https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z MacBeth's Character Journal en-us 2019-02-01 19:11:01 UTC 2025-10-16 00:49:48 UTC hello@padlet.com jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/327501511 In the dark night, three witches approached me and Banquo. They told that "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter" (1.3,50). Could it be true? How could I be king when Duncan is king? Something must happen to Duncan for me to be king... A plan must be executed. I deserve to be king, I am a great war hero. Those witches couldn't possibly know what happens in the future...but becoming king sounds like a good deal. ]]> 2019-02-04 19:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/327501511 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/327998757 My wife believes that I should kill King Duncan so I can be crowned king. Could I do such a horrendous act? Being crowned king will give me power. Lady Macbeth is pressuring me to do this horrid deed. She plans on drugging the kings guards, and then we will pounce on the king while he is asleep. We will then plant the murder weapons on the servants, they will be blamed. My wife says to me "Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own self" (1.7,43-45). I will prove to her that I am not a coward,I am strong enough to commit this deed. ]]> 2019-02-05 19:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/327998757 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/328429770 Should I have done it? I shouldn't have done it. Should I have listened to her? Well, now I'm king, I just need to be crowned. No one knows that I committed the murder, no one suspects that it was me... I need to keep it that way. I hope this guilt doesn't eat me alive. I must act as shocked as everyone else. Lady Macbeth tells "Alack, I am afraid they have awaked, and'tis not done, Th' attempt and not the deed" (2.2, 9-10). I was worried that they could have seen us execute our plan. Luckily, the last step is not seeming suspicion. We can't let them see us fight the guilt. ]]> 2019-02-06 18:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/328429770 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/332897532 Banquo's sons will be kings if I do not act fast, Banquo and his sons will kill me. I must order them to be killed. I say, "But to be safely thus, Our fears in Banquo,...Reigns that which would be feared." (3.1, 48-50). I will reign in fear, unless I remove Banquo from the scene. Not only Banquo, but his sons as well. They must all be murdered if I want to keep my reign. I will hire murderers to do the deed for me. Who would suspect it was me? Goodbye dear friend, but it is simply must be done. No more Banquo, and no more words coming from that family. 

]]> 2019-02-19 19:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/332897532 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/332908796 Banquo is murdered, the deed is complete. One less person to worry about. I took out one more threat from my reign as king. Something peculiar happened, hius ghost came to me during supper. Could it be my mind playing tricks on me? No it couldn't... his ghost was there! It really was! I yelled at it, I told the ghost " Avaunt, and quit my sight! Let the Earth hide thee!" (3.4, 93-94). He wouldn't leave. He can't interfere with my reign... He's a ghost. I will not let his ghost haunt me, Banquo is dead, and I must accept that. ]]> 2019-02-19 19:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/332908796 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334645919 Macduff discovered KIng Duncan dead. I hope I didn't give my plot away. I hope no one suspects my acts. The look on MacDuff's face was pure horror. No one would expect the king to die. Macduff cried out to Lady MacBeth, "Tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition in the woman's ear Would murder as it fell" (2.3,76-79). If he only knew we each played a part in the murder. She is as much of a murderer as I am.  ]]> 2019-02-24 23:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334645919 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334650004 I am finally king. My work and my ambition is finally here. I must reign in the honor of Duncan. My murder was worth it. When Macduff said "Is the king stirring, worthy thane" (2.3,37), I knew that I had earned that title. I am going no where.Now I must take away the competition. I must remain king. No one will take my place. ]]> 2019-02-25 00:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334650004 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334652246 Lady Macbeth says that I am not man enough to commit this murder. She is wrong. She calls to me "Live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare you' wait upon "I would'..." (1.7, 43-45). I will not let her call me something I am not. I will not be called something I am not. I am man enough to do this and I will succeed to show her that I am not a coward. King Duncan will be dead tonight. ]]> 2019-02-25 00:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334652246 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334682250 Lady Macbeth has been acting strange, she has had a strange attitude. Her mind is not in the right place. She has been talking in her sleep saying "Look not so pale. I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he cannot be come out on's grave" (5.1, 49-51). If she is saying things about Banquo, what can she be saying about the murder. I hope she doesn't say a word about what happened to King Duncan. She is not well. She is sick,but she isn't physically sick, she is mentally sick. ]]> 2019-02-25 03:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334682250 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334694389 I must prepare myself to go into battle. If I must die, I will go down fighting. I am a strong warrior, before I was king, I was a warrior. I will prove myself time and time again. I said to the people around me "Hang those talks of fear, Give me mine armor." (5.3, 36). They must not fear, for I will be victorious. I will continue to be king and I have worked hard to get my crown. They are insane to think they can rip it from my hands without a fight. ]]> 2019-02-25 04:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334694389 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334697997 Lady Macbeth had been acting weird, I should have been paying attention to her. Maybe I could have stopped it. Seyton came in and yelled "The Queen, my lord, is dead" (5.5, 17). My heart was devastated. I have lost my noble wife. She was my right hand person. If it wasn't for her, I would have never been King. I am forever in her debt. May god be with her.  I don't have time for that now, I must prepare for battle ]]> 2019-02-25 04:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334697997 jbarrera1021_2 https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334699713 So its true! I have heard all around that people are trying to kill me. I am almost certain that I will die tonight. If I am to die, I will die with dignity and honor. I will say to Macduff " I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff" (5.8, 33). I will show him that I am a strong warrior. I will not go down without a fight. If I am to die, I will go down as a strong and fearless fighter. I will not go down without a fight. ]]> 2019-02-25 04:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jbarrera1021_2/mfuo7nrqem3z/wish/334699713