Sunday, November 14, 2010
Second Response to MacBeth
My group is reinacting the whole play of Macbeth. I understand that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both have an ambition for power. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill the king and Macbeth goes through with it. When Macbeth becomes king, he believes that he is invincible, but is killed by Macduff and his ambition for power is lost. We could connect the whole play with any essential question, however the one that I chose to connect with is "How far is one willing to go to get what they desire most?" Macbeth is willing to kill the king and his friend to become king. "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown men./Without my stir. (1.3.29)" This shows that Macbeth desires power and is think of how he may get it. Overall, my essential question for the play is "How far is one willing to go to get what they desire most?"
Sunday, November 7, 2010
comment to power
Well done. I like how you found a few examples in the first Act to support the eq showing M and LM's quest for power. I also liked how you developed your points by supporting them quotes to further explain what you were saying . WElldone.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Response to Act 1 of Macbeth
eq: What is ambition?
Ambition is the desire for a personal achievement. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both show ambition for power in act 1. Macbeth shows ambition when he finds out that Malcolm will be the heir to the king. He sees that Malcolm is another thing blocking him from becoming king, and try's to think of a way to get around it. His ambition for power is awakened by the witches' prophecy. When he found out that he would become the thane of Cawdor, he began to think that the witches' prophecy was true. Macbeth says "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown men./Without my stir. (1.3.29)". This shows that his is wondering whether he will become king by chance or if he will have to do a dark deed to become king. This starts to spark his ambition to become king. Lady Macbeth shows ambition for power when she finds out that the witches' prophecy told that Macbeth was to become king. She thinks that Macbeth lacks the will to become king. So she convinces him to go after becoming king. She makes the plan for Macbeth stab the king in his sleep and make it look like the servants did it. Lady Macbeth shows her ambition for power as she taunts Macbeth into killing the king so that she may gain power. Lady Macbeth says "It is too full o' the milk of human kindness/to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great: art not without ambition: bit without/the illness should attend it. (1.5.39)." This shows that Lady Macbeth knows that Macbeth has the ambition to become king but she thinks that he is not manly enough to do it. Overall, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth show ambition in act 1.
Ambition is the desire for a personal achievement. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both show ambition for power in act 1. Macbeth shows ambition when he finds out that Malcolm will be the heir to the king. He sees that Malcolm is another thing blocking him from becoming king, and try's to think of a way to get around it. His ambition for power is awakened by the witches' prophecy. When he found out that he would become the thane of Cawdor, he began to think that the witches' prophecy was true. Macbeth says "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown men./Without my stir. (1.3.29)". This shows that his is wondering whether he will become king by chance or if he will have to do a dark deed to become king. This starts to spark his ambition to become king. Lady Macbeth shows ambition for power when she finds out that the witches' prophecy told that Macbeth was to become king. She thinks that Macbeth lacks the will to become king. So she convinces him to go after becoming king. She makes the plan for Macbeth stab the king in his sleep and make it look like the servants did it. Lady Macbeth shows her ambition for power as she taunts Macbeth into killing the king so that she may gain power. Lady Macbeth says "It is too full o' the milk of human kindness/to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great: art not without ambition: bit without/the illness should attend it. (1.5.39)." This shows that Lady Macbeth knows that Macbeth has the ambition to become king but she thinks that he is not manly enough to do it. Overall, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth show ambition in act 1.
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