teaching the language of drama

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Macbeth

Macbeth

Before I watched the movie Macbeth, I never knew what actually the play Macbeth is all about. I always get confuse between Macbeth and Oedipus, the one that kill his father and get married to his own mother. To be honest, I never read Macbeth so, thanks to Dr Edwin for giving me a chance to watch this fabulous movie.

The first thing that attracts me most is the person that acts as Macbeth was absolutely handsome and good looking! I think most of my friends would agree with me.

Next, from what have I get from the play Macbeth, I think prophecy does play a big role in a person’s life. It is obvious from the character Macbeth himself as we can see that he was actually so cool, brave, strong, and the best warrior that he could even fight with so many people yet he was still alive and survive while many of his opponents had already died. However, the minute he got to know that he was fighting with Macduff which he had been told before that he only can be defeated by those that are not birth through the natural way by their mother; he turned to a total different and weak fighter although he had almost made Macduff met with death.

In addition to that, Macbeth would not have killed the king and best friend if he does not believe in prophecy, here again; I think that we are actually the one who decides our future and fate, and not those witches or prophecies. Yet, if we are so into the fate and prophecy, it then can turn to be a part of us and it even sometimes can destroy ourselves as what had happened to Macbeth.

I think this art of Shakespeare had something that all of us should know and learnt. It is just the way that we see it differently and we take it differently from other. As a matter of fact, we are different in our own way! I think Macbeth is something that is not so boring and good to be watch and learn.