Final Reaction to Macbeth

Overall I enjoyed the play even though I sometimes had a hard time with the old vocabulary the plot was interesting and captivating. I had no experience or background knowledge of the play so I read it not expecting anything in particular and just reading along to watch the action unfold and I think that made the book more tempting to read because I was learning as I read without an opinion or and idea at all. The idea of such an insatiable hunger for power can and has occurred in real life and this need is a very big factor in corruption. This makes the play more realistic and easy to understand. I believe that in the end Macbeth got what he deserved in the play because he caused so much harm to others that it was only fair that he should lose everything too. I found it sad that he became so inflamed and so convinced that he deserved the power and that he was invincible and this made the plot less cliche since he never learns his lesson. The witches with their potions and revelations helped him truly believe that he was indestructible since only a man "not born of woman" could kill him. I think that the only things that really made him feel fear or desperation was when the apparitions began coming true. It was a great form of irony on Shakespeare's part because it was the best way to defeat the enemy. Proof of how cold blooded he had become was when his wife dies and he isn't very distressed. He became so self absorbed and cruel that I don't think any reader resented his defeat.

Shakespeare used many literary devices like paradoxes, similes, metaphors, irony and he employed them well into the action. For example a good use or paradoxes could always be found during a scene with the witches casting spells or including confusing messages. This makes his work more witty and interesting to read. I found that the fact that the bad guy gets defeated in the end was rather cliche, but it is the ending that everyone who reads or watches the play expects because it would be disappointing if he got away with his actions. The action in the story was very captivating not only was there interaction between characters but there was a lot of conflict and two parts or sides to the story. There was the Macbeth side in Scotland and Macduff's in England. Rivalry brings action and action makes a work interesting. Overall I liked the play though I had a hard time with some of the scenes and may have misinterpreted some of his lines I enjoyed reading and acting it out.