I have read Macbeth multiple times and is my favorite of all of the Bard’s works.
There is something about Lord and lady Macbeth as tragic heroes that make them more compelling than others, more relatable, more intriguing, and more fearful. Something that I am always ashamed to admit is that manipulation of others is not something that I find difficult. It is not often that I do such things and I have never done it out of malice, but I do accredit it to me being an actor. However it is because of my abilities that Lady Macbeth has always slightly feared me. I don’t know adult Rebecca and I can only hope she does not try small sins, because from that the soul festers. That is one thing that I agree absolutely with Stephen. Macbeth is a cautionary tragedy, with a happy ending of sorts and I pray that I have learned enough about myself from it to fin a “right road”.
Sadly, while reading Heart of Darkness, I did not relate to it all. For most of the book I was disgusted by the immense amount of sexism, racism, and white european male entitlement so much so that I found it
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I had discovered myself in that Dark Forest many times before and have never been quite able to successfully retreat, you see, there are always these beasts entering my pathway. I had so profoundly identifies with Dante in that opening scene that I had to stop myself and take a moment to breathe. I had been reading aloud to better understand the style and emotion behind the words, something I had taught myself from reading Shakespeare and from my acting experience. I then used this technique as well as others when reading A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man because I faced some difficulties there as well. Through actively participating in my reading of Dante’s The Inferno, I was able to realize much about myself and enjoyed an epic story of redemption that I could relate to.
Given my family heritage and culture, it was very interesting for me to read of