Sonnet notes

Macbeth Act IV questions

Act 4 questions 

Collaboration with Danielle Cadena

Act 4.1

1. How many witches appear in this scene?

The three weird sisters from the beginning and Hecate appear in this scene.

2. What messages does Macbeth get from the witches and their apparitions? Does he feel safe after the first three apparitions? Should he? How does he feel after the fourth, the line of kings?

The armed head tells Macbeth that Macduff has gone to England. The bloody child tells him that he will never be vanquished by a man. The child with a crown and a tree tells him that he will be vanquished when someone gets past this forest. Macbeth continually wants to know his future so he asks if Banquo’s prophecy will come true and the witches show him eight kings that rule with Banquo behind them. When i read this part i pictured Macbeth in the fetal position because he seems broken and if he were standing on a ledge well these visions would be his last inch. I think he should feel this way because his own greed, ambition, and corrupted self led him here and he knew  what was going to happen when the witches told him.

3. What does Macbeth learn from Lennox at line 158? What does he plan to do about it?

Macbeth learns that Macduff has fled to England which means he is becoming a serious problem so Macbeth plans to murder his wife and children. P.S. He thought of that all on his own, just to show how much his character has changed since the beginning of the play.

4.2 #3

Her son is killed by the murderer.Lady Macduff and her son didn’t run away, but instead kept firm of their position. After the son died, Lady Macduff fled while the murderer chased her. We don’t know if she was killed afterwards but it is safe to assume so.

Macbeth Act III Notes

Scene 1

• Macbeth meets with Banquo and talks about the witches' prophecies again
• Macbeth wants to get rid of Banquo by having other men do it

Scene 2

• Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about murdering Banquo

Scene 3

• The men Macbeth hired ambushed Banquo and killed him
• Fleance was able to escape

Scene 4

• at the dinner party, Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost in his chair
• he tells Lady Macbeth that he'll complete the entire deed, can't stop halfway by letting suspicious people live

Scene 5

•  Hecate appears with the witches

Scene 6

• Lennox and a lord discuss about Macbeth's dangerous influence and hopes to rid him

Lit techniques in Macbeth

Shakespeare uses aphorism. "Foul is fair and fair is foul" is a quote that portrays the main theme. This quote says a lot about Macbeth's actions and his consequences. It suggests that Macbeth took foul shortcuts to become king, and that this action will lead Macbeth to not be a good leader.

Macbeth Act II Notes

Scene 1

• Macbeth and Banquo talk about the witches in the castle
• After Banquo leaves, Macbeth hallucinates in seeing a floating dagger in the air
• He becomes doubtful, but makes his resolve
• Lady Macbeth rings the bell to mark the start of the murder

Scene 2

• Macbeth kills Duncan as planned
• he leaves the dagger in the room feeling very uneasy about the murder
• talks about cleansing his dirty hands symbolically
• he hears a knocking noise

Scene 3

• the knocking was Lennox and Macduff
• they went to go see the king and find out he's dead
• everyone is in chaos, people start to worry about themselves

Scene 4

• Ross talks about the abnormal actions going on lately
• Macbeth is made king

ACT I Study Questions

Act I Study Questions Collaboration

Collaboration: Jayce, Jared, Hikaru, Marcel,  Danielle, Erica

1.1-1.2.

1.1

1.  The effect of the witches at the beginning of the play gives off a gloomy, dark, wicked aura. Nothing beats a supernatural setting based on evil remarks and foreshadowing from the witches, yet they detest their true objective in meeting someone of value. From further reading of the play, the witches are going to meet Macbeth and Banquo when the air is unclear to see, just like fog.

1.2.

1.  The “bloody sergeant” comes to meet the king and his attendants to describe the fierceness of Macbeth and the experiences he’s had with him on the battlefield. Macdonwald was a rebel fighting the king’s army and mercilessly slain many men. The one to kill him was Macbeth and so chopped his head and stuck it to a pike. This did not drop the moral of the enemy soldiers, so the king of Scotland regrouped with new troops and retaliated with another assault. None of the rebels faltered after such display of intimidation

1.3 #1, 2

1.3

1. In lines 1-27, the witches are talking about sinking the ship of Macbeth. The effect the witches create is one of disgust to hear them talking about sinking a ship as if it were a game. These specifics foreshadow that Macbeth will arrive by the sinking of his ship. The witches are here to create the plot while the other characters are merely dancers. Line 9 is talking about sailing in a typical sieve sailing to sink the ship. The witches prepare for Macbeth by literally casting a spell. Giving thee a wind means to help you out. But this spell could be seen as basically winding up the plot so that Macbeth will play the part the witches want him to.
2. Macbeth’s first line reminds me of the witches line fair is foul and foul is fair. Those that we see as evil see us as evil. The witches look really ugly and look almost demonic. They portray the typical image of a witch. The witches tell Macbeth that he will be king of Cawdor as well as Glamis. He becomes captivated in the witches visions of him as king. We know this because that’s how Banquo describes him as being. Banquo asks the witches to tell him what they see in his future and they tell him that he will be greater than Macbeth though he is lesser and he will be happier though not so happy. We know that Macbeth will kill the king and rise to his throne that way.

1.4.

1.4

1. Cawdor died honorably after confessing and repenting his own crimes. The basically replies that Cawdor was a chivalrous man who had completely trusted.
2. The king greets Banquo and Macbeth with guilt that he can never truly repay them for their heroic deeds. The king then announces that he is going to make his eldest son, Malcolm the heir to the throne. Duncan then declares that he intends to dine at Macbeth’s castle. Macbeth states he is happy for the new heir but then realizes that Malcolm is just another obstacle getting in his way of becoming king.

1.5 #4, 1.6

1.5

1. Lady Macbeth’s name is Gruoch, modeled after the name Gruoch ingen Boite.

1.6

1. Macbeth is not ready to kill the king. He expresses his doubts and troubles of killing Duncan. In lines 1-12, Macbeth is worried that the same assassination will happen to him once he replaces the current king. Just as he is eyeing the king’s throne, other people will also want it if Macbeth is to spill Duncan’s blood. Macbeth’s violates the code of friendship with Duncan. He is his “kinsmen and his subject” so he has some sympathy towards him. His “vaulting ambition” is his motivation.

 #1 and #2 for 1.7

1.7

    1.   Macbeth has everything set up to murder Duncan from the offer to come and stay at his abode to the poison to place in his cup. How ever he’s worried about what will become of him after doing so and if he actually should go through with it. As a host you're not suppose to kill your guest rather do everything in your power to make them comfortable. Macbeth’s ambition outweighs the sorrow of killing duncan and this is all the motivation he needs.

    2. Lady Macbeth complains for knowledge of the desolation of duncan after dinner. Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about how he doesn't want to go through with this heinous act any longer and she responds with calling him a coward in riveted language. Lady Macbeths sticks to her taunts and ambitious pulls to make him go through with it while Macbeth stand by what's morally right but in the end Lady Macbeth dominates this scene over her husband.

1.2 (#2) ; 1.3 (#3)

1.2  (#2)

Ross and Angus mention that the Norwegian lord “surveying vantage,” and ensuring new supplies, began a new assault. They specifically mention that the thane of Cawdor is the traitor, and shall be stripped of his title (given to Macbeth) and killed in accordance to his betrayal.

  

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WHAT ABOUT MY MASTERPIECE?

This week, I had to change the day i'm going to the Computer History Museum. I changed it to May 2nd from May 23, but other than that my plan is still the same. I still plan to take 2 other people and Go pro our entire trip and make a video at the end. As for time, Shakespeare had every day to write his plays. During the week, regular homework, work, and other small things make it hard for me to work on my masterpiece. However, I try to catch up on the weekends. For me, time is flying by too fast for me to do everything I need to get done. That being said, I will still go through with it on my plan and hope for the best outcomes.

MEET MACBETH

Collaborated with Jared Dube

Macbeth is introduced by direct characterization when Duncan states "No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, And with his former title greet Macbeth."  Macbeth was a hero for killing Macdonwald. He is indirectly introduced when he easily influenced by the witches knowledge of the future. He is easily persuaded by the chance at knowing his own future which ends up suggesting that he selfish when in search of the future. The witches depict his future thus foreshadowing the plot of Macbeth becoming king. So far the tone towards the Macbeth doesn't define the person he is in his own mind but the tone becomes eerie when the witches come out showing them as chaotic beings. Conscious is a theme that is evident in Macbeth, since he seems easily manipulated by conducting evil deeds for his own ambitions like when he wants the witches to tell him more about his future.

Spring Break Poetry Essay

Prompt:  Write an essay in which you describe the speaker's attitude toward the father's death. Using specific references from the text, show how the use of language reveals the speaker's attitude.

Why it fits: This prompt fits Dylan Thomas’s poem because the author’s attitude plays a significant role in defining the theme. Analyzing the tone is especially important in this poem because the assertive and desperate tone heavily implies the author’s message.

Essay:

In Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night, Dylan Thomas implies a desperate yet assertive attitude towards the dying father. His use of symbolism and repetition together reveals the tone by clearly stating his message through the use of symbols like “light” and “dark”.  

The line “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” is used several times by the dying father’s child.  The repetition of this line has a powerful effect in portraying a desperate tone. The words “rage, rage” suggests a strong attitude towards the coming of death, and even though the speaker knows that death is inevitable, the speaker still urges his father in despair to fight against the “good night”. The title of the poem itself is also repeated several times throughout the poem. The “good night” refers to death, and the author clearly states to not “go gentle” into it, meaning to not accept death peacefully. The repetition of the two lines grasp the theme of the poem, which is to fight with all of your might against the moment of death and not just merely accept it in calm. This literary technique in effect implies that the author’s attitude is assertive, and also desperate at the same time.

Symbolism is another literary technique that Thomas uses to convey his tone. He refers to “wise men, good men, wild men and grave men” representing the different types of people. He is saying that no matter who you are, you will eventually meet the “dark” and lose sight of the “bright”. The author even juxtaposes “blind eyes could blaze like meteors” in that blind eyes can be seen as dull, while meteors are often bright with blaze. This effect suggests the desperate tone in that the speaker wants to see even “grave men” to rage against death all while knowing that these men will pass away. The “fierce tears” that the child sees is a physical representation of the rage, and adds weight to creating the desperate attitude the author conveys.

In the poem by Dylan Thomas, literary techniques such as symbolism and repetition effectively reveals the the desperate and assertive tone. The words “rage”, “dark”, and “light” are frequently used to clearly imply the symbolic meaning it holds to suggest the theme. The two tones evident throughout helps the reader understand the idea of fighting against old age and death, rather than calmly waiting for it.

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Do not go gentle into that good night in Interstellar

When I first saw Interstellar, I didn't get the reference to Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that good night". Completely forgetting about this, I chose this poem to analyze for the homework and I watched the movie again. I got the meaning and the significance of it this time. It was one of those moments where you appreciate good poetry and know that the theme of the poem is visually represented by a movie.  

Literature Analysis #3

Literature Analysis: Medea  by Euripides

Collaborated with Jared Dube, Bailey Reasner, Marcel Dube

1.Euripedes' Medea begins and ends with conflict. Jason abandoned his wife, Medea, along with their two children. He hopes to advance his station by remarrying with Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, the Greek city.

Outside the royal palace, a nurse laments the events that have lead to the present issue. After a long series of trials and betrayals Jason and Medea to seek exile in Corinth. They had settled down and established their family, achieving a degree of fame and respectability. Jason's recent abandonment of that family has crushed Medea emotionally, to the degree that she curses her own existence, as well as that of her two children.

Fearing a possible plot of revenge, Creon banishes Medea and her children from the city. After pleading for mercy, Medea is granted one day before she must leave, during which she plans to complete her quest for "justice." Jason accuses Medea of overreacting. By voicing her grievances so publicly, she has endangered her life and that of their children. He claims that his decision to remarry was in everyone's best interest.

Appearing by chance in Corinth, Aegeus, King of Athens, offers Medea sanctuary in his home city in exchange for her knowledge of certain drugs that can cure his sterility. Now guaranteed an eventual haven in Athens, Medea has cleared all obstacles to completing her revenge, a plan which grows to include the murder of her own children. The pain their loss will cause her does not outweigh the satisfaction she will feel in making Jason suffer.

Medea then pretends to sympathize with Jason  and offers his wife "gifts," a coronet and dress. Ostensibly, the gifts are meant to convince Glauce to ask her father to allow the children to stay in Corinth. The coronet and dress are actually poisoned and their delivery causes Glauce's painful death. Seeing his daughter ravaged by the poison, Creon chooses to die by her side by dramatically embracing her and absorbing the poison himself.

A messenger recounts the gruesome details of these deaths, which Medea absorbs with cool attentiveness. Her earlier state of anxiety, which intensified as she struggled with the decision to commit murder has now given way to an assured determination to fulfill her plans. Against the protests of the chorus, Medea murders her children and flees the scene in a dragon-pulled chariot provided by her grandfather, the Sun-God. Jason is left with his hope of advancing his station by abandoning Medea and marrying Glauce and everything he values has been lost through death and tragedy.

2. In Media the two main themes demonstrated include betrayal and revenge. Betrayal can easily be seen as a theme in the play due to where all the anger and despair that follows when Jason betrays his wife Medea causing her to act out which leads to the second theme of revenge. Her hatred fuels her to do inconceivable acts in the pursuit of revenge which forces her to use manipulation and this ties the two themes together since manipulation is just another form of betrayal.

3. The tone seemingly appears cynical most of the time with Medea constant plotting for her ex husbands suffering yet sometimes sympathetic which relies heavily on the chorus who expressed their sympathy for Medea fates and Jasons slain children in their words.   

4.  

• Symbolism - the murder of Medea’s own children symbolizes her wrath and past love with her husband.
• Symbolism - Deities like Apollo are an obvious symbolic element in Medea.
• Tone - Euripedes sets a bitter and dark overall tone as the murder of her children is a significant influence on the play
• Imagery - Imagery is heavily used throughout the play for Medea, as she is often described to be in a angry and raged state.
• Direct Characterization - The author frequently uses direct characterization for Medea to draw out her personality. It is effective because it clearly implies her rage and fluster through the direct characterization.

Characterization:

1.Direct Characterization:

• her heart passionately in love with Jason.
• Their fine love's grown sick, diseased, for Jason,

  Indirect Characterization:

• Don't fear me, Creon. It's not in me to commit crimes against the men in charge.
• I'm not that clever, but still you fear me.

2.The authors diction does change when Medea talks, the author shifts the diction to be more aggressive compared to the other neutral characters of the play. I feel the reason behind changing the diction is to make Medea stand out as a character who can no longer fit in her society due to efforts in seeking revenge. Although the author changes diction, he doesn’t change the syntax of the play at any point. So all in all, the syntax between Medea and other characters doesn’t cause an obvious difference.

3.Medea is dynamic because she is forced into a problematic situation where her husband leaves her to enhance his position which then make her drastically change into a vindictive character who would resort to killing her children to get revenge. Medea is a flat character because her goals never change and are never impeded on even when feeling sympathetic for the killing of her children which she does just for revenge.
4. After reading this play, I felt that I met a real character because the emotions and thoughts that Medea experiences are somewhat realistic. Although Medea is mostly violent, and she shed the blood of her two sons, the complex emotions that she undergoes is parallel and relatable to anyone. That being said, I would not want to actually meet Medea in real life.