Monday, April 30, 2012
Today's studying
Today we talked about some of the books that we read this year for our literature analysis. Many of us read the same book so we just discussed themes and plots of those books. I also went back and studied the lit terms from the past because I feel like I struggle on those. Today is going to be dedicated to learning as many lit terms and vocabulary as I can. I think this will help with the multiple choice questions on the Ap test.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Reflection on Unstructured Learning
A Reflection on Unstructured Learning
The theme of the writing was that sometimes you can get answers to your questions, from unexpected sources. The man in this excerpt was looking for a name for when he goes out in character at night. He was unsure and couldn't think of a name for some time. After turning down plenty of beers by his co-worker, he got the name "Nite Owl". That is what he stuck with and that was a unexpected source that gave him the answer to his problem. This could happen to anyone with a question or problem.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
AP study plan experience
Ap study plan expirence
While studying for the Ap test I began with the English Literature and Composition section 1. I did the first 10 questions and tried to answer each question honestly and i answered them tge way I would on the ap exam. It is kind of hard to pick the answers that I would honestly pick, but it is a good test to see if I have any clue about the questions and the answers. I have a harder time identifying the literary terms and I think those questions are harder for me. Also there was another question that was asked and I had a hard time with. It asked what the view of nature might best be described as. I didn't know what any of the answers meant except for one and I didn't feel like that was right. If I were taking the test it would be beneficial if I knew that.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Essay prompts
Essay Prompts
Th essay prompts that I thought were best for Macbeth were these 3: 1976 The conflict created when the will of an individual opposes the will of the majority is the recurring theme of many novels, plays, and essays. Select the work of an essayist who is in opposition to his or her society; or, from a work of recognized literary merit, select a fictional character who is in opposition to his or her society. In a critical essay analyze the conflict and discuss the moral and ethical implications for both the individual and the society. Do not summarize the plot or action of the work you choose. 1979 Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of recognizedliterary merit who might, on the basis of the character’s actions alone, beconsidered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay, explain both how and whythe full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary. 1983 From a novel or play of literary merit, select an important character who is avillain. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze the nature of the character s villainy and show how it enhances meaning in the work. Do not summarize plot.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Macbeth Notes
Straight forward play compared to other Shakespeare writings and character driven play
No real humor or humanity; only example of some sort of humor was the scene with the porter and that is arguable
It's a great tragedy; with Macbeth as a tragic character- has a flaw that influences outcome of story and leads to their demise.
Macbeth is loaded with honor and enjoys what the future may bring on him. And starts the story being well liked and having many people on his side. By the end he is isolated without a place in the social community
He did this all to himself and was the architect of own destruction.
Murder of Duncan
Why isn't Macbeth happy with what he has?
Because of his ambition and his want to be king. He even says it in Act 1 scene 7 in lines 25-28
Macbeth doesn't question the witches and this makes Lady Macbeth curious and she says this is Act 1 scene 7 lines 41-49
Macbeth is constantly changing his mind and by not questioning the witches, Shakespeare is letting us know that he isn't surprised by them
He does have a very good understanding of right and wrong, which is a heroic quality
If he were to kill King Duncan, then that would be violating every rule of the community, but he must act on his want to be king
For Banquo he realizes that the prophecy is unreal and isn't worth it to him to break the law; on the other hand the prophecy obsesses Macbeth and takes over his life
Lady Macbeth is always there to try and convince Macbeth to do the wrong thing. She is the evil impulse of the story
She doesn't seem very mother like and tells Macbeth to be more manly
Even thought she is the evil impulse we can blame Lady Macbeth for what Macbeth ends up doing
The dagger is important because he can't grab it and after puts a horror into Macbeth for what he is about to do
Macbeth as King
After this he is the least admirable tragic hero; he is a mass murderer; it could be his horrible determination
Macbeth will not compromise and pay whatever price no matter how much it will cost him
irony- his evil makes him afraid of his own self
Lady Macbeth falls apart and some of the examples are sleep walking, fainting and eventually killing herself. Her lack of inner will and her inability to separate herself from human nature
No real humor or humanity; only example of some sort of humor was the scene with the porter and that is arguable
It's a great tragedy; with Macbeth as a tragic character- has a flaw that influences outcome of story and leads to their demise.
Macbeth is loaded with honor and enjoys what the future may bring on him. And starts the story being well liked and having many people on his side. By the end he is isolated without a place in the social community
He did this all to himself and was the architect of own destruction.
Murder of Duncan
Why isn't Macbeth happy with what he has?
Because of his ambition and his want to be king. He even says it in Act 1 scene 7 in lines 25-28
Macbeth doesn't question the witches and this makes Lady Macbeth curious and she says this is Act 1 scene 7 lines 41-49
Macbeth is constantly changing his mind and by not questioning the witches, Shakespeare is letting us know that he isn't surprised by them
He does have a very good understanding of right and wrong, which is a heroic quality
If he were to kill King Duncan, then that would be violating every rule of the community, but he must act on his want to be king
For Banquo he realizes that the prophecy is unreal and isn't worth it to him to break the law; on the other hand the prophecy obsesses Macbeth and takes over his life
Lady Macbeth is always there to try and convince Macbeth to do the wrong thing. She is the evil impulse of the story
She doesn't seem very mother like and tells Macbeth to be more manly
Even thought she is the evil impulse we can blame Lady Macbeth for what Macbeth ends up doing
The dagger is important because he can't grab it and after puts a horror into Macbeth for what he is about to do
Macbeth as King
After this he is the least admirable tragic hero; he is a mass murderer; it could be his horrible determination
Macbeth will not compromise and pay whatever price no matter how much it will cost him
irony- his evil makes him afraid of his own self
Lady Macbeth falls apart and some of the examples are sleep walking, fainting and eventually killing herself. Her lack of inner will and her inability to separate herself from human nature
Monday, April 16, 2012
Macbeth Test Answers Review
*Adopted with gratitude from http://www.apclarke.freeserve.co.uk/mbtest.htm
**Please include Act/Scene so we can refer easily tomorrow.
1. Macbeth won the respect of King Duncan by
A. slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
B. serving as a gracious host for his king.
C. not pleading for advancement.
2. King Duncan rewarded Macbeth by dubbing him
A. the Earl of Sinel.
B. the Thane of Cawdor him.
C. Bellona's bridegroom.
3. In addressing Banquo, the witches called him which of these?
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." (I)
"Not so happy as Macbeth, yet much happier." (II)
"A future father of kings." (III)
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. I, II, and III
4. When Macbeth said, "Two truths are told / As happy prologues" he was referring to
A. his titles of Glamis and Cawdor.
B. the victories against the kerns and gallowglasses.
C. the predictions made to Banquo and to himself.
5. "Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it" is a reference to
A. the traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
B. Banquo's son, Fleance.
C. Duncan's son, Donalbain.
6. Duncan's statement, "I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing" is an example of
A. a simile.
B. a metaphor.
C. personification.
7. Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as being
A. "the glass of fashion and the mould of form."
B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
C. "a cannon overcharg'd with a double crack."
8. When Macbeth agonizes over the possible killing of the king, which of these does he say?
"He is my house guest; I should protect him." (I)
"Duncan's virtues will "plead like angels" " (II)
"I am his kinsman and his subject" (III)
A. I and III
B. II and III
C. I, II, and III
9. Macbeth's statement to his wife, "Bring forth men-children only" signifies that he
A. is proud of his wife's transformation.
B. is concerned over the succession to the throne.
C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.
10. As part of the plan to kill the king, Lady Macbeth would
A. get the chamberlains drunk.
B. smear Duncan's face with blood.
C. arrange an alibi for Macbeth.
11. Trace Macbeth's transformation from a good man to an evil man.
12. What motivates Macbeth to take the evil path he chooses?
13. What influence do the witches have on Macbeth?
14. Contrast Macbeth's response to the witches' predictions with Banquo's.
15. Describe the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Trace how it changes over the course of the play.
PART 2
1. "Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight?" is a reference to the
A. ghost of Banquo.
B. dagger.
C. bubbling cauldron.
2. Lady Macbeth confessed that she would have killed King Duncan herself except for the fact that
A. she couldn't gain easy access to his bedchamber
B. he looked like her father
C. one of Duncan's guards spied her on the to stairway
3. Shakespeare introduced the Porter in order to
A. allow Macduff to gain admission to the castle.
B. remind the audience of the Witches' prophecies.
C. provide comic relief.
4. Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder
A. because they fear the daggers in men's smiles.
B. in order to join Macduff in England.
C. lest they be blamed for it.
5. Macbeth arranges for Banquo's death by telling the hired killers that
A. Banquo had thwarted their careers.
B. if they fail, they will pay with their own lives.
C. he will eradicate all records of their previous crimes.
6. Macbeth startles his dinner guests by
A. conversing with the Ghost of Banquo
B. attempting to wash the blood from his hands
C. saying to Lady Macbeth that, "Murder will out."
7. The Witches threw into the cauldron
"Eye of bat and tongue of frog"(I)
"Wool of bat and tongue of dog" (II)
"Fang of snake and eagle's glare" (III)
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. II and III
8. The three apparitions which appeared to Macbeth were
An armed head. (I)
A child with a crown. (II)
A bloody child (III)
A. I and II
B. II and III
C. I, II, and III
9. In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm toward Macduff because he
A. wasn't prepared to overthrow Macbeth.
B. suspects a trick.
C. wasn't worthy of becoming king, in his opinion.
10. Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane when
A. the witches rendezvous with Macbeth.
B. the camouflaged soldiers make their advance.
C. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to stand and fight.
11. What is the significance of the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (I, i, 10)?
12. How does Macbeth function as a morality play?
13. How does Shakespeare use the technique of dramatic irony in Macbeth?
14. How does Lady Macbeth overcome her husband's resistance to the idea of killing King Duncan?
15. Contrast Macduff's response to the news of his wife's and children's deaths with Macbeth's response to being told Lady Macbeth is dead
PART 1
1: A. slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
-Act I, Scene 2. In that scene, we see Duncan talking about Macbeth. He calls Macbeth "valiant" and "worthy."
The reason that Duncan says these things is because of Macbeth's performance in battle. Duncan has just been told that Macbeth has performed very bravely in a battle against people who would have overthrown Duncan. Specifically, Duncan has just heard about how Macbeth killed Macdonwald.
2: B. the Thane of Cawdor him.
-Act 1, scene 2Duncan decrees that the thane of Cawdor be put to death and that Macbeth, the hero of the victorious army, be given Cawdor’s title. Ross leaves to deliver the news to Macbeth.
3: A. I and II
Act 1, scene 3
-Then they tell him that he will never be king but that his children will sit upon the throne (1.3.63–65).
4:C. the predictions made to Banquo and to himself.
Act 1, scene 3-Macbeth ignores his companions and speaks to himself, ruminating upon the possibility that he might one day be king. He wonders whether the reign will simply fall to him or whether he will have to perform a dark deed in order to gain the crown. At last he shakes himself from his reverie and the group departs for Forres.
5:A. the traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
-Act 1, scene 4
6.B. a metaphor.
7.B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
-Act 1, scene 5 What thou art promised; yet do I fear thy nature;/ It is too full o'the milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest way.
9: C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.
10:A. get the chamberlains drunk.
11.he is one of King Duncan's generals, noted for his fierce courage. In his battle against Duncan's enemies, he fights so furiously and valiantly that Duncan rewards him by making him the Thane of Cawdor. He then becomes a bloodthirsty tyrant as he sets out to gain the throne of Scotland. In the plays conclusion, the last view of Macbeth is one of courage in battle, a glimpse of his former self.
12.Macbeths ambition is aroused by the witches' prophecies, and once he becomes Thane of Cawdor, he sets out to gain the throne of Scotland.
13.Macbeth gained his power with help from the Witches and it destroyed him. They present things to Macbeth, planting the seed of ambition which is watered by his wife. He brings about his own demise, the witches were only the tools who acted as a catalyst.
14.Macbeth lets ambition corrupt him immediately upon learning that he has become the new Thane of Cawdor. The fact that one of the witches' prophecies comes true makes him hungry for the rest. Banquo, however, is very distrusting of the witches' because they are evil beings. He won't put much stock into what they have said just yet because he's concerned about the reprecussions.
15. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are very interesting in so far as they are quite ambivalent. Lady Macbeth admires her husband but also triggers his downfall. Lady Macbeth encourages her husband to slay Duncan. This event is pivotal and needs to be stressed if we really want to understand the whole concatenation of this wonderful yet mysterious play. Lady Macbeth symbolizes evil, Macbeth symbolizes gullibility. In short the relationships between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can be construed as a mixture of cruelty, anger and admiration.
PART 2
Part I.
1. Macbeth won the respect of King Duncan by
A. Slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
2. King Duncan rewarded Macbeth by dubbing him
B. The Thane of Cawdor him.
3. In addressing Banquo, the witches called him which of these?
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." (I)
"Not so happy as Macbeth, yet much happier." (II)
"A future father of kings." (III)
A. I and II only
4. When Macbeth said, "Two truths are told / As happy prologues" he was referring to
A. His titles of Glamis and Cawdor.
5. "Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it" is a reference to
A. The traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
6. Duncan's statement, "I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing" is an example of
B. A metaphor.
7. Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as being
B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
8. When Macbeth agonizes over the possible killing of the king, which of these does he say?
"He is my house guest; I should protect him." (I)
"Duncan's virtues will "plead like angels" " (II)
"I am his kinsman and his subject" (III)
B. II and III
9. Macbeth's statement to his wife, "Bring forth men-children only" signifies that he
C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.
Part 2
1. "Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight?" is a reference to the
B. dagger.
2. Lady Macbeth confessed that she would have killed King Duncan herself except for the fact that
B. he looked like her father
3. Shakespeare introduced the Porter in order to
B. remind the audience of the Witches' prophecies.
4. Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder
A. because they fear the daggers in men's smiles.
5. Macbeth arranges for Banquo's death by telling the hired killers that
C. he will eradicate all records of their previous crimes.
6. Macbeth startles his dinner guests by
A. conversing with the Ghost of Banquo
7. The Witches threw into the cauldron
"Eye of bat and tongue of frog"(I)
"Wool of bat and tongue of dog" (II)
"Fang of snake and eagle's glare" (III)
A. I and II
8. The three apparitions which appeared to Macbeth were
An armed head. (I)
A child with a crown. (II)
A bloody child (III)
C. I, II, and III
9. In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm toward Macduff because he
B. suspects a trick.
10. Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane when
B. the camouflaged soldiers make their advance.
**Please include Act/Scene so we can refer easily tomorrow.
1. Macbeth won the respect of King Duncan by
A. slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
B. serving as a gracious host for his king.
C. not pleading for advancement.
2. King Duncan rewarded Macbeth by dubbing him
A. the Earl of Sinel.
B. the Thane of Cawdor him.
C. Bellona's bridegroom.
3. In addressing Banquo, the witches called him which of these?
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." (I)
"Not so happy as Macbeth, yet much happier." (II)
"A future father of kings." (III)
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. I, II, and III
4. When Macbeth said, "Two truths are told / As happy prologues" he was referring to
A. his titles of Glamis and Cawdor.
B. the victories against the kerns and gallowglasses.
C. the predictions made to Banquo and to himself.
5. "Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it" is a reference to
A. the traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
B. Banquo's son, Fleance.
C. Duncan's son, Donalbain.
6. Duncan's statement, "I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing" is an example of
A. a simile.
B. a metaphor.
C. personification.
7. Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as being
A. "the glass of fashion and the mould of form."
B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
C. "a cannon overcharg'd with a double crack."
8. When Macbeth agonizes over the possible killing of the king, which of these does he say?
"He is my house guest; I should protect him." (I)
"Duncan's virtues will "plead like angels" " (II)
"I am his kinsman and his subject" (III)
A. I and III
B. II and III
C. I, II, and III
9. Macbeth's statement to his wife, "Bring forth men-children only" signifies that he
A. is proud of his wife's transformation.
B. is concerned over the succession to the throne.
C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.
10. As part of the plan to kill the king, Lady Macbeth would
A. get the chamberlains drunk.
B. smear Duncan's face with blood.
C. arrange an alibi for Macbeth.
11. Trace Macbeth's transformation from a good man to an evil man.
12. What motivates Macbeth to take the evil path he chooses?
13. What influence do the witches have on Macbeth?
14. Contrast Macbeth's response to the witches' predictions with Banquo's.
15. Describe the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Trace how it changes over the course of the play.
PART 2
1. "Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight?" is a reference to the
A. ghost of Banquo.
B. dagger.
C. bubbling cauldron.
2. Lady Macbeth confessed that she would have killed King Duncan herself except for the fact that
A. she couldn't gain easy access to his bedchamber
B. he looked like her father
C. one of Duncan's guards spied her on the to stairway
3. Shakespeare introduced the Porter in order to
A. allow Macduff to gain admission to the castle.
B. remind the audience of the Witches' prophecies.
C. provide comic relief.
4. Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder
A. because they fear the daggers in men's smiles.
B. in order to join Macduff in England.
C. lest they be blamed for it.
5. Macbeth arranges for Banquo's death by telling the hired killers that
A. Banquo had thwarted their careers.
B. if they fail, they will pay with their own lives.
C. he will eradicate all records of their previous crimes.
6. Macbeth startles his dinner guests by
A. conversing with the Ghost of Banquo
B. attempting to wash the blood from his hands
C. saying to Lady Macbeth that, "Murder will out."
7. The Witches threw into the cauldron
"Eye of bat and tongue of frog"(I)
"Wool of bat and tongue of dog" (II)
"Fang of snake and eagle's glare" (III)
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. II and III
8. The three apparitions which appeared to Macbeth were
An armed head. (I)
A child with a crown. (II)
A bloody child (III)
A. I and II
B. II and III
C. I, II, and III
9. In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm toward Macduff because he
A. wasn't prepared to overthrow Macbeth.
B. suspects a trick.
C. wasn't worthy of becoming king, in his opinion.
10. Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane when
A. the witches rendezvous with Macbeth.
B. the camouflaged soldiers make their advance.
C. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to stand and fight.
11. What is the significance of the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (I, i, 10)?
12. How does Macbeth function as a morality play?
13. How does Shakespeare use the technique of dramatic irony in Macbeth?
14. How does Lady Macbeth overcome her husband's resistance to the idea of killing King Duncan?
15. Contrast Macduff's response to the news of his wife's and children's deaths with Macbeth's response to being told Lady Macbeth is dead
PART 1
1: A. slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
-Act I, Scene 2. In that scene, we see Duncan talking about Macbeth. He calls Macbeth "valiant" and "worthy."
The reason that Duncan says these things is because of Macbeth's performance in battle. Duncan has just been told that Macbeth has performed very bravely in a battle against people who would have overthrown Duncan. Specifically, Duncan has just heard about how Macbeth killed Macdonwald.
2: B. the Thane of Cawdor him.
-Act 1, scene 2Duncan decrees that the thane of Cawdor be put to death and that Macbeth, the hero of the victorious army, be given Cawdor’s title. Ross leaves to deliver the news to Macbeth.
3: A. I and II
Act 1, scene 3
-Then they tell him that he will never be king but that his children will sit upon the throne (1.3.63–65).
4:C. the predictions made to Banquo and to himself.
Act 1, scene 3-Macbeth ignores his companions and speaks to himself, ruminating upon the possibility that he might one day be king. He wonders whether the reign will simply fall to him or whether he will have to perform a dark deed in order to gain the crown. At last he shakes himself from his reverie and the group departs for Forres.
5:A. the traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
-Act 1, scene 4
6.B. a metaphor.
7.B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
-Act 1, scene 5 What thou art promised; yet do I fear thy nature;/ It is too full o'the milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest way.
9: C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.
10:A. get the chamberlains drunk.
11.he is one of King Duncan's generals, noted for his fierce courage. In his battle against Duncan's enemies, he fights so furiously and valiantly that Duncan rewards him by making him the Thane of Cawdor. He then becomes a bloodthirsty tyrant as he sets out to gain the throne of Scotland. In the plays conclusion, the last view of Macbeth is one of courage in battle, a glimpse of his former self.
12.Macbeths ambition is aroused by the witches' prophecies, and once he becomes Thane of Cawdor, he sets out to gain the throne of Scotland.
13.Macbeth gained his power with help from the Witches and it destroyed him. They present things to Macbeth, planting the seed of ambition which is watered by his wife. He brings about his own demise, the witches were only the tools who acted as a catalyst.
14.Macbeth lets ambition corrupt him immediately upon learning that he has become the new Thane of Cawdor. The fact that one of the witches' prophecies comes true makes him hungry for the rest. Banquo, however, is very distrusting of the witches' because they are evil beings. He won't put much stock into what they have said just yet because he's concerned about the reprecussions.
15. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are very interesting in so far as they are quite ambivalent. Lady Macbeth admires her husband but also triggers his downfall. Lady Macbeth encourages her husband to slay Duncan. This event is pivotal and needs to be stressed if we really want to understand the whole concatenation of this wonderful yet mysterious play. Lady Macbeth symbolizes evil, Macbeth symbolizes gullibility. In short the relationships between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can be construed as a mixture of cruelty, anger and admiration.
PART 2
Part I.
1. Macbeth won the respect of King Duncan by
A. Slaying the traitor Macdonwald.
2. King Duncan rewarded Macbeth by dubbing him
B. The Thane of Cawdor him.
3. In addressing Banquo, the witches called him which of these?
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." (I)
"Not so happy as Macbeth, yet much happier." (II)
"A future father of kings." (III)
A. I and II only
4. When Macbeth said, "Two truths are told / As happy prologues" he was referring to
A. His titles of Glamis and Cawdor.
5. "Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it" is a reference to
A. The traitorous Thane of Cawdor.
6. Duncan's statement, "I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing" is an example of
B. A metaphor.
7. Lady Macbeth characterizes her husband as being
B. "too full of the milk of human kindness."
8. When Macbeth agonizes over the possible killing of the king, which of these does he say?
"He is my house guest; I should protect him." (I)
"Duncan's virtues will "plead like angels" " (II)
"I am his kinsman and his subject" (III)
B. II and III
9. Macbeth's statement to his wife, "Bring forth men-children only" signifies that he
C. has accepted the challenge to slay the king.
Part 2
1. "Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight?" is a reference to the
B. dagger.
2. Lady Macbeth confessed that she would have killed King Duncan herself except for the fact that
B. he looked like her father
3. Shakespeare introduced the Porter in order to
B. remind the audience of the Witches' prophecies.
4. Malcolm and Donalbain flee after the murder
A. because they fear the daggers in men's smiles.
5. Macbeth arranges for Banquo's death by telling the hired killers that
C. he will eradicate all records of their previous crimes.
6. Macbeth startles his dinner guests by
A. conversing with the Ghost of Banquo
7. The Witches threw into the cauldron
"Eye of bat and tongue of frog"(I)
"Wool of bat and tongue of dog" (II)
"Fang of snake and eagle's glare" (III)
A. I and II
8. The three apparitions which appeared to Macbeth were
An armed head. (I)
A child with a crown. (II)
A bloody child (III)
C. I, II, and III
9. In Act IV, Malcolm is at first lukewarm toward Macduff because he
B. suspects a trick.
10. Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane when
B. the camouflaged soldiers make their advance.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
More Macbeth Notes
Witches = foreshadowing (prophecy)
-theme- we see the hatred of women
-Shakespeare had to be careful because he was writing a play and the current king james I had relations to some characters in real life.
-Many underlying things
-Sailors wife= foreshadows lady macbeth
-3 witches told macbeth he would be king.
-Banquo wants to know what about him
-Do the witches have a purpose?
- Banquo = key player, big part of Macbeths rise and fall (after math)
-Angus and Ross inform Macbeth he has the title to be next in line for king
-Previous thane of Cawdor = in line for treason (norway)
Literary elements used that add to theme and tone
-Foreshadowing- 3 witches
-Witches often speak in Rhyme.. which adds to the theme of predestination (prophecy)
"When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won."
-Sailors wife Foreshadows lady Macbeth
-Metaphor= (chestnuts in her lap) Stripping away manhood
-Chaiasmus= "Fair is foul and foul is fair..
hover through the fog and filthy air" "By each one her chappy finger laying upon her skinny lips: you should be women."- Imagery
-Paradox- Contradicting statement that portrays some kind of truth
"Fair is foul and foul is fair"
Lady macbeth wants the throne.. but realizes king Duncan is in the way.
In the castle before dinner Macbeth ponders his thoughts of murdering Duncan
When macbeth decides not to kill duncan.. lady m. is outraged and calls him a coward
They come up with a plan to get the guards drunk then sneak in and murder Duncan.. then smear his blood on the sleeping guards to frame them.
Banquo and his son Fleance go to macbeths castle around midnight.. they talk to macbeth about the witches briefly..
B. and F leave.. and then macbeth has a vision of a daggar.. pointing towards duncan
Macbeth kills duncan but lady macbeth has to take the daggars back to the room to frame the guards.. mysterious knocking frightens macbeth.. he goes into his room and washes off the blood.
Macduff and lennox were knocking at the door
Macduff asks to see the king.. so macbeth takes him there and when macduff sees he has been murdered he freaks out and runs out of the room screaming.
Macbeth and lennox run in to look
Malcom and donablain arrive and are told there father was killed
Macbeth says that in the furry of Duncans death he killed the guards(Chamberlains)
Malcom and Donablain feel unsafe and fear they are next
Ross declares that macbeth has been made king
Suspicioun grows about the two princes because they fled the scene
Macbeth fears Banquo will seize the thrown so he hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Feance
Fleance escapes but Macbeth is visited by Banquos ghost durring a noble dinner and is fearful
Macbeth goes to see the three witches who give him prophecy to fear Macduff
When Macbeth hears that Macduff has fled to england to be with Malcom he orders that Macduff's wife and kids be killed
Macduff is filled with grief and vows revenge.. he joins malcoms army in england and rides to scotland to challenge macbeth's forces
Lady macbeth goes through some sleep walking and eventually kills herself
Macbeth grieves
At first macbeth feels invincible due to the witches prophecy but he is fearful, however, when he learns that the English army is advancing on Dunsinane shielded with boughs cut from Birnam Wood. Birnam Wood is indeed coming to Dunsinane, fulfilling half of the witches’ prophecy.
Macbeth keeps fighting until macduff kills and beheads him..
Malcom is now the king of Scotland.. and declares he has good intentions.
-theme- we see the hatred of women
-Shakespeare had to be careful because he was writing a play and the current king james I had relations to some characters in real life.
-Many underlying things
-Sailors wife= foreshadows lady macbeth
-3 witches told macbeth he would be king.
-Banquo wants to know what about him
-Do the witches have a purpose?
- Banquo = key player, big part of Macbeths rise and fall (after math)
-Angus and Ross inform Macbeth he has the title to be next in line for king
-Previous thane of Cawdor = in line for treason (norway)
Literary elements used that add to theme and tone
-Foreshadowing- 3 witches
-Witches often speak in Rhyme.. which adds to the theme of predestination (prophecy)
"When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won."
-Sailors wife Foreshadows lady Macbeth
-Metaphor= (chestnuts in her lap) Stripping away manhood
-Chaiasmus= "Fair is foul and foul is fair..
hover through the fog and filthy air" "By each one her chappy finger laying upon her skinny lips: you should be women."- Imagery
-Paradox- Contradicting statement that portrays some kind of truth
"Fair is foul and foul is fair"
Lady macbeth wants the throne.. but realizes king Duncan is in the way.
In the castle before dinner Macbeth ponders his thoughts of murdering Duncan
When macbeth decides not to kill duncan.. lady m. is outraged and calls him a coward
They come up with a plan to get the guards drunk then sneak in and murder Duncan.. then smear his blood on the sleeping guards to frame them.
Banquo and his son Fleance go to macbeths castle around midnight.. they talk to macbeth about the witches briefly..
B. and F leave.. and then macbeth has a vision of a daggar.. pointing towards duncan
Macbeth kills duncan but lady macbeth has to take the daggars back to the room to frame the guards.. mysterious knocking frightens macbeth.. he goes into his room and washes off the blood.
Macduff and lennox were knocking at the door
Macduff asks to see the king.. so macbeth takes him there and when macduff sees he has been murdered he freaks out and runs out of the room screaming.
Macbeth and lennox run in to look
Malcom and donablain arrive and are told there father was killed
Macbeth says that in the furry of Duncans death he killed the guards(Chamberlains)
Malcom and Donablain feel unsafe and fear they are next
Ross declares that macbeth has been made king
Suspicioun grows about the two princes because they fled the scene
Macbeth fears Banquo will seize the thrown so he hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Feance
Fleance escapes but Macbeth is visited by Banquos ghost durring a noble dinner and is fearful
Macbeth goes to see the three witches who give him prophecy to fear Macduff
When Macbeth hears that Macduff has fled to england to be with Malcom he orders that Macduff's wife and kids be killed
Macduff is filled with grief and vows revenge.. he joins malcoms army in england and rides to scotland to challenge macbeth's forces
Lady macbeth goes through some sleep walking and eventually kills herself
Macbeth grieves
At first macbeth feels invincible due to the witches prophecy but he is fearful, however, when he learns that the English army is advancing on Dunsinane shielded with boughs cut from Birnam Wood. Birnam Wood is indeed coming to Dunsinane, fulfilling half of the witches’ prophecy.
Macbeth keeps fighting until macduff kills and beheads him..
Malcom is now the king of Scotland.. and declares he has good intentions.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Literature Analysis 3 Notes
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald.
Characters: Jay Gatsby: The main character of the story lived in poverty as a child. His one goal in life was to become rich, not only to escape poverty but mainly to try and impress Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life. He does everything to try and win her.
Nick Carraway: Nick is the narrator of the story. He is the narrator because he happens to be Daisy Buchanan’s cousin, which lets him help in the affair between Jay and Daisy and everyone seems to entrust in him their secrets.
Daisy Buchanan: She was in love with Jay, but when he left for the war, she found Tom and married him. The only things that Daisy really cares about are money, being wealthy and living in luxury. She can’t seem to really show affection for the people around here.
Summary: Nick Carraway moves to New York in the West Egg district in Long Island. His neighbor is Jay Gatsby, who has huge parties every week. Nick goes to a dinner party, with his cousin, Daisy and her husband Tom. They introduce Nick to Jordan, who he has a relationship with. Jordan tells Nick that Tom is having an affair, with Myrtle. Nick goes to one of Gatsby’s parties and he meets Gatsby, with Jordan. Through Jordan Nick finds out more about Gatsby and his lifestyle. Gatsby then wants want Nick to create a meeting between him and Daisy. Nick does this and Gatsby and Daisy begin an affair. After a while Tom begins to suspect of his wife’s affair. When he figures out that it is with Gatsby he approaches Gatsby and says that Daisy and he have a history and he can’t ever comprehend it, she then tells his wife that Gatsby is a criminal and he obtained his fortune from bootlegging. Daisy then stays faithful to Tom and leaves Gatsby. When Nick Jordan and Tom are driving through the valley of ashes, where Myrtle lives. They find that Gatsby’s car has hit and killed Myrtle. When they go back to Long Island, Nick finds out from Gatsby that Daisy was driving, when she hit Myrtle, but Gatsby is going to take responsibility. Tom tells Myrtle’s husband George, that Gatsby killed Myrtle. George then assumes that Gatsby was Myrtle’s affair. George then finds Gatsby and kills him then shoots himself. Nick holds a funeral for Gatsby calls it off with Jordan and moves back to the Midwest.
Theme: A theme from The Great Gatsby is the shallowness of the upper class. Daisy cares about no one except herself and being rich. She only really cares about material items and possessions.
Characters: Jay Gatsby: The main character of the story lived in poverty as a child. His one goal in life was to become rich, not only to escape poverty but mainly to try and impress Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life. He does everything to try and win her.
Nick Carraway: Nick is the narrator of the story. He is the narrator because he happens to be Daisy Buchanan’s cousin, which lets him help in the affair between Jay and Daisy and everyone seems to entrust in him their secrets.
Daisy Buchanan: She was in love with Jay, but when he left for the war, she found Tom and married him. The only things that Daisy really cares about are money, being wealthy and living in luxury. She can’t seem to really show affection for the people around here.
Summary: Nick Carraway moves to New York in the West Egg district in Long Island. His neighbor is Jay Gatsby, who has huge parties every week. Nick goes to a dinner party, with his cousin, Daisy and her husband Tom. They introduce Nick to Jordan, who he has a relationship with. Jordan tells Nick that Tom is having an affair, with Myrtle. Nick goes to one of Gatsby’s parties and he meets Gatsby, with Jordan. Through Jordan Nick finds out more about Gatsby and his lifestyle. Gatsby then wants want Nick to create a meeting between him and Daisy. Nick does this and Gatsby and Daisy begin an affair. After a while Tom begins to suspect of his wife’s affair. When he figures out that it is with Gatsby he approaches Gatsby and says that Daisy and he have a history and he can’t ever comprehend it, she then tells his wife that Gatsby is a criminal and he obtained his fortune from bootlegging. Daisy then stays faithful to Tom and leaves Gatsby. When Nick Jordan and Tom are driving through the valley of ashes, where Myrtle lives. They find that Gatsby’s car has hit and killed Myrtle. When they go back to Long Island, Nick finds out from Gatsby that Daisy was driving, when she hit Myrtle, but Gatsby is going to take responsibility. Tom tells Myrtle’s husband George, that Gatsby killed Myrtle. George then assumes that Gatsby was Myrtle’s affair. George then finds Gatsby and kills him then shoots himself. Nick holds a funeral for Gatsby calls it off with Jordan and moves back to the Midwest.
Theme: A theme from The Great Gatsby is the shallowness of the upper class. Daisy cares about no one except herself and being rich. She only really cares about material items and possessions.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Macbeth Notes
Macbeth is suppose to upset people.. Shows life at most brutal point.
In a barbaric era, population pressures made war and even the slaughter of one community by another a fact of life.
"Macbeth" means "Son of Life" -a christian name
"canmore" means big head/great ruler
Evil/Predestination
-Supernatural forces
*Full of double meanings. "fair is foul and foul is fair"
*Is the message of Macbeth one of despair or hope?
-dog eat dog world... human life itself is meaningless and tiresome.
*Shakespeare wrote Macbeth around 1605-1606.. historical
*Need to understand historical background in order to make connections in the play.
-Macbeth is an openly political play.
-Shakespeare changed history in Macbeth to create suspense and tension.
-If we understand the background we can figure out the motives of the characters.
-Macbeth was a man of penetrating genius, a high spirit, unbounded ambition. -Intelligent and ambitious.
* "Too full o' th' milk of human kindness/to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,/Art not without ambition but without/the illness should attend it."
When we first hear of Macbeth, he has just cut an enemy open ("unseamed") from belly button ("nave") to throat ("chops"). The king shouts "Oh valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!"
Horses go insane and devour each others' meat while they are still alive.
-To show Macbeth his future, witches add to the brew "grease that's sweated from the murderer's gibbet."
*Would you like to know what that means?
-The bodies of executed murderers were left hanging on the gallows / gibbet, often caged so their friends couldn't take them away, until they were skeletonized. There will be a puddle of oil underneath the body.
-Macbeth's head ends up on a stick.
-In a barbaric era, population pressures made war and even the slaughter of one community by another a fact of life. Survival depended in having a capable warlord to protect life and property, prevent infighting, and protect from distant enemies.
-Groups of warlords would unite under the nominal leadership of one king to promote their common interests and war on more distant nations.
-While people pretended to believe in "the divine right of kings" and "lawful succession", continuing effective leadership was assured by warlords killing off the less capable family members.
-Boece made up Banquo and Fleance. (Scottish )
-The three witches remind English teachers of the three Fates of Greek mythology and the three Norns of Norse mythology. "Weird" (as in "weird sisters") used to mean "destiny" or "fate". Perhaps in an older version they were.
-on the morning of the day Banquo gets murdered, Macbeth asks him three times where he is going and whether his son will be with him.
^Banquo should have been more suspicious. After the banquet, every one of the other warlords in Scotland knows that Macbeth killed Banquo for no good reason, and that he is mentally imbalanced, and that they are themselves in danger. In the scene after the banquet, the Macbeths have become distant from one another. They say little of consequence.
-Brown suggests that Lady Macbeth writes a letter warning her friend, Lady Macduff, about her husband.
^This explains the appearance of the messenger to warn Lady Macduff just before she is killed -- this episode does not contribute otherwise to the drama -- and afterwards, Lady Macbeth's repetitive writing during her sleepwalking.
-Around 1950, scholars noticed and argued the obvious. Macbeth was written specifically to be performed for, and to please, King James I.
-Some people will decide that the Macbeths are victims of supernatural forces beyond anybody's control. Other people will decide that the talk about predestination simply reflects the folk-tale, or that the Macbeths' era and/or their outlook on life guarantee that something really bad will happen to them.
-Lady Macbeth, misogynist, wants to lose her femininity so she can be cold-blooded and commit murder like a man does
-Malcolm tells Macduff -- who has just learned about the murder of his family -- to bear his sorrow like a man. Macduff replies he must also feel it as a man does, i.e., he IS a man because he has feelings.
Siward's son becomes a man in his father's eyes the day he falls in battle
-Third Murderer: It's somebody who knows Banquo and Fleance. The usual suspects include Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, or a servant or thane. All these people are supposed to show up momentarily at Macbeth's dinner party, without bloodstains.
Shakespeare's insight goes far deeper. first work in English that focuses on the isolation and meaninglessness that result from selfishness and cruelty.
-By the end, Lady Macbeth dissociates from the horror of what she has become.
-Shakespeare uses insanity as a metaphor for actually gaining insight in "King Lear" and maybe elsewhere. Lady Macbeth's insanity is really nothing more than her realizing the nature and consequences of the horrible thing she has done.
-Macbeth verbally abuses and bullies the people who he needs to defend him (and who are abandoning him), while reflecting to himself on the emptiness and futility of it all. Of course, the couple no longer has a relationship, and Macbeth is merely annoyed when she dies.
*Is human society fundamentally amoral, dog-eat-dog? If so, then Macbeth is right, and human life itself is meaningless and tiresome.
*Or do the hints of a better life such as King Edward's ministry, Malcolm's clean living, the dignified death of the contrite traitor, and the doctor's prescription for pastoral care, display Shakespeare's Christianity and/or humanism?
It's a dark play. The light of goodness seems still fairly dim. But evil always appeals more to the imagination.
*Is the message of Macbeth one of despair, or of hope?
The dramatic purposes served by Shakespeare’s unique portrait of a compassionate, tender Macbeth, and his adaptation of Kenneth’s eerie story are obvious . But the changes also enhance the thematic content of the play, blurring the line between the two extremes of good and evil within Macbeth himself.
-His commiseration in the play, and his intense feelings of guilt before and after the regicide clash with his "passion or infatuation beyond the reach of reason’ that propels him to commit the murder. By representing Macbeth’s nature in this way, Shakespeare "rescues Macbeth from the category of melodramatic villain, the kind of character we can dismiss with a snap moral judgment, and elevates him to that of tragic hero .... toward whom we must exercise a most careful moral and human discrimination if we are to do him even partial justice" (Calderwood, 52).
-The attention Shakespeare pays to Macbeth’s conscience would have been of particular interest to King James.
-Basilicon Doron: written to teach his son, Henry, the ways of morality and kingly duties, James discusses the human conscience at great length, beginning with the statement: "Conscience ... it is nothing els but the light of knowledge that God hath planted in man; which choppeth him with a feeling that hee hath done wrong when ever he committeth any sinne ..." Macbeth was specifically used as entertainment for the royal court, Shakespeare’s inclusion of Macbeth’s guilty conscience was a way in which he could both intrigue and compliment King James.
In a barbaric era, population pressures made war and even the slaughter of one community by another a fact of life.
"Macbeth" means "Son of Life" -a christian name
"canmore" means big head/great ruler
Evil/Predestination
-Supernatural forces
*Full of double meanings. "fair is foul and foul is fair"
*Is the message of Macbeth one of despair or hope?
-dog eat dog world... human life itself is meaningless and tiresome.
*Shakespeare wrote Macbeth around 1605-1606.. historical
*Need to understand historical background in order to make connections in the play.
-Macbeth is an openly political play.
-Shakespeare changed history in Macbeth to create suspense and tension.
-If we understand the background we can figure out the motives of the characters.
-Macbeth was a man of penetrating genius, a high spirit, unbounded ambition. -Intelligent and ambitious.
* "Too full o' th' milk of human kindness/to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,/Art not without ambition but without/the illness should attend it."
When we first hear of Macbeth, he has just cut an enemy open ("unseamed") from belly button ("nave") to throat ("chops"). The king shouts "Oh valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!"
Horses go insane and devour each others' meat while they are still alive.
-To show Macbeth his future, witches add to the brew "grease that's sweated from the murderer's gibbet."
*Would you like to know what that means?
-The bodies of executed murderers were left hanging on the gallows / gibbet, often caged so their friends couldn't take them away, until they were skeletonized. There will be a puddle of oil underneath the body.
-Macbeth's head ends up on a stick.
-In a barbaric era, population pressures made war and even the slaughter of one community by another a fact of life. Survival depended in having a capable warlord to protect life and property, prevent infighting, and protect from distant enemies.
-Groups of warlords would unite under the nominal leadership of one king to promote their common interests and war on more distant nations.
-While people pretended to believe in "the divine right of kings" and "lawful succession", continuing effective leadership was assured by warlords killing off the less capable family members.
-Boece made up Banquo and Fleance. (Scottish )
-The three witches remind English teachers of the three Fates of Greek mythology and the three Norns of Norse mythology. "Weird" (as in "weird sisters") used to mean "destiny" or "fate". Perhaps in an older version they were.
-on the morning of the day Banquo gets murdered, Macbeth asks him three times where he is going and whether his son will be with him.
^Banquo should have been more suspicious. After the banquet, every one of the other warlords in Scotland knows that Macbeth killed Banquo for no good reason, and that he is mentally imbalanced, and that they are themselves in danger. In the scene after the banquet, the Macbeths have become distant from one another. They say little of consequence.
-Brown suggests that Lady Macbeth writes a letter warning her friend, Lady Macduff, about her husband.
^This explains the appearance of the messenger to warn Lady Macduff just before she is killed -- this episode does not contribute otherwise to the drama -- and afterwards, Lady Macbeth's repetitive writing during her sleepwalking.
-Around 1950, scholars noticed and argued the obvious. Macbeth was written specifically to be performed for, and to please, King James I.
-Some people will decide that the Macbeths are victims of supernatural forces beyond anybody's control. Other people will decide that the talk about predestination simply reflects the folk-tale, or that the Macbeths' era and/or their outlook on life guarantee that something really bad will happen to them.
-Lady Macbeth, misogynist, wants to lose her femininity so she can be cold-blooded and commit murder like a man does
-Malcolm tells Macduff -- who has just learned about the murder of his family -- to bear his sorrow like a man. Macduff replies he must also feel it as a man does, i.e., he IS a man because he has feelings.
Siward's son becomes a man in his father's eyes the day he falls in battle
-Third Murderer: It's somebody who knows Banquo and Fleance. The usual suspects include Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, or a servant or thane. All these people are supposed to show up momentarily at Macbeth's dinner party, without bloodstains.
Shakespeare's insight goes far deeper. first work in English that focuses on the isolation and meaninglessness that result from selfishness and cruelty.
-By the end, Lady Macbeth dissociates from the horror of what she has become.
-Shakespeare uses insanity as a metaphor for actually gaining insight in "King Lear" and maybe elsewhere. Lady Macbeth's insanity is really nothing more than her realizing the nature and consequences of the horrible thing she has done.
-Macbeth verbally abuses and bullies the people who he needs to defend him (and who are abandoning him), while reflecting to himself on the emptiness and futility of it all. Of course, the couple no longer has a relationship, and Macbeth is merely annoyed when she dies.
*Is human society fundamentally amoral, dog-eat-dog? If so, then Macbeth is right, and human life itself is meaningless and tiresome.
*Or do the hints of a better life such as King Edward's ministry, Malcolm's clean living, the dignified death of the contrite traitor, and the doctor's prescription for pastoral care, display Shakespeare's Christianity and/or humanism?
It's a dark play. The light of goodness seems still fairly dim. But evil always appeals more to the imagination.
*Is the message of Macbeth one of despair, or of hope?
The dramatic purposes served by Shakespeare’s unique portrait of a compassionate, tender Macbeth, and his adaptation of Kenneth’s eerie story are obvious . But the changes also enhance the thematic content of the play, blurring the line between the two extremes of good and evil within Macbeth himself.
-His commiseration in the play, and his intense feelings of guilt before and after the regicide clash with his "passion or infatuation beyond the reach of reason’ that propels him to commit the murder. By representing Macbeth’s nature in this way, Shakespeare "rescues Macbeth from the category of melodramatic villain, the kind of character we can dismiss with a snap moral judgment, and elevates him to that of tragic hero .... toward whom we must exercise a most careful moral and human discrimination if we are to do him even partial justice" (Calderwood, 52).
-The attention Shakespeare pays to Macbeth’s conscience would have been of particular interest to King James.
-Basilicon Doron: written to teach his son, Henry, the ways of morality and kingly duties, James discusses the human conscience at great length, beginning with the statement: "Conscience ... it is nothing els but the light of knowledge that God hath planted in man; which choppeth him with a feeling that hee hath done wrong when ever he committeth any sinne ..." Macbeth was specifically used as entertainment for the royal court, Shakespeare’s inclusion of Macbeth’s guilty conscience was a way in which he could both intrigue and compliment King James.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
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