Isolation and Emptiness Illustrated in Shakespeares Macbeth and Berria

Nowadays, many well-known stories ache touched the theme of isolation 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 Stone Boy by Gina Berriault deal to some degree with the theme of isolation and emptiness. In Macbeth and The Stone Boy, Lady Macbeth and Arnold feel separated because of the situation that does not give them the closeness they want, and they determination up being not involved in the 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 lost and has no sense of direction while Arnold feels no emotions and dead(p). 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 older brother, is all around 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 facing the isolation. Arnold feels he is evenhandedly 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 hand over and tell her that Eugie was dead. She did not know it yet, 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 sturdily. Pe ople 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 highly typical toward the isolation. It is surprised to see that Arnolds impassibility is directly opposite to Lady Macbeths exaggerated 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/