Then he is dead?

When Macbeth dies at the end of the play, I do not believe that it was at all worth it. He went through so much to get to the top, but once there he is miserable and haunted by all of the crimes he has committed. Although he gained power from these crimes, by the end of it all he was barely a functioning member of society due to all of his hallucinations and the fact that he was driving himself insane with subconscious guilt. I do believe he did this to himself though. He was already in a slight position of power, but wanted more, and got greedy to the point that he would do anything to get to the top. (With, of course, a large push in the 'right direction' from Lady McB.) His struggle to prove to his wife that he is just as strong as her only led to him committing very evil crimes and having way too much to cover up, leaving his stressful life in shambles. I also think that since he was already so well respected in the beginning, if he had just waited a little longer and played fairly (to say the least), he would've eventually made it to the top, but would've been able to gain a lot more from it because he would've been a lot happier and been able to make good decisions that affected him and his people positively.

Thankful

Hey, this may be a little late, but it's never too late to be appreciative of those who are essential in making your day to day life a little less awful.

To start,  I am thankful for the fact that I was placed in the Brit Lit class that I'm in. It is one of the only classes at Whitney that I can tolerate anymore, and I am obviously very grateful for that. I enjoy the fact that Mr. McCarthy actually allows us to give our opinions and (seems to) respect them and take each one into consideration. This class is, I believe, the only one I have raised my hand in all year. I also like the way we approach the topics that we do, and that Mr. McCarthy uses other resources to further explain the main idea behind something which allows us to think much more than we would if we were just constantly answering questions out of a textbook.

Although there are a lot of people in my class who's company I enjoy, I have to give major props to Shiri and Carolyn. They're always there for me even when I don't deserve it, and without them I probably wouldn't have made it this far into the year. If either of you end up reading this post somehow, you have both helped me through a lot of very difficult things in such condensed period of time, and for that I am extremely grateful.

I am also grateful for the fact that this class is my first period of the day. In the past I have had gym and geometry as my first periods, which always made me dread the start of the day even more. I can honestly say I have never woken up and thought anything negative about going to English, and when you have a class you actually enjoy as your first period, it definitely sets a slightly more positive vibe for the rest of the day, as opposed to having to wake up early and make a long, terrible commute to a class that you can't stand.