One essential question that Macbeth relates to is "How far is one willing to go to get what they desire the most." Macbeth displays his desire to be king in several different ways that go beyond the norm. It all starts when Macbeth encounters the witches. ''All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter.'' (I, iii, 50) When they tell him that he will be king, his ambition for power blossoms. However, Macbeth realizes that in order for him to become king, he'll need to murder King Duncan. Macbeth goes through with a plan that Lady Macbeth created, and he murdered Duncan during the night. This murder was so significant because of many reasons. For one, Duncan was Macbeth's guest for the night, and its very rude to kill your own guest. Macbeth swore loyalty to King Duncan as a kinsman. Also, when people discovered the death of King Duncan, Macbeth lies and states the guards killed the King because they were drunk. He continues to lie and states that he murdered the guards as an act of revenge for Duncan. "O, yet I do repent me of my fury, that I did kill them." (II, iii, 106-107) Due to these reasons, Macbeth's actions of killing King Duncan were extraordinary. This is just one of many examples of how Macbeth goes too far to get what he desires.
Another essential question that Macbeth relates to is "How does power corrupt?" Towards the beginning of the play, Macbeth was a very loyal and bright person. However, when Macbeth becomes king, his traits change completely. Macbeth becomes more dark and depressed. The power Macbeth obtained once he became king began to corrupt him, affecting his personality and actions. For example, Macbeth was so worried that he would lose his power, he murdered Banquo so that he wouldn't lose his power. Another example is when Macbeth discovers that Lady Macbeth commits suicide.
"She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow and tomorrow and to morrow 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!" (V, v, 17-23)
This quote displays how much Macbeth has changed throughout the play. Once a loyal man, but now he has changed into a more ruthless being as he shows no love for Lady Macbeth. In this quote, Macbeth talks about how life is short and how he believes it's pointless. Macbeth also starts to treat his servants poorly. All these are examples of how Macbeth's power corrupts him, changing his personality and actions.
I learned that working in groups has its pros and cons. Some pros include being able to work with others and seeing their different points of view, and the work can be split up between your group members. Some cons include time management, as it can sometimes be difficult to get together as a group and work outside of class. Overall, something important that I have learned is to communicate well with your group members because then you can organize your time management and other things more efficiently. Something I noticed that I need to work on for next time is to manage my time more wisely, because if I do things at an even pace I have more time to put greater effort and changes toward a group project. Overall, something I'm proud of is the creativity of our video because it presents the play in a more humorous way, and also it is possibly easier to understand because it is simpler. If I were to divide a pie with our group's individual work percentages, I would split it evenly between the three of us. I feel that we all contributed evenly in one way or another. We worked together as a team and there was no point in time where it felt as if someone was lacking effort or participation. We all contributed thoughts and ideas, and did some sort of work towards the final project.
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