Azami Mohamed 154992
This is an anglicized form of the Old Gaelic personal name MacBeatha translating as 'the son of (mac) life (beatha)' or 'a man of religion'. The most famous namebearer was Macbeth (1005 - 1057) who became King of Scotland in 1040 after he slew Duncan
Above was taken from a website. Interesting. Son of life. Macbeth (read Macbeast) means son of life. Yet, he has no offspring. When his life ends, he has no more life/soul to continue his Life and Legacy. Such a tragic. Emotionally painful tragedy for a man of great ambition. Super tragic for a person who slaughtered innocent lives, betrays great companion for the throne he had short. A tragedy which even once the helm of Scotland could not even avoid.
Macbeth
also can be translated as "A man of religion". Yes, religion.
Not cult nor satanic. But religion. Dont be confused, religion has nothing to
do with any tragedy. But the bearer of the name does. It is such a tragedy when
"a man of religion" had commit such heinous and insane deeds as
Macbeast has done. Regicide, betrayal, treason and involved in witchcraft. How
can the bearer of the name of religion could associate himself in such sinful
acts. How tragic those caught witches been burnt alive, while a person who
bears the name of religion was left free.
Too much of tragedies in this play. Even
the title of the play contains the word tragedy. The name Macbeth which has
such meaningful meanings ends up with such tragic person. I would say, it is
the mother of all tragedy.
Side note: As for dummies in literature,
Old English can be considered a tragedy. Although we can't see tragedies
coming, but we can always think of a way to overcome them.
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