Macbeth+Project+-+Henry+B+-+collage



This collage is in the shape of two red hands holding a crown. I chose this because the crown represents the central theme of power present in the play, while the red hands holding it represent the bloodiness of the power struggle, for in the play, power seemed to rest upon he who had "bloodier hands" or had killed for it. At the base, I included the witches, because their prophesy was the start of Macbeth's thirst for power, and tied almost directly to all of his actions after the rest of the play. In addition, I separated the book's progression into good and evil: good being the right hand, and evil being the left. The witches are neither good nor evil, so they were put between the two hands at the base. In the right hand, I included images of the "good" characters throughout the play: Duncan, Macduff, and Banquo's ghost. They also are placed in sequential order, as the closer to the base of the hands the earlier in the play they were featured, with Duncan's death being the earliest, followed by Macduff and Banquo's ghost, who tormented Macbeth. From there, on the crown itself, the crowning of Malcolm as king is next in sequential order and is placed on the crown because it represents a transfer of power. That is followed by an image of Malcolm as king. On the left hand, the "bad" characters are placed. First, Lady Macbeth as she is the main character who started persuading Macbeth to kill for power. She is shown next to a bloody sword, as that was her intention to grab power. That is followed by an image of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth together, showing Macbeth's consent to her plan. That is followed by an image of a bloody dagger to represent the actual murders, and that is followed by Lady Macbeth's hallucinations, which marks the start of her regret for her actions. Then, the battle between them and Malcolm takes place, followed by Malcolm becoming king, as is the image in the center of the crown.