Macbeth: Power and reading times

     At the beginning of Macbeth, power was supposed to be a main idea of the play and I think that continued to be truthful. Power is what drove Macbeth to do what he did. The whole play is based upon power and how Macbeth went to achieve it and the aftermath of his attempt to gain power. Lady Macbeth realizes that the power wasn't worth all of the guilt that she felt before she died.
    This topic has become a theme in the play that is trying to send a message to the readers. Shakespeare is trying to show that if you try to get power in a way that undermines the people around you then in the end you won't achieve the power that you wanted and there will be consequences. This theme is showed in all of the act and scenes throughout the play.

Reading Times

English Project           5/5/14    1 hour
                                   5/6/14    30 minutes
                                   5/9/14    30 minutes

Important Quote/ Reading Times

"All hail , Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (17): This is an important quote because it is the start of all of the conflict of the play. If Macbeth hadn't heard that he was want to be king then he would have never had the idea to kill all of the people that he started to kill in the first three acts. He would have still been the Thane of Glamor and Cawdor, but not the king. This sentence is what starts the play's action and its downfall.

The quote also makes you wonder if maybe it is trying to send a message because it says he is to be king hereafter, which insinuates for a long time after, but he gets killed so fast into being king from what we know from the overview of the play that we did at the beginning of the course. This could lead to many lessons that are trying to be taught. For example, words can be twisted or your fate isn't set in stone for someone to read. It could also state that maybe you shouldn't listen to creepy woman that kill random people because of unshared snacks.

Portfolio: 5/1/14: 50 minutes
Portfolio: 5/2/14: 15 minutes
Portfolion: 5/5/14: 1 hour