Postcard

Homework: Due Thursday Oct 29, 09 write a “postcard” on your personal blog about what you are learning. Here are some sentence starters to help you get started: Dear,

Dear Brianne,
In class we have been learning about Macbeth and the curse of macbeth. We also have been learning about humanity, integrity and power and how it connects to the story.

Does nature or nurture determine a person’s destiny?

Does nature or nurture determine a person’s destiny?

Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,

The reason why i decided to choose this passage is because it caught my eye when Shakespeare used such powerful metaphors to emphasize the meaning of this passage. What really caught my eye was when he says: Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark. This caught my eye because in the medieval times God or religion was such an important part of those times and to do something that evil and using heaven as a reference is fairly risky. To me this part of the passage means that there are evil people in the world who really do kill to get what they desire most and they don't regret it because its what they want and nothing can stop them now because they killed them. I think that this is important because it shows that some people are mental and think that the only way to get their way is to get rid of the person to get what they want. This part is relevant to the play because it shows how evil and inhumane people could be to get what they desire most.

Characteristics of lady Macbeth

1) The differences you saw between the movie and reading scenes 1,2,3 Was it easier and why? Was it more challenging and why?

The differences were that reading the book was much easier to process into my brain because if I didn’t understand something I could easily re read it but if it was a movie it would just simply pass rather than explaining the scene. Although I miss some parts of the movie because it wasn’t very clear I still prefer it because I still understand the general idea of the story and its much easier to watch and listen.

How far are you willing to go to get what you desire most?

The farthest I would go would depend on the situation. For example, if it was a job that I've been dreaming to get all my life but there's someone better than me. I would not literally 'kill' for the job. Instead I would work extra hard to beat the other person to the job. Although if I do not get the job its not the end of the world for me. I would know that I worked extremely hard to get it and there are other opportunities out there.

HI :)

Well I do believe that the ritual is you have to leave the theater and spin around three times and spit. I think people believe in rituals because of all the stories that they have heard, such as this curse. But I believe that these such curses don't actually exist. It is our imagination that tricks us to do strange things which makes you think that its the curse but really its just you. So from this, people around you may think that you've actually been curse which also affects them. I think that we are superstitious because we want to believe in something, or even scare others. The best part is people believe in it and from that it grows and grows, and from that, superstition and rituals.

HI

I see you have heard about the curse. Now you talk about a ritual. Do you know what it is? Why do you think people believe in rituals or that we are superstitious?
Mrs. C

Macbeth. All i really know about macbeth is that it is a cursed play and anyone who is in the play is in harm of either getting injured or killed. But there is a way to uncurse your self. According to the program that i watched u had to be outside the theatre and do a ritual and then maybe your safe.
Shakespeare is one of the most famous play writers. His vocabulary is complex and intriguing with old english. The plays that i have read are othello and romeo and juliet which were very emotional with love and loss. Although i do not know much about shakespeare, but i do know that is he an amazing writer, its a shame that he does not live in our time.