I have drugged their possets.” Lady Macbeth finds that poisoning the guards excites her passions. She is the perfect example of the theme “mad with power.” Taking a life seems to give more of an edge to her own life. In contrast, we played Macbeth as nervous and shocked by his own actions. When Macbeth says, “I am afraid to think what I have done,” we know he is reacting to his crime like any normal, sane person would. The interaction between Macbeth and his wife is a sharp contrast between doing what is right, and doing what one must do to achieve power at any cost. The script was cut down to show only what was necessary and relevant about the play. We cut out all the repetition, and only used the lines that seemed to show Lady Macbeth in one extreme, and Macbeth in the other. This made it easier to perform in the short amount of time we had. While Lady Macbeth is portrayed as manic in her madness, Macbeth sinks into a depressed
I have drugged their possets.” Lady Macbeth finds that poisoning the guards excites her passions. She is the perfect example of the theme “mad with power.” Taking a life seems to give more of an edge to her own life. In contrast, we played Macbeth as nervous and shocked by his own actions. When Macbeth says, “I am afraid to think what I have done,” we know he is reacting to his crime like any normal, sane person would. The interaction between Macbeth and his wife is a sharp contrast between doing what is right, and doing what one must do to achieve power at any cost. The script was cut down to show only what was necessary and relevant about the play. We cut out all the repetition, and only used the lines that seemed to show Lady Macbeth in one extreme, and Macbeth in the other. This made it easier to perform in the short amount of time we had. While Lady Macbeth is portrayed as manic in her madness, Macbeth sinks into a depressed