Human Nature and its Faults

"Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature."

This is very true and applies to about every character in Shakespeare's Macbeth. For starters, King Duncan killed a man for lying to him. Duncan exemplifies violence and the man he vanquishes represents  lying. The next character that relates to this quote is the three witches, they purposely stir up "hurly burly", so Macbeth can go on a killing rage. The three witches represent violence and betrayal. The next character that applies to this quote is named Lady Macbeth. She takes on all three of these derogatory terms. She lies when being astonished that duncan is dead, she betrays Duncan, and causes king duncan to die. 

The next character that applies to this quote is Macduff. Yet he does have a reason to get an army of ten-thousand to seize Macbeth's castle, but he still carries the characteristic of violence, especially at the end when Macduff beheads Macbeth. Speaking of Macbeth he applies to all of these characteristics as well. Starting with betrayal. Macbeth betrays King Duncan and Banquo. He kills both of his friends behind their back which also has violence and lying in them. Macbeth also kills Macduff's entire family which is pretty harsh with violence. 


Reading and Working Times

I spent 8 hours on my paper this weekend
4 hours reading 
1 hour studying Macbeth

Reading and Working

I spent 3 hours towards my Project

I spent an hour studying the for the Macbeth Quiz

4 hours

ACT I SCENE I LINES: 1-11

Witch 1: When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Witch 2: When the hurly burly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
Witch 3: That will be ere the set of sun.
Witch 1:. Where the place?
Witch 2: Upon the heath.
Witch 3: There to meet with Macbeth.
Witch 1: I come, Graymalkin!
Witch 2: Paddock calls.
Witch 3: Anon.
All. Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air

This famous passage sets an ominous mood and kind of sets up the play. From this we become aware of the witches relationship knowing that they are familiar with one another, and we know that they are planning to meet up next. They tell us that the witches are going to meet again when all of the tumultuous chaos is done. We know this because of Shakespeare's Witch 2 says "When the hurly burly's done, When the battle's lost and won. And we figure out that they are going to meet with Macbeth when witch three says "There to meet with Macbeth. " 

Then the witches come together and say "Fair foul, and foul is fair". My interpretation of this is that good and evil are hard to tell apart. This would also apply to Duncan and how he trusted Macbeth and was talking to Macbeth about how it is hard to find trustworthy people, and at the time Macbeth was thinking of killing him. Which is dramatic Irony for us, because Macbeth was the one that ended up killing him.