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Showing posts with label Macbeth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Macbeth. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A Call...
Just a little tidbit I found interesting about Macbeth. Macbeth's servant's name is 'Seyton.' Say that three times and tell me what it sounds like:P. Anyhow, it takes forever for him to anser to Macbeth's call, showing complete unrest and turmoil in Macbeth's kingdom. Ick!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
"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.
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.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Fair is Foul... Now is Foul Fair?
We've started our long-awaited and anticipated discussion on Macbeth in Omnibus (which is part of school). I was selected, along with friends Haley and Lillian to be the three "weird sisters"! Lillian has this perfect witch-like voice, and so does Haley. We got to do the first scene in the play, and then again in scene three.
Kalahan, who is also part of the "Omnibus Crew" pointed out an important fact about these two scenes: The last line of the first scene, all the witches proclaim,
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air."
Macbeth's first line is (1.3):
"So foul and fair a day I have not seen."
The similarities between the two lines echoes an eerieness. We know right away that something is not all right... Macbeth and the three sisters are saying almost the exact same thing, only in different ways. Oooh!
Kalahan, who is also part of the "Omnibus Crew" pointed out an important fact about these two scenes: The last line of the first scene, all the witches proclaim,
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air."
Macbeth's first line is (1.3):
"So foul and fair a day I have not seen."
The similarities between the two lines echoes an eerieness. We know right away that something is not all right... Macbeth and the three sisters are saying almost the exact same thing, only in different ways. Oooh!
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