Changes I Would Make to The Play

Changes I would make to the play would be writing more about the witches and Banquo’s son. Shakespeare tells us that doing immoral acts to achieve ambition is unethical, and karma will get us. I want to write more about the witches because they should be given some punishment for the bad actions they take. If they do not say so much in front of Macbeth, he may not listen to their prediction, and may not be controlled by his ambition. If I can make changes to the play, I would add a part that their power is taken away because I want this to be their punishment for their immoral actions. Also, Banquo is not a bad person. The witches have told him that his son will be a king too, but he only thinks about it and has not killed anyone for it. However, he suffers death, so I would like to give a good ending to his son to compensate his good heart. I would write more about Fleanance’s ending, giving him a territory and makes him a king.

Banquo's descendants

One Setting in The Play that Makes Me Uneasy

One setting in the play that makes me uneasy is the setting in which Macbeth meets the witches again. This setting makes me feel uneasy because it is too strange and mysterious. The setting is in a cave and there is a boiling cauldron in the middle. They can hear the thunder inside the cave. The mysterious feeling of the magic and spell makes me feel scared. It makes me relate this scene to ghosts and a lot of unnatural phenomenon, so I feel a little scared when reading this scene.

three witches

Lady Macbeth vs. Macbeth

Although both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have done evil acts, they are not exactly the same. Lady Macbeth is a greedy and ambitious wife at the beginning. “Make thick my blood. Stop up the access and passage to remorse. That no compunctious visiting of nature. Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between the effect and it” (I.V, 33-37)! She actually wants Macbeth to be a man and kill the king immediately. Nothing can prevent her from making Macbeth become the king. However, her conscience has caught her after, and she becomes very guilty, so she suffers from sleepwalking. She feels “all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” (V.I, 35-36). She cannot accept the guilt in her mind and she cannot wash off the blood from her hands. Inside her mind, she knows she is wrong and this is why her guilt has affected her. However, Macbeth is a good man at the beginning, but he has turned into a corrupted person after. Macbeth is not decisive on whether he should kill King Duncan or not. “He hath honored me of late, and I have bought golden opinion from all sorts of people” (I.VII, 33-34). He does not want to kill Duncan because Duncan treats him very well. If it is not his wife who persuades him, he may not have killed King Duncan for his own ambition. Although he is not a bad person at the beginning, he changes as his ambition becomes stronger. “To crown my thought with acts, be it thought and done” (IV.I, 155-156). He kills to consolidate his power. He keeps killing and killing and becomes a corrupted leader of the kingdom. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth seem to have reversed their roles. 

Macbeth kills Macduff's family

Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill king Duncan 

Destiny

I think destiny supports the theme of ambition in this play. I believe Shakespeare wants to tell readers that bad people will never have a good result. Thus, Shakespeare creates destiny for each character and show us that those who immorally pursue their ambitions will have a sad destiny. “Behold where stands the usurper’s cursed head” (V.VIII, 54-55). Macbeth, who always murders others to get his power, is finally killed by Macduff. It is the same with Lady Macbeth. “The disease is beyond my practice” (V.I, 40). She ends up becoming unable to accept her own crimes, and she sleepwalks because she feels guilty. The doctor does not have any method to heal her sleepwalking. “The queen, my lord, is dead” (V.V, 16). She kills herself at the end. Obviously, these characters’ destiny matches with the theme Shakespeare tells us. People who commit crimes because of their ambition will not have a good ending. 

Lady Macbeth's death

Lady Macbeth sleepwalks

the death of Macbeth

Describe My Experience in Reading "Macbeth"

I would describe my overall experience in reading Macbeth as entertaining. I find this play very intensive. It is full of suspense. For example, after Banquo is killed, Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost in his feast. “Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me” (III.IV, 55-56). The suspense of this scene makes me feel scared and intensive. Also, before Macbeth kills Duncan, I feel it is full of suspense. Macbeth sees the illusion of a dagger that he uses to kill Duncan. “Is this dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand” (II.I, 33-34)? The illusion of the dagger creates a scary mood and suspense. The suspense makes me focus on the play that is intensive.

Banquo's ghost

Macbeth's illusion