Today we are going to watch “MacBeth” the movie. To tell the truth, I did “MacBeth” when I was in Institut Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim. The play is very difficult for me to comprehend because it is one of the Shakespeare’s plays. Thank God. After watching the movie, it gave me clues to the part that I was not understood earlier while reading the text. It was so obvious that Shakespearean’s language did not suite me because I also had difficulty in understanding another Shakespeare’s play, which was “King Lear”. Frankly speaking, I did only rely on Dr Edwin’s interpretation and explanation to understand as well as comprehend the text.
“Macbeth” and “King Lear” are plays of tragedy and both of them involve in the reversal of fortunes. The characteristic of King Lear changed from good to bad because he actually changed from a great king to and old foolish man. This was the proof that he involved in reversal of fortune. He went against the God had actually planned on him and because of that he suffered. In the end of the play, King Lear virtually died. On the other side of the coin, in the play “MacBeth” was about MacBeth who was bound by the fate that was casted towards him. Just like King Lear, he was also an ignorant man because of his desire to be a king; he killed Banquo and his whole family to save his throne. In the end of the play, he paid the price because he was killed and that was why I said that Macbeth involved in reversal of fortune. We actually need to remember that whatever choices we made, there will be consequences accordingly. I think that this was the message that Shakespeare left us to think.
Even though Shakespeare’s play are all hard to understand, I hope to read and watch another tragic play again because they are really challenging my mind and soul to understand them.
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