11.27.07

Being in charge of England was a great deal since whoever was in charge of England also ruled the Anglican Church. Some of the different rulers in England were Olive Cromwell. Whoever was in charge of England had the right to do whatever they wanted to change the religion. This caused a lot of problems, because people do not like to change religions very often.

11.7.07

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main character (the title character), Macbeth, experiences a dramatic change in character throughout the play. The changes are brought on by his flawed ambition.

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In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main character (the title character), Macbeth, experiences a dramatic change in character throughout the play, which is caused by his feelings of ambition.

10.5.07

What drives Macbeth to do what he does? Is it human nature? Is it his wife? Is it ambition?

The driving force of Macbeth is at first, the persuasion of the witches and his wife, then it changes to his own ambition.

11.01.07

A good topic for Macbeth would be: How does Shakespear show changes of characters throughout the play?

10.31.07

In Macbeth, one can find several different motifs. These are some of the ones that i found.

1. Macbeth
2. Lady Macbeth
3. Bloody hand
4. England


Through out the play, one can realize that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth go through a different process of changing. Macbeth changes from feeling guilty to feeling apethetic about the things he does. However, Lady Macbeth, who persuaded MAcbeth into the murders, feels guilty later on. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth represents different people who changes in the opposite ways.
The bloody hand represents the guilt that Macbeth feels. Through out the play, one can notice the difference of the guilt of Macbeth through what he says about his bloody hand. At first, he feels so guilty that he says even the ocean could not wash his hand, and turn the ocean red. However, later on in the play he says that he does not care about his bloody hand. Also, the hand represents the people.
In the play, there is a moment where the play takes place in England when Macduff runs away to England to escape Macbeth. There he finds Malcom who also fled after his father died, and there is a peaceful moment in the play, where they escaped from evil Macbeth, and there is a king who can heal anything. This comes after a scene of a mother and a son. The mother and son are both very peaceful, even when they were talking about something tragetic. When they die after their peaceful scene, and Macduff is informed, ironically, the reaction of Macduff is to not give up and fight Macbeth, but also to be sorrow like a man, which referes being sorrow to something good, instead of something not good, which makes England a place without evil.

10.30.07

Today in class we learned about Act 5. We learned that in Act 5, there are a lot of scenes because it is like the climax of the play. We also learned that Lady Macbeth is turning guilty from evil, and on the contrary, Macbeth is turning evil from guilty. The doctor in the act represents the Christian point of view in the play for the first time. Other than that, The play has been more of an opposite view, with all the killing and stuff.

10.25.07

We can see some changes of Macbeth. At first, Macbeth was a loyal warrior to the king. Also, he was a very nice person, and loved the king. However, he falls for the persuation of the Wierd Sisters and Lady Macbeth and soon finds himself guilty. He feels so guilty that he sees ghosts and sees hallucinations, such as the daggers in his hand. Later, when he kills Macduff's family, he does not even feel guilty. He has changed from a heartfull person to a cold-hearted person.