At the beginning of Macbeth, power was supposed to be a main idea of the play and I think that continued to be truthful. Power is what drove Macbeth to do what he did. The whole play is based upon power and how Macbeth went to achieve it and the aftermath of his attempt to gain power. Lady Macbeth realizes that the power wasn't worth all of the guilt that she felt before she died.
This topic has become a theme in the play that is trying to send a message to the readers. Shakespeare is trying to show that if you try to get power in a way that undermines the people around you then in the end you won't achieve the power that you wanted and there will be consequences. This theme is showed in all of the act and scenes throughout the play.
Reading Times
English Project 5/5/14 1 hour
5/6/14 30 minutes
5/9/14 30 minutes
Monday, May 12, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Important Quote/ Reading Times
"All hail , Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (17): This is an important quote because it is the start of all of the conflict of the play. If Macbeth hadn't heard that he was want to be king then he would have never had the idea to kill all of the people that he started to kill in the first three acts. He would have still been the Thane of Glamor and Cawdor, but not the king. This sentence is what starts the play's action and its downfall.
The quote also makes you wonder if maybe it is trying to send a message because it says he is to be king hereafter, which insinuates for a long time after, but he gets killed so fast into being king from what we know from the overview of the play that we did at the beginning of the course. This could lead to many lessons that are trying to be taught. For example, words can be twisted or your fate isn't set in stone for someone to read. It could also state that maybe you shouldn't listen to creepy woman that kill random people because of unshared snacks.
Portfolio: 5/1/14: 50 minutes
Portfolio: 5/2/14: 15 minutes
Portfolion: 5/5/14: 1 hour
Portfolio: 5/1/14: 50 minutes
Portfolio: 5/2/14: 15 minutes
Portfolion: 5/5/14: 1 hour
Monday, April 28, 2014
Free Post
I suppose my free post should be about what I did over break, but that mostly consisted of track practice, so I decided that I would write about the strange things I saw my pets do during break. I have 5 pets at my house; 2 dogs and 3 cats. Sirius and Aldo are the two dogs. Aldo is a Chihuahua so most of the things he does are strange. Pickett, Salem, and Callie are the three cats. Salem and Callie live above the garage because Pickett has three legs and could get hurt from them. All of my pets did things ranging from running into a window and getting in fight with it to deciding that they would try to do a handstand.
Sirius and Aldo have a strange relationship, meaning Aldo thinks that he and Sirius are best friends whereas Sirius tries to kill every time he steps near her. This caused many problems during the break. Sirius kicked Aldo out of the front area of the house and cornered him into the office area and then the AC made it so that the door closed after she ran out. Aldo thought that the window was open and would run out of it. He ran against the window and when he fell back he thought it was some type of animal and tried to fight it. He ran and got his bone and tried to throw it at the window. When ir bounced back, he got scared and started to cower behind the couch.
Pickett and the two cats upstairs don't know each other, so I will tell each of their strange adventures. Pickett is three legged, but he can jump onto the cabinets which are above my head. He had gotten up there one morning and, when I was walking by, jumped onto my head and laid on my shoulders. He stayed like that for about 10 minutes while I went to feed the dogs. He decided to crawl down and hang on my neck where he decided to bite me repeatedly and when I tried to get him off he would claw me. Salem and Callie live upstairs above the garage where the game area is, so when I was watching my next door neighbor they decided they would hide behind my sister's creepy old doll from when she was little. When I was getting ready to leave after the four year old stopped playing with the kittens, I heard this wailing that sounded like a baby crying from behind the doll. I thought the kittens were sleeping, so hearing this was creepy. When I walked up to the doll the two cats jumped out and scared me. They then went on with their business.
This might not seem like out of the ordinary for pets to do, but my pets are usually relaxed and calm so seeing them do this was surprising. After witnessing them do these things and more, I realized that during the day my pets are more active and kind of mean.
Sirius and Aldo have a strange relationship, meaning Aldo thinks that he and Sirius are best friends whereas Sirius tries to kill every time he steps near her. This caused many problems during the break. Sirius kicked Aldo out of the front area of the house and cornered him into the office area and then the AC made it so that the door closed after she ran out. Aldo thought that the window was open and would run out of it. He ran against the window and when he fell back he thought it was some type of animal and tried to fight it. He ran and got his bone and tried to throw it at the window. When ir bounced back, he got scared and started to cower behind the couch.
Pickett and the two cats upstairs don't know each other, so I will tell each of their strange adventures. Pickett is three legged, but he can jump onto the cabinets which are above my head. He had gotten up there one morning and, when I was walking by, jumped onto my head and laid on my shoulders. He stayed like that for about 10 minutes while I went to feed the dogs. He decided to crawl down and hang on my neck where he decided to bite me repeatedly and when I tried to get him off he would claw me. Salem and Callie live upstairs above the garage where the game area is, so when I was watching my next door neighbor they decided they would hide behind my sister's creepy old doll from when she was little. When I was getting ready to leave after the four year old stopped playing with the kittens, I heard this wailing that sounded like a baby crying from behind the doll. I thought the kittens were sleeping, so hearing this was creepy. When I walked up to the doll the two cats jumped out and scared me. They then went on with their business.
This might not seem like out of the ordinary for pets to do, but my pets are usually relaxed and calm so seeing them do this was surprising. After witnessing them do these things and more, I realized that during the day my pets are more active and kind of mean.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Responses
1. Ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person.
I neither disagree or agree with this statement because it can go both ways. Ambition helped Macbeth achieve the position of Thane, but it backfired when he had too much ambition. His ambition is making him go crazy and mean because of how much he wants power. In real life examples, people can go very far in life because of their ambition and sometimes people scare others away because of too much ambition.
5. Women are more compassionate and less violent than men.
This is proven wrong in Macbeth because Lady Macbeth is the one who really wants to kill the King and doesn't care who gets hurt. she shows no compassion for how Macbeth feels about it and just wants to be queen. She also comes up with how to kill him.
I neither disagree or agree with this statement because it can go both ways. Ambition helped Macbeth achieve the position of Thane, but it backfired when he had too much ambition. His ambition is making him go crazy and mean because of how much he wants power. In real life examples, people can go very far in life because of their ambition and sometimes people scare others away because of too much ambition.
5. Women are more compassionate and less violent than men.
This is proven wrong in Macbeth because Lady Macbeth is the one who really wants to kill the King and doesn't care who gets hurt. she shows no compassion for how Macbeth feels about it and just wants to be queen. She also comes up with how to kill him.
Reading Times
Nervous Conditions Project: 4/8/14: 1 hour
Nervous Conditions Project: 4/9/14: 1 hour
Things Fall Apart: 4/12/14: 1 hour
Nervous Conditions Project: 4/9/14: 1 hour
Things Fall Apart: 4/12/14: 1 hour
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Reading/work times
2/20/14: Edited my citations: 30 minutes
2/23/14: Studied for poetry test: 1 hour 30 minutes
2/23/14: Studied for poetry test: 1 hour 30 minutes
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Analyze a song
I analyzed "The song that never ends" by Lambchop. It's speaker is someone who is happy. The occasion is just to be able to sing for however long they would like. The audience is anyone who dares to listen or wants to join along. The purpose it to be happy and make everyone around them want to join in. The subject is just the song. The tone is excited and happy.
There are also some poetry techniques that are used in it. In the "last" two lines there is a caesura and it also lets you choose if you want to make another caesura by beginning it again by ending it with a sentence that is dependent on the first line. SInce it is such a small song they were able to put end rhymes and slant rhymes all over the place to make it seem more catchy.
There are also some poetry techniques that are used in it. In the "last" two lines there is a caesura and it also lets you choose if you want to make another caesura by beginning it again by ending it with a sentence that is dependent on the first line. SInce it is such a small song they were able to put end rhymes and slant rhymes all over the place to make it seem more catchy.
Poem
The garden tried to grow and
grow it did. It had many flowers
It was like it was waiting for a spring shower
Though it was big it was also small
The leftover shovel was waiting there
No one went but everyone came
Sometimes silly stuff will shame the garden
The garden with its happy feelings and mad songs
likes many things. Most of all, it enjoys the sun
The sun is its mother and also its friend
The garden wishes that it could communicate
With the garden it was always the same
No talking and only growing
Sometimes it took more than the water and seeds
Most of the time it took the sun
Reading
2/11: Storm Front: 10 minutes in class
2/13: Storm Front: 1.5 hours
2/16: Would you Kill the Fat Man?: 20 minutes
Monday, February 10, 2014
Reading/Work times
Thursday 2/6: Absolutely True Diary Posts: one hour
Wednesday 2/5: Harry Dresden Files book 1: fifteen minutes
Friday 2/7: Harry Dresden Files book 1: thirty minutes
Monday 2/10: Commenting on Absolutely True Diary Posts: thirty minutes
Wednesday 2/5: Harry Dresden Files book 1: fifteen minutes
Friday 2/7: Harry Dresden Files book 1: thirty minutes
Monday 2/10: Commenting on Absolutely True Diary Posts: thirty minutes
Monday, February 3, 2014
Reading Log
NHD Paper: 1/28/14: 2 hours: fixed my detailed outline and added more quotes and thoughts to it
NHD Paper: 1/29/14: 1 1/2 hours: edited my thesis and made my introduction paragraph; started writing paper
NHD Paper: 1/30/14: 1 hour: finished writing body paragraphs
NHD Paper: 2/2/14: 1 hour: wrote closing paragraph and added more onto my body paragraphs
NHD Paper: 1/29/14: 1 1/2 hours: edited my thesis and made my introduction paragraph; started writing paper
NHD Paper: 1/30/14: 1 hour: finished writing body paragraphs
NHD Paper: 2/2/14: 1 hour: wrote closing paragraph and added more onto my body paragraphs
Research Draft
I was very worried about the research paper being really difficult to write. In the end I am pretty sure that I got my stance on the topic across without actually saying anything in writing about my opinion. I am kind of unsure about if I put the right amount of information from my sources in there. I feel like I might of put too much of my reflection on each protest and what they all meant instead of straightforward information.
The paper was pretty easy to write because we had already gathered all of the information but the conclusion was hard because wrapping all of that information up into something that closes it was hard. I feel like I need to change some of the quotes in it. I hope the feedback will be focused on where I need more information.
The paper was pretty easy to write because we had already gathered all of the information but the conclusion was hard because wrapping all of that information up into something that closes it was hard. I feel like I need to change some of the quotes in it. I hope the feedback will be focused on where I need more information.
Snow Day
The first snow day I made sure I had done my work first before doing anything else but the rest of the days I procrastinated and held my work back until the last minute usually doing it in the middle of the night instead of doing it when I actually had time do it. I remember being really tired on Friday because I procrastinated so much that I had to do so much work Thursday night that I didn't sleep at all. I am a very bad procrastinator.
Now that I look back on the snow days, I probably could've gotten something productive down during the three day break but I basically just slept and went to physical therapy. Luckily, the physical therapy couldn't go back to his office in Dallas due to the roads being icy so I was able to sit in the hyperbaric chamber everyday.
Now that I look back on the snow days, I probably could've gotten something productive down during the three day break but I basically just slept and went to physical therapy. Luckily, the physical therapy couldn't go back to his office in Dallas due to the roads being icy so I was able to sit in the hyperbaric chamber everyday.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Research project
I am researching protesting in different countries. I am focusing on how the government reacts to the protesting and if they give them many rights for it. I also like to look into how the citizens react to the responsibility of protesting and seeing others protesting. Both topics give insight on the actual rights of protesting for those select countries. I have been focusing more on the countries that seem to be very problematic in the rights of their citizens.
I have learned that most governments do not take kindly to their citizens protesting and will do anything to enforce that. They seem to not care what the protest is about and really just want to reenforce their power and they happen to enjoy using violence on the protestors. There are a few exceptions though because Russia doesn't seem to react towards the protesting happening and is all for as long as it is peaceful then they can go ahead and protest. The citizens mostly protest peacefully but some protestors get carried away and protest violently and mean. The citizens can also enforce rights onto other citizens by showing that they don't appreciate the protesting and that it should stop. A lot of the protestors do fall into the peer pressure when that happens.
Notecards: 1/22/14: 30 minutes
Notecards: 1/23/14: 45 minutes
Detailed Outline: 1/23/13: 45 minutes
Would You Kill The Fat Man?: 1/26/13: 15 mintues
I have learned that most governments do not take kindly to their citizens protesting and will do anything to enforce that. They seem to not care what the protest is about and really just want to reenforce their power and they happen to enjoy using violence on the protestors. There are a few exceptions though because Russia doesn't seem to react towards the protesting happening and is all for as long as it is peaceful then they can go ahead and protest. The citizens mostly protest peacefully but some protestors get carried away and protest violently and mean. The citizens can also enforce rights onto other citizens by showing that they don't appreciate the protesting and that it should stop. A lot of the protestors do fall into the peer pressure when that happens.
Notecards: 1/22/14: 30 minutes
Notecards: 1/23/14: 45 minutes
Detailed Outline: 1/23/13: 45 minutes
Would You Kill The Fat Man?: 1/26/13: 15 mintues
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Reading
1/15/14 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian 30 minutes
1/14/15- 1/15/14 Annotated Bibliography 2 hours
1/14/15- 1/15/14 Annotated Bibliography 2 hours
Monday, January 13, 2014
Reading Log
1/10/14: Wordly Wise Notecards: 45 minutes
1/11/14: The Book Theif: 60 minutes
1/13/14: The Absolutely True Diary of a part time Indian: 55 minutes
1/11/14: The Book Theif: 60 minutes
1/13/14: The Absolutely True Diary of a part time Indian: 55 minutes
National History Day project
My project is on the rights and responsibilities of protesting from problematic countries or seemingly peaceful countries. I am focusing on how the government reacts to the protesting and if it is a good reaction the coincides with what the protesters think should be happening and revealing the actual rights that people have for protesting. I am also showing the responsibilities of the protesters and if they carry out the responsibilities.
The topic should be looked into more because it involves the safety of citizens when they stand up for what's right and how some citizens abuse the power given to them. I feel as if the peaceful protesting is the one that gets attacked the most instead of the violent protests. The peaceful ones are always the ones that end up being killed or arrested so the responsibilities of the two types of protesting are important because it is a life or death situation.
My next steps in my project this week is the make my project more specific and correct my annotations to make sure that they fit the requirements. Once I finish correcting them I will start to work on my annotated bibliography and then maybe begin on my notecards
The topic should be looked into more because it involves the safety of citizens when they stand up for what's right and how some citizens abuse the power given to them. I feel as if the peaceful protesting is the one that gets attacked the most instead of the violent protests. The peaceful ones are always the ones that end up being killed or arrested so the responsibilities of the two types of protesting are important because it is a life or death situation.
My next steps in my project this week is the make my project more specific and correct my annotations to make sure that they fit the requirements. Once I finish correcting them I will start to work on my annotated bibliography and then maybe begin on my notecards
What would happen in a world where it was the child's choice to go to school? Would you go to school?
I feel like if it was your choice to school a lot of people wouldn't go so the teaching staff wouldn't be able to paid as highly so the teaching wouldn't be as good. It would also affect the way the world worked. We might not have electricity if school wasn't required for children because if no one had to go to school and going to school was more like a hobby you could do when you wanted to there might not be the drive to achieve more than just the required because just going to school was one step ahead of some people.
If it was my choice to go to school, I think at first I wouldn't go because I would be so excited to not have to wake up so early but later on in the year I would think about my future and start to go. The prompt never said that not going to school changed anything about the acceptances of jobs for unschooled workers. I am a anxious person so not have a structured schedule would be bad for me because I would just sit around panicking.
If it was my choice to go to school, I think at first I wouldn't go because I would be so excited to not have to wake up so early but later on in the year I would think about my future and start to go. The prompt never said that not going to school changed anything about the acceptances of jobs for unschooled workers. I am a anxious person so not have a structured schedule would be bad for me because I would just sit around panicking.
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