his best friend Banqou and the innocent Mcduff family without so much as pausing to think about his actions. His thirst for power is unmeasurable, as I believe Macbeth is now willing to do anything and everything to keep the crown. At this point in the story, he can't undo what he has done. There's no way of going back and un-killing anyone, so he can't decide to quit because he already too involved. He must keep the killing of Duncan and everyone else undercover because there's no way out of his situation without himself being executed for what he's done. Will the murders ever stop though? The only solutions out of the mess he has entangled himself into is to either run far, far away, kill himself, or keep murdering anybody close to him so he can remain king. I'm not sure if he'll ever reach a point where he can be king without having someone else he needs to kill. Enough may never be enough for Macbeth. Lady Macbeth, on the other hand, has almost reached her breaking point. She is about to call it quits. Her heavy conscience doesn't let her sleep and she is beginning to go insane. I'm intrigued to see how she will back out of this murderous disaster. Is there any other option besides suicide for her?
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Hallucinations
The hallucinations that we have seen in the movie thus far have been very strange, but serve as reminders to Macbeth that they have murdered many many innocent people. The most vivid hallucination that has occurred was when Macbeth saw the bloody ghost of Banqou appear at his dinner table. This image gave Macbeth a constant reminder that he had murdered his friend. Macbeth seemed to turn crazy when this hallucination happened. His brain and conscience were struggling with the facts of what he had done. These hallucinations are important to note because it shows that Macbeth still has sort of a conscience. The amount of people that have been killed by his orders don't sit lightly in his mind, as he is having these hallucinations. As much as I think Macbeth is a terrible, terrible person, he still has something in him that makes him realize what he is doing is wrong. His ambitions so far though, have outweighed these wrong doings. I hope that as the story continues, the hallucinations will ultimately force Macbeth to stop his killings. I hope he will finally realize that him killing innocent people doesn't outweigh his own ambitions (this is a tragedy so I'm sure it doesn't end nicely though). I do predict that Lady Macbeth will eventually suffer hallucinations and then succumb to killing herself over what Macbeth and she have done. Macbeth might also kill himself but I believe Lady Macbeth will most definitely do it first.
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