Sunday, 31 May 2015

Macbeth Post Mortem Monologue

I can hear the blood pumping through my ears, my heart is racing faster than any other exquisite feeling I have ever encountered. Why did I do this? Why did the thoughts of becoming powerful blind me from seeing the consequences? I have failed at so many things that have left me in this position of death. Sleepless nights of guilt and fear have left me shaken. I didn’t think too much of it. Killing Duncan seemed like a simple thing to do. Stab him, and the life of power and status would simply come to us like a bee to a flower.  How wrong was I. The blood I regularly saw on my hands was just a figment of my imagination. Horrible knowledge of killing a person has left me buried 6 feet underground. What surprised me the most was my husband. As we lived a wondrous life together he went behind my back and did things without notifying me. Uncanny things that left me wondering what went on in his mind. The loving caring man I had once come to known changed his appearance and became a devil of all cruel things. As I look back at it now and see the truth unravel before me, I am left stunned. My “lover” and his beliefs in prophecies are out of control. Twice he met with the witches. Twice! O me! Macbeth was always one who firmly believed in superstitions. His understanding of his title from the witches took his understanding of power to a different world. In addition to his emotion of feeling threat from Banquo, became unbearable. Finding out the death of Banquo was directed by Macbeth is leaving me breathless. It is not possible. No! My darling could not be responsible of such crime.
 O me! The death of Banquo! His reoccurrence at the banquet after his death is not possible! Me thought it was only just a guilt phase. I was left embarrassed of his atrocious behavior when in reality he was only stating the truth. I do not understand why he would do such a thing. I cannot take this anymore! His wrong doing of murdering Macduff’s family cannot be right. Why Lord! This is not my husband; this is a killer, a murderer! If I had only kept my mouth shut, if only I did not let the thinking of power and status come into my head like a disease, we would all be alive and living a peaceful life. Regret and guilt is all I feel. My death is a reflection of my stupidity. I feel full responsible of my horrendous judgement. O me, do I wish to redo everything! O  Macbeth, how will you get out of this?

   

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