Macbeth+Project+-+Ayla+K+-+Acrostic+Poem


 * M ** acbeth, the brave and honorable warrior.

**A**mbition to be king after speaking with the witches

**C**ompeting feelings of struggle, self-doubt and bravery plague Macbeth throughout the play

**B**efore he kills Duncan, he doubts himself again

**E**nglish army at his gates,

**T**hings fall apart

**H**e dies on the battle field, bringing the play full circle


 * L ** adylike, not so much
 * A ** force to be reckoned with

**D**uncan's death is all her fault

**Y**ou wouldn't want to cross her

**M**an's spirit in female body (so says Macbeth)

**A**ble to manipulate

**C**an't pursue her own ambitions because she is a woman

**B**erates Macbeth to act for her

**E**nd of the play we see her downfall

**T**he blood of the innocent on her hands

**H**erself she kills

**B**lood is not on his hands, Macbeth does that for him

**A**mbition just like Macbeth

**N**ow is his family's time to shine

**Q**uiet because he was killed

**U**nlikely to have acted upon the witches prophecies

**O**ther path Macbeth could have taken is represented in Banquo

In the acrostic poem for Macbeth, I chose to tell the story that Shakespeare wrote through the eyes of Macbeth. How each piece of the play affected him and how he reacted. The summary goes from beginning to end and at the end of the poem I say "He dies on the battle field, bringing the play full circle". I say this because the play starts with him winning on the battle field and ends with him dying in combat. The poem for Lady Macbeth is heavier on the descriptive adjectives. During the play, I think it is more important to learn who she is and why she does certain things instead of what she actually does. Macbeth said that she is like a man stuck in a woman's body because of her thirst for violence and gore. This seems to be true at the beginning of the play but at the end, we realize she has a conscience like the other characters in the play. Banquo is not alive for much of the play but he is still an influential character. He represents the path that Macbeth could have chosen after the witch's prophecy. Instead of turning to violence, he took a step back and let fate run its course.