Blog 15: New Year's Premonitions

Banquo states that even though the premonitions may be true, that he and Macbeth must take precautions. As much as they would like to believe that their future holds good fortune such as high positions of power, nothing is guaranteed. His main argument is the fact that they are witches; therefore, they are not to be trusted. The "instruments of darkness" that he speaks of are probably a figurative way of saying "the three witches." He declares his warning in a dark sense, making it clear that although they spoke of Macbeth attaining the titles of Thane of Cawdor and King, they never tell how Macbeth will come to acquire these high positions. If the witches had never filled Macbeth's head with these unrealistic premonitions, he and his wife would have never been driven to kill for the position of power, and King Duncan would probably still be alive and well.

To be honest, I never really make new years resolutions. This is mostly because I don't believe in premonitions, but instead believe that the future is subjective and depends on what happens in the present. For the sake of this blog, I will state my goals for the year of 2010, these of which I hope to make a habit of.

First, I would like to apply myself more in school. In the past years, I have been discouraged by hard work and immediately find myself giving up when I don't understand something. I put this first because although my teachers and Mom may not believe it, I want to do well in school and this is my biggest goal. My personal goal would be to just be nicer to everyone in general, even if they don't deserve it because if everyone stopped hating and was just nicer and stopped accusing and judging than the world would be a better place. But I think that's pretty much everyone's personal goal, it's just that not enough people put it into action. My resolution involving my family would definitely be to be nicer to my Mom. It's unrealistic to think that I can be the perfect child who is pleasant at all times but I can try to come close. Finally, my goal within the outside world is to continue to be nice to strangers at work and in general. What made me came to this decision was an elderly woman who wrote me a letter just because I smiled at her and asked her how she was, apparently I made her day. I think that all my goals are definitely within reach and I hope to achieve them.