N Lay’s Online Journal

It was Tyrique that put us onto it. He took us to the front of the block, craned his neck to the sky and said, “this is it.””no shit”, said my brother. We were all just looking staring up, staring at it, just gazing at it cluelessly. “Do you man even know what this is.” Tyrique said with a big smile on his face just giggling. Personally me and Joel were clueless but my brother replied “of course i do, what you going to do with it?” I then said “please tell me what you are going to do with baby powder?.” Then Tyrique and my brother started laughing at me. I was thinking why were they laughing until I realised it was drugs.

‘There was a hand in in the darkness, and it held a knife’

‘The knife had done almost everything it was brought to that house to do’ ‘And both the blade and the handle were wet’

‘The street door was still open, just a little, where the knife and the man who held it slipped in’

This story is a very interesting story, Shakespeare made a lot of tension. The most interesting part of tension in the story is the way he brought the witches into the story. The witches that he had put in the story where evil mind twisters, they told Macbeth his future, of being King which is why Macbeth decided to kill Duncan. Also Lady Macbeth was encouraging him to that’s why there was a whole plan behind him killing Duncan. If the witches weren’t in the story it would be completely different because he might not have killed Duncan and he would have been King at a later stage.

Another very interesting part of the story that was intriguing and very gory was when Macbeth practically cut the man in half. He started by stabbing him in his waist then dragged the knife through his body then up to his head the everything above his legs just dropped and split in half.

Another part of the story that intrigued me the most when Macbeth killed the king. The king treated him and loved him like a brother and trusted Macbeth the most. But even though we knew the witches were evil Macbeth didn’t so they twisted his mind and he then killed the man who truly trusted him.

Also the prophecy of Macbeth is what unfolded the reason of Duncan’s death. As I said I said in the first paragraph he was under more pressure because once he had known his fate he informed lady Macbeth and she grew impatient and made Macbeth kill Duncan.

This story is a very interesting, Shakespeare made a lot of tension. The most interesting part of tension in the story is the way the witches are introduced into the story.

“Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble” The witches chant as they await the arrival of Macbeth.

The witches that he had put in the story where evil mind twisters, with super natural powers, but did they have magical powers? Or was it they were good at playing mind games as people didn’t really know what witches were capable of and therefore believed what was said to them. Macbeth a solider meets the witches they tell him of his future, of being King of Scotland and then vanish. In order for this to happen Macbeth decides to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth who craves power and status encourages Macbeth to murder Duncan. Before he kills Macbeth is racked with guilt, therefore his wife decides to take control and that’s why there had to be a plan behind him killing Duncan. If the witches weren’t in the story it would be completely different because he might not have killed Duncan and he would have been King at a later stage.

Blood is everywhere throughout the story.

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood, clean from hand” Macbeth after he has killed Duncan, cleaning his hands he feels that he is also cleaning his conscience as he feels guilty having just committed his first crime.

Another very interesting part of the story that was intriguing and very gory was when Macbeth practically cut the man in half. He started by stabbing him in his waist then dragged the knife through his body then up to his head then everything above his legs just dropped and split in half.

Another part of the story that intrigued me the most when Macbeth killed the king. The king treated him and loved him like a brother and trusted Macbeth the most. But even though we knew the witches were evil Macbeth didn’t so they played with his mind and as his wife craved power she encouraged him to kill the man who truly trusted him. Clearly at this point we can see that Macbeth did not want for anything and may have been a humble man that went to war came back a brave solider. He had a conscience and knew right from wrong but was not strong enough to do what would have been the right thing.

She should have died hereafter.

There would have been a time for such a word.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time,

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

In this scene the characters are first witch second witch and third witch they are invovled with Macbeth because Macbeth wants to know his future he is so eager he dosent even mind whether it’s to do with his death. “I conjur you’is by howe’er you come to know it answer me.” That’s how Macbeth shows he wants to see his future.

I think this changes the scene completely because if we never knew about this scene then we would think Macbeth is fully guilty because if we never knew about the witches telling Macbeth about his future being king then he probably wouldn’t of thought to kill Duncan which he then did if it was already his future then you never know Macbeth could have just waited and there might have been another accident or murder that someone committed on Duncan to then Macbeth would have still been king but because the witches told him he wanted to be king instantly that’s why he wanted to kill Duncan that’s why I think this scene did change it completely because we now it makes us think that Macbeth is less guilty.

I think the quotation mean that Macbeth has done the murder and he has now realised there is no going back. He has realised that killing Duncan was a bad decision and he has realised there is nothing he can change

To me I think the witches are in the play because it was set in the old ages when witches were around and because to make the the story more scary because they are evil. In the modern version film of Macbeth it shows the witches working undercover as nurses in the hospital so that they could get a heart of a man so they could do a ritual to find Macbeth I think.

In scene 2 it shows how Macbeth feels guilty for killing Duncan, “will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”, as Macbeth said. When he says this it makes me think really hard because he’s saying a rhitorical question that he knows the answer too.He has realised that what he done was wrong so he askes the god of the sea “Neptune” to wash his hands free of what he has done because he regrets killing Duncan and now he has a guilty consouince.

In scene 7 lady Macbeth is pushing Macbeth on to kill king Duncan but Macbeth feels like he cannot kill king Duncan because he can’t find the bravery or the courage in his heart, but there is the slightest bit of courage from when he wants the power of the thane of Cawdor. Such as when it says ” if th’assassination could trammel up the consequence.” That makes me thinks that even if Macbeth dose kill king Duncan it will be worth the consequence.

Act 1 scene 1

Thunder and lightning crash above a Scottish moor. Three haggard old women, the witches, appear out of the storm. In eerie, chanting tones.

That speech from scene 1 makes me think they make plans to meet  after the battle, to confront Macbeth. As quickly as they arrive, they disappear.