Macbeth, Act I

In act I of Macbeth, we are introduced to the main characters of the play and learn of a prophesy told by three Witches, the Witches and Lady Macbeth convince Macbeth to follow his ambition to complete the prophesy by killing Duncan and becoming king. This text affected me personally, it has made me become more aware of how much my ambition provokes me and how others can feed me information I want to hear in order to get me to react on my ambition. A part of this text that caught my attention was when Lady Macbeth put her femininity aside in order to gain male characteristics, she then uses these characteristics to come up with a plan to kill King Duncan and frame other people, she also convinces Macbeth to follow her plan and kill King Duncan. A part of this play that provoked me to laugh was when Macbeth and Banquo spoke to the Witches and learned about the prophecy, Macbeth was so intrigued about their future telling that he will be king, it provoked him to continued asking questions but was instead he was ignored by all three Witches who had started telling Banquo his future. This was funny to me because not only did Macbeth get ignored after his victory in battle, Banquo also learns of his future, he learns that he will never be king but his children will sit upon the throne. Imagine being an amazing general and earning your lineage will hold the throne but you personally won’t, this provokes both happiness and sadness. This play reminders me of other plays written by Shakespeare, mostly because they all seem to have a plot involving tragedy, the death of someone special and a male having been influenced by a female to do unthinkable acts. This text goes against my beliefs to never backstab someone in order to gain status, especially those whom I was loyal to. Macbeth backstabs Duncan, his guest by killing him while he sleeps under Macbeth’s roof. This text has given me insight to never take advantage of others in order to gain status because it may come back to get me, especially prophecies which are half truths.