Accompanying Write-up
The theme of our presentation is "Attitudes towards Death". Two of the
chosen pieces, "Macbeth" (William Shakespeare) and "Whose life is it
anyway?" (Brian Clark), are both relevant to Death. In "Macbeth",
Macbeth has just killed Duncan and is racked with guilt and anxiety.
Lady Macbeth, co-perpetrator in the crime, is convincing him that it
was the correct thing to do and mocking his fears. The play is a
tragedy and shows a negative attitude towards death, with the death
being in the brutal murder. The mood created by this and the knocking
in the scene is very tense. Macbeth's guilt and anxiety add tension
and suspense; which collide with Lady Macbeth's false confidence to
provide a confused and expectant mood. The audience is gripped by
concern as they await Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's fate, whether good or
bad.
"Whose life is it anyway?" is in most ways a very realistic play, with
a positive attitude towards Death. For Ken, Death is an escape from
his disability. It is a mercy for him, to be rescued from his unhappy
life. The mood created in the scene is of great expectance as Ken
awaits the Judges sentencing and verdict. The issue of euthanasia is
of great importance throughout the scene, showing how the play is
testing people's morals. The morals in Macbeth are simply those around
the idea of murder.
We presented "Whose life is it anyway?" in a realistic, modern style.
The exception to this is that the Judge walks about on the stage this
would not normally happen in a real court scene (the Judge would
remain seated) but it was felt that this was necessary to make the
scene more interesting for the audience. Besides, our scene was not in
a real court room; we used rostra to display the raised area would the
judge should sit - but apart from that, our court comprised of one
chair on which Ken sat. The alternative would be two very stationary
characters, providing little interest for the audience - although it
would focus the audience attention onto the speech and the actual
case. The language is modern and understandable with little thought,
as it would come naturally to modern day audiences. The scene also
features other aspects that would not normally be associated with a
representational piece of drama, such as the Judge's asides, when he
addresses the audience and gives his verdict of the case.
"Macbeth", on the contrary, uses very elevated language, of that era
(Elizabethan). The scene is based around a realistic topic, and is
acted to suit, with very few representational aspects.
In English class, they start to study the Shakespeare play Macbeth. They talk about how he used to be noble and willing to sacrifice himself for the king, but now he is a wretched, depraved, corrupt murderer. Ms. Blackwell explains that Macbeth is dead inside, but lives only because of his refusal to surrender to Macduff and the forces of good. It was Mary Alice's idea that Macbeth kills the king. She cannot take the guilt so she kills herself. B.J. says Shakespeare is saying, "Life is short and then you die. And on top of that, life don't mean nothin' anyway." B.J. thinks Macbeth is depressed because he killed so much that he couldn't find anything else to live for. Andy got depressed and left the class.
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