Chue Meng Vang
Ms. Peifer
English 10 IB
Febuary 24, 2009
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both have their positives and negatives. Macbeth's positive is the fact that he feels guilty and can tell that killing the king Duncan was very wrong and immoral.
"This is a sorry sight." (p.57, 28, Macbeth) Macbeth knows his guilt knows what he has done. Also Macbeth is hearing voices in his house about not going to sleep and murder. 'Still it cried "Sleep no more!" To all the house. "Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more." (2, 2, 54-56)
A negative trait to Macbeth is his weak will. He is in a way a puppet of his wife and the witches. Macbeth didn't really want to kill Duncan but he listened to his wife and did as she told him to. Also he really believes the witches words of him becoming king will do him good.
"These deeds must not thought After these ways; so, it will make us mad." (2, 2, 45-46)
Lady Macbeth's positive is the fact that she is still passionate. When she was going to kill Duncan she realized that she couldn't because Duncan reminded her too much of her father.
"I laid their daggers ready: he could not miss 'em. Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done 't." (2, 2, 15-17)
Lady Macbeth's negative is her ambition. She is willing to do what ever is necessary to get her power. She kind of loses her humanity for her goal of more power.
"Infirm of purpose! Give me the dagger. The sleeping and the dead are but as picture. Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil. If he do bleed , I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt." (2, 2, 68-73)
The image that keeps appearing into my mind is that of death because this is the chapter that Duncan is murdered in and the story kind of revolves around this moment, this is the important moment in the book.
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Macbeth LRJ #1
Chue Meng Vang
Ms. Peifer
English 10 IB
February 22, 2009
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is a strong, ambitious and unfeminine female character. She has big plans for her and Macbeth's future. She reads Macbeth's letter about becoming the Thane of Cawdor. Then the letter mentioned about the three witches calling him King. Lady Macbeth wants this to happen and plots about how to make this happen.
"Under my battlements. Come, you spirits that tend on my moral thoughts, unsex me here, and fill my crown from toe top-full of direst cruelty."(p.33)
Lady Macbeth is asking for here feminine to be taken away. She wants to be strong for this moment. She encounters the fact that her husband Macbeth doesn't want to follow through with her plan of killing Duncan and she tries to convince him to not worry and follow through. She basically tells him to man up.
"We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place and we'll not fail." (p.43)
The theme that can be seen in this act is power. Macbeth is receiving power and wants more of it, and so does his wife. They even plan to kill Duncan who is the present king. In scenes six and seven Macbeth and his wife conspire.
The image that really seems to popup is that of the witches because they show up several times in the act and there is very good imagery used in the witch scenes. Words like thunder, lightning, dance, beards, skinny lips, and choppy finger help to make it easy to picture the witches and their surroundings.
Ms. Peifer
English 10 IB
February 22, 2009
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is a strong, ambitious and unfeminine female character. She has big plans for her and Macbeth's future. She reads Macbeth's letter about becoming the Thane of Cawdor. Then the letter mentioned about the three witches calling him King. Lady Macbeth wants this to happen and plots about how to make this happen.
"Under my battlements. Come, you spirits that tend on my moral thoughts, unsex me here, and fill my crown from toe top-full of direst cruelty."(p.33)
Lady Macbeth is asking for here feminine to be taken away. She wants to be strong for this moment. She encounters the fact that her husband Macbeth doesn't want to follow through with her plan of killing Duncan and she tries to convince him to not worry and follow through. She basically tells him to man up.
"We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place and we'll not fail." (p.43)
The theme that can be seen in this act is power. Macbeth is receiving power and wants more of it, and so does his wife. They even plan to kill Duncan who is the present king. In scenes six and seven Macbeth and his wife conspire.
The image that really seems to popup is that of the witches because they show up several times in the act and there is very good imagery used in the witch scenes. Words like thunder, lightning, dance, beards, skinny lips, and choppy finger help to make it easy to picture the witches and their surroundings.
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