Monday, November 15, 2010

ACT ONE ; Scene 6&7 Understanding

The EQ's that my group has decided to use for our project are:
What is integrity? & How do we deal with conflicting elements within our personalities?

Act One; Scene Six
This is the scene where King Duncan arrives at Macbeth's and there he is greeted by Lady Macbeth. She greets him with utter respect and politeness, as a hostess should and as he is the King. This scene is extremely controversial and questions Lady Macbeth's integrity as she treats him with such politeness in this scene, but in truth she is just acting this way and really plans to murder him in his sleep. This is why we chose the question, "What is integrity?" Integrity is a moral or a principle, it is a virtue. It's a sense of wholeness, and honesty which Lady Macbeth has clearly lost, as she is willing to go through with murder, to fulfull her desires.

Act One; Scene Seven
In this scene Macbeth decides that he no longer wants to procede with the murdering of King Duncan. He has come up with numerous reasons and as he explains to Lady Macbeth, she becomes very upset and accuses him of his weak nature, and how he is a coward, and that she has more courage than he does. She eventually convinces him that this is their desire, and that they must continue on with the murder. With this scene we decided to ask the question,  "How do we deal with conflicting elements within our personalities?" It seemed to be a fitting question as Macbeth is in a conflict with his personality and his desire. Though he wants to be King, as he is an honest, and loyal person, he must weigh over his options. What is more important? His desires, or his integrity?

2 comments:

  1. Could you also bring in text support to further develop your points... I do like how you are connecting to the EQ's

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  2. It seems that with the honesty that MacBeth has, he is also unable to make decisions for himself. He is weak in his own opinion as he falls for the manipulation of his wife. To be that easily swayed means that although his morals held him back at first, he eventually still gives in to what he desires.

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