Sunday, December 12, 2010

Be a man Macbeth.

Act.1 sc.7 pg.43 lines 53-58
"What beast was't then, That made you break this enterprise to me? when you durst o it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man"- lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth has now read Macbeths letter about how he encountered three witches and that Macbeth and the king are going to her house. She also was talking to herself about how she needs to become more like a man because men have less emotions and can be dark and cruel.
this quote shows that lady Macbeth realized that men are more dark a can do more things due to our superior strength and that if she was a man she would be more than man she would be a leader.

Act.4 Sc 3. pg.155 lines.252-254
"MALCOM Be comforted. Les's make us med'cines of our great revenge to cure this deadly grief." - Malcom.
In this quote Macduff's family has been murdered and Malcom tells him to use his sadness and grief as medicine and turn your emotions into an enraged state so he can be more manly and be a better fighter.

Act. 5 sc. 8 lines 1-5
"Why should I play the Roman fool and die On mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the gashes Do better upon them"- Macbeth
Macbeth says that he would rather stay alive and fight off his enemies instead of Taking the foolish Roman way of killing himself with his own sword and that if his enemies are still alive he would like to remain alive and fight.
This quote demonstrates manliness with the fact that Macbeth would rather fight like a man against his enemy instead of taking to cowards way out by taking his own life aways by committing suicide.

Act. 5 sc. 8 lines 45-48
"He Only live but till he was a man, the which no sooner had his prowess confirmed in the unshrinking station he fought, but like a man he died."- Ross
Ross was talking to Malcom and Siward about a battle that they had just won. When they talked about how Siwards' son had died and Ross said that he lived to be a man and he fought to the death like a lot of men do.
This quote shows that manliness is good because Ross is trying to comfort Siward with some true infromation and he mainly talked about how his son was a man and that he was a courageous fighter.

Act. 1 sc.7 line 51.
" I dare do all that may become a man."- Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is talking to Macbeth about how he dresses effects the way his self esteem is shown. And she talks about how right now he should be dressing different. She also asks why he doesn't desire to make his self esteem better.
This quote shows manliness because Macbeth gets chewed out and states that doing all of what she said doesn't make anyone a man. This means Macbeth spoke what he truly thought was right which in my mind is manly



Friday, December 3, 2010

Oddysee theme

The Oddysey keeps throwing major problems at Odysseus that he needs to have faith in the gods to get through them." First I will transform you-no one must know you. I will shrivel the supple skin on your lithe limbs, strip the russet curls from yout head and deck you out." p.299 L. 454-456. This happend when Odysseus Returned to a Ithica that has been torn apart by the suitors. If Odysseus didn't wait to go into the palace he would have been reconized by the suitors and probably would have been killed. But Odysseus understood the situation and patiently waited to penatrate the palace while hoping for help from the gods. by doing this the Goddess Athena Changed Odysseus's appearence so he could walk the palace as an unknown begger.

The Odyssey has many tasks that require faith in the gods. "swept along by the whitecaps past the trim black hull and the god cut short their journey home forever" P.284 L. 451-452. Odysseus and his crew was bailed into the sea by the God Poseidon being washed around in the ocean because Poseiden felt Odysseus and his crew weren't fully faithful so they were punished and ended on Calypso's island.

The Odyssey has obstacles that require belief in the gods to over come them. " Do For the two of us? Or shall I rack My brains for another champion?" P. 346 L. 392-393 Zues Tells Odysseus to tell telemachus that he is his father. Odysseus has to believe in Zues his god to succesfully destroy the suitors. Odysseus listens to his god and talks to Telemachus revealing himself as Odysseus this trust in the god that Odysseus has helps him to do things at the right time.