Macbeth+Project+-+Josh+M+-+collage




 * Collage Written Statement:**

For my collage, I decided to utilize pictures that I felt would represent the things that Macbeth saw and did throughout the play, and some of the things that he tried to change. For one of the images, I utilized a picture of a sink where there was no water coming out. I felt that this was symbolic of the efforts that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth made to cleanse themselves of the guilt they felt from the killing of Duncan, with Lady Macbeth stating during the time: “a little water clears us of this deed” (2.2.69). Throughout the play, however, they never truly felt like they were cleansed of the guilt, which is why there was no water coming out of the faucet. The next picture is a continuation of the previous, which is a bloody hand. This is more symbolic of the troubled state Lady Macbeth was found in by the doctor and gentlewoman in act 5 scene 1. She also mentioned in this scene: “Here’s the smell of the blood still. Al the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” (5.1.39-40). The bloody hand symbolized Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s hands, which, while may have appeared to be clean at first, were really tainted with the blood of those who they had killed. The next picture is a cake, which I used to represent a bad temptation. The reason for this was because Macbeth in many ways had fallen victim to a bad temptation in the play: the witches’ prophecies. Had he not attempted to twist fate (which is what I represented with the next picture (a road, which has a path already made and “set in stone”)), he wouldn’t have fallen victim to the witches’ temptation. The next picture I utilized was a wrench, which would be symbolic of the saying “if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” This picture was used to show how Macbeth had tried to change fate by killing Duncan, which ruined a life that could have been good had he not killed the king. The next picture is a picture of a dagger, which I felt was something that Macbeth would look at and constantly be reminded of the guilt that surrounded him. The next picture was that of a good vs. evil conscience on either shoulder. This picture represented the back and forth decisions that Macbeth was going through when he had decided he would not kill Duncan in act 1 scene 7, and when Lady Macbeth was able to convince him otherwise a short time later. The final picture I used was one of a puppet master. This picture represents the witches, and how the whole time throughout the play they utilized Macbeth as a puppet of sorts by tricking him with the prophecies.


 * Links to pictures used in collage:**

Faucet: [] Bloody hand: [] Dagger: [] Homer Simpson: [] Oreo cake: [] Road: [] Wrench: [] Puppet strings: []