Acting

Describe the process you took to present your scene.  What went well? Not so well? What would you do differently next time you had to do a scene?

in order to prepare ourselves me and my group practiced and going into the scene i was pretty confident.i think my group did good. while we did forget some of our lines i feel that we did good on the parts that we did say and overall we did our best. Next time i think i should practice just a little more and try to know my lines off the top of my head.

What will Macbeth do about banquo?

I believe that Macbeth will try to get rid of banquo because hes already gone to far.Macbeth has so much to lose that he cant let banquo jeopardize it. however, i don't think Macbeth will stop there. i believe that macbeth will only become more and more ruthless and wont let anyone get in his way.

Ambition

I believe that lady Macbeth was the driving force. Throughout the play we see lady Macbeth belittling her husband in order to push him into killing the king .Lady Macbeth had every finger wrapped around Macbeth, making him at her beckoning call. She knew how to keep a short leash on her husband. However, her power over her husband and the murder would corrupt her and bring her down.not only are they hiding secrets from Duncan and Banquo, but their also hiding something from each other. they each have their own reasons for going after the crown.

witches

Now that you have seen several versions of the witches, which version do you think is the best?

I liked the nurse versions more. i liked them more because they were more scary and new. I find the old hideous hag witch too cliche and boring. In all the movies you always see that old witch who is all wrinkly. Also i found the nurses to be more scarier, whether this is due to the fact that they took the heart out of a corpse or just the idea of evil nurse i don't know. i just found the whole nurse thing as a whole better than all the rest.

"be a man"

*Discuss the question, what does it mean to be a “man”? Do you agree with Lady Macbeth’s view? Or do you think Macbeth’s consideration is more “manly”?*

I think alot of things go into being a man and it honestly depends on your own personal beliefs. but i think the most important qualities for any man is to keep his word and to responsibility for his actions. with that being said i disagree with lady Macbeth. it seems to me that lady Macbeth is the type to shoot first then ask questions later kind of person. i don't think that kind of think would be of any type of help as it would make things more difficult in the long run. I think Macbeth consideration of things is the smarter move and by him being calculating and thinking stuff over it will make things easier for him in the long run. Macbeths way of thinking is more manly because hes being more cautious on the whole situation rather than rushing things.

Power Corrupts

“Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.” This saying means that the more power one has the more corrupt they become. One that has power generally abuses it. In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare we see multiple characters grow more corrupt as their power increases. Also once someone has a taste of power they usually want more. As to why power corrupts I believe it is because the more power someone has, the easier it is to fall into temptation and forget who we are

In the play we see that once Macbeth gets a taste of power by becoming Thane of Cawdor he realizes all the power he could have and gets a thirst for more. For example, Macbeth says, “My murderous thought is still only imaginary but it shakes my entire manhood so deeply that my power to act is smothered by expectation, and nothing seems real to be except what I imagine.”(Act 1 scene 3 lines 149-151). This leads him to killing the king in order to obtain even more power. By murdering the king Macbeth starts to go down a path of corruption from a loyal man to a traitor in order achieve his goals, and as time goes on he becomes even more corrupt which shows through his actions.

Once Macbeth becomes king his corruption didn't stop. Macbeth abused his new found power by becoming a ruthless king which is shown in the play. “Send out more horses, skirr the country round. Hang those that talk of fear” (act 5 scene 2 lines 35-37). Once King Macbeth believed his people’s lives were his to with as he pleased and threw them away carelessly. This abuse of his power shows us that killing the king was not going to be the last of Macbeth’s evil deeds and that Macbeth was starting become more passive about taking innocent lives.

Another example of how power goes hand in hand with corruption is the three witches. The Three witches are probably the most powerful and corrupt characters in the entire play. They are the ones who set Macbeth and Lady Macbeth down their dark paths .They are also the ones who hold the most power over the two. If the witches had never told Macbeth their prophecy then all of the deaths in the play would not have occurred.  

In conclusion we see that power and corruption are two things that are commonly intertwined. We see this in Macbeth who went from a man who was loyal to his king and his friends who couldn't even bear the thought of killing his king. To a man who could take away innocent lives as though it was second nature.  We also see that the witches who were the ones controlling everything and were the ones who had absolute power were the most corrupt. Macbeth is a perfect tale that perfectly shows how power can corrupt people. However, the corruption of power isn't only limited to Macbeth, humans all over the world who have power are corrupt. Dictators, gang bosses, politicians. Because we humans have trouble resisting all the temptations of power we usually find ourselves falling into temptation.  This is why Macbeth is a story that be placed in many different settings.

Are Macbeth’s paranoia due to his own weakness or a consequence of what he did?

I think Macbeth's paranoia is due to his consequence. Macbeth has alot of guilt due to the fact that hes killed so many people. this leads him to have this paranoia. .we see this when he has his hallucination of banquo. also, all his hallucinations and paranoia started once he began killing. because macbeth has let his consequence get to him he began to slowly lose it.

Why directors do different things

What are the factors that influence how a director presents a scene? Why do you think different directors see things so differently?
Directors see things so differently because they each have their own perspective. Things like personality, and morals all go into how you perceive things. Plays and stories are things that people can tweak because the stories are flexible. an example of this is how Macbeth has been adapted to many different settings throughout time. because stories have this flexibility it gives directors the ability to let their imagination go and add their own little tweaks to them. What tweaks people add differ on their own personal taste. if someone is into mafia like stuff they could make Macbeth a tale of a mafia family. overall, plays and stories can also leave people with many different conclusions, because whats left unsaid can be just as important as what was.

weakness

Who is weaker? Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? Why?

i believe that while both lady Macbeth and Macbeth are weak, lady Macbeth is the weaker of the two. i think lady Macbeth is weaker due to the fact that she couldn't handle her guilt. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were both having hallucination due to the guilt of their crimes. this is shown throughout the play. however, lady Macbeth takes her life even though she has been hallucinating less than Macbeth  i think Macbeth is the stronger of the two because he kept on going to the end and went out fighting. Lady Macbeth just took her life because she couldn't handle the guilt. At least Macbeth saw it through to the end rather than taking the easy way out.  

action vs inaction

*Discuss inaction. Is one less guilty of a crime if they let it happen but did not take an active role in it?* *Compare inaction to action---Are there levels of guilt?* If someone lets something happen i do not think that they are as guilty as the perpetrator but they still have their share depending on the situation. lets say someone sees a person with a gun walking around gun but says nothing because they didn't feel like it. in that case they should probably feel more guilt. now lets say a single mother of two witnesses a murder, but knows the perpetrator from around her neighborhood and he sees her and threatens her. The mother doesn't say anything out of fear for her life and her children. now in this case its hard to say the mothers guilty because she could argue she was keeping her family safe.

Trust Issues

*Duncan says, “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face: / He was a gentleman on whom I built absolute trust.”* *Discuss the *issue of trust*. Is it ever possible to truly trust someone? Be sure to cite evidence on both sides of the issue. * it depends, there are many of factors that go into whether or not someone has your trust. have they showed themselves to be trustworthy?, how long have you known them?, will they tell anyone else? it also depends on who that person is. family can sometimes be more trustworthy than others but not all the time. whether or not someone is trustworthy depends on who they are and their personality. if you've known someone for a while then you can usually tell if their trustworthy or not. the longer you've know a person and how close you are to them usual help you find out if their trustworthy.overall it all depends on the person, and if they are trustworthy.

Unseamed from nave to chops

 *Why do you think the author had Macbeth win, though he wrote Fortune seemed to favor MacDonwald? What sort of man fights like Macbeth did? * ** * i think the author had Macbeth win even though fortune smiled on his foe to show that Macbeth can overcome fate. By having Macbeth win even though the odds weren't in his favor it shows us that Macbeth is a force to be reckoned with and he creates his own opportunity. MacBeth fights like a ruthless man. he didnt just kill his enemy. he murdered him and made an example out of him. not only did he cut open his entire upper body, but he cut his head off and stuck it on a pike. 

Predictions

*Do predictions come true because they were destined to come true, or because people make them happen because it was predicted (like a self-fulfilling prophesy)?*
I believe that predictions come true because people make them happen. when someone is given a prophecy and they truly do believe in it then chances are subconsciously they will make that prediction come true. whether its through an increase in confidence or a decrease, prophecies can have a have a huge effect on someone depending oh how much they believe in it. one example is in the play Oedipus Rex where a seer says to a king that his son will grow up to kill him. in fear of this the king sends his son to be killed and in turn starts to make the prophecy come true since the child survives and kills him later in life. now if that prophecy was never made none of the events that led up to the son killing the father would've happened.