Macbeth: Act 3, Scenes 5 + 6; Act 4, Scene 1

C. I was confused about what the 3rd creature that appeared during the scene with the witches. He was was a boy with a crown on his head and holding a tree. "Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be untill Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill" I really am not sure what that means.

I. I agree with what mr thomas said about the second apparition. How it must have made macbeth feel safe that "none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth." Especially since everyone wants to kill him.

D. I like the quote "Then live, Macduff, what need I fear of thee". I like this quote because no matter how afraid macbeth might be of being murdered because of all the blood on his hands, he still never shows fear, which is odd because I cuold guess many people want him dead right now.

I. I agree with richteri: “C. Right at the start of scene 5 I have a question. We see Hecate come and say to the witches that she is mad that they went along to mess with Macbeth. My question is that is she mad that they were messing with him in the first place or that they were doing it without her? Both of these are pretty valid points too. She could just be mad they are getting involved in the affairs of common men for their own amusement. On the other hand she could be mad that she is missing out on the fun because the three witches did not let he know.”

D. I can see what parts of the reading with Hecate which aren’t real. The whole concept of Hecate is stupid. A good playwright like Shakespeare would not do this and Hecate. I also didn’t understand the random singing. Also, I am not familiar with Shakespeare making musicals and thing like that so this was overall just different.

E. During this reading, by the end of act 4 scene 2, I see that Macbeth is on the verge of going crazy. He basically says that because Macduff is blocking him from his plans so he has to take him out. These thoughts lead him to thinking of killing him and his family. He definitely lost his mind.

C. There is a scene in which people ponder the fact of when Scene 5 was added into Macbeth. According to people, that scene was not made by Shakespeare but was made by a man named Thomas Middleton. It is clear that Shakespeare did not write this scene because of two facts. Firstly, it is not written in Iambic Pentameter. Shakespeare has only written his plays in Iambic pentameter. Also this scene has no ties to the story of the play. They introduce a new character named Hecate, the queen of the witches. And then they sing a song about this so called queen. What is this all for? If this is from the musical version of the musical called "The Witch" why is it still inside the real Macbeth play script?

E. The story is getting extremely intense. A character named Lennox is brought back into the story and he says that he knows that Macbeth is the real culprit. This makes things so much more interesting because Macbeth doesn't know that Lennox knows of his true colors. There are so much potential moves that Lennox can make to completely ruin Macbeth, but which route will he take? Also another interesting point came up. Macduff goes to the England and to get an army and get Macbeth. Macbeth on the other hand wants to kill all of Macduff's family. Sooner or later Macbeth will realize that if one keeps killing, killing becomes the problem.

I. I agree with Ian Richter that Macbeth has completely lost his mind. He hasn't learned from Banquo's ghost to stop killing people and he still doesn't think about the consequences.

E. I really enjoyed the entirety of scene1 of act 4. “Double double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble”. This whole scene is just really cool because I have heard many of these lines like eye of newt and stuff so many times before, and now I finally get to see where they originated from. Although the scene was a little lengthy for just some potion concocting, I stilled enjoyed listening to all these random things the witches say. In fact this entire scene was pretty memoriable. I liked it

I. I agree with jotirmoykundu’s decision in agreeing with richteri: “I agree with richteri: “ Right at the start of scene 5 I have a question. We see Hecate come and say to the witches that she is mad that they went along to mess with Macbeth. My question is that is she mad that they were messing with him in the first place or that they were doing it without her? Both of these are pretty valid points too. She could just be mad they are getting involved in the affairs of common men for their own amusement. On the other hand she could be mad that she is missing out on the fun because the three witches did not let he know.” Hectate is really dumb and is shoohorned in there, so who cares I guess.

C. even though I like the scene, I kind of wonder why these witches have to give this 10 minute chant.

E. I'm starting to believe that Macbeth is going to look at all these apparitions the wrong way. Obviously the witches are trying to tell Macbeth he is in danger. Why else would he show them the apparitions? I really think Macbeth should watch out because I feel as if these apparitions will somehow come true.
I. I agree with richter's D response. Those scenes that were not written by Shakespeare should have been left out. Not only do they not have anything to do with the story, but I feel like they aren't written as good as Shakespeare.
C. The only apparition i am pretty confused about is the one about how nobody who is born of women will not harm Macbeth. How is this possible? Will it be an animal who will kill Macbeth. He can't commit suicide because he's a human and was therefore born of a women. What will happen?