Hoplessness

I decided not to go to Macbeth's banquet. I knew that he was the one behind the troubles that were happening. I alone could not confront him because my confrontation would have just counter-attacked. It would have been against my principles to participate in a celebration which included criminals and murderers, and even worse would have been seeing people worshiping those murderers. I had a plan running through my mind and it would have taken effect perfectly at the time of the banquet. I knew that Duncan's son, Malcolm, was in England. I had to reach Malcolm if I was going to save Scotland from turning into a fountain of blood. When I got there everything turned out to be the opposite of what I was expecting.


I had hoped that the son of the former King would not want to let his country go in the wrong hands, but here he was telling me that he would be way worse than Macbeth if he became King. At that moment I had felt that there was nothing that could be done to save our country now. Right when I thought that things could not have gone worse, they did. I find out that my family had been slaughtered by people hired by Macbeth. Right when I thought that now was the time to turn back and return to Scotland, I found out the truth. It turned out that Malcolm was only testing my loyalty by saying everything he had. I felt a new hope inside of me, as if my candle of hope had started to flicker again. I had made my mind at that point, that I would avenge my family no matter what. As you can see in the picture above, my pain is clearly showed. I could not keep the pain of losing Scotland to a murderer and letting it drown in blood inside of me. It eventually began to show on my face as shown in the picture. Below is a link to a song that expresses my feelings perfectly. It's about being betrayed and saying that you will get our punishment in return. This makes me feel hope inside, hope that my family will be avenged.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZVsGxa_Vzk


By: Hirra Razzaq