MacBeth by William Shakespeare

                            MacBeth by William Shakespeare

I don't know how I managed to read this play in one afternoon especially considering the fact I was constantly being slobbered on by Newfoundlands. They're not too bad really. I was a bit apprehensive about reading this because we were made to read it in Yr 10 but we weren't taught it properly and I had no idea what it was about. I remembered one scene probably because that's the only one we focused on. 

Anyway it's not as bad as I thought it'd be. I didn't love it probably because of Yr 10 English but it was actually alright proven by the fact I read it in one afternoon. 

The famous quote; 

"Our dammed spot! Out, I say!"

I remember getting a rubber that said this from the Globe Theatre and somehow it still exits but I suppose it's the most famous quote as it demonstrates how greed leads to acts which have psychological effects. Lady MacBeth seems to be the one who drives MacBeth's greed to be King and he is willing to lose everything that he used to value. The play is about MacBeth who has a lot of respect at the beginning of the play but then wants too much and gets more and more greedy. That's his downfall throughout the play. 

MacBeth starts by murdering the King which makes his sons flee Scotland because they fear they will be killed too as they are in line for the throne but they and some others learn throughout the play the truth about MacBeth, the new King of Scotland. 

"Our fears do make us traitors"

MacBeth fears that the witches might not support him all the way and believes he needs to take things into his own hands. He fears he will not make his way up the monarchy so is willing to kill the people he is meant to support. 

"I am in this earthly world; where to do harm is often laudable; to do good, sometime accounted gage toys folly"

All of Shakespeare's plays seem to have something to do with corrupt societies and how those in power lose their morality and sanity.

I hope you liked this review and I'm still surprised at how many I'm actually getting through. 

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