Macbeth Blog Entry
1. Do you feel sorry for Lady Macbeth? Why or why not?
Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a remorseful character in this play. She makes a lot of stupid mistakes; she forces her husband to commit one of the worst felonies of his time, transforming him from a loyal figure to a treacherous blood-thirsty beast. However, unlike her husband Lady Macbeth does express remorse and guilt towards the end of the novel, she realizes all the wrong she has done and the casualties she has done and so seeks some sort of redemption. For this reason, I believe she is worthy of my sympathy. I believe everyone makes mistakes, some big and some small and in this case she made a very big mistake which haunted her for the rest of her life but at the end she’s able to come back to her senses and realize that she had done so much wrong and seeks forgiveness unlike her dictatorial husband. Though Macbeth decides to continue on with murder by killing any other opposition that stood in his way, Lady Macbeth was unaware of them like the murder of Banquo and Macduffs’ family but she realizes the results of greed and selfishness. She wanted to be the queen so bad, that she had allowed greed and self desires to overwhelm her mind and actions. She had then unconsciously committed so many atrocities including putting converting her once loyal husband into a murderer. Knowing how much she regretted her actions and even her confession to the doctor and her maid though sleepwalking, I think she’s one we should feel pathos for.
2. What do you think about the character of Macbeth? Was he a good guy before he met the witches or do his actions imply that he was always capable of dark deeds? Is he to blame for his actions, or are the witches really to blame?
Macbeth was portrayed as the “bad” guy in this novel. He has one of the major transformations in this novel from a loyal patriot to a treacherous power-monger. I think before he met the witches he was portrayed as a really good character. He’s out there fighting for his people and is rewarded on his victory with another kingdom and title, the thane of Gladis. However, upon meeting the witches he’s misdirected and hoodwinked into believing that he’s meant for the throne and from then on believes he has to work on every given opportunity to fulfill the “prophesy” which he accomplishes the night when King Duncan comes for dinner. All people have a greedy side and desire to be more powerful or wealthier. When relating to blessings people often tend to be gullible because of this innate desire to be very successful and powerful in life and so Macbeth simply succumbs to the deceitful con of the witches like most good people of his rank would have. However, this isn’t strong enough to shift the blame away from him because there are people who are very modest and strongly patriotic that such an act would still be considered very impossible to carry out. His wife also played a role in persuading him to commit his atrocities though he tried to re-think it and give up on the idea so there’s a shared amount of blame here but he is still responsible for allowing such “prophesy” to ruin the rest of his life.
Well, I’ve tried hard in life to stay away from jail time or any trouble, growing up as a kid so I haven’t killed anyone unlike Lady Macbeth but I guess could relate with her on one incident, during my first grade class when one of my friends dared me to do something really bad for a 1st grader and feeling like I had to prove myself, I went on and completed the deed. Right after, the kid went on to report me to the elementary school principal putting me in a lot of trouble with not just my parents, but other parents and even the school principal. Sometime later I did move schools but till today it’s one of those lingering memories in my head that I wish I could still erase. Despite the fact that we were neighbors and once best of friends I felt deceived and tricked and so I was more careful of very close relationships. I think Lady Macbeth’s response was very plausible and makes a lot of sense because she does express extreme remorse for her past actions and she should be forgiven. If I were in her shoes, I would totally be guilty I mean after convincing my husband to commit such a heinous crime, and then watching him transform into a butcher as a result of my persuasion should create enough guilt in any decent person. With all the sleep-walking and nightmares and constant reminder of blood on her hands, it just magnifies the intensity and severity of her actions which would even make her feel more responsible and blameworthy.
I can account for a couple of times when I have encountered dejavus, and as presumed it did occur in real life and I’m amazed by the whole incident but I’ve also had likewise dreams where it was actually a prediction of the future. I remember once, dreaming about my little brother getting really sick, and in less than 2 days he was really sick and was admitted to the hospital and I was just overwhelmed about the whole prediction and explained the whole issue to my parents. Well a couple of times my dad suggested I’d make a good engineer and so far it seems to be true because I’m planning to major in engineering and pursue a career in that field. Obviously, especially since being my dad his comments did influence my actions and sort of already made up my mind on what career I’d pursue.
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