After we have watched the movie of ‘Shakespeare Walla’, then we were asked to watch the second movie, the famous one which is entitled ‘Macbeth’. This story is more fascinating because I already familiar with the name. ‘Macbeth’ is synonym with Shakespeare, so it is impossible if anybody of my course mates have never heard the name since it is very famous. The story line is very interesting I think and the most important thing is, I understand what the story is all about. It is a story of kingdom and royal family and Macbeth is one of the men who want to get the throne. He was willing to do everything including murder the king and then he accused someone else to hide his sin. He wanted people to see him as a good person and has honor to raise him as a king of the kingdom, but at last people know his trick. No matter what mistake we want to hide from people, they will know at the end. So guys please don’t cheat! Just be yourself.
Oedipus Rex..
My children, generations of the living
In the line of Kadmos, nursed at his ancient hearth:
In supplication, with your boughs and garlands?
The breath of incense rises from the city
With a sound of prayer and lamentation.
- The Origin of Oedipus the King
My children, latest born to Cadmus old,
Why sit ye here as suppliants, in your hands
Branches of olive filleted with wool?
What means this reek of incense everywhere,
And everywhere laments and litanies?
-has been told in a story-telling fashion
In the line of Kadmos, nursed at his ancient hearth:
In supplication, with your boughs and garlands?
The breath of incense rises from the city
With a sound of prayer and lamentation.
- The Origin of Oedipus the King
My children, latest born to Cadmus old,
Why sit ye here as suppliants, in your hands
Branches of olive filleted with wool?
What means this reek of incense everywhere,
And everywhere laments and litanies?
-has been told in a story-telling fashion
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In my opinion, I see that Macbeth is blinded by prophecies told by the three witches. He accepts and believes completely of what the witches have told him and he acts accordingly to achieve the prophecy of being a king.
It is true that he has been hiding from others about the truth that he has murdered many people, but I also think that he is a blind man. Blind in the mind and not physically. It is because in the play, we can see that actually Macbeth does not show to others that he is a good man. He is only playing a role of a king. Sometimes he is fierce to his helpers and orders them to kill Macduff’s whole family. What kind of “good” king he is? Commanding people to kill other people’s wife and children. He is indeed a cruel, inhuman king and totally blind to the prophecies.
You said that we have to be ourself. That is right. The most important thing we have to be greatful to be ourself. Macbeath was not proud to be himself that is why he is eager to manipulated the king and killed the king in order to get the king's position. At the rnd Macbeath was death because of his own fault.
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