Reading/Working Times 5/12/14

Monday: Re-reading Macbeth scenes- 25 minutes

Wednesday:Finishing Movie Poster- 30 minutes

Thursday:Re-reading over my hits and misses for Portfolio- 15 minutes

Friday:Writing Cover Letter and Analysis- 2 hours and 15 minutes

Sunday:Preparing my monologue and paraphrase of my scene for class- 45 minutes 

Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes

Regret

I think one of the main, big ideas in this story is regret. I feel as if all character feel a sense of regret at some point in the story. Pain, craziness, and the loss of many were all caused by regret. Although some of the characters may not have admitted regret, a lot of their actions reflect it. Most of the actions done by the characters in Macbeth were out of rage and done impulsively, so I think regret was bound to be felt. 

I think the whole start of regret in the story began when Macbeth first heard the witches tell him he will be king. Right then, after he found out the witches were telling the truth, he knew that he would do anything in his power to win kingship. Duncan a very loyal friend who trusted Macbeth very much was then betrayed. With the help of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth and her plotted the murder of Duncan. After doing the action that he truly didn't want to do, which was more pushed to do it by his wife, he began to regret it. He regretted it so much that he didn't even go back to leave the bloody dagger with the guards, like what was planned. After killing such an innocent man, Macbeth began to go crazy. Everything he did became impulsive, violent, and done out of rage. He began to hurt anyone or anything that got in his way. I think that he begins to regret his decisions later on after he realizes he can't take anything back, but I also think he doesn't care anymore and he will do anything with no thought or filter. 


       Regret plays a role in a theme of the story in my opinion. I think that the theme that includes regret in this story is, stupid choices cause for stupid outcomes. A lot of Macbeth and the other members of the story along with Scotland would have had fewer problems if they had thought about their actions before choosing to act on them. 

Macbeth Quote

"Help me hence, ho!" Act 2. SC. 3 pg.71 line 138

This small line of words said by Lady Macbeth are very important to the story in my opinion. All of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's words that come out of their mouth are very crucial. They both have to be very careful of what they say, after killing Duncan. Lady Macbeth definitely thinks more before she speaks, whereas Macbeth says crazy things that are not good for keeping his secret. I think Macbeth needs to really filter what he is saying, because if I was Macduff, Malcolm, Donalbain, Banquo, or Lennox I would start to get suspicious.

The importance of this line is in the efforts of Lady Macbeth to save her husband from getting caught. Macbeth is going insane and not thinking about what is coming out of this mouth, while Lady Macbeth is trying to be very careful. In this particular scene Macbeth is saying random words that don't have any specific meaning, and everyones faces begin to have a puzzled look on them. Lady Macbeth notices that the others are catching on to the craziness coming out of her husbands mouth, and acts very quick. She knows that she has to do something to distract them and draw the attention away from her husband. She then begins to faint so that Macbeth will know to stop talking, and get everyone's attention on her.

I think there are many more of these situations to come, because Macbeth is still going crazy from his actions. Lady Macbeth is going to have to save Macbeth some more as the story keeps going on in my opinion.

Reading/Working Times for 5/5/14

2 hours working on Portfolio
Wednesday (15 minutes)
Thursday (15 minutes)
Friday (30 minutes)
Saturday (15 minutes)
Sunday (45 minutes)

45 minutes- re-reading over the Acts and Scenes from Macbeth that we have read in class for quiz
All done on Sunday ^^^^^^^^

Total Time: 2 hours and 45 minutes

Reading Times 4/28/14

3 hours: reading Belles on Their Toes 

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(30 minutes on the way up to the beach)

(1 hour 30 minutes on the beach)

(1 hour in the car on the way home)

Finished the book for history****

Total Time-180 minutes 

Free Post 4/28/14

Spring Break is my favorite time of the year! I love everything about it! The time it comes around, the weather, the trips, the clothes, and just every little thing about it. I usually get excited about going to the beach or any trip I have planned and waited all year for. But in fact I could be satisfied with just sitting at home and sleeping in the whole break. The break time off of school is just a perfect amount, and it really makes you want summer. 

I went to Seaside, Florida for Spring Break. I eagerly waited for the time to leave for the beach and did the opposite when I had to leave to come home. The house that we stayed in was so beautiful and was right on the beach. The main street that runs from Watercolor to Seaside was right outside our front door. Lying at the beach was so relaxing and the trip overall rocked; I can't wait for next years Spring break!

Response to Statements

4. Who we are--our essential character and temperament--is fixed and unchangeable.

Everyone has a specific personality, and has their own character and temperament. There are some things about a person that you can't change. Any mistakes or things you do, you can't take back. For example, all of the people Macbeth has killed. He can be sympathetic and feel bad about that, but he can't change the fact that those people are dead, and that he did it. You can change your appearance and try your best to change your personality, but your character is true and will always stay the same. I believe that God specifically made each and every person his or her own way and that there is up to a point in somebody that you can't change. So I agree with this statement as well, because you can change yourself up to a point, but part of you is unchangeable. 

5. Women are more compassionate and less violent than men.

I agree strongly with this statement, because in my opinion it is very true. Women are defiantly less violent than men. All men have a very defensive side to them as well as women but men’s defense is more violent in my opinion. Women are more sympathetic and more sensitive than most men. Macbeth is a very violent story so far. Specifically Macbeth shows his violent side as a man when he kills all the people who become a "threat" to him. So I strongly believe and agree with this statement.