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- - - What is your favorite snack?
- - - Who is more affected by the events of the play, Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? Explain.
- - - If Macbeth's fate is predetermined, do you feel sorry for him because he is only an instrument of fate? Explain.
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ReplyDelete--- Macbeth is more affected by the events in the play because he has the guilt of everything that has happened, he can't shake it and seems to constantly be reminded of everything that has happened. Lady Macbeth just tells him he is not acting like a man he needs to get over everything. She basically tells him that she is more of a man than him. She has no sympathy and Macbeth realizes everything that is happening and knows he will be haunted with his decisions.
--- If Macbeth's fate is predetermined i do feel bad because he is just being used to make something else happen that may not even benefeit him. We know his fate but what if someone is suppose to have the same fate and stay king with a family like he said early in the act. Macbeth has to deal with everything that is going on and he can not control it and he really seems to have regret and have such sorrow that may never go away. I do feel sorry for Macbeth.
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ReplyDeleteMacbeth is definitely more affected by the events of the play. He has committed murder, has someone he knows murdered, and is under a lot of stress because he cannot act the part. Lady Macbeth can act the part. She is a quick thinker and easily gets her and Macbeth out of suspicious situations. I did not see Lady Macbeth having hallucinations of daggers and the ghost of Banquo. Macbeth is having random hallucinations right in front of people. Lady Macbeth at least waits to be alone for to start breaking down.
Macbeth is a tragic hero. To the audience who is reading this, yes his fate is predetermined. The tragic hero cycle, most of the time, ends in death. To me, I only see his death as the outcome. To Macbeth, and the other people that are living this story, his fate probably is not determined yet. To Lady Macbeth for example, she probably just thinks he is cursed to see Banquo, but I do not believe she fears her husbands death.
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ReplyDeleteMacbeth seems to be more affected by the events of the play. When Macbeth first killed Duncan, he became paranoid that the guards had saw him stab Duncan to death. He told Lady Macbeth that he heard some of them scream murder at him. As Macbeth became more involved in his plans to become king, his actions worsened as he chose to kill more people that could interefere with his prediction of fate. During the dinner in act 3, he received the news that one of the murders have done their duty by stabbing Banquo in the throat. He was pleased at first with the outcome but as soon as he heard his plan had taken a different route, he became paranoid again. He experienced hallucinations such as Banquo's ghost. Lady Macbeth is affected by Macbeth's constant out pours but she is able to maintain some what calm and explain Macbeth's slip ups.
I don't feel bad for Macbeth. Although his life revolves around the prediction of fate that was made about him, he did not have to let it consume his life. When the witches gave clues to Macbeth about him becoming king of Cawdor, he constantly asked for them to explain more of his future to him. He is a character obsessed with a high title and his selfishness is only digging him a deeper hole. Instead of making sure his fate comes true, he could let things fall into place.
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ReplyDeleteMacbeth is more effected by the events of the play. After he conspires with the murderers about killing Banquo, he has had a guilty conscious about what he had done. Macbeth experiences fits of guilt in which he states that when he killed Duncan he has experienced severe sleep deprivation and is being mentally tortured. After Banquo is killed, he begins to have hallucinations of Banquo. At the dinner he sees the ghost and begins to shout at the guests asking who had done this to Banquo. This shows how he is mentally unstable after the incident. He also states that if Banquo was still alive he would have killed Banquo himself. This displays that he was trying to come to terms with his decision and make it seem like it was a task he truly wanted to complete. That instability branches from the guilt he is feeling. The murder of Banquo is also adding to Macbeth’s insecurity about the entire ordeal.
I do not feel sorry for Macbeth. He let his greed for the throne overcome him. That greed led to him murdering his best friend and his beloved king. Neither were tasks that he deeply wanted to accomplish. He had thoughts but was mainly pushed over by his wife and the prophecy. If he had a true belief in the prophecy should have let it play out and eventually he would become the king. The murder of anyone against him or who has the possibility of being against him also led to his greed for the throne. Therefore the life he is losing is deserved because of all the innocence lost in place of his greed.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very hard question to answer because both of these characters have been heavily affected throughout the play. If I had to pick though, I would say Macbeth. With everything that has been thrown at him and the crimes that he has committed, he is the one having more emotional stress. Lady Macbeth is stressed about him but not to the point of feeling guilty about Duncan’s murder. Macbeth keeps seeing hallucinations and is starting to lose his mind over the guilt he is dealing with. His ambition for power is starting to drive him insane. He is more affected also because of the blood that is on his hands. He will most likely carry these hallucinations on through his life now because he does not know how to get rid of the guilt. I see him just getting worse and worse as the play continues because now he is in the tragic chain of events and reversal of fortune phase. This will most likely lead him to his downfall by the end of the play.
In a way, I do feel sorry for him but also at the same time he was the one who decided to commit the crimes. He did not have to listen to fate yet that is what he did. I do feel sorry for him though on how he is losing his mind and having the hallucinations. All of this comes back to the fact if he would not have committed the crimes he would not be in this situation. This is semi his fault because he is listening to fate when he could just go about his daily life but I do feel sorry for him whenever he has the crazy hallucinations.
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ReplyDelete2) Macbeth is mire affected by the events in the play. His physical and mental state is being impaired by the pressure and the power of being king. All the killing and evil he is doing is not what he is used to. The murders he plans are coming back and haunting him, literally. The mental state he is in when he sees Banquo's ghost disables him to be a stable leader. His hysterical nature is causing people to be suspicious of him. All of the events leading up to the dinner scene directly affect Macbeth. He could be in serious trouble if anyone ever discovered his evil and unnecessary killings.
3) I do not believe that Macbeth's fate was predetermined but if it was I still would not feel bad for him. There was no accidents in the murders, they were all premeditated and planned by the Macbeth's. He could have left it to fate and let the events of life play out and something may have happened to the king and his sons but he took it into his own hands. Another reason I do not feel bad for Macbeth is because he feels guilty for his actions. He knew what he did was wrong yet he kept killing and murdering others because of his paranoia.
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ReplyDelete--- I think Macbeth is affected more by the events of the play than Lady Macbeth. During the dinner scene, Macbeth becomes very frightened at the sight of Banquo's ghost. Lady Macbeth did not seem to show any sort of mental breakdown or anything like that, she was actually one of the stronger characters in the Act. Macbeth already suffered from other hallucinations, such as the dagger, so this could be another side effect of the events of the play. He could not contain himself in front of everyone which made others unsure of Macbeth's sanity. If Macbeth was same, he could have controlled his outburst.
--- Honestly, even if Macbeth's fate is predetermined or not, I wouldn't really feel sorry for him. The actions he took to become king were wrong in my opinion. I couldn't care less about what happens to him. If Macbeth was a different character in which he didn't commit any of the crimes, yeah I would feel sorry for him. He would not deserve to die in that situation. However, in the real situation, I believe his fate is deserved. His desire for power turned him into the character fate searches for.
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ReplyDelete--- Lady Macbeth seems to be more affected by the events of the play. We may see MacBeth falling into insanity but he's dealing with just his psychological downfall. Lady MacBeth has to deal with her own psychological problems on top of MacBeth's and keeping suspicion of their act down. So although Lady Macbeth may not be having a mental downfall she still has to deal with everything going on around her.
--- If Macbeths fate is predetermined and he has no way of changing it you have to feel bad for the guy. The fact that he has to kill the people he used to care about and he knew it was coming would drive any man insane. To feel sympathy for MacBeth you have to look at it though his eyes. Also since its a tragedy, we all know he is going to lose everything in the end which makes you feel even more sorry for him. It was also wrong for him to kill those people to get where he is at but you have to ignore that if you are looking at it as it was his fate to kill them.
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ReplyDeleteMacbeth has shown to be more affected by the events of the play. He has continually shown signs of delirium because of the guilt he feels for his actions. When the group of men went to Duncan's room to check on the king, Macbeth killed the guards in fear of being caught. He felt as though the guards were going to remember the event and blame it on Macbeth. His paranoia caused him to ruin his plan and made him close to being discovered. He also shows signs of how much his actions have affected him at his dinner party. He had ordered two men to kill Banquo prior to the dinner and he felt guilty. This guilt caused him to hallucinate and see the ghost of Banquo. The events of the play have damaged Macbeth's mental stability.
I do not feel bad for him because although his fate may be predetermined, he still had a choice in his actions. Fate did not force Macbeth to kill the king, he made the choice to murder him out of his ambition for power. Macbeth chose the way he made his fate a reality. The weird sisters did not tell him he must kill Duncan to become king he chose his way to rise to power.
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ReplyDelete2. Lady Macbeth is more affected by the events of that occur in the play. She was visibly shaken the entire dinner. She could not get out of this state of mind while Macbeth clearly could shift his mind from one thing to another very quickly. Macbeth was the only one at this elite dinner that saw the ghost of Banquo. The ghost frightened Macbeth to no end, making him look like a fool in front of his guests. He shakes it off and makes a toast. While making the toast Banquo returns and Macbeth is even more horror-stricken than before. He then shakes it off another time and brings up the issue of Macduff. While this entire series of events is occurring, Lady Macbeth is only worried about one thing, covering for her husband. She makes up a story to distract the guests and also dismisses them from the dinner. It is the only thing she can think about and she is not the one who saw the ghost. She is the one who is most shaken due to her husband’s actions and his ability to jump from one subject to another. While the two of them are talking about Macduff she is not paying attention and is too affected by the events that just occurred.
3. Macbeth’s fate is not predetermined. His actions are strongly influenced by the sisters, but he has the free will to take their words and put them into reality. In the time period that Macbeth is set in, fate was a huge deal. Everything was predetermined and there was great belief in witchcraft, this resulting in the character of Macbeth thinking his own fate is fixed by the witches. His future, however, is only depending on his actions. The sister’s tell Macbeth what is to come, but Macbeth is too scared to see if their prediction is accurate. He takes the prophecies into his own hands and does the killing before anyone can lay a finger on him. He wants to secure his royalty for a long time and is not willing to risk it by waiting to see if the forecast of the sister’s will actually come true.
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ReplyDelete2. Macbeth is more affected by the events of the play. Lady Macbeth has almost no guilt over killing Donovan, whilst Macbeth has extreme guilt over both the deaths of Donovan, and the Death of Banquo. It gets to the point where Macbeth is haunted by, and panics at the sight of Banquo's ghost as it appears to him. This shows Macbeth is much more disturbed by the actions of the play than his wife.
3. Macbeth's fate is predetermined. The events foretold to him by the witches are starting to occur, and his actions help to do nothing but further the predestination of himself. I feel sorry for him somewhat, as he only wished to be powerful, and he viewed the prophecy of the witches as a reason to start moving towards that goal.
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ReplyDelete2. I believe that Macbeth is more affected by the events of the play because everything that is happening is pointed directly at him, while just impacting Lady Macbeth through him. macbeth starts to have fits in public once he starts to see visions of Banquo's ghost. This further represents his change since the beginning of the play where he was a sane and respected man. Compared to Lady Macbeth she seems just as crazy as she was when introduced.
3. No, because in the play everyone has their own destiny to follow and it is Macbeth's to be used as he is now. By having the weird sisters tell him his fate he has just carried it out in a different way than originally planned so in a way it is his fault for trying to shorten his path to kinghood.
Macbeth is most affected by the events of the play. He is shown as a fragment of his former self plagued with delusions of the ghost of Banquo. This vision of Banquo stems not just from his most recent murder, but all those he has trampled to reach his current position as king. Dialogue between Macbeth and his wife demonstrates his current mental instability. He is sleep-deprived and psychologically unstable as a result of the murders and neither are actions he is fully committed to. Instead he is either swayed by his wife or by the spur of the moment. Lady Macbeth is decidedly less affected. She is able to maintain sanity, unlike Macbeth. However, she has to deal with and cover up his madness for him. This wears on her because she must constantly cover their tracks and prevent any slip-up on the part of Macbeth that might give them away.
ReplyDeleteMacbeth is not an instrument of fate (in a real-time sense), but pity should not be felt towards him. In a way, he is the author of his own misfortunes. The murders he plans and commits lead to his corruption as an individual. Also, by believing in the Witches' prophecy, he has lost a good friend and comrade. Macbeth has fallen prey to the inevitable addiction that accompanies great power, forcing him to do anything to acquire more. Since he controls his own fate "in real time" Macbeth should be punished for his evil deeds. He should be held responsible, and his punishment should be the insanity, grief, and guilt that begins to haunt him now. Eventually these things will overpower him, leading to his "reversal of fortune" and likely, death.
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ReplyDeleteMacbeth is more affected by the events because he has killed many people and he took over as king.
No I don't feel bad for him because the wyrd sisters told him what was going to happen and he killed so many people it's hard to really feel bad for him in any way. He was a instrument of fate but he made it worse by killing people.
I feel that Macbeth is far more affected by the events in the play. All throughout he shows signs of him being nervous whenever he does someone wrong compared to Lady Macbeth who is always very calm, even in the worst of situations. Macbeth feels he has sold his soul the the devil, the common enemy of man, whom he seems afraid to even mention. He feels no crime he commits after the murder of Duncan is of any consequence. This all shows the affect that this murder has on Macbeth, and compared to Lady Macbeth he reacts to most situations much worse.
ReplyDeleteI do feel sorry for Macbeth. Throughout the play he is pushed and tested constantly by a demanding wife, promised the crown by the witches, and conflicted by his own emotions about ambition and what is right, and what is wrong. This is why I feel sorry for Macbeth based upon how he is treated through the play by other characters.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that Macbeth is more effected in the play. He is constantly effected by hallucinations. The taunting of his past gives him sleepless nights. Just when he finishes a task and thinks he can move on, another problem appears. If someone were to find out his plans, he would be blamed no Lady Macbeth. Also, she is very calm about the situations. Compared to Macbeth, she plays off the events well.
I feel no sympathy for him. He already knows his fate. He took fate into his own hands, therefore the future is all becuase of himself. The treason and sins commited were horrible. I believe he deserves the torture he is going through.
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ReplyDeleteI would argue that Macbeth feels the effects of the play's events more so by feeling and with homage to the burden of his consciousness. Whereas his wife is more straight forward and direct, cold with her intentions, Macbeth shows his distress and moral compass to the audience directly. He is constantly in sufference emotionally, morally torn between sustaining the ambitions of him and the Lady, or preserving status que. The problem is that his tragic flaw tears this in two, thus the stress and burden becomes physical and visible to the audience, like when he loses his mind. Not to mention, Macbeth second guesses himself several times thus far before having to be convinced to continue by Lady Macbeth, who points out how is wavering behavior is not the mark of a man.
I cannot sympathize with Macbeth because not only is there blood on his hands, but he was allowed himself to be clutched and persuaded by the devilish hands of Lady Macbeth over his own moral compass. That said, he is a selfish murder attempting to weed his way into a position of authority, simply because he himself believes in fate being predetermined. Therefore, Macbeth is an instrument of fate only by his own choice to feed that belief. There is no greater will than that which we put on ourselves. One can only blame the clock that the creator of time has set for us, but he left the tick tock to the individual. To excuse behavior on the grounds that it is just how it should be is ignorant of one's influence in the world around them, and for that, I cannot sympathize.
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ReplyDelete-Macbeth is more affected. He has changed for the worse. He started off the story as a good and honorable man. He was loyal and loved Scotland. After he met the witches and learned he would be king however, he became obsessed with power. Lady Macbeth however was evil to begin with. She has not changed at all.
-No, he can control what he does. He didn't have to kill anyone. It was his choice. Fate is not something that has to happen, it is when someone already knows what you are going to do
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ReplyDeleteMacbeth is more effected by the effects of the play. Numerous times he has hallucinations that taunt his actions whether he has done them already (the ghost) or is going to (the dagger). These hallucinations prove how heavy his actions are weighing down on his conscious. He is the only person to blame for the events so if there were a leak, Macbeth would have to take full responsibility. This has probably crossed Macbeth's mind and is definitely something to worry about, which he is obviously doing.
I do not feel sorry for Macbeth. When he went to see the weird sisters and they told them of his fate of becoming king, he did not have to act on that. He could have let things play out and if his kingship was destined like they said, it would have happened. He continues to murder people to make his royal situation better for him which he doesn't have to do since he already knows his fate is predetermined. He has taken his royalty way to far and didn't need to kill all these people to get what was destined to be his.
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ReplyDelete2) Macbeth is more effected by the events of the play than Lady Macbeth, though she is also very changed by the events. The reason Macbeth is obviously more changed is that he says to his wife: "Oh, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! / Thou know'st that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives." Not only is he traumatized at the continual life of his friend turned enemy, but he describes his own mind as full of scorpions.
2) I don't feel sorry for Macbeth, as his actions have not been honorable. Certainly it's important to deal with people mercifully, however it's equally important that Macbeth deal with those around him with that same mercy. Why ruthlessly murder, torture and cause a country to suffer, when you know that fate will eventually cause certain things to happen? It is not only upright but also infinitely more life-giving to live with integrity. Quality of life improves as one's treatment of others improves. I do seek to understand, however am struggling to accept the wretchedness of Macbeth.
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ReplyDelete2. Macbeth is more effected because he is starting to have quilt for all the bad that he is doing. His vision off the Ghost of Banquo is showing that he is strongly effected by his actions compared to Lady Macbeth who has yet to show any signs of remorse for her actions.
3. I do not feel bad for him because he knew his fate and did some bad things to good people in order for him to make sure that his future stayed as promised. He deserves the torture of quilt that he is going through for his actions.
2.) Macbeth is more affected by the events of the play, while Lady Macbeth is affected by Macbeth's reactions to the play. Macbeth was calm and cool until murdered Duncan. At that moment he began to fall apart. He "saw" the guards awake and see him killing Duncan, whichwas his first vision and sign of delusion. Lady Macbeth had no issue after staging it until Macbeth killed the guards. Then she was afraid and dumbfounded. She looked at Macbeth like he was a complete idiot. She became even more afraid when Macbeth began to scream at Banquo's ghost, his second hallucination. It had to be a hallucination, because it would tie in with his guilt for the murders of Duncan and especially his best friend, Banquo. Lady Macbeth as a reaction to Macbeth, who seemed to deteriorate mentally as the play pressed on. Macbeth was the one reacting to the play while Lady Macbeth feared for her safety, should Macbeth compromise the situation they have put themselves in.
ReplyDelete3.) If he is only an instrument of fate I do feel bad for him. Most people would probably disagree, but that is only because shakespeare built Macbeth up to be quite a villain, when if they look at the idea of fate, they should be examining Macbeth at the moments just before fate began to take over. Macbeth was a Thane of Scotland, highly accomplished and well-liked by his friends, family, and superiors. He was a loyal friend to Banquo who supported him in all of his endeavors. He was even greatly loyal to his leader, Duncan. Even after his fate was told, his loyalty almost got the better of him when he was just about to halt the assasination on the eve of the event. Macbeth was held many desirable traits before fate took over, and any person to say otherwise is foolish. Loyalty,bravery,nobility, and honorability are highly cherished both in those times and now. Only after fate took over did he discard them and take on the devilish being seen in the later acts of the play, who would most likely be hated by the viewers of Macbeth.
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ReplyDelete2. In Act 3, Macbeth is more affected by the events in the play. Macbeth’s mental state of mind is damaged because of the power he holds in being king. He and his wife know that it is not the type of people they are by killing multiple people. He knows that he is in too deep with the murdering. He says in Act 3 “Strange things I have in head, that will to hand, which must be acted ere they may be scanned” which explains that he has killed so many people and he is thinking about it too much. These murders that he arranges are haunting him. When he sees Banquo’s ghost in front of the people at his house, it shows that he is not mentally okay with what is happening. He loses his mind and cannot be a stable leader when he sees what he sees. His actions are causing people to be curious about him and leading up to catching him killing these people. Macbeth’s actions in the play affect his mental and physical state and are soon to put him in danger.
3. Macbeth’s fate is not predetermined and even if it was, I would not feel sorry for him. All of Macbeth’s murders were planned and arranged by him and Lady Macbeth. He rushed into being king and planned murders so he could stay in control longer. Macbeth says himself that they are beginners of crimes in line 150 of Act 3 when he says to his wife “We are yet but young in deed”. If Macbeth would have let fate do its power, he could have got what he wanted and then it wouldn’t have been his fault if the king and his sons died. However instead, Macbeth took it into his own hands for the death of the king causing Macbeth to be disrupted.
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ReplyDelete--I would have to say that Macbeth is more effected by the events that have occurred because he is constantly paranoid. During the formal dinner, he experiences the presence of Banquo`s ghost and nobody else can see him except Macbeth himself. However Lady Macbeth seems to be bothered by these events that have occurred but she tends to keep it to herself mostly. In the end Lady Macbeth seems to take more of the pain than Macbeth did because it all comes back and bites her.
-- I would not feel bad for Macbeth because although he did something that would not get him ahead, he still should not be rewarded for the harm and problems he has caused. Lady Macbeth also should not be felt bad for because she has done the same amount of harm as Macbeth has and more.
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ReplyDelete2. Macbeth is more emotionally affected by the events of the play. From hallucinating daggers, to killing guards in Act 2, to consolidating power and having one of his closest companions Banquo killed, and attempting to have his son killed in Act 3, Macbeth is more affected by the events of the play. But in some respects, Macbeth made these things happen to himself, in regards to the consolidation of power and having 'enemy's of the state and regime' killed, including his close friend. His ambition fueled the idea of fate and his wifes greed and cunning maniacal dealings and caused him to act the way he did.
3. I cannot feel sorry for him because he did advance further upon the prophecy foretold to him to an evil extent. He could've just let the prophecy run it's course seeing how surefire it was in the very beginning when he was named Thane of Cawdor literally right after the witches told him he would.But since his morals and ideas were clouded by ambition and his evil wife and the breakdown of his own mind because of the former(s) I cannot feel sorry for him.