Macbeth+Project+-+Henry+B+-+Key+Moment



For my character key moment, I chose to represent the moment that Macbeth encountered the witches, and heard their first prophesy. In the center I drew a witch with her cauldron, as a literal representation of the witches. From there, I drew a balance scale rooted in the cauldron, which symbolizes the choices that Macbeth had to make regarding the prophesy. On the right, I drew a bloodied dagger to represent the consequences that Macbeth would have to face, and the actions he would have to take if he would prematurely take the throne. On the left is a crown, representing the rewards of taking the throne as the witch predicted. These are the only two things in color in the entire picture showing Macbeth's blindness towards all other factors outside of usurping power. For him, he had only one option: take power quickly, so these scales represent him weighing the consequences with the rewards. They are balanced here, because Macbeth was unsure of what he should do, until Lady Macbeth convinced him that the power was worth the blood and the consequences, tipping the scale in favor of premature action to take the throne.