What could have possibly been going through your mind the night you and your wife killed King Duncan? I guess that we'll never know (since you're a fictional character and all). So I did the next best thing, I impersonated you and your wife and tweeted your thoughts throughout the entire evening.
Tweets are short and sweet which made them the perfect thing with which to explore the thoughts and feelings of these characters. The progression of events throughout Act 2 is all very emotionally challenging. Emotions range from nervousness and anticipation to fear, regret, and guilty relief. The brevity of the tweets helps make sense of the jumble of thoughts that must have been swirling through their heads.
In the beginning of the first scene, I imagined that Lady Macbeth must have felt some cold feet at what was about to transpire. But what I determined from her character is that she would have cast these betraying thoughts out of her head and set her mind on her task. It was a challenging and interesting experience to try to recreate what Lady Macbeth would have been feeling.
What I found very entertaining was the fact that Lady Macbeth was drunk during most of the night from the same wine she gave Duncan's guards (I'm pretty sure that if you need to be drunk to do something then you probably shouldn't be doing it) I imagined that in her drunken stupor, she wouldn't have been feeling much of the fear and hesitation that would have been going through Macbeth's mind. After the murder, in my tweets, she sounded as if she was incredibly giddy, bold, and joyous of her new position as the queen of Scotland. I imagine that later in the play, the events that transpired this night will come back to haunt her full force.
Macbeth was basically pushed into committing murder by his ambitious wife. He wasn't sure about it in the first place. I imagine that a lot of the thoughts going through his mind would be doubtful and disbelieving. He would be second guessing everything but in the end he goes through with the act.
All in all, I found that tweeting was an awesome way to integrate social networking and Shakespeare. It was fun to step into a character's shoes for brief moments. Imagining Macbeth and Lady Macbeth speaking in current slang was also pretty hilarious. Since the tweets were so short, some of them were a bit vague; but I kind of liked that. You had to really know what was happening in the story to understand all of the quotes. I hope you guys enjoy my tweets ;)
To see Lady Macbeth's Twitter page; click on the link
To see Macbeth's Twitter page; click on the link
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