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In Act 2 Scene 1, around the time the guards start feeling awfully tired for some odd reason, Macbeth has a conversation with Banquo. Banquo in a way praises Macbeth for his adequate hosting. In this conversation, Macbeth says something that caught my eye. "Being unprepared, our will became the servant to defect, which else should free have wrought." He basically points the fact out that he was unprepared for the Kings visit because the King invited himself over. And it dawned on me: the King walked into his own death. Yes, the King was impressed with Macbeth and that's why he invited himself over, but he still invited himself. Banquo is onto Macbeth, and even had a dream about the witches predictions and the ones that became true. Then Macbeth goes full Hamlet and imagines a bloody dagger in his hand and brushes it off. In the second scene, Lady Macbeth basically lives up to her malicious and twisted stereotype. She said the fact that the guards are getting tired makes a...

The thunder and active weather that was happening told me this play was dark and exciting. During their meeting, the witches don't offer Macbeth anything. A spell, a potion, imortality, they didn't tempt him at all, which told me they had an agenda and Macbeth might just be a pawn in their play. There's no question that these beings are witches. When the witches proceed with "Fair is foul....", they mean what is considered in society as "fair" is really the foul. So in the play, the way the government is being ran is foul but the government will always be seen as a fair system. This tells me Shakespeare will include royals in the play. Cats are significant when it come to witches, that's why there's Graymalkin. Toads are ugly like witches, so there's Paddock. This suggests witchcraft and the supernatural will add some elements to the play. In the second scene, the bloody soldier reports how Macbeth was brave during the battle. Macdonwald is ...

I'm not sure I read the same scene. Preston is praising Macbeth for his knightly duties. And I understand that Macbeth was setting a prime example of a knight, by only defending his land. But people are tired on the battlegrounds. Macbeth basically makes his own trail of dead knights. It was said that his sword was steaming of warm fresh blood. He literally cuts someone in half and then be heads them, and sticks the head on a pike and my fellow desensitized classmates didn't even budge. My only impression of Macbeth is that he's obviously not afraid to pick up a sword. What a psycho.

Macbeth was a real person. He was a Scottish general. He actually did kill his cousin-the King, and took his throne. He was power hungry and receiving support from his wife. He, apparently, goes insane from the guilt. It's interesting to me that we're reading from the killers perspective. Only because I can already tell Macbeth is going to make mistakes, because power hungry people can get sloppy just as fast as they can take action. I know that his wife also plays a big role in the leading events. I wonder if Shakespeare had a thing against women. I keep seeing a reoccurring theme here with malicious women in his plays.

I love reading by myself. I never thought to read with a friend, because I haven't been in a book club since 3rd grade. In my experience, reading is a personal activity. I think a person just attains information better when there's no other distractions or some one to change their view on things. What I saw in the Paul Simon video was why Paul Simon's album "Graceland" was successful. They had a passion for music. Someone said it looked open minded. I, personally, can see how there would be room for celebration to thrive. My own personal experience and the video have taught me passionate words can influence feelings.

It's a story about a group of people. They're warned that a storm is headed their way. I also know that there are witches in Macbeth.