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?"

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.

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.

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Response to "AnP"

People are transformed by their relationships with other people. In "Anp" the main character Sammy is transformed when he sees the group of girls enter the store. He believes that they notice him and he thinks that they like him. When they get kicked out, he thinks that they were treated badly and quits on the spot. He is transformed by his relationship with his boss because he realizes that the world is a hard place to live in. In the end he regretted quiting.

Connecting with a character from "Brother Dear"

I connect with Greg from the short story "Brother Dear" by Bernice Friesen. I connect with Greg because he seek approval from his family and i do too. We both have trouble speaking our minds because we both think that we may be wrong. We also both get made when someone disagrees with our views. However, I would not storm out of the house because of it. Both Greg and I also have different views than our fathers, and we often disagree with them.Overall, Greg form the short story "Brother Dear" by Bernice Friesen has many similarities to me.

Image connecting with "AnP"

This is a picture of a grocery store. The short story takes place in a grocery store. In the story the manager gets made at a group of girls that walk into the store dressed in bikinis. The main character Sammy quits on the spot after hearing this. The reason I connected this picture to the story is because while I was reading the story, I visualized a grocery store in the same style as this one.