My understanding of Act I scenes 6-7 and EQs

EQs: -How do we deal with conflicting elements within our personalities?
        -What is integrity?

Act I scene 6 is mainly Lady Macbeth and all the other main characters besides Macbeth himself. Lady Macbeth is greeting Duncan and his court, and kind words and compliments are exchanged.

"How you shall bid God 'ild us for your pains,

And thank us for your trouble"-Duncan, Act I scene 6

"Against those honors deep and broad wherewith

Your majesty loads our house" -Lady Macbeth, Act I scene 6, lines 17-18

 

Which brings me to why I chose the essential question "What is integrity?". I chose this question because I feel that it contrasts with this entire scene. Integrity is qualities like honesty or truthfulness. Scene 6 is about the lack of integrity in Lady Macbeth. While she is being polite and treating Duncan as her honoured guest,(see above quotes) she is planning to have him killed. Integrity is the opposite of what Lady Macbeth had in this scene.

Next, in scene 7, Macbeth is deciding that he, after all, does not want to kill Duncan. He is having second thoughts about the original plan. (He's showing integrity!)

"We will proceed no further in this business.

He hath honored me of late, and I have bought

Golden opinions from all sorts of people," -Macbeth, Act I scene 7, lines 33-35

I chose the question "How do we deal with conflicting elements within our personalities?", because here, that is exactly what Macbeth is doing. He is dealing with the conflicting elements in his personality. He wants to be king, yet, he wants the "golden opinions from all sorts of people". Meaning he doesn't want to kill Duncan.

respopnse to selfworth

You have found some good points to support your question and I like how you have backed it up with proof from the play:) Next time, begin by explainng how you define self worth so the reader can further understand the improtance adn the significance of your examples. Good insight adn foreshadowing.

Act I, EQ: How does one define a person's self worth?

There are many ways in which one could define their self worth. Macbeth has done it several ways in act I. First of all, he saw himself as an honourable man, up until his wife, Lady Macbeth, threatened his manhood by saying "Yet do I fear thy nature;

It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way"-Lady Macbeth, Act I scene 5, lines 3-5.

With this he felt like he needed to prove himself a man, and decided to kill Duncan, the king of Scotland.

After he killed him though, he started doubting himself and it was as if the deed had lowered his self worth.

"First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,

Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,

Who should against his murderer shut the door,

Not bear the knife myself"-Macbeth, Act I scene 7 lines 13-16

Macbeth's self worth was defined not only in these two ways throughout Act I, but also throughout the rest of the play.