Socratic Seminar

For the most recent Soratic Seminar, here are the major points of the conversation and my reactions.

When we talked about Lady Macbeth and related her power over Macbeth to feminism, the group said that she shows her power well, but she abuses it- therefore it cannot be called feminism. I agree with this because Lady Macbeth took the idea of attaining power and went overboard. The way that she controls Macbeth is pure manipulation and it does not show that she is brave or courageous. She is not open about being a feminist because she is beind the scenes of Macbeth's success and nobody will ever find out.

Later, we talked about the future. In this area, many ideas were expressed but the one I agreed with the most was that the future is set in stone, but knowing it may destroy it. It is true of almost anyone that if they knew they would achieve something great, they would rule out all of the other options. Unfortunately, the future might mean having many talents, and one leads you to the next. By ruling out everything but what if predicted, you could ruin your shot of having a future.

Lastly, the group talked about how Macbeth is rushing into his new position as king. One opinion was that he had a choice to refuse to kill Duncan. I disagree with that because Macbeth was manipulated into killing Duncan. Being that he was manipulated, he probably didn't think through his actions as well as Lady Macbeth had. She is the one to be blamed for Macbeth rushing into his position as King, and him killing Banquo as well! Everything that has happened leads back to Lady Macbeth because if she had not pressured Macbeth into killing Duncan, he would have backed down and Duncan would have lived. In that case, Banquo would be alive too.