Mary's+Final+Reading+journal

Quote ：“ He is my enemy as well. And he’s such a close and deadly enemy that every minute he lives stabs at my heart…He and I have some friends in common whose love I need. So I must mourn the death I myself will cause. ” (Act III，Scene I，127)

In my life, I had an experience that seemed similar to the book, however, the result for what happened was really different. When I was in the elementary school, we had a competition for poster. Both of my friend’s poster and my poster had been chosen to join the competition. Everybody, who was in the competition, wanted to win the prize. To be honest, I had thought about to use some unusual way to beat my friend. However, I persuaded myself that the friendship was more important than to win the competition. We were still best friend though she won the prize. Although the situation for me and Macbeth were similar, both of us had the competition with others. Macbeth needed to win Banquo and his son to keep the King for Macbeth and his family forever. However, I did not hurt the people who might beat me up. Macbeth killed the Banquo and he also wanted to kill Banquo’s son. The only reason for Macbeth’s behavior was that he had the desire to be the King. If he wanted to make his position solidly he must get rid of everyone who blocked him. I knew that if I hurt anyone around me, I would lose them forever. Friendship was more important for me than Macbeth.