"Out, Spot!"

Monday in Omnibus again, we went over Macbeth, and had an interesting but fun assignment: watching a version/interpretation of Macbeth. I chose to watch the Folger's edition, (in all actuality a magnificent play) which was, as I stated above, very interesting, and very well done.

There was an interesting fact we came up with: Lady Macbeth is completely contradictory, when, at the beginning of the play, and just after the murder of Duncan, that a little water will wash the blood off of her husband Macbeth's hands. (How gruesome, I know.) Now, however, in 5.1, Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking, and talking, and rubbing her hands in her sleep, alarmed at the growing spot on her hands, muttering about how the act just won't come undone. Gross and creepy, but a great reminder of how, once sin and Satan gets a foothold in our hearts, it takes God's grace to help all come undone, just as the doctor tells Lady Macbeth's maid when witnessing this scene.