In preparation for your reading of Act III next week post your predictions as to what will happen in the play. Remember to respond to another classmate's response. Posts are due by the end of the school day on Tuesday.
Here is more information on your Macbeth Personal Journal.
Your personal Macbeth Journal
Throughout your reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth you will notice an array of themes. You will keep a color-coded theme tracker in your text using Post-it Notes. Your text will be checked regularly to ensure you are maintaining your theme tracker. In addition, you will keep a journal of themes which includes your own thinking on the themes and quotes which support each theme. Your journal will be checked at the end of each act and should include a minimum of three quotes which support the selected theme. You will also choose an additional journal from each act from the sheet of Macbeth response journals. These journals will be due at the end of each act. Both journals should be typed or neatly written. Your personal Macbeth journal should be in the following format:
Cite the act and scene of your first quote; for example, Act 1, Scene 1.
I. Begin by selecting a quote. Include a total of 3 (three) quotes in proper MLA format. Each quote MUST be from a different scene of the act.
For example: Act I, Scene III
“All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!” (9).
II. My understanding of Macbeth so far is that...
Use 3 of the following statements to elaborate on your understanding of the quote such as:
It appears...
It seems...
I think...
I sense...
You may use your own statements as well. These are to help you get started.
III. What I don't understand is...
Use 3 of the following statements to elaborate on your thoughts.
Maybe this character is acting this way because...
Maybe Shakespeare...
This is confusing because...
I would have done this...
I would be...
Perhaps...
One thing I think this character should do is...
(Note: Hopefully by the time you finish this paragraph you will understand. IF not this is something you should bring up in class discussion.) You may use your own statements as well. These are to help you get started.
IV. One of the themes represented is... (use the themes provided below to finish this sentence).
Now that you have written about the quote, paraphrase the quote, and give your analysis of the quote.
Use 3 of the following statements to elaborate.
This is shown in the following manner...
I know this because...
This character represents this theme by...
You may use your own statements as well. These are to help you get started.
**If your chosen quotes support more than one theme note what the different themes include and state in your journal:
Another theme represented is...
Here's an example of the format you should use:
Act I, Scene III
I. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!” (9).
II. My understanding of Macbeth so far is that since this is the second time the witches have appeared they must be an integral part of the plot. It appears Macbeth is a brutal warrior and in this type of society will be rewarded for his valor. I sense the witches prophecies are all true, and that the witches are meddling with the overall fate of this man.
III. What I don't understand is why Macbeth trusts the witches at all. If this were me I would be very skeptical of these three strange women. He should listen to Banquo. Perhaps he trusts them because he wants to hear what they have to say and this makes it easier to rationalize not only their words.
IV. One theme represented in this quote is: When supernatural powers represent evil, they should be ignored. Clearly Macbeth should ignore what the witches have to say because it leads not only to his downfall, but a host of other issues. The witches are clearly supernatural because of the spell they have cast over the sailor's wife. Shakespeare is using this element of the supernatural to set a tone for things to come.
**Another theme represented is that ambition can subvert reason. This is demonstrated in Macbeth's reaction to what the witches say. He wants to hear more of their prophecies.
Act I, Scene II
I. “Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops” (5).
II. My understanding of Macbeth so far is that even though we have yet to see his character, he seems like a brutal and violent soldier. Shakespeare is setting the scene for Macbeth's character by having the captain give such gory details of him. This is an excellent way to excite the reader and the audience. Also, how could Macbeth “unseam” a person, even if it is during battle.
III. What I don't understand is who is fighting whom, but I see from the footnotes that the Irish are also involved. It must be a war between the Scots and the Irish and Norwegians.
IV. One theme represented in this quote is: Destruction ensues when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints. Clearly Macbeth's destruction on the battlefield is an indication of his unchecked morality. Even in battle there are rules of war and to annihilate another soldier is certainly evidence of the brutality to come.
(Note: As these are examples they are shorter in detail than your journal entries should be. This is meant to give you a general idea of the requirements.)
Then you would go on to include a third entry with another quote.
Colors for themes
(Note : SPOILER ALERT, if you don't want to know what happens in the end of the play, only write down the themes and do not read about how they are shown.)
The following themes are:
Ambition=blue
Ambition can subvert reason.
Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want to be great and powerful, and sacrifice their morals to achieve that goal. By contrasting these two characters with others in the play, such as Banquo, Duncan, and Macduff, who also want to be great leaders but refuse to allow ambition to come before honor, Macbeth shows how naked ambition, freed from any sort of moral or social conscience, ultimately takes over every other characteristic of a person. Unchecked ambition, Macbeth suggests, can never be fulfilled, and therefore quickly grows into a monster that will destroy anyone who gives into it.
Fate=purple
Attempts to control the future by overturning the natural order of society are futile.
Despite prophecies of the future, people are responsible for their own actions.
From the moment the weird sisters tell Macbeth and Banquo their prophecies, both the characters and the audience are forced to wonder about fate. Is it real? Is action necessary to make it come to pass, or will the prophecy come true no matter what one does? Different characters answer these questions in different ways at different times, and the final answers are ambiguous—as fate always is.
Unlike Banquo, Macbeth acts: he kills Duncan. Macbeth tries to master fate, to make fate conform to exactly what he wants. But, of course, fate doesn’t work that way. By trying to master fate once, Macbeth puts himself in the position of having to master fate always. At every instant, he has to struggle against those parts of the witches’ prophecies that don’t favor him. Ultimately, Macbeth becomes so obsessed with his fate that he becomes delusional: he becomes unable to see the half-truths behind the witches’ prophecies. By trying to master fate, he brings himself to ruin.
Violence=black
Destruction ensues when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints.
To call Macbeth a violent play is an understatement. It begins in battle, contains the murder of men, women, and children, and ends not just with a climactic siege but the suicide of Lady Macbeth and the beheading of its main character, Macbeth. In the process of all this bloodshed, Macbeth makes an important point about the nature of violence: every violent act, even those done for selfless reasons, seems to lead inevitably to the next. The violence through which Macbeth takes the throne, as Macbeth himself realizes, opens the way for others to try to take the throne for themselves through violence. So Macbeth must commit more violence, and more violence, until violence is all he has left. As Macbeth himself says after seeing Banquo’s ghost, “blood will to blood.” Violence leads to violence, a vicious cycle.
Nature and the Unnatural (Supernatural)=green
The natural order is disrupted by any upset in the proper order of human society.
When supernatural powers represent evil, they should be ignored.
In medieval times, it was believed that the health of a country was directly related to the goodness and moral legitimacy of its king. If the King was good and just, then the nation would have good harvests and good weather. If there was political order, then there would be natural order. Macbeth shows this connection between the political and natural world: when Macbeth disrupts the social and political order by murdering Duncan and usurping the throne, nature goes haywire. Incredible storms rage, the earth tremors, animals go insane and eat each other. The unnatural events of the physical world emphasize the horror of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth acts, and mirrors the warping of their souls by ambition.
Also note the way that different characters talk about nature in the play. Duncan and Malcolm use nature metaphors when they speak of kingship—they see themselves as gardeners and want to make their realm grow and flower. In contrast, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth either try to hide from nature (wishing the stars would disappear) or to use nature to hide their cruel designs (being the serpent hiding beneath the innocent flower). The implication is that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, once they’ve given themselves to the extreme selfishness of ambition, have themselves become unnatural.
Manhood=red/pink
Ambition can subvert reason.
Appearances do not always reflect reality.
Over and over again in Macbeth, characters discuss or debate about manhood: Lady Macbeth challenges Macbeth when he decides not to kill Duncan, Banquo refuses to join Macbeth in his plot, Lady Macduff questions Macduff’s decision to go to England, and on and on.
Through these challenges, Macbeth questions and examines manhood itself. Does a true man take what he wants no matter what it is, as Lady Macbeth believes? Or does a real man have the strength to restrain his desires, as Banquo believes? All of Macbeth can be seen as a struggle to answer this question about the nature and responsibilities of manhood.
Your personal Macbeth Journal DUE DATES are as follows:
First Journal DUE: Tuesday, November 9
Second Journal DUE: Tuesday, November 16
Third Journal DUE: Tuesday, November 23
Fourth Journal DUE: Tuesday, November 30
Fifth Journal DUE: Tuesday, December 7
Your Macbeth response journals are as follows:
First Journal DUE: November 12
Second Journal DUE: November 19
Third Journal DUE: November 23
Fourth Journal DUE: December 2
Fifth Journal DUE: December 7
Each journal is worth 100 points. Your personal Macbeth journals will be calculated with your paper grade and the response journals will be calculated as a portion of your homework, notebook, blog grade for the quarter. Needless to say this is an important (and large) portion of your grade for quarter two. Late work will receive 5 points off per day it is late (weekends count as 10 points). Make sure you let me know if you are having trouble or are going to be absent the day a journal is due. Please see the course expectations sheet for more information.
What I think is going to happen is that Macbeth will crumble under the pressure. I feel that his conscience will always be on his mind and that he will crack and tell Lady Macbeth that he wants to tell everyone that he has killed King Duncan. I predict that Lady Macbeth will not have as much guilt about killing Duncan. I assume that she will force Macbeth to be quite about their plan to kill Duncan. Another thing that could happen is that Banquo or some other character will find out about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s doings and he will confront them. I suspect that the Macbeths will go on a killing spree to make sure that word doesn’t get out about their doings. The final prediction is that Macbeth will become so paranoid and venerable and will want to admit his doings so bad that his wife, Lady Macbeth, will kill him herself. All of these could plausible, but not always possible.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding of Macbeth so far is that the story has a lot of nature and violence themes. Act 1 scene 5 is where Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are discussing king Duncan’s arrival. Although Macbeth does not hate King Duncan, he does wish to kill him so he can be king himself. He is Going to be king because the witches told him that it was his destiny to be king. The themes that I saw in this scene were ambition, and violence because they are discussing killing the king. “The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements” (1.5.40). Lady Macbeth is the one who is always trying to get Macbeth to man up and kill king Duncan, she is also the one who is coming up with the plan to kill the king all by herself The croaking of the raven that nests in the castle is a symbol of death. “Make thick my blood stop up th’ access and passage to remorse...” (1.5.45). “But be the serpent under ‘t. He that’s coming must be provided for; and you shall put this nights great business into my dispatch...” (1.5.67). I do not understand what encouraged Macbeth to go with what Lady Macbeth said and kill the king, because before he was disagreeing with her on all of the reasons that she gave why he should kill King Duncan.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Matt because I also believe that once the whole town starts to wonder who killed king Duncan than Macbeth is going to snap and admit that it was him.
ReplyDeleteI think that Macbeth will take over kingship, but will not be a good king. We know from scene 7, act 1, that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want as much power as they possibly can get. I think that Macbeth will demonstrate this negatively while he rules. he may become an unfair and unliked king. After all, a good king is not a man who is constantly dreaming up ways to achieve more power and control over his people.
ReplyDeleteI think that Macbeth will regret his deed, and remind himself of it for his entire life. I think that his wife will try to push Macbeth to act more like a man and to not show his fear and regret as he would like. In act 2, Macbeth says " Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee ... A dagger of the mind, a false creation" ( 2.1.32-8). We can begin to notice a shred of insanity in Macbeth. Before he is about to murder the king, he sees a dagger that is not really there. I think as time passes that Macbeth will become tormented with visions, caused by the grief he feels from murdering Duncan.
Essentially, I agree with Matt. Macbeth will not be able to live with the terrible memory of the murder and he will "crumble" as a result of it. I don't think that lady Macbeth will go on a "killing spree" as you said, but I think that she will be able to live with the memory of the deed more easily than her husband.
I predict that macbeth will be incredibly anxious that someone else will do to him what he did to King Duncan. I think he will remember that eh witches said the Banquos son will be king after him, and try to kill Banquo and Fleance to stop this from happening. He will kill banquo, but not fleance, and will use all his power to try to kll fleance, but end up failing to do so. I think he will use his power as a sword, and become a dictator of sorts. I agree with Mathew that someone will find out that he killed Duncan, and he will do everything in his power to kill them. I think that he will end up killing people who don't know the truth, and so will become a menace to society. at this point I think he will be killed, and fleance will become king.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jack for the most part. I think that Macbeth is going to get very paranoid because of what he did. He is going to get so nervous that he will kill anyone who looks like they are on to something. Macbeth will kill his own friend banquo, and will attempt to kill Fleance. Fleance however will avoid it somehow and become king. I especially agree with Jack when he says Macbeth will become a menace to society. I think that Macbeth will make some poor choices and this will all come back at him. He never should have killed Duncan. It was all a big mistake that is going to come back and hurt Macbeth
ReplyDeleteI actually read Macbeth at my last school, so it’s hard to predict what will happen because I already know, but I will make a prediction based on what we have read so far. I think that the guilt of killing Duncan will drive Macbeth insane. I think he will kill his wife out fear and then later commit suicide because he is horrified at the terrible things he has done. Banquo’s sons will succeed him and the prophecy will be complete. I agree with Zola that Macbeth will become paranoid and insane and that his life will essentially crumble. I agree with many people in that I think that many of his subjects will discover the murder of Duncan, but I don’t think that they will challenge Macbeth because they will all be too afraid of him.
ReplyDeleteI think that Macbeth will become overwhelmed by the fact that he has killed Duncan, I think that he will rule the people though they won't think he is a good ruler because he will never seem happy or satisfied with him self, I also think that he will also kill banquo as Jack said, I think that banquo will die but not as Macbeth was planning, also Fleance would avenge his fathers death by killing Macbeth. After this Fleance will be elected king, this will fulfill the prophesy, but I still feel like even though all theses things will have happened still Lady Macbeth will also be killed by her husbands unknown doing.
ReplyDeleteI think that MAcbeth is going to be king, but unter his own pressure which came with the killing by Duncan he is going to kill himself.
ReplyDeleteLady Macbeth will say that she had nothing to do with the killing of Duncan.
At the end Banquo is ging to be a honest and a good king.
I agree with Jeremiah who said that Macbeth is going to overwhelmed.
This far in the play, Macbeth has proven to be both ambitious and violent and his wife has been encouraging him and giving him an easy way to become king. I think that when Macbeth becomes king, he will not be able to escape what he did to Duncan and he will become very paranoid. Macbeth was told that he would become king, but he was so intent on it happening faster that he allowed himself to be talked into the murder of someone who was not only a good king but also his uncle. Because of what Macbeth did, he will never be able to fully trust anyone that he knows. I agree with Zola when she said that Lady Macbeth will drive Macbeth to be an unfair king.
ReplyDeletei think that macbeth will become king, and consult with the witches again, and they will lead him to believe that he is close to invincible. I believe that in the end he will die, and that one of the people that are mourning Duncans death will kill him. i agree with Mr. Friedland, i think macbeth will get very paranoid
ReplyDeleteI think that Macbeth will become king, and then people will find out what he did. I think Macbeth will be so completely overridden with guilt that he lets it slip to Banquo that he was in fact the one who killed Duncan. Then, Banquo will be more afraid for his son's well-being so he will talk to Macduff and have the war continue and Macduff will end up killing Macbeth and Fleance will be the new king.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Zola in that I also think that Macbeth will not be a good king since he will still want more power and Lady Macbeth will probably be greedy and sneaky and pushing her husband yet again for more power.
I think that Macbeth will become king because Duncan's sons ran away. I think that Lady Macbeth will pressure Macbeth to kill Banquo's children so they cannot kill him to become king, but I don't think he will do it. I also think that Banquo or Macduff will find out that it was Macbeth who killed Duncan. Then Macbeth will crack under the pressure and everyone will find out he did it. I think Lady Macbeth will try to deny what she and Macbeth did but eventually everyone will find out they did it, anyway.When everyone finds out that Macbeth betrayed Duncan, they will kill him.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Zola that Macbeth will become paranoid and that he will regret killing Duncan.
I think that Macbeth will keep regretting his decision of killing the king and finally confess, but say that Lady Macbeth was the one scheming the murder and they will both run away together. Since he felt guilty the second he came out of the kings chamber, I think that there's no way he can live with that amount of guilt. Finally, Banquo's sons will come back from their hiding after hearing the news and one of them will become king. I agree with Camille and that either Banquo or Macduff will be the one's who find out the news first. I think that he will tell them, and then they will help spread the news until everyone knows about it.
ReplyDeleteBoth Macbeth and Lady Macbeth strive for power, that's the whole reason they are in the situation that they are in right now. I believe that Macbeth's conscience will override his need for power and he will tell someone that he killed King Duncan. After everyone knows what he did, he will be hung and Banquo's son will become king. I think Camille's point is interesting and very possible that Lady Macbeth might take control again and force Macbeth to kill Banquo's son in order to secure his position.
ReplyDeleteI predict that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth will become terrible leaders. I think that they feel that it was really easy to kill King Duncan so they feel they can do anything they want without getting into to trouble. I predict that are going to take as much power as possible and become dictators in some way. All the citizens want them gone but there is no way to dethrone them because of all their power. However, one brave soul, Banquo's son, begins to plot how to take out Macbeth. I predict that he will be successful in his plot and will take the throne. I really like what Camille said about how she thinks Lady Macbeth will force Macbeth to kill Banquo's children. I feel that that is a very possible situation.
ReplyDeleteI predict that Macbeth will be the king temporarily until Fleance is old enough. I agree with Camille that Lady Macbeth will try to get Macbeth to also kill Fleance. But Macbeth will become more depressed because now he feels he has to kill his best friend's child become the next king. I also agree with Sarah, Macbeth will feel so guilty he will confess to Banquo that he killed the king. Then Macbeth will either run away or even kill himself from all the stress and guilt.
ReplyDeleteI predict that Macbeth will go mad thinking about the horrible deed he committed. In scene II, when he imagined that he saw a dagger right before he was about to kill Duncan, he showed us that he can have hallucinations. I believe that, although Lady Macbeth will try to convince him that nobody will ever know that he murdered the King, Macbeth will have stopped caring if people find out and will be fighting an inward battle of guilt. I think that Macbeth will eventually crack under the stress of being King and dealing with his won thoughts and he will admit to the Kingdom what he did.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Araya has a good point when she states that Macbeth will feel so guilty about the crime he committed that he will let it slip to Banquo, or another person, the truth about the incident.
my prediction is that macbeth will start to go crazy. Thinking about what has previously happened and connecting it to other Shakespeare plays, i can infer that insanity will probably ensue. Already, Macbeth has been seeing things and he has taken things the wrong way or been suspicious about many things, which can show that it is a plausible inference. I agree whit Evie when she says that he will be fighting an inward battle and will crack under the stress. I think that he will try to kill Banquo's son and then Banquo will end up killing Macbeth. Then Lady Macbeth will kill Banguo, and she will end up being the only important characer left still alive.
ReplyDeleteIn the coming acts, I am sure that the truth about King Duncan's murder will surface. Macbeth could barely hold himself together when he was pretending to be upset about the King's death. He rambled and seemed suspicious to Macduff. I don't think he can keep up his deception. I also agree with Evie, that Macbeth's mental health only gets worse after this point. Lady Macbeth will have to cover for him more and more, and become more of a caretaker to him than a wife. Some people say that women hold the power, and in this case Lady Macbeth really does influence Macbeth.
ReplyDeleteI think that Macbeth will be driven insane by killing Duncan. He may accidentally say some stuff that will get people to think he actually killed king Duncan instead of the guards, especially Macduff will suspect him. Since Macduff is already very suspicious of Macbeth he will tell people and they will start to see the truth. He will probably make stupid decisions and end up killing more people because that is what Shakespeare's tragedies are all about. I agree with Nathalie that Macbeth will be eventually killed and that Banquo's sons will succeed him. Then the prophecy will be complete.
ReplyDeleteI predict that macbeth willl go crazy. He is already hallucinating dagger what will be next. Lady Macbeth will eventually go crazy just like Macbeth. He will probably consult the witches. I agree with Camille that Macbeth Macbeth will eventually kill macbeth. Another path that could happen is that someone could figure out that Macbeth did kill the king and kill macbeth.
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ReplyDeleteIn Act 3, I think Macbeth will start to feel the guilt of the crime, but Lady Macbeth won't let him give up his title or admit that he committed the murder. I think that he'll decide to pass the crown to one of his best friends, Banquo, so that he'll become king instead.Then kills himself so because his conscience is too overwhelming for him and he doesn't want to face his wife. Then, I think Lady Macbeth will kill Banquo because she doesn't feel he deserves to be king. I'm only predicting this because the witches prophesied that only Banquo's children will become kings. Then, out of guilt and to escape punishment, I think Lady Macbeth will kill herself.
ReplyDeleteKarthik said that someone might figure out that Macbeth did kill the king, and kill him. I think that if any normal person found out that he committed the crime, they wouldn't kill him. They wouldn't know who to tell because Macbeth is the king and wouldn't sentence himself to be hanged. Also, people are probably trying to forget about the murder and move on, and they're happy with Macbeth as their new king so they don't want to try to mess anything up.
I predict that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth will become even more ambitious than they have been so far. After killing Duncan, Macbeth feels terrible and regrets the deed. On the other hand, Lady Macbeth does not have any regrets. As happened before, I think that Lady Macbeth is going to want to proceed on and eliminate anyone in their way of becoming king and queen and Macbeth will try to stop her, unsucsessfully. In the end, I think that Macbeth will realize that this whole scheme has gone too far and commit suicide. I somewhat agree with Caroline in that I think that people will find out about what really happened, but I think that once they come to this realization, they will quickly want to end Macbeth's rule.
ReplyDeleteI think that macbeth will bow under the pressure of keeping such an enormous secret. I don't think it will be easy for him to keep it, so I think he will spill it sometime soon. His wife is clearly crazy, and so she may drive him to go crazy as well. If macbeth keeps letting himself get pushed around by his wife, he will end up having done so many bad things that he will not be able to take it. I have noticed that macbeth seems to have just a little more moral than his wife, lady macbeth, and so I presume that he will always be second guessing himself. I think that every time macbeth will second guesses himself, he will grow both more paranoid and insecure. I think that by the end of the play, macbeth's menial state of health will have deteriorated into something less than desirable. I feel bad for macbeth, because I don't think he will be able to endurer all the lies, facings, and killings for much longer.
ReplyDeleteI predict that Macbeth will continue being paranoid, and soon break and spill his secret to someone. I also believe that Macbeth will be king but not do very well. I also think that Duncan's children will be blamed for his death, until the truth comes out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Evie and Anjali about Macbeth having an inward battle and break under all the stress. I think that once this has happened he will be sentenced to death, and like Araya stated Fleance with be pronounced king.
In scene 2, you can tell that Macbeth is filled with regret from the deed that he is done. You can also tell that Lady Macbeth feels nothing like that, even when her husband expresses how he feels, she still seems to feel like it's okay. This leads me to predict that in act 3, Macbeth will be so overcome with regret that he will admit, or kill himself, and everything her husband has done will come back to her, and Lady Macbeth will lose the power she wanted and she will feel the consequences.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Hannah when she says that Macbeth will continue to be paranoid.
I think that Banquo will accuse Macbeth of killing king Duncan to follow through on the prophecy of the three witches. I think that Banquo might try to kill him and then Macbeth will kill Banquo and his sons so he can be king for longer.I think that the book is going to turn very dark all of the sudden, with a lot of killing. I think that Macbeth will want to admit to what he did but lady Macbeth will talk him out of it. I also think that Macbeth will be killed maybe not in this act but sometime he will die i think this because the play is a tragedy and i just sense that something will happen to him.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the idea that Ellie has about that Macbeth will turn himself in but i think that lady Macbeth will talk him out of it.
Immediately after the murder of Duncan through the rest of Act II. There are clear signs that Macbeth is not comfortable with murder. After he killed Duncan he could not even bring himself to take the daggers back to the guards because he could not look at what he had done. Even before the murder Macbeth began to get paranoid, he saw the vision of the dagger, and had trouble coming to terms with the act he wanted to commit. Because of this, I think that Macbeth will become so paranoid and desperate to know his future that he will begin to make mistakes. He will over-analyze everything, and misinterpret things because of that. He will not govern well and he will forget why he wanted to be King so badly. I predict that Lady Macbeth will finally start to feel the belated guilt, she will be so upset at what she has set in motion that she will kill herself, this will become an issue because for the whole play I have perceived her as Macbeth's puppeteer, taking her out of the picture will mean that Macbeth is without guidance in his evil ambitious plots. I agree with Anjali, Macbeth will break under the stress of being King.
ReplyDeleteMy predictions for the MacBeth are not favorable for him or his wife, Lady MacBeth.
ReplyDeleteMacBeth is capable of killing, but will feel so guilty he will not know who to trust or what to believe. I think that he will eventually be so overcome by this guilt, that he will battle the evil deeds he has committed with his conscience – leading to his own insanity. His ethical and moral principals will deteriorate, because he will need to kill more people to obtain this goal, and to keep the previous killings secret.
His relationship with his wife will become stressful because her desire for power will be her only focus, using MacBeth to obtain this goal at any cost. MacBeth has ‘sold his soul to the devil’ and will pay the ultimate price of death. Banquo’s sons will prevail on their own, without Banquo telling them of the witches predictions of becoming kings.
In Act 3, I predict that Macbeth will become King. I also predict his mental state will continue decreasing until it reaches a level of severity. Although it may not happen in this act, I predict the truth will come out about Duncan, but I think someone else will be framed first. I think he will not stop until anyone who pressures him has been removed. In the end I agree the pressure will get the best of him and end up taking his life, as well as Lady Macbeth's. I agree with Nathalie that the prophecy will end up coming true and Banquo's children with become King.
ReplyDeleteWith the coming of Act three, I predict that someone else is going to die. Now, as we know that at the end of Act two Macbeth was nominated king, he will do anything he can to remain ‘rightfully’ so. Either one of the two brothers might come back, or Macbeth will decide to get rid of Fleance. This situation is similar to lying. You lie once, you have to lie about a bunch of times after to keep it up. Violence and bloodshed will just lead to more. In class the other day we talked about how Macbeth had to kill to get to the throne, but at the same time inviting others to do the same. With this evidence, I think that Macbeth will become so paranoid to the point where he just goes plain insane. As for Lady Macbeth, she appears to have no remorse, but the fact that she has to ask for the strength to do such things as murder, I am sure that all the past events will catch up to her and haunt. Due to this stress and immediate regret or paranoia, Macbeth will take his life and I agree with all the people before me when I say that one of Banquo’s sons, perhaps one we haven’t met, will become king. I also agree with Carolyn’s view on how the truth will come out. It has to. Someone is going to figure it out and I think it will be Banquo because he knows how badly Macbeth wants this and how ruthless he can be in getting to that point.
ReplyDeleteI predict that Macbeth will be a very bad king. He will be living in guilt, and will be very paranoid, and will not be able to be a good ruler. Macbeth will probably end up having to kill more people, in order to keep his secret safe. He will kill anyone who might know that he killed the king Duncan. I think that eventually someone will find out that Macbeth killed Duncan, and Macbeth will admit to it because he can't live with the guilt any longer. However I think that lady Macbeth will not admit to it so she can keep her power.
ReplyDeleteI agree Camille when she said that Lady Macbeth will try to talk Macbeth into killing Fleance!
I think that at least one other person will die in the coming act. It will most likely be Banquo, because Macbeth obviously sees him as the biggest threat to the thrown. I think he will also end up killing Fleance because the witches prediction for Banquo was that his kids will be kings. Macbeth is gonna become very paranoid, and that Lady Macbeth will urge him to kill anybody she sees as a threat.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Carolyn that the truth will eventually come out.
Having already read the third act in class yesterday, I knew what would happen, but this is what I thought before we read it.
ReplyDeleteI predict that many new things will happen in the next act. I think that Macduff (who was already suspicious with Macbeth) will go to the authorities because he knows that Macbeth killed the two bodyguards in attempt to cover it up because he thinks that they may have known that Macbeth killed Duncan. I also think that Macbeth will tell Banquo about what he and Lady Macbeth did.
I think that someone is going to find out who Macbeth truly is and what he has done. Once someone finds out then there will be a killing rampage. Macbeth is going to die, and Lady Macbeth is going to cummit suicide.
ReplyDeleteI deffenently agree with Noah, people are going to die.
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I think that Macbeth will not know what to do with himself, facing a lot of guilt from killing Duncan. I predict Macbeth will lose control of himself, mentally and end up doing things that he will soon regret. In addition I think he will end up killing another person from pure fury. I think there is a good chance it will be Banquo. Macbeth will tell Banquo what he has done because Banquo is Macbeth's true friend. Then I think Macbeth will kill Banquo because he is worried that Banquo will tell other people what he has done.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Noah that Macbeth will at least kill 1 person in the upcoming act.
I predict that Macbeth will not be able to function as king because he will be very upset about what he did. He will also be trying to make sure that he does not get caught or killed. I think that he will wish that he had just waited to become king. Macbeth will be busted by Banquo. I agree with shawn, he will defianetly not know how to funtion as a king because he will be so upset about duncan
ReplyDeleteI think that Macbeth is not going to do a good job as King because he will feel the regret of killing King Duncan in him. He will eventually tell the people that he killed Duncan and that Lady Macbeth was a part of it. Lady Macbeth will either kill herself or she will end up being killed by other people. Banquo will then take a higher position of royalty and Macbeth will either be killed or just step down from being King. Banquo would have found out first before anyone else that Macbeth killed Duncan. And in the end, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth will not have a good life and Banquo will get all the glory. I agree with Worthy that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship will become stressful.
ReplyDeleteI think that macbeth is going to crash and burn under all the pressure that lady macbeth is putting on him. I think he is going to crack and feel really guilty about all the sins he has commited then want to tell everyone to get it off his back. At that point lady macbeth will either be able to convince him otherwise or she is going to feel like she has to do all the killing and lieing by herself and it wont end up well. I agree with Hailey that he will not do a good job as king because of the guilt. It will probably eat him up inside to the poing of destruction. I also like Haileys point that lady macbeth will most likely kill herself or do something drastic.
ReplyDeleteI tink that Macbeth will not do well under the pressure that he has. He is becoming king which a lot of pressure, but at the same time he has to live with the fact that he killed King Duncan in order to become king. I think that this will drive him crazy. He will struggle to deal with the guilt and will become dangerous to the people around him. I think also that he may go out and kill Banquo's son Fleance. He would do this because Fleance is a danger to Macbeth. Because the prophecy fortold that Banquo would have kings. This may cause Macbeth to think that Fleance may be a danger to him and he will kill Fleance. I think that this will be an eventful act.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sydney that Macbeth with Sydney that Macbeth will not do well at all under all of the pressure that he is in and that Lady Macbeth is putting him under.
i think that macbeth will start to feel the presure and lady macbeth will snap him out of it and get his eyes on the prize maybe he might try to kill banquo and his sons so that the other half of the wicth's prophies will not come true but if he trys and fails is he just falling into the witchs hands we shall see
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