Macbeth Act 2 - Live Tweeting!

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Lady Macbeth comes across as someone to like to take charge of things. And by that I mean that in Act 2, when Macbeth doesn’t do something right she goes and does it herself which I like from her character. Because of the way Lady Macbeth is, this is why I chose her to do my Twitter account on. Making a Twitter account for her, I wanted to make her sassy because when I read lines from her character that is how I picture her saying them. Making an account for her was also fun because like most people that use Twitter to vent and get all their problems out, I made her account seem like that also. For example, her complaining about her husband on her account about how he can’t do anything right. It was also fun to tweet things “in the moment” and by that I mean when things are happening in the story, it seems has if her twitter is live and it’s actually happening. Doing this project was quite enjoyable. It was interesting having to tweet from someone else’s point of view. It was really easy to do too because I am a frequent Twitter user. It was fun to tweet like someone else too because the way the tweets were tweeted was nothing like I tweet, so it was fun to kind of play someone else for a short time on a social network. 

3) Pick one character from the first act and write a "Character Profile" of that character. Tell us what you know about them, what you think will be their role in the play, and what you think about them as a character. Do you like them? Identify with them? Do they teach us a anything?

In the first Act of Macbeth we aren’t introduced to many characters. But one that stood out to me was Macbeth himself. He stood out to me for many reasons. One of being he is the main character. Macbeth comes off as someone who will believe anything. I think this because of what the witches had told him, he believed right away without having to even hear that much from them. From what I know of Macbeth, he plays a huge role in the play. Matter a fact he is the main role, along with his wife. Macbeth kind of comes off as into himself kind of guy because when he’s told he will become King of Scotland he gets really into it and asks them more about it. As a character, I also don’t like him that much because he does seem like a jerk and will do anything that requires him becoming better than anyone else. From experience of reading the book, I learn that Macbeth teaches us to never trust anyone. Even if they are close to you and if you consider them to be your best friend or something like that, that you never know when someone might turn on you because Macbeth does something like that later on in the book to someone he is considered to be very close with. He also teaches us that people can be easily seduced by greed and selfishness. But again, we learn that later on in the book.  

2) With all this talk about Destiny, Fate and Influence, what role do you think the witches will have in this play? Are we all subject to our pre-determined destiny? Or can we influence our own future?

During the Act 1 of Macbeth, it seems that there is a lot of talk about destiny, fate and influence. These words outline the first act because of what the witches are talking about with Macbeth and Banquo. They tell Macbeth about how he’ll be the King of Scotland but to his friend, Banquo they come off as cold when they say to him “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”. When they say that I think they’re trying to tell Banquo that Macbeth will be king and for him, he will be nothing compared to him. The role the witches seem to already be portraying is the people that are messing with nature. And by that I mean, they telling Macbeth about his future when he should obviously wait to see what happens with his own life. I personally do not think that we are all subjected to our pre-determined destiny. In fact I believe that we can all influence our own future. For example, if you do something stupid that ruins the present day, then it can have a huge impact on your future depending on what it is, of course. That is just one example of someone influencing there future. We have the power in our hands, if we want our futures to be bright, we can make that happen and in Macbeth’s case he already saw his future so he obviously went the road of making what he saw happen. 

1) What do I know/think about the play so far? What are my thoughts on Shakespeare, Macbeth and this play so far?

The beginning of Macbeth comes off as a play that has to do with empowerment and what seems to be magic. I say magic because witches aren't real. From what I know of reading the first act of Macbeth is that there will be a lot of events that will happen with the witches and Macbeth. I also know that whatever the witches say to him, he will believe such as him becoming King of Scotland. What I think so far on the play is that it’s had a big beginning and will probably be filled with outrageous events. I also think that it’s had a great start and that the play is just getting started and will get much better. The plays that I have read for Shakespeare are nothing compared to this one. Macbeth is filled with horror and not knowing what is going to happen next so this is a change for Shakespeare and his writing. Another thought on him is that he’s such a talented writer and that this is just another talented play that he has written so even if the start wasn't has good as it was it would be getting much better if I didn't already know for myself. During the first act of Macbeth, the book comes off as dark and scary because of the witches and the how they come out of nowhere to confront Macbeth on his future. The witches seem to convince quite good on how his future will turn out.