This week we watched Macbeth's head get chopped off and carried around like a trophy. This week mainly consisted of watching the rest of the play Macbeth. When we first began watching this play I was completely lost. None of the words or conversations made sense, random witches were doing weird dances, people we killing other people, and some lady walks in with arms dripping with blood. I had no idea what was happening. As the week progressed though, I began to decipher the language and mostly understand what was going on. There are some parts that I was confused as to why the things that were happening were going on, but I think that's the nature of the play. It's supposed to be twisted and almost demented.
There are many complex psychological things happening in this play. Each character goes through many ups and downs and you find yourself feeling whiplash from all the crazy swings. Macbeth, specifically, is all over the place. At times he is a vicious, power hungry, crazy person but at other times he is afraid and scared like a baby. The thing that is going to be most difficult in our group is trying to incorporate all of these thoughts into one coherent and formal statement. When collaborating in our group we are often saying things like "Yeah the wife was super psychotic and crazy!" or "Macbeth was acting like a whiny baby!", so we're going to have to rethink and clarify these ideas to ensure that they make sense. If we say things like that, people who didn't watch Macbeth are going to have no idea what we're talking about because it's too general. After break we are going to have to really hunker down and think deep about what we need to say in order to properly inform the rest of our class. It should be good though! See you after break!
There are many complex psychological things happening in this play. Each character goes through many ups and downs and you find yourself feeling whiplash from all the crazy swings. Macbeth, specifically, is all over the place. At times he is a vicious, power hungry, crazy person but at other times he is afraid and scared like a baby. The thing that is going to be most difficult in our group is trying to incorporate all of these thoughts into one coherent and formal statement. When collaborating in our group we are often saying things like "Yeah the wife was super psychotic and crazy!" or "Macbeth was acting like a whiny baby!", so we're going to have to rethink and clarify these ideas to ensure that they make sense. If we say things like that, people who didn't watch Macbeth are going to have no idea what we're talking about because it's too general. After break we are going to have to really hunker down and think deep about what we need to say in order to properly inform the rest of our class. It should be good though! See you after break!