Macbeth+Project+-+Elizabeth+F+-+Trial

As a farmer I believe that honesty is a very important characteristic in order to have a thriving society, whether it’s in your own household or in a country. Without honesty our country will fall quickly as we have begun to see; and if the two highest powers are the ones with the least honesty this begins to have a ripple effect on all parts of society. Throughout the course of the trial many of the witnesses and both defendants lied about the circumstances in order to help each other. This made it very hard to reach a decision about whether or not to prove Lady Macbeth and Macbeth guilty or innocent. But, when Lady Macbeth was asked about her hallucinations and why she was talking about blood on her hands she responded with a lie. Within this lie she stated that her Siamese Cat was attacked by a hawk under her watch and she got blood on her hands. She said she felt very guilty for the death of her cat and that was why she was mumbling about having blood on her hands. But, this Siamese Cat has brought me to a dilemma because this breed of cat was not introduced to Scotland until the 20 th century, and this play was written in 1606. This means that Lady Macbeth is guilty for lying in court and she is guilty for trying to cover up her crime with fake accusations. On the other hand Macbeth is a very tough case to prove innocent or guilty. But, since we know Lady Macbeth took part in one of the murders this helps us with the case of Macbeth. For, we know that Jim Murder killed Banquo as he stated, and whether or not Macbeth had anything to do with it we do not know. However, from the words of Malcolm we do know that Macbeth showed up late to the murder scene and that Malcolm fled to England out of pure fear. This leads us to believe that since Macbeth showed up late that he could be guilty of the crime because everyone else had gathered before he came. Also, the three witches said the prophecy must be self-fulfilling, so this means that Macbeth had to work in order to be King. Since, Banquo, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were the only ones who knew of this self-fulfillment Macbeth has to be guilty because he had to know that he had to eliminate the people who stood in his power hungry way. Macbeth is like that annoying weed in the pasture, which spreads out and tries to kill everything in order to be on top. From this trial I believe both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are guilty.