This reminds me of... blog

This reminds me of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhbzoltxZms
-Some Devil by Dave Matthews

Today I was listening to my music trying to relax before studying for midterms and when the above song played on my ipod, suddenly I connected the song with the relationship between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. In particular, the line, " some devil some angel has got me to the bones," symolizes the Macbeth's relationship. In the beginning, Lady Macbeth seems like a realy angel, however, towards the end near the murder of King Duncan, she resembles the devil's qualities. When the reader first meets Lady Macbeth she is pure, angel-like, even perfect, but near the end, she pressures her husband, Macbeth, to murder his king and loyal friend making Macbeth risk everything he has worked for in his life- respect, dignity, strength, etc. The second part of the above line stating," [...] has got me to the bones," is rather perfect to symbolize how Macbeth felt about the decision to kill Duncan. On one hand, Macbeth loves his king and is very loyal towards him, but on the other hand, Macbeth also loves his wife whom he knows deep in his heart that she is just looking out for his well being. I personally don't think Macbeth made the right choice to kill his king, but then again, I don't know much about Macbeth's relationship with his wife. Either the two belong together which then I would support anything my true love wanted also, or the two could be living a endless lie. After just listening to Some Devil, one song, by Dave Matthews, I realize how literature is very much so refflected in music even in todays culture and society. Just by two lines in the song alone, reminded me of the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and the struggles the two characters had to go through. To me, it is mindblowing to think that the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare about four hundred years ago in 1606 and Dave Matthews, a popular musician in 2008 are infact very similar.