Friday, April 24, 2009

Macbeth #2

In relation to a time in the scene where Macbeth is being goaded by his wife, I have experienced many similliar events like that in my own life. Many of them are bad, but the majority are wrong. The experience that I have to tell though is wrong, it was something that I didn't want to do for a very good reason.

Bowling was how the night started out, I had been with my family late night at Golden Bowl. My dad, brother, his girlfriend and her friend as well as myself were all out enjoying a night together, but it all changed when they decided to order a pitcher of beer. Of course I was and am still under the age of 21, and It would be entirely illegal for me to drink anything at all, however my brother played a different role and somehow supported it more than he was against me drinking. Older siblings have been seemingly doing this for years, and I have experienced this fact. My brother of course was a bit buzzed, but he decided to "make" me drink from his glass of beer while our dad, and while the people that work there were not looking. I continued to tell him No, that I didn't want to do it because I don't even know what it feels like to drink, and It's tottally illegal for me to be doing it because of my age. No matter what I said though, he just continued to keep goading and goading me to take a giant gulp of his beer. Obviously, I eventually gave in because of his annoyingness and his words. I never got in trouble in the end, but my father still doesn't know anything till this day about what happened at the Bowling Alley that night. I find it kind of funny, because whenever I meantion it to my brother, he denies ever saying anything at all. I wonder if he's just saying that so he can't get into trouble from our father.

This relates simillarly to that of which Macbeth is going through in his life, with many people around him, but especiially his wife. Even though I didn't get caught from sipping on beer that night, I did learn about what I did tremendously, and how people can be affected by the common, "Theres no backing out, just do it!" situation. It can be either bad or good, but it's still a learning process. When watching events like this happen to others, you can really learn about what it's like, and what effects, and outcomes the situation has once the person gives in, who know's maybe they wont want to give in? The outcome can be entirely different if people deny these kind of situations, and depending on the situation that can affect them in a positive or a negative way.

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