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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Act 5

Because it is all too easy I will talk about two of the images that are in this act. The first one will be about the doubles image as I have done before. In act four Macbeth was assure that he would not die because there are no men who were not born from women and also because the woods cannot march on a castle. In this Act though we learn that these were covers and not only is this a deep wound to Macbeth's confidence but shows how much everyone has turned on Macbeth. Finally we are faced with the death of most important character; Macbeth. He knows he is going to die as the warnings have all come true and he knows that he must fail and die in order to finish them. Still he fights to the death ending what started with a death.

Act 4 Part II

I would like to take a stretch and explain about the doubles part of act 4. In many cases the word "double" can be used to mean a cover for the truth. This is what Malcolm tries to do to Macduff. He tries to lie and say he is a horrible person to the a king but Macduff is so incredibly passionate about how Macbeth is a horrible that Malcolm finally comes clean in the fact that he was lying before. Another stretch that I could make si how Malcolm and Macbeth are two parts of one whole person in a way. Macbeth does all the killing and gathers no blame even though people always suspect him. Malcolm is quite the opposite of how he does not do anything but gathers all the blame. When you add these two people together it is like Ying and Yang. They are the good and bad versions ofone another and it is this that explains doubles in this act.

act 4 part I

I would have to say the most predominant of the themes in this act is strangeness. Macbeth desperate for answers asks for more predictions and for some sense of security with his actions. He asks what will happen to him. In their predictions they give him a sense of security but it is an unjust feeling. They tell him that no man born of a woman can hurt him and that he will not fall until the woods march on his castle. These are worded in such a way that he assumes the trees will physically move. He also assumes that since every man is born of a woman, no one at all can hurt him. These predictions are made on purpose to fool him. The witches want to see him fall and they know the best way to do it is to keep him off guard.

Act III Part II

This Act has many references of strangeness and death. When Macbeth comes to eat at his own party there is something wrong, there is no place for him to sit. He banters back and forth until he finally realizes that the person in his seat is Banquo's ghost. He freaks out yelling at it while no one else can see the ghost at all. Even more weird than that is the fact that his wife tells everyone that he does this from time to time and that by paying attention to it the guests would actually prolong it. This shows how people with blindly follow the idea of the king even when it is ridiculous. Then we hear about the treason; Macduff planning to betray Macbeth. Even more weird than that on this scale is that while it is considered treason many people are tying to join in and go along with it. It shows that people can change quickly as Macbeth went from nice to evil and how people went from supporting to opposing.

Friday, November 21, 2008

ACT III part I

Some of the most prominent visions in Act III are Injury and Strangeness. There is the deception that the sons of the king are the murderers that keeps being brought up by banquo and Macbeth. Banquo is confused because he assumes that if the first of the prophecies came true then why wouldn't the second one about his line becoming kings also come true. When all is said between Banquo and Macbeth, Macbeth ponders about Banquo and what will happen. Without being able to produce an heir Macbeth feels like his work will be for nothing. Finally two men enter and talk to Macbeth. It is reveled that Macbeth is trying to get Banquo killed by the way of lying to two murderers. The most strange thing of all is that Macbeth does not even tell his wife about Banquo's murder. He tells her not to worry and that he will take care of everything. This is the opposite of the beginning and signals the beginning of the end

Act II part I

Act II has alot of death in it. It has maybe one of the most important deaths that set everything into motion. Macbeth contemplates whether he should really kill the King or not. Through a troubled conversations with himself, He finally decides to kill the King. To emphasize the darkness of this deed it is shown at night. And to increase the strangeness there are many sounds that are not explained like an owl. But while Macbeth does kill the king he states that he would rather forget who he is than face what he has done. This shows some remorse but it will quickly be overpowered by his wish to kill again. Then it is shown how the Guards were killed by Macbeth because that is what he thought he needed to do so he didnt get caught.

Friday, November 7, 2008

good and evil

“He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.” This quote is said by Macbeth; talking about whether he should kill the king or not. This is obviously the double theme that is so apparent in this book. This double is the one between good and bad. One part of him is telling him that the king has done nothing wrong and in fact that he should praise the king rather than think of treason. But that other side along with his wife is telling him that he should kill the king and take his place when the children leave the country.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Strangeness Act one part one

The ideal of strange is seen a lot throughout the very first act. It even starts with characters referred as "the strange sisters" or "the weird sisters". This is huge as the entire foreshadowing is done by these "strange sisters". there are also the doubles that they speak of that are relatively strange. "when the battle is lost and won", while we realize that there is always a winner and a looser it seems odd to see it spoken in such a way. Also the fact that when the Strange Sisters proclaim that Macbeth shall be the Thane of Cawdor it makes it seem as if there are TWO at one time, thus creating a rivalry. I believe this rivalry will play out through the book from the death of the King (because Macbeth wants his spot) to the death of Macbeth

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

THE END!!!

In the end rob proposes to Linda. He states that before he was afraid of loosing his freedom and now he realizes that getting married gives u freedom. He also states that its marriage to someone you 'love' and that if they were married that he would not cheat on her. This in my opinion is a stupid argument. Saying that you will cheat on someone only because you are not married completely undermines the dating process. I believe that he will probably get a couple of months into the relationship and decide that its not for him. The ending in my opinion is just the calm before the storm of the breakup.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Chapters 22-26

Robs has a problem with people that he loves dying and because of this he is afraid of getting too close to anyone. His infidelity is one where he believes that by separating himself emotionally from his relationship he may be able to prevent the feeling of bad. It is not a reasonable excuse at all. Just because there is some reason that he feels hurt does not mean he can use it as an excuse to hurt others. His response to her mom's death was kinda odd. it was a little emotionless. It shows his inability to actually process emotion on a normal level. It is because of this that he ends up screwing up so many of his relationships.

chapters 14-21

The basis of what he is trying to do is find a reason that the can feel bad about. Something where he can say "oh I did this and that's why I'm messed up, I never had a chance before." He thinks he is messed up and instead of trying to change what he notices is wrong with him now, he is trying to just go back and annoy the crap out of everyone else. He even meets a couple of his Ex-girlfriends that are more messed up than him, and instead of feeling bad for them he is more like "yeah, now there is less about me I have to feel bad about." I am upset because he shows little maturity in these chapters.

Chapters 7-13

When Rob meets Laura he is very much in love and puts alot of time into little things. He spends a ton of time on just making a mix tape because he wants to get it just 100% perfect. This shows how much time he thinks about her. But in the end he ends up cheating on her. The question is how can someone spend so much time thinking about someone and then end up completely disrespecting her. I believe that he is someone who is afraid to commit. This is shown throughout his life. The reason he has never gone out for anything else is because he would then have to declare what he wanted to do. But by staying at his store he is able to keep a relaxed lifestyle without much change.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Top five bad ways to break

1. Caught in the act
2. Txt
3. not talking any more
4. going out with best friend of current bf
5. leave a message on voice mail

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Top six movies movies that i like

1. SuperBad
2. Anchorman
3. Dazed and confused
4. The Dark Knight
5. Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo bay
6. Death Race

Friday, August 29, 2008

TOP 5 TOP 5

1. Dream cars
2. Bands
3. Movies
4. Vacations
5. Stupid video games that we like to play any way (ex. Pokeman)

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Fleshing out the characters

1. What is his or her name? His name is Tom Cruise
2. What does he or she do for a living? He is an actor
3. What is his or her height/weight/hair color and style/body type? He is average height with brown hair maybe 150 pounds with a slim body type

4. What type of clothes does he or she usually wear? he usually dresses up
5. Best qualities? He is a decent actor
6. Worst qualities? doesn't think when talking, irrational, crazy
7. How does he or she come across? Easygoing? Short-tempered? Etc. he is short tempered and irrational. he does not take well to others not 100% following him
8. Weaknesses?stupidity, and irrationality.
9. What or who does he or she hate? when he is not in charge
10. What or who does he or she love? Money, and the idea of being in charge

((((((In First Person)))))))



Im packing my clothes in a suitcase. I could easily buy some more but these were specifically picked out by the church to fit my Thetan. Then she walks in...Kate. I am leaving her because she recently decided she did not want to answer to me. After a long argument about how I was to be the next number one of Scientology and that she should stay or else face the wrath of my powerful position. She told me for the eighth time in ten minutes that I should seek psychiatric care even though she knows that it is damaging according to Scientology. She moronically suggests things like this over and over but I make sure she knows that I am in charge. I walk out ignoring her cries and loud yells. Then I remember the baby. I have to get to it other wise it cannot grow up in the light of L. Ron Hubbard. I end up in a tugging war with Katy. She screams at me telling me that "her" baby wont grow up to be "crazy" like me. The baby is obviously in pain but its better for it Thetan to grow up without a body than to grow up not how i want it too. So in the end the baby died, but it is ok because L. Ron Hubbard would have approved.

Monday, August 25, 2008

How I feel

I feel very odd about Rob. He seems like a very normal guy who has a checkered past of broken relationships. It seems like he is extremely over-analytical. You can tell that he is simply because of all the list he talks about. He will go from his girlfriends, to movies and music. He is even so analytical that he can remember things that have happened to him a very long time ago. But at the same time he has been someone who has held himself back for so long, not really doing what he has been able too. His situation is also very odd because he is trying to go back and almost relive the mistakes that he has made in order to try to continue living a good life. While I understand what he is doing I still believe its a little confusing.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Bored reading

Something that really got my attention was the comment about how when you get bored you stop wanting to read. I really can identify with this because I myself hate reading if the plot does not interest me. Also if the writer's style is not what I like then it makes it hard to understand as well as keep my interest. Even if the book may seem a bit childish, the fact that it is interesting can redeem it. Because I was truly intrigued with 'Into the Wild' it made the hours go by so fast as I would read. But when I had nothing to do and a book that is uninteresting, I cannot save it for the life of me. It is all about how interesting it is for me because that is why I read!

Friday, August 15, 2008

First one

I do read fairly often but when I read it is because I am interested in the book not because its what I have been told to do. I often read books that are less about literary enjoyment and more about the image I get in my head. During the summer I read the entire halo series. While some laugh at it because it is based on a video game, it is an in depth look at relation between two types of people/species. There are five books out in the series and I read them all in less than a two week period with all of them being over 300 pages. Usually when I get into a book that I do not like as much (into the wild), I tend to take a long time simply because I cannot get into the book and actually visualize the situation. It is also hard because I always seem to get distracted by something that I think is more interesting whether that be a TV show or just going and playing some sort of sport with my friends. I also read magazines but usually tech ones. I read them because they combine opinions of others along with previews for something that I might see or buy. These things create a publication that allows me to just keep reading without any effort.