Macbeth scene Analysis

 I think my scene was a important part in the story because it successfully answered the essential questions, “how does power corrupt?” and “how far is one willing to go to get what they desire most?” To begin with, in these scenes I think is the initial starting point of when the power is corrupting.  For example, when Macbeth figures out how easy it was to kill someone they get to be Thane of Cawdor in the blink of an eye.  Also, Lady Macbeth is observing and can see what Macbeth and all the power they both can obtain. 

      Next, I think it also responds to my next essential question “how far is one willing to go to get what they desire most?”  For this one its kind of the same as the first one but I think this question just shows how far Macbeth physically and mentally go to obtain the most possible power.  Of course not everything happens in this scene, but I think it is the beginning for both of them like soup that is just warming up, and during the middle of the story the soup is bubbling.  That is when we see Macbeth most eager to achieve maximum power.

     In conclusion, this scene is the starting point of all the action and drama in the story.  We see Macbeth and Lady Macbeth starting to figure out and sculpt in their minds how to gain power and at that point nothing matters to them anymore.  That is when they realize that they are willing to go as far as needed to gain that power, and then is corrupts.

Journal 8: Lady Macbeth

Dear Journal,

By the time I finish this I may be dead.  I can't control my feelings, the huge weight on my shoulders of knowing that I helped killed the king and many more.  I've had enough there is no way anyone could live with this guilt I have had enough, now to my husband Macbeth I want to let you know that I am sorry for making you be so greedy for power and having to look at yourself everyday knowing your a murderer.  And now I must say goodbye.

-Lady Macbeth

Journal 7: Lady Macbeth

Dear Journal,

Last night I had a terrible dream of sleep walking...
Turns out it actually happened! and the doctor saw me.  I must say that I did not mean to sleep walk/talk.  I hope I did not speak about all the horrible things myself and Macbeth have done. Although I do remember going to the sink a lot at night.  Hmmm, could it be? am I, Lady Macbeth feeling guilty?  My goodness, I never thought I see the day. I wonder how Macbeth is feeling? Is he feeling the same way I do, I suspect so since he did the actions.  Anyways I hope all goes well in the next few days, fingers crossed.

-Lady Macbeth

Journal 6:Lady Macbeth

Dear Journal,
Tonight Macbeth and I hosted a dinner party, and I tell you he was acting like a crazy person.  My job was not just to host but also to make it seem like Macbeth seem normal.  The entire night was so difficult because he claims he "saw" Banquo's ghost.  At one point I just had to send all the guests home because it was getting way to ridiculous.  By the end of the night I hope Macbeth is regretting his decision to murder Banquo.  Because to be honest, i'm starting to regret it and feel very guilty.

-Lady Macbeth

Journal 5: Lady Macbeth

 Dear Journal,

Macbeth is driving me crazy.  He wants to kill Banquo.  He thinks by doing so it will make us feel more peaceful, I strongly disagree with his suggestions.  But then Macbeth kept telling me and reassuring me that I should applaud him for his courage of killing his best friend.  At this point i'm just going to go with the flow, and put my confidence in the hands of Macbeth. I'm very nervous to say the least and I hope he isn't going to make the biggest mistake of his life.

-Lady Macbeth

Journal 4: Lady Macbeth

Dear Journal,

Last time I wrote to you, I was telling you that I was worried about being caught and them finding out I drove Macbeth into killing Duncan.  But no worries, I played it calm, cool, and collected, they didn't suspect a thing. :)
Although, Macbeth isn't making it so easy, sometimes I do not know what he is thinking! He murdered the guards, so now that puts a HUGE problem in our plans.

-lady macbeth

Journal 3: Lady Macbeth

Dear Journal,
Macbeth has successfully killed Duncan! I got him to wash the blood of his hands.  While he did so, I poured the extra blood on the guards so that we can frame them, so Macbeth doesn't get prosecuted. Now we must go to sleep so that we do not look suspicious.  Once the bells and alarms started to ring myself and Macbeth got a little worried, hopefully they will not find out it was him.  One last thing journal, I think i'm starting to get nervous and worried that we will get caught because nothing is more important to me then having the most amount of power over anyone in this world.

-Lady Macbeth

Tragic Hero Essay

Tragic Hero

    According to wikipedia “A tragic hero is the main character in a tragedy. The idea that this be a balance of crime and punishment is incorrectly ascribed to Aristotle, who is quite clear in his pronouncement that the hero's misfortune is not brought about "by vice and depravity but by some error of judgment”.  I think this best defines Macbeth.  Although, Macbeth didn’t seem like a hero, and visibly didn’t “save” anybody there are some aspects that assemble to make him a tragic hero. 

    To begin with, one of the characteristics that demonstrate Macbeth’s ability to be tragic hero is, the capacity for suffering.  He suffers because he believes in what he is doing, and because he feels both guilty and guiltiness.  For example, in the play “Macbeth” he says, “With all the great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?  No, this my hand will rather multitudinous seas incarnadine making the green one red”?  After murdering Duncan, Macbeth still has the evidence on him and starting to feel the guilt and weight that comes with killing someone.

  “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes so my single state of man that functions is smother’d in surmise and nothing is but what is not”, I believe this quote is connected to, the characteristic, a sense of commitment.  Once the forces of the conflict are set in motion, he is committed.  In this quote Macbeth feels obligated and committed to kill everyone to gain and maintain power.

    The final characteristic of a tragic hero I found in Macbeth is, vigorous protest, the tragic hero objects with vehemence, logic, and pain against the situation in which he finds himself.  “I go and it is done; the ball invites me hear I not Duncan, for it’s a knell that thee to heaven or to hell”.  I think that Macbeth understands the punishments that he will have to undergo of the aftermath of killing Duncan, and that his violence will cause major problems and obstacles in his life.

  In conclusion, Macbeth fits into each category of the characteristics of a tragic hero.  I also read that a tragic hero usually dies in the end for the better.  I think specifically in Macbeth the tragic hero is killed, but the better for everyone else is in place.