Ignorance is Bliss?

Between reading Frankenstein and Macbeth, and sitting in Mr. Lobb's class, I do believe that ignorance is bliss. By that, I mean that if you don't know something, you are better off, or more at peace than people who know a lot. For example, if someone was on your computer and ended up breaking it, and you were away from home and didn't know, you would be happy. Whereas, if you did know that your computer was broken, you would be upset and angry. Macbeth was better off not knowing he was going to be king. If the witches hadn't told him that news, he wouldn't have wanted to kill the king, and Macbeth wouldn't have been killed. Again, was where he was told that no man woman born, would be able to kill him. This gave Macbeth a large amount of courage and will to make impulsive decisions which ultimately results in his death. He had so much confidence that he was going to take on Macduff. It hurt him to know that he would be hurt by no person born by a women, but what hurt him more was knowing that Macduff was born by c-section. This made him lose the confidence and power that he had and made him more cautious in the battle. I think this made Macbeth lose in the battle - him knowing that he could be killed by Macduff. If he didn't know that Macduff was born by c-section, he could possibly have won the battle by pure confidence and courage.

In Frankenstein, the monster was at peace when he was just "born" or created. He didn't know about the harshness of the world. When he learns language and can read he is brought to know all of the dangers and cruelness he has been facing. He begins to understand why people would run from him and exclude him, he probably hadn't even known that they were doing that at the time. He becomes hurt and upset at humans and that's when he starts to kill. This wouldn't be this way if he didn't learn. Learning is what causes pain and confusion. 

In Mr. Lobb's class, we are constantly faced with new knowledge of the world. As this is done, there are many people who are upset at the end of the class. They come to realize that the world isn't how they thought it was. Before this English class, those girls were happy only knowing what they had been taught by guarding parents and friends. After they found out about what was really going on in the world, they think about how awful it all is. They say things like, "This is terrible", "Why would you show us this!" and other comments about their confusion and realizations. This is why ignorance is bliss. People feel better when they don't know about things that are happening, when they do know, they become upset and overwhelmed.