Guilt

In the play MacBeth by William Shakespeare, MacBeth is a well respected warrior who has a great desire to be king.  MacBeth ends up killing everyone in his way to be king.  Through his journey MacBeth is mislead by the three witches who set him out on his disaster to begin with.  I will be pointing out how the guilt of the cold blooded murders slowly got to MacBeth.                                                                                                       In the second act MacBeth, with the strong urging of his wife kills King Duncan.  After MacBeth commits the murder he sees blood on his hands even after he had washed them.  The blood is a symbol MacBeth's guilt of killing King Duncan and he will have to live with that guilt for the rest of his life.    
Banqou, who is MacBeth's best friend is killed by MacBeth's hired hands.  MacBeth has Banqou killed because he knew of the witches prophecy of MacBeth taking King Duncan's place as King.  While eating MacBeth sees Banqou's ghost sitting where he should be.  This is a good example of how the guilt of Banqou's murder is getting to MacBeth.
In act four MacBeth, driven crazy by the guilt of his cold blooded murders, seeks the guidance of the three witches once again.  MacBeth seeks the witches help because he is scared that a revolt will take place and his place on the throne will be overturned.
MacBeth properly demonstrates what guilt can do to someone's conscience.  William Shakespeare shows how MacBeth's guilt sticks with him after he either murders or has someone murdered.  Guilt eventually drove MacBeth crazy and it resulted in his death.
Shakespeare, William. MACBETH. New York, NY: Spark Publishing, 2003. Print.

Aresenic and Old Lace

Although the movie was a good bit older than everyone in the class, it was a really good movie.  It made murder seem like something that means nothing at all, like murder is not actually taking a life.  When Mortimer found out that his aunts had killed not just one but many men (for charity) they acted as if they had done nothing wrong.  Murder is an act punishable by death yet, the Brewster sisters murdered men for their charity to the community.  Aresenic and Old Lace put a seriously funny spin on the act of murder, it is a timeless classic that made me actually go out and buy the movie.

Sweeney Todd review

When we were watching Sweeney Todd in class I was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed the movie.  The movie had an excellent plot accompanied by an equally great cast.  Benjamin Barker (Sweeney Todd) was made into an ruthless killer after his wife and child were taken from him, and he was wrongly imprisoned.  There were many plot twists throughout the movie that kept me sucked in suspense in anticipation for what was next.  All-in-all the only part that I dislike about the movie is the musical aspect, even though it added to the aspect of the movie being a dark comedy, it annoyed me quite a bit.