Macbeth

                

                  Macbeth is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare which centers the evilness of Macbeth as he wanted to conquer power through immorality. The play is considered one of Shakespeare’s darkest and most powerful tragedies. According to Wikipedia, the play dramatizes the corroding psychological and political effects produced when its protagonist, the Scottish lord Macbeth, chooses evil as the way to fulfill his ambition for power. He commits regicide or the killing of the monarch, to become king and then furthers his moral descent with a reign of murderous terror to stay in power, eventually plunging the country into civil war. In the end, he loses everything that gives meaning and purpose to his life before losing his life itself.

(Here is the animated version of Macbeth. Clip from YouTube)

                   The animated film version on Youtube summarizes the story of Macbeth. The story can be well understood although there were some missing characters which is of great disadvantage especially to those who have seen the story for the first time, like me. As always, the story written in the books is always better than those in the film versions wherein some details are omitted. But the advantage of seeing the film first, there will be no hard time in visualizing the events that is happening inside the story. No need in imagining how a character does this or that because it is already given. So when it comes to the book version, it can already be easily understood.

                     I consider Macbeth as both moral and immoral play. The play somehow depicts how actions for self-indulgence and insecurity bring no good to a man. There would always be an event that will make you pay for everything that you have done wrong to someone. Just like what happened to Macbeth. At the end of the day, he still paid what he has done to those people that he killed. The immorality of the story comes when ambitions go beyond moral constraints. Macbeth’s desires made him kill so many people that lead him to success in achieving his goals, to be the king. His uncontrollable desires made him kill Duncan, Duncan’s son, Lady Macduff, and Macduff’s son. As a return for what he has done to those people, Lady Macbeth was killed as well. And then at the end of the story, as a payment for every sin Macbeth did, he lost his own life.

            Violence will never be a solution to a problem. No matter what happens, there would always be an occurrence that will make you pay for everything. Desires can never be achieved through mercy-killing. If it’s meant to be, it will happen. We don’t have to rush God for whatever plans he have for us. Let go, and let God be our way as we achieve everything we want. For us, many are impossible, but for Him, the one and only Him, everything is possible.

-ClarissaAlimot