The Judgment Day
Sitting in this waiting room for more than about a day or two of the earthly time measures, Macbeth started to feel bored especially after the two other persons who were waiting with him have been called from the other room. Gazing at the ceiling, which seemed to have no color, Macbeth heard footsteps coming form the same door he entered two days ago. An old blind man came in led by one of those fierce angels, which Macbeth keeps meeting since they woke him up from his grave. After several failing attempts by Macbeth to make noise so to show the blind man that he's not the only one in this room, Macbeth goes to sit in the chair next to this new visitor and starts a conversation, hoping to break the boredom of the past days. Macbeth: You should make yourself comfortable here. You are going to spend some time in this room, until one of the guardian angels would call your name and lead you to the next room. Oedipus, disturbed by the voice, not knowing that there was someone else with him in the same room, moved his head to the direction of the voice. Oedipus: How long have you been waiting here? I really can't wait anymore. Macbeth: I've been here for about a day or two. But for
Macbeth: Don't feel so guilty. You should have listened to the two other men that I met before you. They both were tyrants killing half of their subjects, including women and children...Oh, I guess I have done the same things during my life, too. Now I'm the grieving man, not you. what are you so excited? If I may ask the question. Oedipus: I can't wait to know what their punishment for me is going to be. I've been suffering in my pain so long fearing this minute, when the Gods will decide the suitable punishment for me. I want it to happen, I deserve all this. This was a conspiracy. A conspiracy by fate and destiny. They both shaped the path for me to go through. They played with me. The Gods said the truth. I should have believed them from the beginning. The "dreadful prophecy" proved to be right... Macbeth: It was a conspiracy. A conspiracy between the witches, my wife and fate; all uniting against me. They all agreed on pushing me into this trap. They all planned for this end. They planned for me entering hell and suffering endlessly. They are the ones who should be punished. God, can you hear me? Can you see their fault, too? Are you going to punish them, too? They should be punished more than me God? They are the ones who forced me into this God and you know it. You know it very well God. Be merciful with me God, be merciful. Oedipus: You don't understand, it was all fate that made me kill my father and marry my mother. It was all fate. I never knew the truth until this shepherd told me the whole story. All this is Apollo's fault. "Apollo -he ordained my agonies- these, my pains on pains" (241). Not only his, but the shepherd's fault, too. He should have killed me and saved me from all this pain. Curse him God. "If I'd died then, I'd never have dragged myself, my loved ones through such hell" (242). But it is also my own fault. I should have listened to Tiresias, the blind prophet. He was right when he said that this day would bring my birth and my destruction (184). I was the blind man then, not he. I didn't even listen to my lovely wife...mother. Jocasta tried to prevent me from knowing the truth, but I didn't listen (223). I couldn't stop after coming so close to the truth. How could I? But it's my fault I know. I should have given up to solve the "mystery of my birth". I could have lived with it, as I've been living with it long before. But I couldn't let my curiosity fade after getting so close to the truth. I just couldn't.
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Approximate Word count = 1754
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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