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Lady Macbeth
What I found most interesting as Lady Macbeth is that she keeps prodding her husband to “be a man”. In some ways, Lady Macbeth seems to be having so much more courage than her husband. However, we see that Lady Macbeth probably would not have been able to murder King Duncan herself, as she mentions how he looks too much like her father. I just thought it was humorous how she keeps telling Macbeth to be a man. It just brings me to question the roles that each of them are playing and how much influence Lady Macbeth has over her husband. For some reason I feel as if she really doesn’t have the influence over her husband. She also lacks the mental capability to keep living after murdering the King. Also, if Macbeth and Lady Macbeth switched genders, would the murder and ascendancy to the throne been ever more possible? And, who really is wearing the pants?
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Henry V’s soliloquy
In Henry’s soliloquy from Act 4 Scene 1, I thought it was interesting how he was defending his position as a king. As much as he put his country through an “unnecessary war”, we realize that a lot of decisions made by those who are supposedly “wiser and smarter” really are just human decisions that are spurred by pride and the need for recognition. He also juxtaposes two very difficult places to be in: either you take responsibility and you have the high position (being a king) or you have less to no responsibility and you live like a peasant. When trying to decide between the better of the the two, it’s basically being stuck between a rock and and hard place. It also made me realize that leadership is really a trade off. Sure, it’s a lot of sitting down and planning rather than being in the action and being killed, but it requires a huge burden (whether warranted or unwarranted) that must be addressed. It’s more of a psychological burden to bear rather than experiencing what maybe war feels like, first hand.
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