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Late Macbeth

           I'm tired of this blog. I keep getting strange errors and missing text, highlighted text, and missing documents. All of my Macbeth LRJs and Character Journals were done on time and posted on my blog the night before they were due. I came back from the band concert that night and fixed all the white highlighted text that happened last time (cannot fix in online text writer. It requires me to copy and paste the text into a word documents and then individually unhighlight every single word). I check my grades at the end of the week and all my LRJ's and Characters are missing. Check my blog, no LRJ's or character journals are posted... Not excited. So i've scrambled to rewrite them as close as I can. I hope you can accept these as late work.
Im turning in hard copies from now on. This blog isn't as convenient as I thought it would be.

Thanks,
Justin Ernst

Macbeth LRJ 3

Justin Ernst

Ms. Peifer

English 10IB

4/1/12

Macbeth LRJ 3

            Act 5 Scene 3. Questions and answers.

Why does Macbeth need confirmation that there are ten thousand soldiers?

Why does he insult the servant so much?

Why does Macbeth insult the doctor that is treating his wife?

Why does he suit up in battle gear so early?

            Macbeth needs confirmation of the soldiers because he is nervous. He is nervous because he believes the future battle to be his last. This is also why he insists on being suited in battle gear so early. Even though the prophecy tells him that any man born of a woman cannot kill him, he is still wreaked with fear. This also connects to why he treats the people around him badly. He has become so unnerved that he snaps at anyone that he knows. He has become extremely unnerved because of his extreme guilt. All of his bad attitude directly relates back to his guilt for killing his friends.

Macbeth LRJ 2

Justin Ernst

Ms. Peifer

English 10IB

4/1/12

Macbeth LRJ 2

            “Banquo: All’s well. I dreamt of the three Weird Sisters. To you they have showed some truths.

            Macbeth: I think not of them”

            This quote is important because it shows Macbeth lying to one of his best friends. Earlier in the play, Macbeth takes what the three witches say very seriously. He treats their prophecy as if it was the absolute truth. He knows Banquo will get in his way to the throne so he blatantly lies to him. He may also lie about the witches because he wants to prove his strength as an individual; to not succumb to the temptation of taking the throne. Strength is important in Macbeth’s society. Macbeth may have wanted to show his strength of mind by lying to improve Banquo and other’s impression of him. If they liked him enough, they might crown him king of Scotland. The throne is what Macbeth is shooting for, yet he denies any thought of it to hide his true intentions and make him a prime candidate for the throne.

Macbeth LRJ 1

Justin Ernst

Ms. Peifer

English 10IB

4/1/12

Macbeth LRJ 1

            Act 1, Scene 3 was a very important because the three witches foreshadow Macbeth’s future. They tell Macbeth he will be king of Scotland: “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (1.3.51). Their foreshadowing is important because it gives the audience an idea of what to expect later in the play. It is important to the story of the play because it plants a seed in Macbeth’s mind. This seed later grows to become Macbeth’s reason for killing Duncan. The prophecy told by the witches is also the reason for Macbeth’s death. Macbeth thinks that he invincible against any man, so he put himself in harms way to spite who he was fighting. Macduff eventually killed him because Macbeth became so arrogant in his battles.

            Act 1, Scene 3 is also important because it introduces the three witches into the story. They become important characters in the story. What they say has a very large effect on the decision making process of Macbeth throughout the play. The witches play an extremely important role in the play with a very small number of lines.

Macbeth Character Journal Act 5

Justin Ernst

Ms. Peifer

English 10IB

4/1/12

Character Journal Act 5

            My thoughts darken. My guilt is overwhelming. It clouds my mind and all I think of, day and night. I have trouble getting sleep and when I do, my nurses tell me I mumble words and twist about. My head is full of terrible thoughts.

            I have thought through all conceivable ways out of this situation and I cannot think of a single escape. I’m locked in a prison of my sins. With the walls so thick, the only way out now is death. Death is the key, the key to my cell.

            So I bid farewell to the living world. I hope my passing does not bring great grief to Macbeth. I only hope that it brings a realization to Macbeth of his great sins so he feels just as guilty as me. I wish for him to join me in the afterlife.

Macbeth Character Journal Act 4

Justin Ernst

Ms. Peifer

English 10IB

4/1/12

Character Journal Act 4

            Well great, Macbeth has really gone too far. He’s a bloodthirsty killer now. I don’t see the point in killing anymore. We already have the throne, but he has to kill everybody that even remotely threatens his power.

            I’m feeling a little guilty about all this myself. Should we have killed Duncan? What if my ferocity when killing Duncan was too much and now Macbeth can’t stop killing? How do I stop Macbeth? So many questions riddle my head yet I have no answers.

            These questions have hindered me from any contact with anyone else. I sit in my room, troubled by my own thoughts. I can’t shake the thought that Macbeth and I are doomed. It seems inevitable but my mind is convinced there is a way out. I’m sick with a virus of the mind.