Isolation and Emptiness Illustrated in Shakespeares Macbeth and Berria

Nowadays, umteen well-known stories have preserveed the theme of closing off as it becomes the most prevalent problem that can not be easily resolved in peoples lives. As a matter of fact, both Macbeth by Shakespeare and The gemstone male child by Gina Berriault care to some degree with the theme of isolation and emptiness. In Macbeth and The Stone Boy, gentlewoman Macbeth and Arnold feel separate because of the situation that does not give them the silence they want, and they end up beingness not involved in the family relationship they would like with their families even when reaches the very end of the story. In fact, isolation forms many kinds of modalities of people, which means it forms different states of the feelings of Arnold and Lady Macbeth. Being isolated, Lady Macbeth feels empty and woolly and has no sense of direction plot Arnold feels no emotions and mute. Although both stories touch the theme of isolation, Macbeth does a stronger job with the theme in comparing with The Stone Boy by Gina Berriault. The Stone Boy, in which Arnold accidentally kills his old brother, is all about the disjunction between understanding and compassion. When the accident takes place, Arnold is being isolated by his whole family, which in turn makes him feel numb and becomes stone cold. In fact, the two characters react completely different when face up the isolation. Arnold feels he is pretty innocent at first, and he tries to explain what he thinks about his brother after Eugies death. Just as Gina Berriault wrote, He had expected her to realize that he wanted to go down on his knees by her bed and tell her that Eugie was dead. She did not know it up to now, nobody knew it, and yet she was sitting up in bed, waiting to be t... ...hile Lady Macbeth tends to be over emotional. Their endings are pretty diverse from each other as well as Lady Macbeth chooses to finish her life cowardly while Arnold chooses to live on sturdi ly. People have different reactions when being isolated by someone that are once so closed to them. The reactions of Lady Macbeth and Arnold are quite different but extremely typical toward the isolation. It is impress to see that Arnolds impassibility is directly opposite to Lady Macbeths misinform emotions. Undoubtedly, Lady Macbeths reaction is more attractive to me than Arnolds emotionless. Thus, Macbeth by Shakespeare is the story that does a stronger job with the theme of isolation and emptiness.Works Citedhttp//library.thinkquest.org/2888/http//www.theatrehistory.com/British/macbeth001.htmlhttp//litsum.com/stone-boy/