Macbeth, To be a Man

(Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 65-70)
Macbeth
"I'll go no more
I am afraid to think what I have done
Look on 't again I dare not"

Lady Macbeth
"Infirm of purpose! 
Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead 
Are but as pictures.  'Tis the eye of childhood"

This quote happens after Macbeth kills the king and comes back and talks to his wife.  She notices Macbeth still has the daggers, and is wondering why he did not leave the daggers with the kings body so it appeared as if they had killed the king and feel asleep because they were so drunk.
This quote shows that Lady Macbeth is more manly then Macbeth because she has the power to go and finish the task that they planned out.  So Lady Macbeth has to finish a mans task because Macbeth is too afraid to do it.


(Act 3 scene 4 Lines 64-72)
Lady Macbeth
"Sit, worthy friends.  My lord if oftern thus
And hath been from his youth.  Pray you, keep seat.
The fit is momentary;upon a thought
he will again be will.  If much you note him
You shall offend him and extend his passion
Feed and regard him not {drawing Macbeth aside}
Are you a man?"

Macbeth
"Ay, and a bold one,that dare look on that
Which might appall the devil"

This quote takes place at dinner after Macbeth has sent out has people to kill Banquo, the murders do kill him.  And now at dinner Macbeth is seeing the ghost of the dead Banquo and is freaking out at nothing it seems because no one else can see the ghost.  And now Lady Macbeth most calm everyone down including Macbeth.

Lady Macbeth is questioning her husbands manliness because he does not have the mental power to keep his nerve together at the dinner table.  She knows that there are no such things as ghost and only children believe in them, that is why she is questioning his manliness.

(Act 5 Scene 5 Line 18)

Macbeth

“Wherefore was that cry?”

Sayton

“The Queen my lord, is dead”

Macbeth

“She should have died hereafter.”

In this quote Macbeth finds that his wife, Lady Macbeth, has committed suicide.  She commits suicide because she has had a mental breakdown and no one can fix it.  

Being a man is needed here because he cannot mourn his loss of his wife right now.  He must focus on more important things, like loosing his power.

(Act 1 Scene 5 Line 48-51) 

Lady Macbeth

“Unsex me here

and fill me from the crown to the toe top full,

of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.

Stop up th' access and passage to remorse”

In this quote Lady Macbeth has just gotten a letter from Macbeth stating how he will become king and she starts to talk to herself.   She is saying how she wishes to become a man and have thicker blood so she is stronger.

Lady Macbeth wishes to become a man in this so she can be more manly and handle all of the problems that will come along with having your husband rule a kingdom.  I think that this is weird because i feel that a woman could handle more stress then a man.

(Act 3 scene 4 Lines 16-18) 

Macbeth 

“'Tis better thee without than he within.

Is he dispatched?”

Murderer

“My lord, his throat is cut.  That I did for him.”

In this quote the murderer is reporting back to Macbeth that he has killed Banquo.  The only problem is that Fleance, Banquo's son escaped which angers/worries Macbeth.

Macbeth is not manly enough to kill someone that he has a problem with by himself so he has to send someone else to do it. The murder is the man of this because he kills someone that he does not even have a problem with.

Thank You

Dear Jack, 

I am writing this letter to you show show how thankful I am that you came to our class.  I never thought it would be as fun as it was, making skits everyday.  Also i never though I would get anything out of this, but I seemed to learn a LOT, from how to how to write to how to act.    

I really like how we got to write and act because it helped with my writing skills, acting skills and public speaking skills.  First, it helped my writing skills because we wrote everyday.  Repetition is one of the best ways to learn a new skill or add skill onto an old one.  I hope my improved skills show in this letter.  Next, this unit helped my acting skills because i have never acted before.  Acting is a great thing to know how to do so you can show the stories you tell and the stories then will be greater understood.  I enjoy acting I just have never really had an opportunity to learn it better.  Finally, this helped my public speaking skills.  We not only wrote and acted them out we also sometimes read our stories to the class which was very scary the first couple of times then it got easier to do.  Even thought I only got called up a few times I feel like it really helped.  All of these skills that we practiced and learned are very important life skills and will stay with me until I die.  

Jack all of these skills that you taught will be with me for a while and will hopefully help me get through school.  If you did not come I do not know how else i could learn these, well besides going to a theatre class.  I hope you do this next year for Mr.Cheng and help more kids learn these skills.  

Thank you,

Pierce Schultz

Odyssey Analytical Writing Assignment

            Throughout the book The Odyssey, there is a common theme that is stay faithful to your leaders and if you do not it will come back to get you in the end.  

     

            In book 12 of The Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew face many problems and without the help of Odysseus, their leader, they would most likely all die. Odysseus not only knows about all of the obstacles they are going to face in their travels, but also how to get past them. So overall without Odysseus' leadership the crew would not make it very far alive.  One example is the run in with the Sirens, Odysseus told his crew to tie him to the ship and then plug there ears with wax so they will not hear the sirens.  "...and I stopped the ears of my comrades one by one.  They bound me hand and foot in the tight ship-erect at the mast-block lashed by ropes to the mast." (Page 276 Lines 192-194) The crew had to put wax in their ears so they would not jump off the sip and drowned, Odysseus however wants to hear the Sirens so even the wax would not stop him from steering the ship into the island and killing everyone.  With the leadership of odysseus the crew made it past the Sirens and continued onto face more troubles.

                In book 19 of The Odyssey, Odysseus returns to Ithacea, his homeland, and wants to see if his wife is still loyal to him.  There are many suitors that are trying to take the hand of Odysseus' wife in marriage because they believe he is dead.  His wife seems to be staying loyal to him and she is not believing that Odysseus is dead.  "I YEARN FOR ODYSSEUS ALWAYS (Page 394 Lines 151-152) 

This quote shows that she prays that Odysseus will come back because no one can replace him.  She knows none of the suitors can match the love she has for Odysseus, so when she hears that he is on his way home she is overcome with joy and stays loyal to her one and true husband.  

            In Book 22 of The Odyssey, there are people that have not stayed loyal to one of the most important person in the land, the king Odysseus, and he will not let this go unpunished.  For example, the suitors have not stayed loyal to Odysseus and the will be paying the price of death for it.  Odysseus says, "You dogs! you never imagined I'd return from Troy- so cocksure that you bled my house to death..." (Page 440 Lines 36-39) Odysseus and his son Telemachus set free their anger that has been built up in them on to the helpless suitors.  Because of the suitors lack of loyalty to Odysseus they all pay with their lives.   

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Randy Moss is a new addition to the Vikings, which could be good or bad.  First of all he is one of the most explosive wide-receivers in the NFL.  This will help the Vikings because they are weak in their receiving part of the team. The Vikings have are losing their games because they can not throw the ball Adrian Peterson is a big threat but just not enough. Secondly, Moss could hurt the Vikings because he is know for not working hard if he is not happy with what he has.  This would be bad because the Vikings gave up their third round NFL draft for him.  His trade could be a waste of that draft, but then again he could help them win the Super Bowl.  To end on a good note, Moss is one of the top ranked players in the NFL.  This means that the Vikings quarter back, Brett Farve, will have someone that he can always throw too.  His favorite receiver, Sydeny Rice, is out for the rest of the season which is why Moss is a great addition.  Randy Moss once played for the Vikings and he left on bad terms, lets hope, this time he will stay and be very helpful.

The Gay Opinion

Using the word gay is used allot these days inside and outside of school.  There are some people that may take it seriously and take it a step further then just depression to suicidal thoughts.  Suicide is definitely not the answer to anything but if all his peers keep saying that he is gay there is really nothing he can do.  That is why my opinion on the student who committed suicide at Rutgers University over the alleged outing of his sexuality, is that the school did the right thing afterwards creating doing "Project Civility".  


It is sad that it took the life of a student for the school to recognize the damage that was being done, but the civility project was the right response.  This project definitely changed how some kids acted and thought about gay people.  If I made some one feel that bad by just calling them gay and they killed them, that would be enough to change how I acted. But for the kids that were not very affected by the suicide is the reason why this project was such a good idea.  

The "Project Civility" shows that the school will take responsibility for their students.  If the school did not do this project the students would still be calling each other gay, which might lead to more suicides.  The school had a great response to the suicide.

The words gay and fag take little effort to  say but they have a great affect on people, which is why "Project Civility" was made.  Rutgers University had to take action on their students for causing a suicide. There is nothing better they could of done.

Real Life Heroe

Birth-Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her parents were two unwed teenage parents. 
http://www.essortment.com/all/oprahwinfrey_rkcr.htm

Call to Adventure-When Oprah was 14 she give birth to a child, the child dies and it devisatated her. She vowed to turn her life around from that point on.
http://www.essortment.com/all/oprahwinfrey_rkcr.htm

Supernatural Guide-Her father helped her with her mission by strapping her with his strict rules and discipline.  These consisted of keeping her grades high and being home by cerfew.
http://www.essortment.com/all/oprahwinfrey_rkcr.htm

Crossing the Threshold-At the age of nineteen, Oprah landed her first job as a reporter for a radio station in Nashville.
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Belly of the Beast-Oprah started the Oprah Winfrey Show.  From that point on there was no truning back.
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Tests/Ordeals/Hero Deeds-With talk shows becoming increasingly trashy, Oprah pledged to keep her show free of tabloid topic terrible adolescence living with her mother.

http://www.essortment.com/all/oprahwinfrey_rkcr.htm

Hero Partners-Her television crew helped her stay on track and not

http://www.oprah.com/pressroom/Oprah-Winfreys-Official-Biography

Atonement with Father- Had Oprah moved back to live with her father after never seeing him. They got along very well.

http://www.oprah.com/pressroom/Oprah-Winfreys-Official-Biography

Journey to the Underworld- When Oprah starts a television show it is like going into the underworld because everyone is watching her every move and if she makes one mistake everyone will hear about it,

http://www.biography.com/articles/Oprah-Winfrey-9534419?part=1

Apotheosis/Deification-The Oprah Winfrey Show became the most popular show on television.  This is an accomplishment for her because she came from a rough childhood. 

http://www.biography.com/articles/Oprah-Winfrey-9534419?part=1

Elixir-Oprah wins the Nobel Peace Prize which is one of the highest awards in the world to win.  This shows that her journey is now over.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/11/29/nobel-prize-winner-oprah-winfrey/

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Star Wars and Blue Diamond have a very similar flow of events because they both involve heros, but there are their differences.  First, in Star Wars and Blue Diamond, there were elixirs in both.  Even though the elixirs had two very different purposes (the diamond to look good and the light saber to kill), they meant allot to the helped the heros. In Star Wars the light saber help Luke through many battles which help him complete his mission.  In Blue Diamond the diamond prevented Doug's friend from committing, which was his mission.  A second similarity is that they both had refused their quest at first. Both heros had better things to do then to go on their mission.  In Star Wars Luke did not want to eave because he thought his uncle would be mad for leaving him before harvest.  In Blue Diamond Doug wanted to stay home and study instead of go out to eat.  Finally, a difference in these two stories is that Star Wars had a tempter and Blue Diamond did not.  The tempter tries to lure the heros of of their path and do something they will regret.  Star Wars tempter is Han Solo when he tells Luke that there is nothing for him here and he can not do anything about it, Blue Diamond  does not have a temptation.  All hero stories follow a similar story line but have their differences still.

-Pierce Schultz