- "Is this a dagger I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight, or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?" --Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 33-39: Macbeth to himself
- "Fair is foul and foul is fair." --Act 1, Scene 1, Line 10: The witches in conversation
- "Whence is that knocking?—Making the green one red." -- Macbeth says this in Act 2, scene 2, lines 55–61
How is’t with me, when every noise appals me?
What hands are here! Ha, they pluck out mine eyes.
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine, - "How now, my lord, why do you keep alone,
Of sorriest fancies your companions making,
Using those thoughts which should indeed have died
With them they think on? Things without all remedy
Should be without regard: what's done, is done."-- Lady Macbeth says this in Act 3, scene 2, 8–12
Macbeth
Saturday, 6 June 2015
Favorite Quotes...
One setting in the play that made me uneasy...
One setting in the play that made me uneasy was where Macbeth tried to get Banquo and his son killed. I found Banquo to be a loyal and a kind friend of Macbeth's, so for Macbeth to get him killed made me very uneasy. This shows how Macbeth will never let anything come in between him and the thrown. He will kill anyone in his way even if it is his best friend. After this scene I had a hatred towards Macbeth, I realized he had no morals or ethics. I was over ecstatic when his character lost the thrown and his life at the end of the story because I do believe karma does come around. In this case it came around and smacked Macbeth right in the face.

Changes I would make to the play would be...

Lady Macbeth versus Macbeth

Thursday, 4 June 2015
Macbeth’s Downfall
Ambition is one of the reasons that Macbeth reaches his goal of becoming king; however, it is also his ultimate tragic flaw. “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other” (1.7.25-28). This quote means that ambition is what is motivating him to achieve his goal.
His guilt is another major tragic flaw and this caused hallucination and lack of sleep. He thought, “methought, I heard a voice cry, sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep” (1.3.82-85). His consequences for killing Duncan are nightmares causing no sleep.
Lady Macbeth and the witches played a massive role in Macbeth’s downfall by manipulating him to sinful deeds and starting his temptations of becoming king. Lady Macbeth emphasizes, “when you durst do it, then you were a man; and to be more that what you were you would be so much more the man” (1.7.54-56). Lady Macbeth is testing Macbeth’s manhood and is hurting his pride by saying this. The witches directed him into the immoral and corrupt path by stating the prophecies, “all hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter” (1.3.50-54). The witches fooled Macbeth on purpose and triggered his evil side to come out.
In conclusion, Macbeth’s tragic flaws destroyed everything he worked so hard for. Ambition, guilt and manipulation are Macbeth's tragic flaws.
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Destiny: How it played a role in this play!


I would describe my overall experience in reading Macbeth as...
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