Thursday, December 4, 2008

4. Have you ever experienced a predicted dream? Has anyone ever suggested something about you future that has actually come true? Did their comments i

- People time to time say, I remember this scene from my dream or memory. People normally think that they dreamed such scene and be amazed by it. However, it is actually a mistake made by the brain that it makes us feel like we saw the scene before in our dream. SO I experienced numbers of de ja vus but never had a predicted dream. However, I can think of my mother’s experience. She told me that she had a dream of a beautiful snake in her dream and few months later, after that dream, she found out that she had a baby. That baby is my sister and incredibly, she was born on the year of snake (Chinese zodiac kind of thing, forgot the name). like this Koreans believe some dreams symbolize something and people suggest we buy a lottery when we dream about a pig, blood, and etc. the comments that people make greatly influence us because they have their explanations and experiences that proves that something real happened after they dreamed of a such thing. It is amazing sometimes because people do have incredible experiences about the dream however, I think they are superstitions.

3. Is there a personal incident in your life you wish could erase? Envision Lady Macbeth wringing her hands, unable to get the imaginary blood off of

- I cannot think of an incident in my life I would like to erase. Yes, I was scolded by my parents numerous times and it was not a fun incident. However, I do not want to erase those incidents since I learned from the mistakes. I think I do not have a horrible experience that I want to erase, yet. For Lady Macbeth, I think her response to the crime is plausible. She shows that she regrets her mistakes and wants to erase that incident from her mind. This makes us feel pity for her and can see the human side of Lady Macbeth. I think the flaws that character have makes us easier to relate to the characters. For me, if I found myself wrapped up in such a heinous crime, I would not know what to do. I think the incident destroyed Lady Macbeth in a different way than Macbeth because she didn’t actually commit the crime. The article that I read said that it is very hard to kill a person at the first time and has a detrimental effect on minds but once you kill the person and pass that point, killing become easier. This is what happened to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth got to see all this happening. That is why she became so guilty of her actions since she pulled that murderer from Macbeth.

2. What do you think about the character of Macbeth? Was he a good guy before he met the witches, or do his actions imply that he was always capable o

Macbeth was not a monster from the beginning. The witches and Lady Macbeth triggered Macbeth to become a horrible murderer and pulled out a monster inside him. However, the evil side of Macbeth was inside Macbeth. He always wanted to gain more power but never had a chance to show his intentions since killing the king seemed to be impossible and unsuccessful at the first time. Furthermore, Macbeth seems to be a strong character with hard mind. However, in reality, he is the most gullible and weak minded character in the play. As we can see in the play, he seeks for others’ opinion and help all the time. That is why he went to the witches and asked for help and that is why he became a murderer by being convinced by Lady Macbeth. Thus, we cannot say it is the witches that made him a monster but the evil character was always inside Macbeth. it is the witches and Lady Macbeth who pulled out the evil side of Macbeth but it is more of a Macbeth’s fault that he fell to the bottomless pit.

1. Do you feel sorry for Lady Macbeth? Why or why not?

- No. She deserves to be punished. She was the one who allured Macbeth to kill King Duncan. Macbeth was not a monster in the beginning but Lady Macbeth constantly pulled Macbeth to kill King Duncan. Series of bad events happened after the murder and all the horrible consequences might have avoided if Lady Macbeth did not make Macbeth kill the King. We can say Lady Macbeth was the one who created a monster by questioning his manliness. She made all the plans to kill the king and even returns the daggers after Macbeth kills the king, getting her hands dirty with the blood. This was the start of all the murders that happened after and Lady Macbeth holds great responsibility over this just like Macbeth. By looking at her actions and all the consequences that followed after the murder, I can hardly feel sorry for Lady Macbeth, however, I do feel sorry for her in some ways. Human beings are not perfect and we make mistakes every time because we are not God. God made us imperfect so that we can learn and develop, if He made us perfect we would be living in utopia like heaven. Thus, Lady Macbeth just made one terrible mistake and that mistake destroyed her life. She regrets her actions and this is evident in which she tries to wash off her hands when she is sleepwalking and says she cannot wash off the blood on her hands. This tells us that she is truly regretting her mistake and that she is responsible for all the deaths that followed after the murder of King Duncan. I feel sorry for Lady Macbeth because she regrets her mistakes but ends her life by herself because she wanted to end all things. The greed made her make stupid mistakes and led her to self destruction and this is why I feel sorry for her because she was just chasing after the common temptation that anyone has. Human beings try to have power and authority over others because it is embedded in our DNA. Sometimes if one is too greedy, the greed might destroy oneself like Lady Macbeth but she chose death to get rid of the pressures which is sad. Thus, I don’t feel sorry for Lady Macbeth because she is the one who made Macbeth to kill King Duncan but I feel sorry for her because she was just chasing after the common goal of human being to have power.