Farewell and Goodbye

We have had the pleasure of plogging in the past two months. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end... this will be our last post.

As Macbeth is a tragedy, many of the readers knew from the beginning that Macbeth would not succeed in what he sought after. However, Macbeth was full of suprises nonetheless and provided us with a wonderful read.

We started off out analyzing of this play by looking at hamartia and what it meant in this particular play. This topic is indeed fascinating as it is so controversial. Each reader has their own unique interpretation of this play, and this obviously leads to different thoughts on what the hamartia is in Macbeth. Some of the possibilities are Macbeth's ambition to become king, the witches' prophecies, or Lady Macbeth's rash manipulative actions.

Another very interesting and controversial topic is whether or not the witches have supernatural powers. In the beginning of the play, we are introduced to these three witches, talking in rhymes and spells and incantations, making the audience lean towards them being supernatural. However, after they inform Macbeth about their predictions and Macbeth makes plans to kill Duncan, the audience starts to think, "what if the witches aren't actually supernatural? Would Macbeth make the wrong decision on the wrong prophecies?". Still, at the end, we are never convinced that the three witches are supernatural and will never really know, as that secret died with Shakespeare.

We hope that you have enjoyed reading this play as much as we have- which is a lot. Children of Macmedia, signing off.