Lady Macbeth has had a rough life and deserves to chill for a bit. Here are some great shows on Netflix that she could soak up in the sun of Scotland:
The Office would be a great show for a character like Lady Macbeth. This would be a magical show for her to lay back and relax to watch, maybe even get a little laugh out of it here and there. This show is a comedy about a paper company that is based in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania. There are many different characters that could appeal to many different people all over the world but in Lady Macbeth's case, there is only one character that would fit the bill. She would love to watch Jan Levinson, the boss of Michael Scott. She appreciate her character because of the constant need for babysitting she has to deal with when interacting with Michael. Jan constantly has to encourage and support Michael to get his work done which is very similar in the way that Lady Macbeth has to urge Macbeth to go forward with certain tasks. Overall, I think that Lady Macbeth would enjoy the subtle humor of this hilarious show but also find a strong sense of connection to the character of Jan Levinson.
Parks and Recreation would also be a great show to watch for a woman such as Lady Macbeth. This show could spark a little political interest from Lady Macbeth while also giving her a rough case of the chuckles. This show is also a comedy about a parks department in Pawnee, Indiana just trying to get by everyday. More specifically, it is about a woman who the leader of this parks department and how she lives out her life as a servant to the Indiana government. This woman's name is Leslie Knope and she takes her job very seriously and never takes a minute off. She is fully committed to making Pawnee a better place and will do whatever it takes to make sure that she is doing the best she can. Lady Macbeth would like this show because not only is it a woman rising in power in politics, but Leslie constantly has to make up the slow pace of her male constituents. This is easily something that Lady Macbeth can relate to with her rise in power to the Queen of Scotland along with the ever growing amount of effort she has to give to make her husband look and act the best he can. Overall, I think that Lady Macbeth would very much appreciate the struggle that Leslie Knope faces being a woman in politics and also giggle a little bit at the sheer craziness that Leslie has to deal with every single day.
The next show that I would recommend for Lady Macbeth would be The Blacklist. This show is much different than the previous two that I have given for Lady Macbeth to watch. While the other two are more of sitcom comedies, The Blacklist is an action packed thriller that stars a female lead. Elizabeth Keen, an FBI agent, is paired up with one of America's most dangerous criminals after he turns himself in and specifically requests only talking to her. This show follows their relationship through many different cases and analyzes the power dynamic between the two as the show progresses. Lady Macbeth would find this show interesting because of the parallels that it has to her own life. First being how Elizabeth goes from just a FBI profiler to talking to the the most wanted criminal in the United States. This same power shift occurred with Lady Macbeth becoming the Queen of Scotland. Also Elizabeth Keen is someone who does not back down from anyone and has a bit of an attitude about her at times which Lady Macbeth can definitely relate to. Overall, this show presents a woman in a power role at a prominent crime organization in the FBI and that is something that Lady Macbeth could get hooked on for sure.
The fourth and final show that I think Lady Macbeth would be down to watch is the Last Chance U which is a Netflix original series. Now I know that a sports documentary series would seem like a stretch for Lady Macbeth but in a weird way it does work. First of all, it is about East Mississippi Community College and the journey that their football players go through every day. The documentary goes very in depth into the individual stories of each of the player like where have they been and their plans for the future. It also shows what happens outside and off the football field which most of the players struggle with, the academics. The lady that is in charge of making sure the players are NCAA eligible or even passing, also known as the academic advisor, is Brittany Wagner. This is where Lady Macbeth would find interest in this show because of the job that Ms. Wagner is serving for these boys. She cares for them like they are her own children which is something that Lady Macbeth would envy because she never had any kids. Also she still has to keep them in line and give them some tough love when they are struggling to get the grades they need to accomplish their goal. This is something that Lady Macbeth could relate to in a much different way with having to keep Macbeth in line and keeping his eyes focused on the goal that was at hand which was to become king. Overall, I think this is the weakest of the four suggestions but I still think it shows some potential for Lady Macbeth to show interest in the care and tough situations that Brittany Wagner is faced with in the documentary as a whole.
You are welcome Lady Macbeth, Enjoy.
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Sunday, December 18, 2016
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People don't think it be like it is, but it do: Last Minute Winner Part Tres
1. Why do people who are not "evil" take the first step into evil? What, for instance, is involved in taking that first step "down the primrose path to the everlasting bonfire" (Macbeth, 2.3)? What are the consequences of the individual choosing evil (particularly the internal consequences)? Use examples from the text to support your opinion.
Taking a step towards evil, I believe, is not something that you do yourself. The idea of evil is something that actively seeks out its prey. It is almost as if evil is a predator in the jungle of life and it picks and chooses who it wants to affect. Once affected, it is a disease that takes over your entire body and consumes about every facet of saneness you had inside you. All in all, Evil is something that definitely infects you negatively and changes the way you make decisions and live out your life.
Being the "doctor" that has been assigned to the play, MacBeth, I have diagnosed the former noble war hero of MacBeth with the disease of evil. He was infected with this deadly disease in multiple ways, the first symptom being through the supernatural aspects that are apart of his world. This is specifically in the first act, when three witches had been encountered with MacBeth and Banquo and they told the two their prophecies. MacBeth's included him becoming king and the successor of King Duncan, with the third witch stating "All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter![…] Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!" (Shakespeare 1.3;70-71). MacBeth, being a virtuous man with a good moral compass was not so sure of this so called prophecy and did not know if he was the man to carry it out. This was quickly changed when the second major symptom came into to play, Lady MacBeth. Lady MacBeth was much more committed to this prophecy and was definitely an influence to the way MacBeth acted. This is apparent when the two lovers are discussing the whole situation and MacBeth asked "If we should fail?"(Shakespeare 1.7;59-61) and Lady MacBeth responded with "We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail" (Shakespeare 1.7;59-61). She was his significant other and she was basically daring him to become more of a man, so of course he was going to listen to what she wanted. This nudge was all he needed to fall further into the disease of evil and that is when he started to feel the full force effects.
Further into the play, MacBeth and Lady MacBeth devise a plan for him to become king. In this plan, MacBeth had to murder King Duncan cold blooded along with hiring murderers to end the life of his dear friend Banquo. This sent MacBeth not only into a spiraling staircase of guilt but also caused him to go into a state of insanity. He had not only lost the honorable man he once was but had also started to lose his mind. His mind was definitely not all with him during the dinner party that took place in the third act. He had walked into the party with Lady MacBeth where all of this noblemen were seated around the table but MacBeth could not sit down. He had hallucinated the ghost of Banquo in his seat and he could not shake the sight of him. When his noblemen asked him to sit down, the royal kings response was "The tables full" (Shakespeare 3.4;48), referring to Banquo's ghost in his seat. This was one of the major consequences that he faced because of the misguided, horrifying decisions that he had made to try to fulfill his prophecy.
At this point in the play, MacBeth had lost almost all of his sanity due to the disease of evil that he had caught much earlier in proceedings. The disease had taken over his mind and controlled not only his decision making but started to take over his senses. He was a completely different man and not even his own wife could snap him t of this state. Evil is a disease that is not always common in people, but once caught, it is something that can ruin everything good you had ever had in your life or at least make you think that everything you are doing is for the better, when in reality, you are just making everything so much worse.
Taking a step towards evil, I believe, is not something that you do yourself. The idea of evil is something that actively seeks out its prey. It is almost as if evil is a predator in the jungle of life and it picks and chooses who it wants to affect. Once affected, it is a disease that takes over your entire body and consumes about every facet of saneness you had inside you. All in all, Evil is something that definitely infects you negatively and changes the way you make decisions and live out your life.
Being the "doctor" that has been assigned to the play, MacBeth, I have diagnosed the former noble war hero of MacBeth with the disease of evil. He was infected with this deadly disease in multiple ways, the first symptom being through the supernatural aspects that are apart of his world. This is specifically in the first act, when three witches had been encountered with MacBeth and Banquo and they told the two their prophecies. MacBeth's included him becoming king and the successor of King Duncan, with the third witch stating "All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter![…] Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!" (Shakespeare 1.3;70-71). MacBeth, being a virtuous man with a good moral compass was not so sure of this so called prophecy and did not know if he was the man to carry it out. This was quickly changed when the second major symptom came into to play, Lady MacBeth. Lady MacBeth was much more committed to this prophecy and was definitely an influence to the way MacBeth acted. This is apparent when the two lovers are discussing the whole situation and MacBeth asked "If we should fail?"(Shakespeare 1.7;59-61) and Lady MacBeth responded with "We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail" (Shakespeare 1.7;59-61). She was his significant other and she was basically daring him to become more of a man, so of course he was going to listen to what she wanted. This nudge was all he needed to fall further into the disease of evil and that is when he started to feel the full force effects.
Further into the play, MacBeth and Lady MacBeth devise a plan for him to become king. In this plan, MacBeth had to murder King Duncan cold blooded along with hiring murderers to end the life of his dear friend Banquo. This sent MacBeth not only into a spiraling staircase of guilt but also caused him to go into a state of insanity. He had not only lost the honorable man he once was but had also started to lose his mind. His mind was definitely not all with him during the dinner party that took place in the third act. He had walked into the party with Lady MacBeth where all of this noblemen were seated around the table but MacBeth could not sit down. He had hallucinated the ghost of Banquo in his seat and he could not shake the sight of him. When his noblemen asked him to sit down, the royal kings response was "The tables full" (Shakespeare 3.4;48), referring to Banquo's ghost in his seat. This was one of the major consequences that he faced because of the misguided, horrifying decisions that he had made to try to fulfill his prophecy.
At this point in the play, MacBeth had lost almost all of his sanity due to the disease of evil that he had caught much earlier in proceedings. The disease had taken over his mind and controlled not only his decision making but started to take over his senses. He was a completely different man and not even his own wife could snap him t of this state. Evil is a disease that is not always common in people, but once caught, it is something that can ruin everything good you had ever had in your life or at least make you think that everything you are doing is for the better, when in reality, you are just making everything so much worse.
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