Macbeth first half

The play begins with three witches appearing from a dark storm like thunder. They plan to meet Macbeth after the battle and upon the heath. In the next act Duncan asked a wounded sergeant about the battle and he tells Duncan that he has helped Duncan’s son escape capture and Macbeth and Banquo fought well and wont the battle calling Macbeth brave and heroic. Ross enters and tells Duncan that they have defeated Cawdor, “That now Sweno, the Norways’ king, craves composition, Nor would we deign him brutal of his men Till he disbursed, at Saint Colme’s inch,
Ten thousand dollars to our general use.
Dun. No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, and with his former little greet Macbeth.
Ross. I’ll see it done.
Dun. What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won” (William Shakespeare “Macbeth” pp 3-4).
This is Ross and Duncan talking about putting Cawdor to death and since Macbeth won the battle he should be given Cawdor’s title.
The three witches appear again and note that Macbeth and Banquo are on their way. They arrive and start talking to the three witches who give them glory. The witches tell Macbeth that he will be king one day and they give Banquo some riddles telling him he’s “not so happy, yet much happier” (Macbeth p. 6). When Macbeth tries to ask them questions about what they were talking about the three witches vanish one again. Ross enters and tells Macbeth that he is the new thane of Cawdor promoted by the king, and the former thane will be executed for treason. They briefly discuss what happened with the three witches asking each other questions about their encounter.
Lady Macbeth reads a letter talking about Macbeth’s promotion and that she knows he is ambitious, but he is too kind of a person to take the necessary steps to become the king. Macbeth enters she tells him about Duncan’s arrival and assures Macbeth to have patience and leave the plan up to her. Macbeth tells her he doesn’t want to go on with murder and she calls him names and questions his man hood. She tells him her plans and Macbeth likes it then decides to go along with it.
The two carry out the murder, but Macbeth has some guilt about killing the king. Macbeth takes Macduff to the king where he finds the kings body. Duncan’s sons say they will flee the town and they discuss the strange things that have been happening.

William, Shakespeare. Macbeth. New York: Dover Publications, 1993

RAB

Top ten

1. Carver, Raymond. Where I’m calling from new and selected stories. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.
• This is one of Ray Carvers many stories and this one I liked. He used real issues that either he actually went threw or knew a lot about. He made this story seem the most realistic in all of the semester. It tell of an alcoholic and his struggles.

2. William, Shakespeare. Macbeth. New York: Dover Publications, 1993.
• Macbeth tells a great story of a man who is very liked, but lets his greed take over when he wants to take over and be the king. The novel itself was hard to understand but by watching the movie and the play I understood the book and the characters.
3. Macbeth. The movie, Director Geoffrey Wright. Actor Sam Worthington. 21 Sep. 2006
• This movie came out in Austrailia and while Macbeth was in the olden days, Director Geoffrey Wright puts a spin on the classic story and puts the concepts into modern days. Power, money, durgs, sex, and action in the new Macbeth.
4. Silko, Leslie M. Ceremony. New York: The Viking Press, 1977.\
• My novel of choice because it dealt with alcoholism and a military man. Good novel felt sorry for all these Army men that served our country and couldn’t deal with life out of the military. They let everything else take over.
5. Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin Books, 1972.
• This book was really different then you would see in a typical college class. Many pictures, and I really didn’t understand why we read it. Good connections with the pictures to the others.
6. “Macbeth”. By William Shakespeare. Kingsmen Park, Thousand Oaks CLU. 26 June 2009.
• Probably the first play I went to on my own, and I really liked it. It help me understand Shakespeare and the characters a little more. Good fight scene in the beginning and overall good acting. The director that came into class really got me into going and seeing it.
7. Shepard, Sam. True West. Samuel French, Inc. New York, 1981
• At first seemed like a boring novel by the name but the character really came out and showed a different side of eachother. Was different how characters switched roles. Didn’t like how the novel ended in with no understanding to how it all ended, but good novel.
8. Carver, Raymond. Where I’m Calling From. “Neighbors”. Atlantic Press, 1988.
• This I thought was a strange story, but then again I can see this happening to a couple. Carver uses good words in this story to get the point across, and now I would want someone watching over my house.
9. 3. Carver, Raymond. Where I’m Calling From. “Fat”. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988
• This is a weird story also, but I can see Carver writing a story like this. It’s a reason to not make fun of anyone and keep you ideas to yourself, I didn’t like as much, but it was fun to read.
10. Prolux,Annie. Brokeback Mountain: Story to screenplay. New York. Scribner, 2005
• This has to be my number one all time not favorites. I really wasn’t interested in reading the novel. Really point less to me, but good story to read for some people.

Macbeth play CLU. lit. event 1

For my literary event number one I went to go see the Macbeth play at Cal Lutheran University. When the play started the battle scene broke out and Macbeth and Banquo killed and killed. When the battle scene was over three witches appeared on stage as if they were coming out of the ground from nowhere, but they just got out on black lace bags. After that the play went along with the Macbeth story but the director Michael decided to keep having the ghost reappearing throughout the play.

During the climax I thought CLU was going to do King Duncan’s killing scene but they didn’t. Macbeth just got the daggers and went to Duncan’s house and then came out bloody. Over all the play was a success, I thought I was good and very interesting. The scene of the play was perfect also; when I heard it was going to be outside I was not expecting that. The outside made the play really come to life because it wasn’t like in a theatre where the actor echo, you only heard them once and some line you didn’t hear it kept you more watching the play. Macbeth was a good actor, and the last fighting scene you can tell he was giving the crowd what he had.

If it wasn’t for Michael coming to class I don’t think I would have attended the second showing of this Macbeth play. He really “got the ball rolling” for me and got me interested into it. His use of the back ground of Shakespeare that I had no idea about got me to go see the play.

            Play was a good experience, I liked the setting very much and thought the actors were great.  The coldness of being outside made me want to go home, but the hot chocolate came through.  Michael did a good job with the fighting scene being in the beginning made a statement to me by doing so. Also Lady Macbeth did the second best job, her or Macduff, both really put it out on the line and gave good performances.   

 

“Macbeth”. By William Shakespeare. Kingsmen Park, Thousand Oaks CLU. Dir. Michael. 26 June 2009.

Macbeth the movie lit. event 2

For my literary event #2 I watched Macbeth by Geoffrey Wright just released in 2006. It has the same story line as Shakespeare’s original Macbeth; the director Wright put a little spin on Macbeth. He made it in modern times and instead of fighting over a kingdom it’s drug lords fighting over drugs, money, and territory. Even though he added guns, drugs, sex, money, fashion the story still very well corresponds with Shakespeare’s version.
When the movie starts you see a lady crying at a grave that says Beloved Son, later to be known it is Lady Macbeth. Then you see three teenage girls dressed gothic at graves sites and they are talking about meeting Macbeth. They show their dark side by the way they are behaving and laughing. Aussie Sam Worthington played Macbeth, and when the fighting scene erupted it wasn’t your 15th century shields and swords fight. Macbeth and Banquo were killing guys with a 45 caliber pistol. They kill everyone on the scene and as two of the opposing side drug dealers Macbeth and Banquo follow them to what seems like their head quarters. Kill the last two men and take a duffle bag whats to seem inside is drugs. When the Witches/school girls see Macbeth and confront his after the battle this time it’s not him and Banquo, they just talk to him and tell he is going to be the new “Crime” king.
Through out the movie Geoffrey Wright uses most the same ideas, same concept, but he puts his frame of mind into it, making the story what comes out more clearly to the viewers. When Macbeth killed king Duncan in the original version Kind Duncan gets killed and you don’t know how, all you know is that Macbeth did it, it was successfully done and his guards got the blame after. The movie shows the actual killing scene, Macbeth stabs the king with the guards daggers that Macbeth stole from their front pockets in their jackets. Then after his deed was done Macbeth wipes blood all over the guard framing them and after shoots the both in the head. The rest of the movie contrasts with the novel just that there’s no more swords instead they are fighting with guns. The movie end with a tremendous shoot out between Macbeth and Macduff, they fight it out until the very end, then Macbeth get shot.

Macbeth. The movie, Director Geoffrey Wright. Actor Sam Worthington. 21 Sep. 2006

lit. Event 3. Poetry reading

For my poetry literary event I went to Zoe’s café. I thought it was a good place to have a poetry reading because a Café seems really calm and quiet and to me poetry is just that and the serving of food make it more warm. I personally couldn’t go up there and read a poem, although I must say if we were allowed to read one of our poems that we wrote at Zoe’s and get full credit for one essay at finals, I might have done it. There weren’t that many people there and it was not organized or at least practice. None some of the readers didn’t know when they were supposed to go up.

I felt better after one of the speakers read a story by Ray Carver because I had heard some of his writing already and I felt as if I was really not a part of the reading. I knew how Ray Carver wrote his stories, very true and realistic; it was about a wallet being someone’s identity. It was a good story and really went well at the poetry reading. Other then this all the other reading was poetry. Some of the speakers were better than I thought when it came to their own poem.  And some people read other poems. “The Night Dances” by Silvia Plath.  This was a great poem showed the love a mother had for her child.  It’s a very passionate poem and can relate to majority of the mom out there.  Another poem that was read was “Gods Grander” I didn’t get who the writer was but this was also a very passionate poem.  The writer talked about God and how he is the beginning of everything.  He says he loves God and the world is now a better place.

Over all it was a good experience, this was my first and I am not sure if it’s last. It was a good experience I thought, and I can recommend someone at least going to see one in their life time.  All of the poems that were read were very uplifting, if that’s a word, all in all wonderful experience.

Macbeth 2nd half

“Fillet of a fenny snake, in the cauldron boil and bake, Eye of newt and tow of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s legs and howlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful touble, like a hell-broth boil and bubble, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble” (William Shakespeare “Macbeth” p, 51). The three witches enter again and they are not up to any good because this passage seems to have spell coming out of it. Macbeth enters and asks the witches to reveal the truth about some questions that he has. They then tell him to watch out for Macduff, “The power of man, for none of women born Shall harm Macbeth” (p.54). And the last thing they said was Macbeth is safe until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill because he will go against Macbeth.
Lady Macduff demands why her husband has left. She then tells her son that his father is dead, and when she was told to flee she didn’t want to because she says she’s done nothing wrong. Just then two murderers enter and stab’s Lady Macduff’s son and kills him, and she runs out of the room while the murderers chase her. Macduff is talking to Malcolm in front of King Edward’s palace and he tells him he does not trust Macduff because he maybe working for Macbeth and he left his family in Scotland, and after Macduff cries out “O Scotland, Scotland!(p. 63). Malcolm puts all his suspicion on the side and thinks of Macduff as not an ally. Ross enters and tells Macduff that Macbeth has murdered his wife and child, Macduff gets really angry and seeks revenge on Macbeth.
In the last act a war breaks out and Lady Macbeth dies. During the battle Macbeth is raging with is sword and Macduff is looking for him because he wants to kill Macbeth himself for what he did. They meet in the battle field and they are fighting their swords off. Malcolm retrieves the castle and while walking through Macduff enters with Macbeth’s head in his hand and calls Malcolm the king of Scotland.
Question: How did the fight scene end?
　
I can now see why King James at first didn’t want the play to by shown. This is very real and at their time I can guess that the people have never heard a story like this

William, Shakespeare. Macbeth. New York: Dover Publications, 1993

True West R.R

True West by Sam Shepard is a typical story that you see, either in books or on the screen. Two brothers who are totally opposite, one is bad (Lee) homeless, hungry, drinking beer, talking trash to his brother, and always looking for something to scam. The other brother is the good brother (Austin) has his stuff together , has a family, tries to take care of his brother like families do, a family and working on his career. After the producer Saul leaves, things turn a 360 for the two brothers. Lee gets a deal and Austin gets jealous and he begins to start drinking and pestering Lee. Austin is drunk and is telling his brother Lee to take his to the desert also. Austin says he can survive but Lee knows his brother too well and knows it’s the alcohol talking. Lee is trying to write his script and finds out it is harder then he thinks and tries to make a deal with Austin so they can both get what they want.
Not too long after mom arrives and finds her house totally trashed and since the brothers are now working together they save each other from mom’s say about the situation. Austin then tells mom that he is writing a script for Lee after he is done he wants to go to the desert with Lee. Lee and mom tell Austin he can’s survive in the desert and he has a family, Austin goes in fury. He then chokes Lee close to death, mom leaves, and Lee passes out. Austin then tries to escape and Lee gets to him before he gets out the door and then they have a face off and the story ends.
Question: What is going to happen next?
This is a good story, I liked how it ended with the reader thinking about what is going to happen next. The story has just been told many times in many different ways. “Lee is motionless, Austin very slowly begins to stand, still keep a tenuous hold on the cord and his eyes riveted to Lee for any sign of movement, Austin slowly drops the cord and stands, he stares down at Lee who appears to be dead, ( True West Sam Shepard 71). This line made the movie for me because I like horror stories and if this was on screen I can picture the look on Austin’s face.
I also liked how the mom decided to leave the place and let her boys fight it out and almost kill each other. They are big enough to know what they are doing and they are brothers, if she would have gotten in the middle of it she might have got hurt.
Vocabulary words- montonous

Shepard, Sam. True West. Samuel French, Inc. New York, 1981

Cememory Part 2

“This has been going on for a long time now. It’s up to you. Don’t let them stop you. Don’t let them finish off this world” (Ceremony Leslie Silko). This is getting to the end of the novel when Tayo feels as if the Cermony is curing him and tries to give Betonie money and this is what he tells Tayo as he refuses the money. After this Tayo get picked up by his friends Leroy and Harley and go back to the bar where they feel nothing and reminisce about the war. Tayo ends up at a women’s house where he washes his horse and she invites him for supper. Then they have sex and he leaves in the morning searching for his cattle. He finds the cattle in a white man’s fence and makes a hole in the fence so they could get out. While he is doing so two people that are patrolling the area catch him and when they notice mountain lion tracks they rather bring that to their boss instead of an Indian.
After Tayo gets the cattle is finally becomes a full member of his family and he can return to his home. When he and the mountain lion were face to face they were almost the same person or could be the same person, they both didn’t want to see each other, both were pray by the patrol men, and both trying to get some things done, lion feeding and Tayo getting the cattle.
He meets up with the women again, she tells him she is camping, and he follows her to where she is camped. They spend the summer together and he Uncle Robert reaches him and lets Tayo know Emo is spreading rumors and he and the white police are coming after him to take him back to the hospital. He runs and hides from hiding spot to hiding spot, he soon gets picked up by Leoroy and Harley and thinks his friends are there for him. Soon he notices they are capturing him and flee from them. As he is hiding he sees his old Army friends and wants to go out and kill Emo but can’t. Tayo goes home and the ceremony is finally complete, he then learns that Harley and Leroy are dead. And Emo kills Pinkie. Story ends with a poem.
Tayo is not just doing the ceremony for himself, but he is doing it for everyone, his people and all the soldiers. He has to accept the fact that they are losses in life is his only way to complete the ceremony. Since Tayo has successfully completed the ceremony the rain will return, and drought will be no longer. The last lines of the book are exactly how the book stated, and ending almost seems like a dedication.
　
Silko, Leslie. Ceremony. New York 1977.

And 2morrow

Today is filled with anger
fueled with hidden hate
scared of being outcast
afraid of common fate
Today is built on tragedies
which no one wants 2 face
nightmares 2 humanities
and morally disgraced
Tonight is filled with rage
violence in the air
children bred with ruthlessness
because no one at home cares
Tonight I lay my head down
but the pressure never stops
knawing at my sanity
content when I am dropped
But 2morrow I c change
a chance 2 build a new
Built on spirit intent of Heart
and ideals
based on truth
and tomorrow I wake with second wind
and strong because of pride
2 know I fought with all my heart 2 keep my
dream alive

Tupac Shakur

This poem is by the famous rapper Tupac Shakur: I chose this poem because I like what he talks about in his poetry and his music. This poem is also an AB poem, four line stanzas, it tells how he feels, and what he is thinking. The first four lines are what he thinks is going on in the world, or more so where he lives at his community. In the next lines he talks about the tragedies going on, and says no one wants to face them. In the middle of his poem he is talking about the community where he lives at, and it could be either Los Angeles or New York City. “Tonight is filled with rage violence in the air he’s speaking on the gang war or even just violence that happens where he comes from. It could be violence over drugs or the police brutality in the late 80’s. When he says children bred with ruthlessness because no one at home cares, this he is speaking from his own experience his real dad was never in his life, his step father was a street hustler, and his mother was always on the move because she was part of the Black Panthers when Tupac was growing up.
“Tonight I lay my head down but the pressure never stops,” here Tupac is either saying even if you try to not think about something, try to forget something; it’s all going to be the same unless you change that something/ or he is saying the pressure is him striving for greatness and the best of his ability. The last nine lines are what this rapper/poetry writer is known for; he is all about doing better and making things better. Built of spirit intent of Heart and ideals based on truth and tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride. He has a lot of pride and goes in depth, he wants everyone and everything to b equal, and he is not going to stop he has to keep his dream alive.
This is Tupac and his poetry not song lyrics. He is dead now and many people think he was just some gangster rapper that use foul language and wanted to fight all the time. He was actually very talented and alone with these talents he was also a screen writer and a producer.

Works Cited:

 

http://www.alleyezonme.com/poetry/