Macbeth Character Map

What About My Masterpiece

So far I have one Masterpiece almost done all we have left to do is put either a scrapbook or slideshow together of all the videos and pictures me Hannah and Judith took from our time we spent at the Boys and Girls Club over Spring Break. The first day we all played soccer, baseball, and basketball with the kids in the gym which was really fun and I broke a sweat. All the kids wanted us on their teams and it was nice interacting with them and being able to play with them and see them smile when we would guard them,try to steal the ball, or try to get past them. The next day we had an arts and crafts day which we made fashion outfits out of newspapers, which was an activity I got from and ASB event. It was a pretty cool experience being able to be looked up to and having the little kids all want your help because you made something that looked cool.The next day we played games which the kids seemed to enjoy, especially the one game where we made towers out of straws. So the three of us split our time into taking a day and doing an activity that favored things that we all liked seperatley but also enjoy doing together.

This masterpiece made me appreciate Hannah and Judith and the admiration they have for kids and helped me realize that there is other activities out there that can be worth my time rather than just going to do random things with my friends. I can be spending my time being a role model to younger kinds and try to influence their lives in a positive light while they're influencing mine.

Love is Blind

Macbeth seems to love Lady Macbeth but not in an overly affectionate type of way. He is more of a mental rather than physical lover where he shows that he cares and understands her by reading into what she says. In a way it seems that she bullies Macbeth a little and wants more from him than he has already given her.
Lady Macbeth from the audience's point of view seems to lack humanity and is a very ambitious woman. She taunts her husband for his "lack of courage" and is constantly acting like a ruthless person behind doors but when in public can put on a softer front.

Meet Macbeth

1.1

1. Beginning the play with a dialogue between the witches sets the mood to be dark, evil, and mysterious. This foreshadows the plot, theme, and mood for the future of the story in the same manner. In comparison of Shakespeare's other plays, Macbeth requires more ambiguity and the syntax and diction used needs to be more bleak. For example, Hamlet highlighted the themes of betrayal and complexity of relationships and power. Even though, the theme falls in the same ballpark with Macbeth, the gloominess of the plot of Macbeth overpowers that of Hamlet. In the beginning of the play, the witches were going to meet Macbeth at the "ere of sunset." Line 10 was "Paddock calls" and line 11 was "Anon." The phrase paddock class means a toad, which symbolizes transformation. The word anon means soon or shortly. The "toad" and it's transformation could metaphorically be compared to Macbeth and his evolving and transforming to be a completely different person or even having a transformation in his status and power. The witch's response as anon signifies how Macbeth will shortly have a transformation - to be declared a thane. 

1.2

1. The bloody seargent indirectly characterizes Macbeth by glorifying his actions towards Macdonwald. Macdonwald is a rebel who was executed. He tried to attack them. Macbeth executed macdonwald with his sword. This did not end the fight with the rebels, the Norwegians are still attacking.

2. The traitor was the Thane of Cawdor, as we learn from Ross. Duncan says that its a relief the thane of cawdor was executed and that Macbeth now owns his previous title.

 1.3

1. The witches speech gives a first look at Macbeth and his wife without saying who they are. Indirect characterization of the two. Similar to Hamlet where he gives a mini synopsis early in the story. "Weird" in Shakespeare's day meant future seers not weird as we know it, prophecy and destiny. Shakespeare means that Macbeth's wife has him by the balls. They  cast a spell to control his destiny.
2. Macbeth says something very similar to what the witches said at the beginning of the play. This could be him falling into the destiny the witches set up. Dried, chapped fingers, gender ambiguity, hairy, old, they have literal beards. The witches tell Macbeth that he will thane of Candor and eventually King, right then he finds out he is thane of Cawdor. Banquo asked the witch why they had nothing for him, they told him he is lesser but greater than Macbeth. We knew he was thane before he was thane.

3. Banquo says the witches were a figment of their imagination that they lie or that they are hallucinating. Macbeth learns that he is thane of Cawdor from Ross and Angus. During lines 114-156 he was going over his plan in his head and how everything had just happened to him. He acts very happy and shows no incredulity at being thane. Macbeth's aside shows him rationalizing what happened to him and he begins to think that he is going to be King soon. Macbeth tells Banquo that he is happy and excited and nothing more he explains his behavior by saying he is confused.

1.4

1.Cawdor was executed after openly confessing his treason and pleading for mercy. Malcolm tried to stick up for the thane, but the king responds by basically saying that you can't trust a man according to his face. He doesn't believe the thane was truly repentant.

2.The king greets them by saying that he can never repay them enough for their good deeds, but announces he will leave all his estate and names his son, Malcolm, prince of Cumberland. He then proposes that they go to Macbeth's castle at Inverness. Macbeth tells himself that the only way to be king is to get rid of Malcolm, and even though he'll be appalled at his action, he must do it.

1.5

1. Macbeth was honest with his wife when he informs her of his new title as "Thane of Cawdor." He refers to the witches as "weird sisters" probably because he doesn't want her know that he is associated with the "evil servants."

Lady Macbeth responds by saying that she thinks Macbeth is playng things off as if everything is fine. By saying "but be the serpent under't", she describes him as someone that lies to make everything appear under control. This doesn't really match the characterization of Macbeth so far in the story which implies that there is something the audience doesn't know about him. 

2. The wife was confident about the guests visit. She also seemed prepared and a little cocky about the way her and her husband would handle it.

3. Lady Macbeth. Yes she wants to kill Duncan. No, he isn't sure whether he wants to follow through with Lady Macbeths orders or not. She tells him not to let Duncan see tomorrow. 

4. The question appears to answer itself. 

1.6

1. The opening speeches (1.6.1-10) describe how the surroundings of the castle are "pleasant" and the air is sweet-maybe even too sweet. From the outside, the castle appears to be paradise.

Lady Macbeth's welcome is formal. Her language is totally different from her language in the previous scene which shows how fake and dishonest her welcome was.

1.7

1. "If it were done when 'tis done then 'twere well." If it were done when it was done it was done well. (Meaning if he completed the death quickly and efficiently and with no complications then he did the job well.) Macbeth is determined to kill the king and be done with him but in lines 1-12 he is fearful of how the "inventor" will judge his actions. He's violating the hospitality of his kinship and responsibilities as a host towards his guest by trying to kill his guest instead of protecting them. The motivation that Macbeth attributes to himself in lines 25-28 is the attribute of an Arabic heaven-like God. He will be seen as a "God" and that is his source of motivation to get the job done. 

2. In lines 28-30 she is complaining about him leaving the chamber because it was  almost time for dinner. Macbeth responds to her complaining by saying did he ask for me? And lady Macbeth says don't you know he did? The positions are lady Macbeth is ready for the King to be killed while Macbeth is still hesitant and on the fence about it. Macbeth convinced Lady Macbeth by explaining that he is an respected person and doesn't want to lose his honor while Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth by convincing him to gain the power and kill the king. The stronger person in the scene is Lady Macbeth because  she's more verbally confident in her argument while convincing Macbeth to kill the King. 

Macbeth Resources

Resource 1 Macbeth Summary

Resources 2 Macbeth Work

Resource 3 Macbeth Overview

Resource 4 Macbeth Video

Resource 5 Macbeth Video

Poetry Essay

Poem: Ozymandias

Prompt: Write an essay in which you describe the speaker's attitude to his former ruler

Every person has a different view on things, we each have our own perspective on different issues. So when it comes to realizing how a person is, why don't we just tell them to their face what we like or dislike about them. Some people do and some people don't. Most people don't because we are all scared of something, for some it may be rejection others disappointment. When there comes a time when a person is finally free to let their opinions about someone out, the truth or that persons perception of the truth could've helped that person they were so afraid of, for some reason, to tell them what they think about them. They could've saved them or helped them become a better person and see things how other people might've seen them as well. In Ozymandias the speaker's attitude towards the former king is calm and mocking and this develops the type connection the speaker had to the "king".

The poem starts out with the speaker meeting a traveller talking about some stone remains in a desert. He then goes on to talk about the way he perceives the former statue to be. The speaker seems to be resentful in a way towards the king maybe because in his life he had someone with great power not treat him as fairly as he thought he should be treated. The sculptor that made the statue could be the speaker because it sounds like the sculptor had a a history with the king. The speaker describes what the statue looks like and the man could be seen either as sad or angry or maybe he's both and puts up a tough exterior to hide pain he has inside. Then the poem goes on to say " the hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed," which at first I thought was talking about the king but could be talking about the sculptor that when he was making the statue he had a deeper connection to the king than he thought because he as well was angry and sad about how his life ended up in ruins just like the statue of the king.

We start to make deeper connections as we re read and analyze certain texts. Looking at this poem for the first time I thought it was all about the king and how he thought he was a great ruler but in reality he tore apart himself and his kingdom. Then by switching it around from the point of view of the sculptor, he as well could be mocking the king in a subtle way but while making it seem like the  king is in a ruins, he was in ruins himself. So his attitude is trying to avoid his own issues by making it seem like the king has all the problems which is the outside exterior to the inside of speakers thoughts.

Masterpiece Update

My other blog is in the works right now and I will post my link for it once I finish setting up my tabs and formatting it. So then this Masterpiece will be an ongoing process that I will like to continue with throughout college and hopefully it'll be something that other people find insightful and use as something they can go to for all things going on with the fashion world.

Ozymandias Poem Analysis

Title: Ozymandias was a pharaoh that reigned during 1279-1213 BCE and his statue was about 57 feet tall. The site of where the statute used to be is nothing but remains of a once mighty yet broken king that he once was

Paraphrase: the sculptor who made the statue captured the king as he saw him to be. He was distressed unhappy and a cold person that thought of himself to be a powerful king but left nothing but a broken and shattered memory which explains why his stature is also destroyed and is blending in with the rest desert.

Connotation: " Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair." This could be meant in a mocking way that the pharaoh found himself to be this strong and powerful ruler but inside was hurt and broken.

Attitude: the author has a mocking and reflecting attitude towards this once great pharaoh.

Shift: the shift occurs when the author says "the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed" because then the authors mood and attitude shifts.

Title Revisited: it's just the name of the pharaoh was once mighty but broken and the author has some sort of connection to him in what I see as a negative way.

Theme: All people will fall