Macbeth LRJ#6

1)Shakespeare asks us to consider after reading Macbeth is to think about our lives and how we shouldn't take it for granted if someone told that you are invincible. You should live your own life according to your free will and not listen to people that tell you about your future.He wants us to consider questions like "Is it worth it to kill just for selfish reasons?"."During that time period were women equal as men or why did lady Macbeth have such man-like qualities, is it the ideal woman of that time?" According to Christianity god gave men and women free will so they could live their lives and following what others tell you to do is going against God's will. Another thing he wants us to consider is overconfidence only leads to destruction of self, like Macbeth who thought himself has invincible just because the witches. Another obvious thing Shakespeare is trying to tell us is to not kill just to try to get to an upper class. Murder is not the answer and only leads to guilt and destruction of yourself."Look like th'innocent flower, But to be the serpent under't"(1.6.Shakespeare65-66). Lady Macbeth wanted Macbeth who listened to his wife about killing Banquo. Macbeth though feeling guilt. His wife in the story is like his conscience the evil sided one. She wants him to get to the top but in the quickest way possible which was murdering the line of Banquo."Out, damned spot!Out,I Say"(Shakespeare,5.1,36). According to Dante's Inferno he would go to the deepest circle of hell to violence against neighbors,friends, and country. The place Macbeth is going is not a good one and Shakespeare wants us all to know that life is hard but cheating is not the way to get through life in the end it would all be worth for nothing. Shakespeare does answer a lot of the questions.