Joyce a.k.a Hoe-Yi said...
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.
April 3, 2008 7:57 AM
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
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Response by Hoe-Yi - Macbeth
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