Reflection of Macbeth

The play of Macbeth relates easily with many essential questions that have been asked in this unit. The two essential questions that really stuck out were: What does it mean to be human and How does power corrupt. Macbeth proved himself human when he succumbs to the power and manipulation from both the witches and Lady Macbeth herself. Lady Macbeth calls him a coward in Act I Scene VII to cause him to guilty for going against his promise to her. "Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem," (I, vii, 44-47) Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into doing her deeds through toying around with his conscience and causes guilt to be the ultimate drive towards his actions. The obvious question that everyone will answer is how does power corrupt. Gaining power from killing the king, Macbeth becomes power hungry and is obsessed with this new power and ability to do whatever he wishes as king. Because of this obsession of power, Macbeth leads to kill those that once cared for him to kept this power from escaping his grasp. After hearing the prophecy from the witches, Macbeth swears to kill the family of the one that fled from him. "The cast of Macduff I will surprise; Seize upon Fife; gives to the edge o' sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line." ( IV, i, 164-167). Macbeth here, is determine of killing the members of Macduff to ensure that the last apparition that was revealed would not come true. He did this in order to keep the power that he has gained, and to possibly gain more power by having the power to keep the power of a king. Macbeth is the clear example of how gaining even a little power will corrupt one self as they gain more. Power here, is the drug of the world.

What I learned throughout this project was that working in groups is easy, when everyone collaborate, which is exactly what everyone in our group did. We worked together to achieve it as fast as possible because we all had really busy lives. It was difficult to find a time to actually film the project, but we eventually found a free to time to put everything together and I was completely happy with the outcome. I also learned that it is really important to understand the play and to go beyond the black and white words to really understand the purpose of the play and what Shakespeare is trying to say and tell others. Something I noticed for the next time we work in groups is to not leave everything to the last minute, which we didn't do, but it is always a good reminder to myself. Also it is important to spend time analyzing the scene, maybe not word for word, but analyze the concepts and what the author or poet is trying to say.

I am extremely proud of the analysis of this scene we did because we dug deep into the meaning of the true meaning of the scene to uncover Shakespeare's message towards his audience as he reveals how easily manipulated we can be. He reveals a common characteristic that we may all possess, whether we admit it or not. If I divided the work of each of the group members, I would have to say that we all did equal amount of work contributing to the project. There was no one that did not do their part so it was a good group which helped us finish the project with effect time use and days before the dead line.