Saturday, November 13, 2010

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.

2 comments:

  1. Good insight. As you write, try and integrate quotes- I can help you in class.

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  2. Praise: Great job showing some evidence in quotes, and I like the way you are taking integrity outside of the box and talking about lack of integrity.
    Polish: I think you should try to integrate your evidence into your paragraph because that way its a lot easier to understand and more organized :)
    Ponder: I wonder, do you think there are levels of integrity? Or does one simply have or not have it?

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