Revised my writing remix : 25 minutes
Revised my cover letter : 30 minutes
Read books to my brother : 15 minutes
Total: 130 minutes
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Big Ideas in Macbeth
On the first day of the unit Macbeth we had an introduction to Drama, Shakespeare, and the play itself in which we learned about the five elements of drama. key ideas about drama, background information on Shakespeare, and main ideas you will notice in the play; witchcraft, body politic, betrayal, kingship, guilt, and many more. One that I found important in the play was kingship.
Personally I feel as though kingship is very important because we start the book with the witch scene mentioning to Macbeth about becoming king, so from that moment I knew that kingship was going to be important. I did not realize how important it was until Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were planning the murder of Duncan so he can become king even sooner.
Besides the first murder of Duncan we know that as the book progresses, Macbeth murders more people. One of which that was surprising to me was the murder of his best friend, Banquo. The reason behind this as because he was considered a threat to his power, so he had the idea to murder him and his son, Fleance. We know that this was a strange murder because Banquo's ghost haunted Macbeth after during the feast. Personally, feel as though this murder showed me how important kingship was to the book, because a man killed his best friend thinking that he was a threat to his power as king. Knowing that a man would go that far to save his power is crazy.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Identifying an Important Quote
Quote 1:
First Witch
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
Second Witch
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
Third Witch
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
I feel as though this quote is considered an important quote in Macbeth. For one, it is in the beginning of the book and on the first day we discussed this quote, so I knew it had to be important. Looking further into the quote itself, it allowed me as a reader to see the past, how Macbeth was the Thane of Glamis, and the present because he currently is the thane of Cawdor. But then, Macbeth did not know that he would be, but when he figured out, he knew that the witches were telling the truth. It also shows the future of Macbeth and what will come later in the novel, which is being king. How he achieves this, I would not know at that part of the book, but because we have read through Act 3, I know that he murdered Duncan, then got people to murder Banquo and Fleance, but Fleance escaped.
Quote 2:
Macbeth
Come, we'll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse
Is the initiate fear that wants hard use.
We are yet but young in deed.
This quote, again not only did we discuss in class, but I feel as though I could elaborate more. As we know, right before this Banquo was murdered, and Macbeth was visited by his ghost. He says these lines to Lady Macbeth right before going to sleep. We talked in class about how this translated into modern language saying that these hallucinations are just because he is not used to murdering people, and we must kill more for these feelings to go away. We are not experienced killers, so I am having these feelings. Just as my other quote for shadowed the future, I feel as this one does as well. Because Macbeth is telling his wife, we need to kill more people, I feel as though they will but we do not know who.
First Witch
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
Second Witch
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
Third Witch
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
I feel as though this quote is considered an important quote in Macbeth. For one, it is in the beginning of the book and on the first day we discussed this quote, so I knew it had to be important. Looking further into the quote itself, it allowed me as a reader to see the past, how Macbeth was the Thane of Glamis, and the present because he currently is the thane of Cawdor. But then, Macbeth did not know that he would be, but when he figured out, he knew that the witches were telling the truth. It also shows the future of Macbeth and what will come later in the novel, which is being king. How he achieves this, I would not know at that part of the book, but because we have read through Act 3, I know that he murdered Duncan, then got people to murder Banquo and Fleance, but Fleance escaped.
Quote 2:
Macbeth
Come, we'll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse
Is the initiate fear that wants hard use.
We are yet but young in deed.
This quote, again not only did we discuss in class, but I feel as though I could elaborate more. As we know, right before this Banquo was murdered, and Macbeth was visited by his ghost. He says these lines to Lady Macbeth right before going to sleep. We talked in class about how this translated into modern language saying that these hallucinations are just because he is not used to murdering people, and we must kill more for these feelings to go away. We are not experienced killers, so I am having these feelings. Just as my other quote for shadowed the future, I feel as this one does as well. Because Macbeth is telling his wife, we need to kill more people, I feel as though they will but we do not know who.
Reading Log 5/5
This past week I have spent time mostly working on my Portfolio.
Finishing gore performance packet: 5 minutes
Working on Writing Remix : 1 hr 15 min
Writing "Writing Remix" Analysis : 20 minutes
Working on Hits and Misses : 20 minutes
Pre-planning for my Cover Letter (Reading Norton/going through comments) : 25 minutes
Total: 145 minutes
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