At this point of the story, we see Macbeth as a total tyrant and dictator who is suspicious of everybody. He is a king who depends murderers (assassins) to brutally kill his best friend. As I see the amazing change Macbeth went through as a result of his greed and sin, I was afraid at how evil and far fetched people could become to "save" themselves. Sin nature? hmm
My favorite part in this reading was when the ghost of Banquo came in at sat at Macbeth's seat when they all (ironically) drank for him. With his fresh wounds and unclear eyes, the ghost nodded at Macbeth and made him fall further into his own prison of sin and guilt. As Macbeth commits more crimes as a poor attempt to secure his position, he is actually pushing himself both mentally and physically to the opposite direction, and I find Shakesphere doing a good job in portraying this.
Macbeth reminds me of a young child who continues to lie to hide his first lie. But things never get sorted that way. Even when nobody notices the lies, the internal self is suffering as a result of those actions. Anyone who is mentally sane would feel this voice and respond to it by stopping those lies and false implications. The final end of Macbeth reveals a light of truth to what happens to people like that.
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I think Macbeth should have been given a second chance. I mean, I am pretty sure that Macbeth would have confessed his sin if he knew that he would not be executed for killing a king. Some sins are unforgivable I guess. I also come to the conclusion that kings or tyrants must have a very iron heart indeed to flick away all the worries of another one of his cronies trying to kill him.
ReplyDeleteI feel Macbeth's wife should have been lady queen. She would have killed a lot more people, but she would have ruled with an iron fist and a clear mind.