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Saturday, August 1, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Masterpiece Academy Follow Up
Jhaicelle Laron
Dr. Preston
AP English
9 June 2015
Something in this course that made me laugh out loud was how at the end of the year I got closer to people that I usually don't hang out with and sharing those inside jokes. These jokes were made on the Yosemite trip. I loved that trip!
I believe a unifying theme in all the presentations I saw was love for their masterpiece and how it made them who they are and what they want to become. I believe the masterpiece academy was great because it showed us maybe something that everyone doesn't already know. Seeing people present on something they are passionate about like Laike's art or Bridget's healthy living or Haley's interior design ideas. These were just a few people that I got to see into their world a little bit more. It showed me that we are all different but we all love something so much so dearly.
A literary technique that I will hold in my mind forever is bildungsroman. Bildungsroman is dealing with one person's formative year or spiritual education. I believe that this literary technique is one that I believe I can always use. I like this literary technique because we can always relate.
Dr. Preston
AP English
9 June 2015
Masterpiece Academy Follow Up
With this course all students were treated as colleagues and we have been given a great deal of trust and I think most of the students in this class this year deserved it because we all took a class like this to better ourselves and push us further than other students. Then it comes to the other students that I don't think deserved this type of trust because they do not take anything seriously and not actually try to really think. I believe this class makes you think and when I say think, I mean actually analyze everything we did in this class.
Fiction has been called "the lie that tells the truth." I believe that Brave New World, Hamlet, and The Laughing Heart all played a part in my journey of either learning something new or finding something within myself. I believe that the book Brave New World taught me that even though generations change, we as a society will be similar no matter what. Hamlet taught me that all people are crazy. Lastly, The Laughing Heart taught me that I can and will do anything I want and succeed.
I have reconnected with a passion I wanting to learn all the time. I have found that I love learning about anything. This course has taught me to listen and keep attentive to anything because you never know what is going to happen.
I believe a unifying theme in all the presentations I saw was love for their masterpiece and how it made them who they are and what they want to become. I believe the masterpiece academy was great because it showed us maybe something that everyone doesn't already know. Seeing people present on something they are passionate about like Laike's art or Bridget's healthy living or Haley's interior design ideas. These were just a few people that I got to see into their world a little bit more. It showed me that we are all different but we all love something so much so dearly.
A literary technique that I will hold in my mind forever is bildungsroman. Bildungsroman is dealing with one person's formative year or spiritual education. I believe that this literary technique is one that I believe I can always use. I like this literary technique because we can always relate.
Monday, June 1, 2015
My Masterpiece
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Monday, May 4, 2015
Sonnet
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
Macbeth Act 5 Questions
5.1
1. What has the gentlewoman seen Lady Macbeth do (5.1.1-15)? Why won't she tell the Doctor what Lady Macbeth said?
Sleepwalk. She doesn't want to lie and wants the speech to be justified so the other woman doesn't get in trouble for saying something wrong that lady Macbeth didn't say.
2. What does Lady Macbeth reveal in her sleepwalking speeches and actions (5.1.23-58)? To what does the Doctor relate this in 5.1.61-69? What is he suggesting in lines 66-67?
Her guilty actions of murders she has done. Subconscious will let out the guilt she feels when she cannot let it out consciously. He thinks he knows what she has done but he will not speak of it because it is based in assumption.
5.2
1. Where are the soldiers heading in 5.2? Whose side are they on? What do the mentions of Birnam Wood (line 5) and Dunsinane (line 12) remind us of?
To Dunisdance, they are on Malcom's side, and the witches' prophecy.
5.3
1. What reports are the servants bringing to Macbeth (5.3.1)? Why does Macbeth say he is not afraid? What does he think about himself in lines 20-29?
That they are outnumbered because they are all born of women and he cannot be hurt.
2. What does the Doctor say about Lady Macbeth (lines 39-46)? What does Macbeth wish the Doctor could do (lines 52-58)?
That she is in a grave condition and he wished he could cure her.
5.4
1. What does Malcolm tell the soldiers to do (5.4.4-7)? What effect do you expect this to have on Macbeth?
To cover themselves with wood so Macbeth;s army does not know how many soldiers he has.
5.5
1. What does "the cry of women" signify (5.5.7.1, 15)? Read Macbeth's famous speech in lines 16-27 carefully. What is he saying? How does he feel about life at this point?
The death of Lady Macbeth and that life keeps going on. It's unimportant and so insignificant.
2. What news does the messenger bring in lines 28-33? How does Macbeth react to this news? What does he now think of the witches (lines 40-46)? (Notice the return of "equivocation" in line 41.) Yet what is his mood at the end of the scene (lines 49-50)? Will he go out with a whimper?
That Birnam Wood is moving closer to Dunisdance castle. That they are equivocal, and they had a double meaning to what they had told him and he will fight until he is killed.
5.7
1. What is Macbeth's attitude at the beginning of the scene (lines 1-4)? What happens in his encounter with Young Siward?
Confident he can take on Macduff's army and Youn Siward is killed.
5.8 (5.7 continues in most editions)
1. Who is Macduff looking for and why (lines 1-10)?
He was looking for Macbeth because he wanted to fight him and kill him because he didn't want to fight any of his soldiers.
5.11 (5.8 continues in most editions)
1. How upset is Siward at his son's death? Why?
He's not very upset because he died with honor and he died fighting.
2. What does Malcolm promise his followers (lines 26-41)? What does he tell us about Lady Macbeth's death (line 36-37)? Should we believe him? (He is her enemy, after all-but remember the Doctor's instructions in 5.1.66-67.)
Sleepwalk. She doesn't want to lie and wants the speech to be justified so the other woman doesn't get in trouble for saying something wrong that lady Macbeth didn't say.
2. What does Lady Macbeth reveal in her sleepwalking speeches and actions (5.1.23-58)? To what does the Doctor relate this in 5.1.61-69? What is he suggesting in lines 66-67?
Her guilty actions of murders she has done. Subconscious will let out the guilt she feels when she cannot let it out consciously. He thinks he knows what she has done but he will not speak of it because it is based in assumption.
5.2
1. Where are the soldiers heading in 5.2? Whose side are they on? What do the mentions of Birnam Wood (line 5) and Dunsinane (line 12) remind us of?
To Dunisdance, they are on Malcom's side, and the witches' prophecy.
5.3
1. What reports are the servants bringing to Macbeth (5.3.1)? Why does Macbeth say he is not afraid? What does he think about himself in lines 20-29?
That they are outnumbered because they are all born of women and he cannot be hurt.
2. What does the Doctor say about Lady Macbeth (lines 39-46)? What does Macbeth wish the Doctor could do (lines 52-58)?
That she is in a grave condition and he wished he could cure her.
5.4
1. What does Malcolm tell the soldiers to do (5.4.4-7)? What effect do you expect this to have on Macbeth?
To cover themselves with wood so Macbeth;s army does not know how many soldiers he has.
5.5
1. What does "the cry of women" signify (5.5.7.1, 15)? Read Macbeth's famous speech in lines 16-27 carefully. What is he saying? How does he feel about life at this point?
The death of Lady Macbeth and that life keeps going on. It's unimportant and so insignificant.
2. What news does the messenger bring in lines 28-33? How does Macbeth react to this news? What does he now think of the witches (lines 40-46)? (Notice the return of "equivocation" in line 41.) Yet what is his mood at the end of the scene (lines 49-50)? Will he go out with a whimper?
That Birnam Wood is moving closer to Dunisdance castle. That they are equivocal, and they had a double meaning to what they had told him and he will fight until he is killed.
5.7
1. What is Macbeth's attitude at the beginning of the scene (lines 1-4)? What happens in his encounter with Young Siward?
Confident he can take on Macduff's army and Youn Siward is killed.
5.8 (5.7 continues in most editions)
1. Who is Macduff looking for and why (lines 1-10)?
He was looking for Macbeth because he wanted to fight him and kill him because he didn't want to fight any of his soldiers.
5.11 (5.8 continues in most editions)
1. How upset is Siward at his son's death? Why?
He's not very upset because he died with honor and he died fighting.
2. What does Malcolm promise his followers (lines 26-41)? What does he tell us about Lady Macbeth's death (line 36-37)? Should we believe him? (He is her enemy, after all-but remember the Doctor's instructions in 5.1.66-67.)
Macbeth Act 4 Questions
4.1
1. How many witches appear in this scene?
3 witches.
2. What messages does Macbeth get from the witches and their apparitions? Does he feel safe after the first three apparitions? Should he? How does he feel after the fourth, the line of kings?
The first apparition says to be wary of Macduff and careful of him. The second tells Macbeth he should be strong willed ruler-bold and brace and in other words he should not accept defeat. The third warns attacking armies coming, and tells Macbeth he won't be defeated until the kingdom of Norway attacks.
3. What does Macbeth learn from Lennox at line 158? What does he plan to do about it?
That Macduff is running away to England, and in response Macbeth decides to send someone to try to kill as many of his family members as he can.
4.2
1. What is Lady Macduff's reaction to her husband's departure for England (4.2.1-30).
Betrayed and angry
2. What is the function of the scene between Lady Macduff and her son (4.2.30-64)?
To have false impressions about his dad.
3. What happens to Lady Macduff and her son?
They are killed by Macbeth
4.3
1. What do we know at the beginning of the scene that Macduff doesn't know?
Macduff's family has been killed.
2. What is the main issue between Malcolm and Macduff in the first part of the scene (4.3.1-32)?
Why might Malcolm be suspicious of Macduff? How does Macduff respond (4.3.32-38)? What changes when Macduff starts to leave at line 35?
That Malcolm doesn't want to go home because he's afraid of judgement since he ran away in the first place.
3. What does Malcolm say about himself, and how does Macduff respond (lines 38-115)? What bothers Macduff more in a king, lust or avarice? Why does this character of Malcolm's surprise Macduff (lines 106-112)? (Malcolm's mother was the daughter of the Old Siward mentioned in line 135, which might explain why he is helping. The description of his mother sounds more like St. Margaret of Scotland, who in fact was later this Malcolm's wife.)
Ross tells Macduff his family is dead.
1. How many witches appear in this scene?
3 witches.
2. What messages does Macbeth get from the witches and their apparitions? Does he feel safe after the first three apparitions? Should he? How does he feel after the fourth, the line of kings?
The first apparition says to be wary of Macduff and careful of him. The second tells Macbeth he should be strong willed ruler-bold and brace and in other words he should not accept defeat. The third warns attacking armies coming, and tells Macbeth he won't be defeated until the kingdom of Norway attacks.
3. What does Macbeth learn from Lennox at line 158? What does he plan to do about it?
That Macduff is running away to England, and in response Macbeth decides to send someone to try to kill as many of his family members as he can.
4.2
1. What is Lady Macduff's reaction to her husband's departure for England (4.2.1-30).
Betrayed and angry
2. What is the function of the scene between Lady Macduff and her son (4.2.30-64)?
To have false impressions about his dad.
3. What happens to Lady Macduff and her son?
They are killed by Macbeth
4.3
1. What do we know at the beginning of the scene that Macduff doesn't know?
Macduff's family has been killed.
2. What is the main issue between Malcolm and Macduff in the first part of the scene (4.3.1-32)?
Why might Malcolm be suspicious of Macduff? How does Macduff respond (4.3.32-38)? What changes when Macduff starts to leave at line 35?
That Malcolm doesn't want to go home because he's afraid of judgement since he ran away in the first place.
3. What does Malcolm say about himself, and how does Macduff respond (lines 38-115)? What bothers Macduff more in a king, lust or avarice? Why does this character of Malcolm's surprise Macduff (lines 106-112)? (Malcolm's mother was the daughter of the Old Siward mentioned in line 135, which might explain why he is helping. The description of his mother sounds more like St. Margaret of Scotland, who in fact was later this Malcolm's wife.)
Ross tells Macduff his family is dead.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Journal Write 4/22/15
Today's journal write was," What kind of ruler do you think Macbeth will be? Why? Provide at least 3 textual examples that support/illustrate your main points. I wrote this...
I think Macbeth would be a shitty one, yah he is a person and we all make mistakes but it feels like he is always making bad decisions and always thinking about himself and Lady Macbeth, and not really thinking about the Kingdom in any way. The witches are a good example of how shitty Macbeth can be because Macbeth was so easily persuaded by these witches and a good king can not just be so easily persuaded or some rash decisions might occur. Another example is also how Lady Macbeth influences him and how she's sort of the mastermind in this whole story. It is sad how King Duncan was so loyal to Macbeth and Macbeth did not repay the favor. This is not what a good king should be.
I think Macbeth would be a shitty one, yah he is a person and we all make mistakes but it feels like he is always making bad decisions and always thinking about himself and Lady Macbeth, and not really thinking about the Kingdom in any way. The witches are a good example of how shitty Macbeth can be because Macbeth was so easily persuaded by these witches and a good king can not just be so easily persuaded or some rash decisions might occur. Another example is also how Lady Macbeth influences him and how she's sort of the mastermind in this whole story. It is sad how King Duncan was so loyal to Macbeth and Macbeth did not repay the favor. This is not what a good king should be.
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