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MACBETH SOLILOQUY

MACBETH YOU SHADY KILLER

If Macbeth had an ability to get him where he wanted to be without killing someone, he would obviously be a better person. People get where they are nowadays because they know someone, not because of what they're actually capable of doing what the job is hiring for. It's quite sick how our workforce or even school environment is based on a competition. You have to be willing to step on other people to get what you want and it's sad. It's sad people can't get what they want or do what they're good at or have a passion for. But it's reality and Macbeth thought he did what he had to do. It made the audience view him grossly, the theme to something dark, but if macbeth had been talented he would have been praised and turn the theme into something of faith or courage. 

MACBETH CHARACTER MAP

• 3 witches- provides prophecies that Macbeth should be king.
• Macbeth- listens to the witches and wants to commit murder and become king although not entirely positive he'll be good at it.
• Lady Macbeth- PURE EVIL COME ON
• Duncan- currently king who Macbeth plans on killing for the crown.
• Malcolm- Duncans son i'm assuming who is next in line for the crown.
• Donalbain- Malcolms little brother
• Lennox- nobleman?
• Ross- scottish nobleman
• Banquo- witches also prophesy that his sons will inherit the throne but he doesn't take action like Macbeh
• Angus- nobleman?

LOVE IS BLIND

Macbeth sees Lady Macbeth as any teenager "in love" would see their significant other. Little does anybody know they're actually in an abusive relationship. Society tends to think that any male is automatically immune to any type of abuse in a relationship. No human is immune to anything. Just because someone is male doesn't mean they can't cry, can't be hurt, can't be sexually harassed. They can and people seem to believe it's okay, they should be able to handle it, they need to be able to become dominate and over come it. Lady Macbeth abuses Macbeth emotionally and mentally. Which is the most dangerous type of abuse. She knows she has power over him, she can control him, she sees him as weak and now he sees himself as weak. Which gives her completely dominance over whatever decisions, thoughts and actions he might feel or want to do. We see her as pure evil, Macbeth sees her as always right. 

WHAT ABOUT MY MASTERPIECE

hehe........ heh heh...... yeah...... Well mines coming along... slowly but surely... There's just so much information and no time, I feel like it's going to come out crappy :( I wish it wasn't something that had a deadline... Something I could continually work on. I guess I could but I doubt I'll have time.

Act 1 Study Questions

I-1

1) Beginning the play with a dialogue between the witches sets the mood to be dark, evil, and mysterious. This foreshadows the plot, theme, and mood for the future of the story in the same manner. In comparison of Shakespeare's other plays, Macbeth requires more ambiguity and the syntax and diction used needs to be more bleak. For example, Hamlet highlighted the themes of betrayal and complexity of relationships and power. Even though, the theme falls in the same ballpark with Macbeth, the gloominess of the plot of Macbeth overpowers that of Hamlet. In the beginning of the play, the witches were going to meet Macbeth at the "ere of sunset." Line 10 was "Paddock calls" and line 11 was "Anon." The phrase paddock class means a toad, which symbolizes transformation. The word anon means soon or shortly. The "toad" and it's transformation could metaphorically be compared to Macbeth and his evolving and transforming to be a completely different person or even having a transformation in his status and power. The witch's response as anon signifies how Macbeth will shortly have a transformation - to be declared a thane. 

I-2

1. The bloody seargent indirectly characterizes Macbeth by glorifying his actions towards Macdonwald. Macdonwald is a rebel who was executed. He tried to attack them. Macbeth executed macdonwald with his sword. This did not end the fight with the rebels, the Norwegians are still attacking.
2. The traitor was the Thane of Cawdor, as we learn from Ross. Duncan says that its a relief the thane of cawdor was executed and that Macbeth now owns his previous title.

I-3

1. The witches speech gives a first look at Macbeth and his wife without saying who they are. Indirect characterization of the two. Similar to Hamlet where he gives a mini synopsis early in the story. "Weird" in Shakespeare's day meant future seers not weird as we know it, prophecy and destiny. Shakespeare means that Macbeth's wife has him by the balls. They  cast a spell to control his destiny. 
2. Macbeth says something very similar to what the witches said at the beginning of the play. This could be him falling into the destiny the witches set up. Dried, chapped fingers, gender ambiguity, hairy, old, they have literal beards. The witches tell Macbeth that he will thane of Candor and eventually King, right then he finds out he is thane of Cawdor. Banquo asked the witch why they had nothing for him, they told him he is lesser but greater than Macbeth. We knew he was thane before he was thane.
3. Banquo says the witches were a figment of their imagination that they lie or that they are hallucinating. Macbeth learns that he is thane of Cawdor from Ross and Angus. During lines 114-156 he was going over his plan in his head and how everything had just happened to him. He acts very happy and shows no incredulity at being thane. Macbeth's aside shows him rationalizing what happened to him and he begins to think that he is going to be King soon. Macbeth tells Banquo that he is happy and excited and nothing more he explains his behavior by saying he is confused.

I-4

1.Cawdor was executed after openly confessing his treason and pleading for mercy. Malcolm tried to stick up for the thane, but the king responds by basically saying that you can't trust a man according to his face. He doesn't believe the thane was truly repentant.

2.The king greets them by saying that he can never repay them enough for their good deeds, but announces he will leave all his estate and names his son, Malcolm, prince of Cumberland. He then proposes that they go to Macbeth's castle at Inverness. Macbeth tells himself that the only way to be king is to get rid of Malcolm, and even though he'll be appalled at his action, he must do it.

I-5

1. Macbeth was honest with his wife when he informs her of his new title as "Thane of Cawdor." He refers to the witches as "weird sisters" probably because he doesn't want her know that he is associated with the "evil servants."

Lady Macbeth responds by saying that she thinks Macbeth is playng things off as if everything is fine. By saying "but be the serpent under't", she describes him as someone that lies to make everything appear under control. This doesn't really match the characterization of Macbeth so far in the story which implies that there is something the audience doesn't know about him. 

2. The wife was confident about the guests visit. She also seemed prepared and a little cocky about the way her and her husband would handle it.

3. Lady Macbeth. Yes she wants to kill Duncan. No, he isn't sure whether he wants to follow through with Lady Macbeths orders or not. She tells him not to let Duncan see tomorrow. 

4. The question appears to answer itself. 

I-6

1. The opening speeches (1.6.1-10) describe how the surroundings of the castle are "pleasant" and the air is sweet-maybe even too sweet. From the outside, the castle appears to be paradise.
Lady Macbeth's welcome is formal. Her language is totally different from her language in the previous scene which shows how fake and dishonest her welcome was.

I-7

1. "If it were done when 'tis done then 'twere well." If it were done when it was done it was done well. (Meaning if he completed the death quickly and efficiently and with no complications then he did the job well.) Macbeth is determined to kill the king and be done with him but in lines 1-12 he is fearful of how the "inventor" will judge his actions. He's violating the hospitality of his kinship and responsibilities as a host towards his guest by trying to kill his guest instead of protecting them. The motivation that Macbeth attributes to himself in lines 25-28 is the attribute of an Arabic heaven-like God. He will be seen as a "God" and that is his source of motivation to get the job done. 

2. In lines 28-30 she is complaining about him leaving the chamber because it was  almost time for dinner. Macbeth responds to her complaining by saying did he ask for me? And lady Macbeth says don't you know he did? The positions are lady Macbeth is ready for the King to be killed while Macbeth is still hesitant and on the fence about it. Macbeth convinced Lady Macbeth by explaining that he is an respected person and doesn't want to lose his honor while Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth by convincing him to gain the power and kill the king. The stronger person in the scene is Lady Macbeth because  she's more verbally confident in her argument while convincing Macbeth to kill the King. 

MEET MACBETH

Macbeth was introduced through indirect characterization. They never really outwardly said what Macbeth was like. "For brave Macbeth, well he deserves that name destaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, which smoked with bloody execution. "The witches foreshadowed "fair is foul, foul is fair." I don't know much about Macbeth but from what we've read so far I'm assuming anything is fair play in this... play ha. Shakespeare's use of foreshadowing gives the audience a sense of what's to come by using ulterior characters who can slyly use symbolism and foreshadowing to show the story in a less obvious way. Shakespeare's characterization towards Macbeth shows you his character by indirectly stating qualities that other characters state about him, the witches give clear themes to the story, and the audience is left to try and decipher where the story will go without given to much purpose. Macbeth will clearly be the protagonist and show some type of heroic qualities even if the story ends as a tragedy. 

MY MACBETH RESOURCES

1. http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth/macbethresources.html
2. http://www.bardweb.net/plays/macbeth.html
3. http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/summaries/macbeth/macbeth_summary.htm
4. http://www.cliffsnotes.com/searchresult?q=macbeth
5. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/

Young Goodman Brown Essay

      Young Goodman Brown is a perfect example of symbolism. Everything from characters, setting, dialogue, tone, has some type of symbolism one way or another. He doesn't even try to hide his obvious themes inside some type of tricky dialect. He wrote in old English but his writing techniques stayed obvious. Drifting from old English to some type of poetry.
     Goodman's wife was named Faith. Obviously a symbolic character for Goodman. He needed to leave his wife, or his faith, in order to do something he wasn't exactly proud of. He abandoned the one thing that mattered the most, that needed him the most to pursue something he had dreaded. He regretted the decision instantly. He never lived a happy life after. Was it really his fault or did he feel he had no choice? He felt it needed to be done without really understanding what that decision meant. Likewise today we make decisions thinking it would benefit us in some way and we find out it wasn't what we originally signed up for it. The question is, if it's not what we wanted, but what we needed.
     Many protagonists need to do something they don't want to do for there to be a story. Many give up something that matters to them, they learn something they can't quite believe. Goodman believed everyone he knew was wicked. Even his own wife. He never looked at any one the same. He believed he encountered the devil himself, a witch, hypocritical friends. He also believed it was a dream in the end. Then why couldn't he bring himself to get over it and move one? After all he knew these people, he loved his wife over anything. Simply because he believed whatever he saw. He knew there some type of truth to what he had witnessed.
      Today we learn things we wish we could unlearn. Ignorance truly is bliss. Alas, that's not reality. He may not encounter the Devil himself but we may encounter something worse. Doubt. Cheating rumors, money problems, your favorite boy-band breaking up.  It all leads to one thing, unhappiness. You're led into a world where you're thrown 6 feet under and your only way to get out is a plastic spoon. You change your antics, your thinking, yourself. Goodman left that night, only to return another one of the Devils' minions.



SORRY THIS TOTALLY WENT OFF PROMPT OMG :(((((

*vent*

Do you ever just get so caught up in "school" that you push everything aside and realize that you have nothing left.... You don't even remember what made you happy... And once you do.... You realize those things don't even matter to you anymore... 

POETRY ESSAY

Woman Work

Maya Angelou

I've got the children to tend

The clothes to mend

The floor to mop

The food to shop

Then the chicken to fry

The baby to dry

I got company to feed

The garden to weed

I've got shirts to press

The tots to dress

The can to be cut

I gotta clean up this hut

Then see about the sick

And the cotton to pick.

Shine on me, sunshine

Rain on me, rain

Fall softly, dewdrops

And cool my brow again.

Storm, blow me from here

With your fiercest wind

Let me float across the sky

'Til I can rest again.

Fall gently, snowflakes

Cover me with white

Cold icy kisses and

Let me rest tonight.

Sun, rain, curving sky

Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone

Star shine, moon glow

You're all that I can call my own.

Read the poem carefully and then write an essay in which you analyze how the poem reveals the speaker’s complex conception of a “woman's world.”

Woman Work by Maya Angelou fits in perfectly with the 21st century because our society has been taken over by Feminist stands. People today tend to believe women as either completely worthless or completely needed. They don't understand that being a women is mixture of need and want. Women are needed to fill the earth, keep men sane, raise kids right, even bring home the bread. There's more to a woman's life than being a trophy wife. If that's what a woman wants, that's completely fine but people don't realize that that's not the only thing we can do with our lives. 
Maya's use of imagery fulfills this poems theme to the best of it's ability. Woman tend to be described with strange emotions. pretty objects, lovely pictures. What's prettier than nature? To describe a woman using weather conditions, nature sceneries, is to describe with the most lovely intent. To make her beauty outshine any negativity to be associated with a woman. She used metaphors beautifully.
Her excessive use of cliches and stereotyping just added to the many themes associated. It could almost be looked at as satire. To describe the most basic chores that are continuously used against women, as work that women are supposed to do, makes a newer audience almost laugh with irony. Of course women can do those jobs but men can too. Women do it because no one else would like to step up and do things that obviously need to be done but most likely wouldn't not be done had it been left up to someone else. We do them to make sure things run smoothly, make sure your family or friends are content.