Have you ever experienced a predicted dream?

Has anyone ever suggested something abut your future that has actually come true? Did their comments influence you actions and the results that followed?

I’m the kind of person who dreams a lot, but forgets them once I wake up. So I don’t remember any “predicted” dreams that I’ve had. However, I do remember some days when I would realize later (after the predicted event happen) that my dream had predicted some parts of what had happened that day. Because my dreams randomly popped up later on, it didn’t influence my actions to make the dream come true.

Last year, I had to write a “dream journal” for psychology class. In that journal, I had to write down all my dreams for a week. Because I tend to forget my dreams right away, I made myself scribble down everything I remember in my dream as soon as I woke up. In class, we had to analyze theses dreams and predict what there are saying about my life or what’s to happen in my life. So I interpreted all my dreams. Surprisingly, some of the dream interpretations were true and were actually happening in my life during that time. So as a result, somewhat expected the remaining dream interpretations that “didn’t come true” to occur soon. And I think the expectation or interpretations did influence my actions. One of my dreams, according to the journal, was about me having a cooking contest with a world dictator (I know, very werid). This dream interpreted that I was going to be very competitive in some event in my life. Also, it told me that I was very stressed and somewhat too controlling that people are started to hate me. Well during that time, I was very stress and I did (and still do) have a controlling character. Then I realized that my sport games were starting next week (it was during the beginning of a sport season, I don’t remember which one…). Because of this, I thought I would do really well during the games; I got excited. During practice that day, I think I worked really hard. I don’t remember how I did during the games, but I do remember that I believed the dream interpretations and tried to make it come true, just like Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did.

Is there a personal incident in your life you wish could erase?

Envision Lady Macbeth wringing her hands, unable to get the imaginary blood off of them. She is haunted by her participations in the grisly deed. Do you think her response is plausible? Do you think you would be consumed with guilt yourself if you found yourself wrapped up in such a heinous crime?

Yes, definitely. I remember when I was young, I stole something from the store. And I still feel guilty for it. Although it was a very small, I continue to be guilty for my past actions. Of course, there are more deep, personal incidents in my life I want to erase as well. This was just a simple, small incident I am willing to share. There are so many incidents in my life that I regret doing. But they are small compared to what Lady Macbeth experienced and participated in.

Her reponse is definitely plausible, because being involved in a murder crime will haunt a person forever. “Murder” itself has some kind of power over a person; it never washes off. I still feel guilty for all the regretful things I’ve done and they continue to haunt me. I can’t imagine being part of a murder and living life with such a burden. Having participated in a murder is so huge compared to other dark deeds; it is a dark, cruel scene for a person to handle.

If small things like stealing still keeps me guilty, then I think I would have turned out just like Lady Macbeth if I had found myself wrapped up in a heinous crime; it would endlessly come to haunt me. Even if I try to be strong, I would still be full of guilt. Like I have say before, murder has some kind of hidden “power” that can get a person mentally and eventually lead the person into destruction.

What do you think about the character of Macbeth?

Was he a good guy before he met witches or his actions imply that he was always capable of dark deeds? Is he to blame for his actions, or are the witches really to blame?

I believe nobody is really a “good guy”. Everyone is capable of dark deeds; it just depends on what the person decides to do with he or her life. If Macbeth wasn’t capable of dark deeds before meeting the witches, then, first of all, he wouldn’t have been a soldier fighting in the battle fields killings his so-called-enemies because being capable of murdering a person, even if there is an argueable reason to it, shows that there is some darkness in the person. Secondly, if Macbeth really was a “good guy”, then he wouldn’t have been tempted by the witches’ prophesy, not even a little bit; Macbeth wouldn’t have had any greed for the thrown. This greed is just a small factor that exposes Macbeth’s “hidden” capability of dark deeds.

So is Macbeth to be blamed for his actions? Yes and no. I will once again connect this to Christianity. The witches are like Satan. They only give and provide the temptation; they don’t tell or force Macbeth to murder the King; it was his choice to commit the crime, which is what I said yes and no. Both Macbeth and the witches are to be blamed. It was the witches’ prophecy that initiated everything and cause Macbeth to become a murderer. But it was Macbeth who actually made all the events happen; his choices and actions led them to occur- the witches didn’t do anything except tell Macbeth a couple of words.

Do you feel sorry for Lady Macbeth? Why or why not?

Yes. I do feel sorry for Lady Macbeth. The main reason is because she reminds me of Eve (from the Bible). Eve was tempted by Satan to eat from the fruit of good and evil because of her greed of wanting to become “like God”. Not only did she betray God, she nudged Adam along with her by tempting Adam to eat the fruit, even though he didn’t think it was right. This story is very similar to Macbeth in that Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill King Duncan because of her greed for the thrown, even though Macbeth refused to continue the murder.
Many people blame Eve and Lady Macbeth for “bringing evil to this world” or “all the murders” in the story of Macbeth, but we can’t blame them; they’re humans. Of course, they deserve the blame because it was their choice to cause it; but sometimes greed can take over a person and get things out of control.

Lady Macbeth’s greed for the thrown led her into destruction. If one looks at this in a Christian perspective, one must feel sorry for her, because one knows it was Satan who got in control of her life and caused her to commit such horrible crimes. Although what she did was unforgiveable to the people of Scotland, in return, she did not receive a happy life as a queen, and was instead hated by the people and filled with guilt and fear. So Lady Macbeth did deserve a punishment for being involved in murdering an innocent king, however, she is only human, a human who makes regrettable mistakes. We need to understand that she is just like us and feel sad for her.