Mccluney, Quan

English-GreenCp
5-20-16
What bloody man is that: Manipulation of the mind in William Shakespeares The Tragedy of
Macbeth
I wrote my paper on the theme of good and evil because it appealed to me throughout the
play. Overall, I enjoyed The Tragedy of Macbeth, the play kept me entertained with the murders,
lie, and irony that all tied together. The Tragedy of Macbeth, while a great book, was hard for me
to read on a consistent basis. Mrs. Davis helped me and the class throughout the book explaining
to the class what was happening and why. This made understanding the book easier and it gave
us a way to dig deeper into the book.
The theme of good and evil appealed to me the most with the way Shakespeare
incorporates it with Macbeth. Macbeth, a tragic hero, starts out with good intentions but Lady
Macbeth questions his manhood, ultimately leading him to commit the murder of King Duncan
and his men. The play showed familiar themes from Oedipus Rex, comparing the two I found out
that both stories have the tragic hero effect throughout.
While writing this paper I learned that I procrastinate more than I should. Although the
due dates were set up for me by Mrs. Davis, I often found myself scrambling at the last minute to
eliminate a bad quote or find a good quote, I even found myself scrambling to print the final
draft of the paper. I did grow becoming a better writer than I had been previously during the year.
I learned key methods, literary devices, and the proper use of commas and semicolons
throughout the paragraphs. I learned to dig deeper into the book and not just to take the book as it
seems at first but to actually research the book and find the author's purpose for writing the book
the way he/she did. I feel that I need to improve on analysis with my bottom buns and finding the

right quote that corresponds to why that literary device becomes important. I also feel that I need
to work on improving my introductions and conclusions and how to set them up properly. The
triangles helped me out, but during the conclusions wen I have to restate my thesis, I struggle
and it's hard for me to get over that hump which takes up most of my time.
In all, writing this paper forced me to slow down and ponder what I wanted to say and
how I wanted to say it in a way that made sense to me and in a way that made sense and gave the
proper details that Mrs. Davis needed to make sure that I understanded the book on a deeper
level than just reading it. The being verbs also forced me to slow down, mostly because I had
plenty of them in my rough draft. I learned that being verbs actually makes your paper seem
wordy and when I eliminated them, my paper sounded better in general.