Macbeth Questions, Part Two

4. a) What appears to be motivating Macbeth the most? Figure it out and show some evidence from the play.

There are three main motivating factors, they are; young ambition, need to prove his manhood, and greed. The one that motivates Macbeth the most in the play is his need to prove his manhood. He always wrestles with decisions when it comes times to make them,  he has doubts about his strength and abilities. When Macbeth starts to doubt himself Lady Macbeth is there to take advantage of the moment and manipulate him into doing what she wants, instead of him making decisions he wants. You see this time nd time again in this play, for example Act Three Scene Four. When Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost and starts having a freak, Lady Macbeth says;
"Oh, these flaws and starts, Impostors to true fear, would well become A woman’s story at a winter’s fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself!".

b) Make a list of reversals or paradoxes from Acts 1 and 2 that show how "fair is foul, and fouls is fair". 

- In Act One, Scene Two the nobleman Ross informs King Duncan that the trusted the thane of Cawdor, is a traitor who conspired with Norway during the rebellion. The fair thane of Cawdor is foul.

- In Act One, Scene Three after the witches tell Macbeth and Banquo's future, Banquo says the lines;
BANQUO 
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,

Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s

 In deepest consequence

   -This example is a paradox because telling the truth is a act of good not evil, so it a reversal to have evil be the one telling the                                

     truth.

- The witch's appearance, this is a reversal because they are woman that look like man. 

- Another reversal is Lady Macbeth's male strength and Macbeth's female weakness; i.e being commanded by male. 

- The largest paradox you see is the entire plot the play is based on, the fact that Macbeth's motifs are to kill Duncan and become King in his place is an act that goes against all ways of life during that time period.   

Macbeth Essay Outline Two

Area of Discussion One: Lady Macbeth's guilt and incompatibility is the driving evidence of her weakness's. 

 

- Act Two, Scene Two, Page 81-89
     - Lady Macbeth is paranoid due to fear and guilt of what they are doing (i.e Duncan's murder)
     - She talks about alcohol being the source of her courage, meaning that she is cowardly and afraid

     - Lady Macbeth says the line: "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done ’t.". 

        - this showing another large sign of weakness from her because it shows she has a heart, just like a typical woman

     - when Macbeth is starting to freak out about the murder, Lady Macbeth just keeps telling him not to think about it or they will start going crazy 

     -Lady Macbeth tells her husband that it is simple to wash away the act of murder, simply just wash the blood off you. Ironic because she never is able to get the vision of blood out of her mind. This line is sort of a mirror of her fears, Lady Macbeth's fear that she will never be able to wash away the trauma or regret after killing the King. i.e She has a guilty conscience.  

- Act Two, Scene Three, Page 97 

     - Lady Macbeth can't stand to be near the dead body, possibly a act or her actually feeling towards the murder  

- Act Three, Scene Two, Page 115
     - Lady Macbeth says;
"Naught’s had, all’s spent,
Where our desire is got without content.
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."
     - Meaning If you get what you want and you’re still not happy, you’ve spent everything and gained nothing. Its better to be the person who gets murdered than to be the killer and be tormented with anxiety.
     - This indicating Lady Macbeth's fears and true feelings about the murder; she is tormented by the murder and can't stand what she has done

 - Lady Macbeth keeps telling her husband over and over again to stop thinking about the murder, because it cannot be changed now. This reflecting her fears about the murder, and that she cannot stop thinking about it just has Macbeth can't. She is the first indicator that she is starting to crack.  

- Act Three, Scene Four, Page 125-133
     - Lady Macbeth starts to panic and crack under the pressure of keeping the secret when her husband sees Banquo's ghost

    

- Act Five, Scene One, Page 177-181
     - Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking is a large piece of evidence that she is to weak and fragile to handle the murder of Duncan 
     - She talks about Macbeth being scared, but is mirrored as she is the one that is truly scared  

- Act Five, Scene Five, Page 193
     - Macbeth hears a woman crying, it is Lady Macbeth jumping off the roof killing herself
     - This signifying that in the end Lady Macbeth was always a weal, fragile woman no matter how many dark forces she called upon or how many times she attempted to fight it    

Area of Discussion Two: Lady Macbeth uses alternative means besides force to get what she wants, means that are considered a weak alternative.

- Act One, Scene Five, Page 63 and 65
     - Lady Macbeth calls upon evil to help her become stronger to commit the murder, making her look weak because she cannot look to herself to commit it alone.  

- Act One, Scene Seven, Page 73 and 75
     - Lady Macbeth tricks her husband into changing his opinion on the King's murder by threatening his manhood, and calling him a woman. Something a fragile Woman would do because they could not achieve this by force or threats like a man would do.

- Act Two, Scene Two, Page 81-89

     - After Lady Macbeth sees that Macbeth has forgotten to leave the daggers, and he is to traumatized to take them back she calls him a weak, scared child to try and manipulate him into being stronger

- Act Three, Scene Four, Page 125-133

       - Lady Macbeth threatens his manhood again in hopes to snap Macbeth back to reality 

Macbeth Essay, Outline One.

Topic: Lady Macbeth is a weak, fragile woman.    

References:

- Act One, Scene Five, Page 63 and 65

   - Lady Macbeth calls upon evil to help her become stronger to commit the murder, making her look weak because she cannot look to herself to commit it alone.

- Act One, Scene Seven, Page 73 and 75

   - Lady Macbeth tricks her husband into changing his opinion on the King's murder by threatening his manhood, and calling him a woman. Something a fragile Woman would do because they could not achieve this by force or threats like a man would do.

- Act Two, Scene Two, Page 81-89

   - Lady Macbeth is paranoid due to fear and guilt of what they are doing (i.e Duncan's murder)

   - She talks about alcohol being the source of her courage, meaning that she is cowardly and afraid

   - Lady Macbeth says the line: "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done ’t.". 

        - this showing another large sign of weakness from her because it shows she has a heart, just like a typical woman

   - when Macbeth is starting to freak out about the murder, Lady Macbeth just keeps telling him not to think about it or they will start going crazy 

   - After Lady Macbeth sees that Macbeth has forgotten to leave the daggers, and he is to traumatized to take them back she calls him a weak, scared child

   -Lady Macbeth tells her husband that it is simple to wash away the act of murder, simply just wash the blood off you. Ironic because she never is able to get the vision of blood out of her mind. This line is sort of a mirror of her fears, Lady Macbeth's fear that she will never be able to wash away the trauma or regret after killing the King.   

- Act Two, Scene Three, Page 97 

   - Lady Macbeth can't stand to be near the dead body, possibly a act or her actually feeling towards the murder

- Act Three, Scene Two, Page 115

   - Lady Macbeth says;

"Naught’s had, all’s spent,

Where our desire is got without content.

'Tis safer to be that which we destroy

Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."

   - Meaning If you get what you want and you’re still not happy, you’ve spent everything and gained nothing. It’s better to be the person who gets murdered than to be the killer and be tormented with anxiety.

   - This indicating Lady Macbeth's fears and true feelings about the murder; she is tormented by the murder and can't stand what she has done

   - Lady Macbeth keeps telling her husband over and over again to stop thinking about the murder, because it cannot be changed now. This reflecting her fears about the murder, and that she cannot stop thinking about it just has Macbeth can't. She is starting to crack.  

- Act Three, Scene Four, Page 125-133

   - Lady Macbeth starts to panic and crack under the pressure of keeping the secret when her husband sees Banquo's ghost

   - Lady Macbeth threatens his manhood again in hopes to snap Macbeth back to reality

- Act Five, Scene One, Page 177-181

   - Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking is a large piece of evidence that she is to weak and fragile to handle the murder of Duncan 

   - She talks about Macbeth being scared, but is mirrored as she is the one that is truly scared 

- Act Five, Scene Five, Page 193

   - Macbeth hears a woman crying, it is Lady Macbeth jumping off the roof killing herself

   - This signifying that in the end Lady Macbeth was always a weal, fragile woman no matter how many dark forces she called upon or how many times she attempted to fight it 

Thesis: Lady Macbeth is a weak, fragile woman because no matter how many times she attempted to be strong, in the end she could not handle the realization of murder and committed suicide.  

Macbeth Questions, Part One.

3. a) In Act 2, how does Macbeth attempt to gain Banquo's support? How does Banquo respond? 

Macbeth first attempts to gain Banquo's support by using a form of flattery, he under-minds his success of the King's visit so Banquo thinks that he is a modest person. Making it look like Macbeth is not the greedy, over-ambitious person he really is. He then makes Banquo think that he is not interested in the witches, making it look like he does not believe the witch's visions, so therefor does not want to be King. It puts him in a good spot when he says this, but Banquo does not wholly believe this sceme he is  trying to pull off. He some what suspects that Macbeth has something up his sleeve. Banquo's beliefs are confirmed when Macbeth says, "If you shall cleave to my consent, when t'is, It shall make honour for you.". He then one hundred percent knows that Macbeth is up to something and replies with this, "So I lose none in seeking to augment it, but still keep my bosom franchised and alliance clear, I shall be counsell'd.", meaning that as long as he can keep a clear conscience he will do what Macbeth wants. He is in a way telling Macbeth that he will not do anything against the King or his nobles to make him King.         

b) Compare how Lady Macbeth and Macbeth react to the King's murder. Why are they so different in their response? 

Macbeth pretends to be clueless and completely surprised when Macduff walks into the room and sees Duncan murdered. He then proceeds to overplay the divested role of a family member, good friend, and subject. Lady Macbeth acts horrified at the deed but not at the fact that the king is dead, but acts disgusted by the fact that it happened under her roof. Woman in that time period were fragile and dainty, so in our minds majority of the Woman would break down and cry no matter who was killed, not put the concern of her house over those who were killed. The responses were so different because in order to pull it off Macbeth had to act angry and shocked about it due to the fact that he is a male, and Lady Macbeth had to act sad about it even though she did not act that way at all. 

c) In Act 1, Duncan is established as King. What kind of King is he, based upon how he interacts with his thanes? Be specific and give references where possible.

In act one, scene two, after the battle is over Duncan talks with a Captain and then Ross. Ross tells the King that the Thane of Cawdor is a traitor and that Macbeth beat the rebels for him, the King then proceeds to quickly decide that the Thane of Cawdor will die and that his title will go to the loyal Macbeth. You can clearly see in this scene that Duncan is the type of King that rewards loyal subjects generously, but punishes rebels harshly, making him a good King in this sense.

In act one, scene four Duncan says the line, "There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.", showing that he is not as naive has you would think he is. He then starts talking with Macbeth and tells him that the title Thane of Cawdor is not large enough to pay for the great deeds he has done, i.e defeating the rebels. He praises him highly and then announces that his son Malcolm will be his successor, making Macbeth angry at Duncan and sort of confused about the witch's conversation with him. Duncan does not sense Macbeth's frustration when he asks to leave right away making him look naive despite his previous line. So this scene kind of contradicts itself.     

    

In act one, scene six Duncan arrives at Macbeth's castle for his royal visit, the scene first opens with Duncan approaching the castle with Banquo. The King says how pleasant the castle is, and then proceeds to the castle yard to meet Lady Macbeth. She puts on her poker face and greets him kindly. Duncan makes himself look even more naive because he does not note Lady Macbeth's overly happy facade and overly grateful attitude towards him. But this scene also shows that he gets along with his royal thanes well and that he has a very friendly personality.

So there for, Duncan is a good, harsh, naive, friendly King.         

d) After reading his letter, how does Lady Macbeth describe her husband? Why do you think she describes him this way? 

Lady Macbeth describes her husband as weak, kind, and womanly. After reading the letter Lady Macbeth says " and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it.". This meaning, You shall be what you were promised. Yet I fear that your nature is to full of the milk of human kindness to take the quickest opportunity. You want to be great, you do not lack the ambition but lack the evil abilities to complete the act. Lady Macbeth is calling her husband good and naive in a way, she thinks that he is naive in the sense that Macbeth believes he can become King, without being a direct heir and without doing something evil to get it. She describes him this way because she wants to be the one to get this power they want. Lady Macbeth desires to be a strong and willful like a man, instead of weak and defenseless like nature typically expects her to be like. So if she is the one to think up a plot to steal the throne and she is the one to take charge in this situation then her and Macbeth would switch roles, in the sense that she is the one making decisions and he is the one who is just doing what he is told.  

Poetry Assignment, Poet Biography, Seigfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon grew up in the 1900's during the years before World War 1 in a small town in England. His family was wealthy, and he was raised in mansion called Wierleigh. His Father was Jewish, and his Mother Anglo-catholic. His Father`s family were wealthy merchants and  his Father was disinherited for marrying a non-Jew. His Mother belonged to the family who sculpted some of the best known statues in London, making her a well-known, wealthy, public figure. He did not have a large family considering the time period, Siegfried was the second born of the three sons. Even though they had three children together his parents still got divorced when the kids were a young age, Siegfried only being four. When he was nine, his Father died at the young age of 34 due to tuberculosis. Because of the fact that his family is wealthy Siegfried was well educated and had a love for cricket. He even played professionally for a short  time, playing cricket was only for the rich and famous during that time period and was considered a luxury.

Because of his patriotism Siegfried joined the army around the age of 25. He was in service when world war one was declared in 1914, but due to a previous injury he was out of action so could not go and fight right away. It was during this time that Sassoon's brother Hamo was killed during the Gallipoli Campaign, and based on the fact that Siegfried was unable to help on the war front he took his death very hard. In May 1915 Sassoon was put into the 3rd battalion as a second lieutenant, and later in the month of November was sent to France to join the 1st battalion. During his time in France he met Robert Graves who was a fellow poet. They became close friends, and Graves influences Sassoon's work largely. His work went from soft and romantic to hard topics about death, the war, and trench warfare. When Siegfried was serving on the Western Front due to his leadership of his unit and single handedly taking an enemy trench he was awarded a military cross; he was later unsuccessfully nominated for a Victoria Cross. Even though Sassoon was a highly ranked army officer he took a stand in 1917 about the conduct of war, a large influence on this decision the death of his friend David Thomas. It took him several years to deal with all the grief from the death. When Siegfried was able to return to action after being ill, he refused. He wrote and sent a letter to his Commanding Officer titled Finished with War: A Soldier's Declaration, it was seen as a act of treason. Sassoon was then declared unfit for service and diagnosed with "Shell Shock". During his treatment in the hospital he adopted his male physician as a kind if Father figure, the physician helped him through his shell shock and other issues. So when passed in 1922 it just added to the amount of grief Sassoon had. Siegfried met Wilfred Owen, another poet. Owen's would became more renowned for his work then Siegfried ever would, due to the large amount of help he gave him. Owen's was like a brother or best-friend to Sassoon, so when they both returned to service in 1918 in France and Wilfred was killed Siegfried added that the pile of grief he had. Soon after this event Sassoon was given the rank of lieutenant, and returned to the war front. In July 1918 Sassoon was shot in the head by friendly fire and was forced to spend the rest of the war in Britain, by this point he had been promoted to Capitan.

 

Not long after the war ended Sassoon became the Editor and Chief of the Daily Herald (1919), making him an important figure in the community. Siegfried on to do a lecture tour in Europe, Britain, and the US, widening his perspectives. He started to express his homo-sexuality a little more openly, and would have some affairs during his tour with some well-known artistic males. Sometime after 1923 three of his closest friends passed away, seriously affecting any steps he took towards being happy. During his time in America, Sassoon dabbled in writing novels, and in 1928 he anonymously published his first book. This book would go on to win a award for fiction writing. Siegfried wrote several other greatly loved novels during his life time as well. Sassoon, trying to find fulfillment, had many love affairs with males, one who stays his life long friend. Despite Siegfried's homo-sexuality, in 1933 he married Hester Gatty. They would go on to have one child together, something Sassoon had long wanted. His son would go on to have great success, becoming a author, linguist, and scientist. Sassoon had a great love for his son, and even with that got a divorce a few years following the second world war. In 1951 Siegfried became the Commander of the Order if the British Empire due to past influences. Near the end of his life Siegfried converted to a Roman Catholicism Faith, and it became a regular routine of his to visit the nuns at his monastery. Around this time he became very interested the supernatural, and even joined a organization dedicated to paranormal investigation and research. A week before Sassoon would turn 81 he died of stomach cancer.                   

Poetry Assignment, Poem, A Soldier's Plea

I'm trapped. 

Help me someone. 

I just want my family. 

Someone take me home. 

Home to Canada. 

I hope they are proud of me. 

All I ever wanted was to make my country proud. 

My parents proud. 

They're almost here.  

God be kind. 

Make this quick and painless. 

Make sure my children grow up strong. 

Take are of them all. 

Help my wife forgive me. 

God help us all. 

Poetry Assignment, Concrete Poem, War Service

Pride,

Respect,

Honor,

 Loyalty,

Patriotism,

Passion,  

Commitment,

Wholeness.

We serve to save our young from this hell on earth that we call war.      

We serve to bring great amounts of honor, respect, and pride to our families.

We serve for our country and the physically unable who cannot fight back. 

When we die we do the opposite of all the things we want to achieve. 

When we die we feel remorse, guilt, fear, and torture,

knowing we will never be coming home to our deserving families

Guilt, 

Remorse,

Apologetic,

 Heartbroken,

Torture,

Concern,

Uncertainty,

Fear, 

Pain, 

Difficulty,
Hardship,                                         

Struggle, 

Shame, 

Grief,

Dishonored.   

Poetry Assignment, Child's Poem, Letters to Dad

Daddy,
Why haven't you come home?
Mommy's sad and won't stop crying.
I keep asking her when you will be back,
she tells me soon but where are you?
You've been gone for a year,
and still you we get no letters.
Lucy prays for you every night,
she says that God will bring you back to us.
I hope Lucy's right.
It's my birthday today Daddy,
Mommy made me a cake.
I wished for you Daddy.
Someone's at the door,
he's dressed like you.
Maybe he knows where you are.

Poetry Assignment, Poetry Anaylsis, To His Dead Body by Siegfried Sassoon

To His Dead Body

When roaring gloom surged inward and you cried,
Groping for friendly hands, and clutched, and died,
Like racing smoke, swift from your lolling head
phantoms of thought and memory thinned and fled.

Yet, though my dreams that throng the darkened stair
Can bring me no report of how you fare,
Safe quit of wars, I speed you on your way
Up lonely, glimmering fields to find new day,
Slow-rising, saintless, confident and kind—
Dear, red-faced father God who lit your mind.

By Siegfried Sassoon

Analysis 

Power Words:

Roaring Gloom: This is evocative language to describe the feeling and trauma of when a friend gets shot right beside you. It's surface meaning is the feeling of overwhelming sadness of when an individual gets killed by a gunshot, but also has a deeper meaning of something the writer has experienced and the trauma he went through to have his friend get shot and killed when serving in battle with him. This is an example of imagery. 

Racing Smoke: This two words are referring to a allusion, it is also an example of a simile. The writer is trying to get you to be able to play like a scene in your head his death and the way the life raced out of him. 

Phantoms: This is a such a good power word because it a word that has a large loaded meaning to every individual. For instance, to me when I hear the word phantom I imagine almost a Christmas Carol type ghost that is has a pale, clear look to them and is a very sad, depressed soul. Many may have ghost related experiences, dead relatives, or dead friends that will help load this word more, many may even just feel that they do not exist, others that phantoms or ghosts are 100 percent real. The word when it pertains to this poem is a association and it helps create a quick image in many people's minds when they read this. In the line the writer is trying to give you a empty, baron kind of feeling.         

Friendly Hands: This is another loaded word, these words could be a reference to a relative or someone close that passed away, it could be a reference to a near death experience or it could just be evocative language used to create a good image in the readers mind. It is my belief that in this line it is evocative language to conjure up a personal memory or experience to help bring more meaning to poem. This is another example of imagery.         

New Day: This is evocative word choice to try to get you to think of a happy, new day that was very inspirational or important to the reader. The writer wants you to associate this word with a good feeling, or associate this with a religious view the reader may have.   

Archetypes: 

1. The archetype is a grieving or guilty friend. The poem suggests that- is more a grieving friend then a guilty one. 

2. Siegfried had dozens of friends that have died in action either well serving in the same unit has him or just serving in the war. He also had a brother named Hamo that died in service during the Gallipoli Campaign, he took his brother's death very hard and this is what the poem could be referring to. Either his brother or one of his multiple friends and the grief he went through when they passed.  

3.   "Groping for friendly hands, and clutched, and died"- this tells us that he knew the individual that was shot and is now dying, it is  also possible that he was present during the events.   

  "Safe quit of wars, I speed you on your way"- this tells the readers that he cared about the person who passed away and he wants them to have a quick and safe travel to heaven, the after life, etc.     

Title: The title in this case is not a necessity, it is a poem that you would be able to fully understand if you did not look at the title. "To His Dead Body" suggests that it will be about a personal experience the writer went through, and was a very meaningful or traumatic memory for him. The title is a complete summary of the poem, it suggests to the reader that it will be like a letter or a goodbye to someone close to the writer who passed away. 

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act Five Scene Five

Scene:

MACBETH

She should have died hereafter;

There would have been a time for such a word. 

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time, 

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools 

The way to the dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon stage

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.  

Translation: 

MACBETH 

She would have died here afterwards anyway, 

the news was going to come someday.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, 

each day coming at a slow pace after the next, 

to the last moments of time. 

Every passing day have brought fools 

that much closer to their deaths. Out, out, brief candle!

Life is nothing but a shadow. A poor actor

that struts and worries about his hour on stage, 

just to be forgotten. It is a story

told by a idiot, full of noise and emotional stress,

that means nothing.  

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act Three Scene One.

Scene:
MACBETH  

To be thus is nothing;
 But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo
Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature
Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares;
And, to that dauntless temper of his mind,

He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour
To act in safety. There is none but he
Whose being I do fear: and, under him,
My Genius is rebuked; as, it is said,
Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters
When first they put the name of king upon me,
And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like
They hail'd him father to a line of kings:
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my gripe,
Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so,
For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd;
Put rancours in the vessel of my peace
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!
Rather than so, come fate into the list,

And champion me to th' utterance. 

Translation: 

To be King is nothing,

if I am not safe has the king. My fears of Banquo 

are deep, and his noble nature 

is my fear of him. He takes many risks, 

and his fearless mind is always working. 

He has a wisdom that guides him bravely

and safely. There is no one

I fear more then Banquo. And with him

my Guardian Angel is scared, as it is said 

Mark Antony's angel was with Caesar. Banquo disapproved of the Witches

when they first called me King, 

but begged them to tell him his own future. Then, prophet-like, 

they hailed him Father to a line of kings.

On my head they placed an empty crown, 

and put a scepter in my hand, 

that will be snatched away by a descent not of mine,

no son of mine succeeding. If this is true, 

for Banquo's sake I have tortured my mind, 

for his son's I have murdered the gracious Duncan.

I have ruined my own peace

only for them, and my everlasting soul 

I have given to the Devil

to make them king, the son's of Banquo King. 

Rather then watch this happen, I challenge fate to battle

and fight to the death.    

Macbeth Translation, Act One Scene Six.

Scene:

DUNCAN
This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.

BANQUO
This guest of summer,
The temple-haunting martlet does approve,
By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath
Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze,
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird
Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle:
Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed,
The air is delicate.

DUNCAN
See, see our honoured hostess.
The love that follows us sometime is our trouble,
Which still we thank as love. Herein I teach you
How you shall bid God 'ild us for your pains,
And thank us for your trouble.

LADY MACBETH
All our service
In every point twice done and then done double
Were poor and single business to contend
Against those honours deep and broad wherewith
Your majesty loads our house: for those of old,
And the late dignities heap'd up to them,
We rest your hermits.

DUNCAN
Where's the thane of Cawdor?
We coursed him at the heels, and had a purpose
To be his purveyor: but he rides well;
And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp him
To his home before us. Fair and noble hostess,
We are your guest to-night.

LADY MACBETH
Your servants ever
Have theirs, themselves and what is theirs, in compt,
To make their audit at your highness' pleasure,
Still to return your own.

DUNCAN
Give me your hand;
Conduct me to mine host: we love him highly,
And shall continue our graces towards him.
By your leave, hostess.

Translation:
DUNCAN
This castle is in a nice place. The air
is sweet and appeals itself
to our senses.

BANQUO
The summer bird,
builds his nest here approving
that the air
smells good here. There is no place
these birds have not
built their nests on
to breed and sleep. I've noticed
the air is nice to.

DUNCAN
Look, here comes Lady Macbeth.
Sometimes the love we get is inconvenient,
which still I take as love. I'm trying to teach
you to thank the trouble i'm causing you,
because it is an act of love.

LADY MACBETH
All that is being done for you,
even if twice done and then doubled,
are small in comparison
to the honors you have given us.

DUNCAN
Where is Macbeth?
We followed closely behind him
in hopes to get here before him. But he rides well,
and is great love, which is as sharp as a spur, helped
him to beat us here. Lady Macbeth,
we are your guests tonight.

LADY MACBETH
We are your servants,
our house, myself, and everything else is at your disposal,
we keep it in your trust and
our glad to return it to you.

DUNCAN
Give me your hand.
Show me to Macbeth. We love him
and will continue our conversation with him.
When your ready, Lady Macbeth.

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act 1 Scene 7.

Scene:

MACBETH
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly: if the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases
We still have judgment here; that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredience of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips. He's here in double trust;
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off;
And pity, like a naked new-born babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur the
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th'other.

Translation:
MACBETH
If it was done when it is done, then it would
be best to get it done quickly. If the assassination
could act as a net and catch all the consequences, and catch
with it the king's success: then the murder
might be the be-all and the end-all in this situation,
I would gladly risk my soul
and after life to do so. But in this lifetime
their is still punishments here; by doing violent crimes we are
teaching other people to do the same, and the violence of our
students will be the plague to us teachers. Justice, being equal to
all, forces our poisoned cups to our own lips instead of others
lips. Duncan is here in double trust;
First, I am his kinsman and his subject,
so I should be loyal to protect him. Second,
I am his host who should shut the door to whoever may try to
murder him, not hold the knife myself. Besides, the King
has been a humble leader, so free of troubles,
that his virtues will speak for him
like angel's playing trumpets against
the evil act of his murder.
And pity, like a newborn baby,
riding the wind with a winged angel on a horse
through the air to tell everyone of horrible news.
People with cry a flood of tears that will drown the
wind. I cannot urge myself to action, but the only
thing motivating me is ambition, which makes people overlap
themselves to destruction.

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act Two Scene One.

Scene:
BANQUO
How goes the night, boy?

FLEANCE
The moon is down; I have not heard the clock.

BANQUO
And she goes down at twelve.

FLEANCE
I take't, 'tis later, sir.

BANQUO
Hold, take my sword. There's husbandry in heaven;
Their candles are all out. Take thee that too.
A heavy summons lies like lead upon me,
And yet I would not sleep: merciful powers,
Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature
Gives way to in repose! Give me my sword.
Who's there?

MACBETH
A friend.

BANQUO
What, sir, not yet at rest? The king's a-bed:
He hath been in unusual pleasure, and
Sent forth great largess to your offices.
This diamond he greets your wife withal,
By the name of most kind hostess; and shut up
In measureless content.

MACBETH
Being unprepared
Our will became the servant to defect
Which else should free have wrought.

BANQUO
All's well.
I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters:
To you they have show'd some truth.

MACBETH
I think not of them:
Yet, when we can entreat an hour to serve,
We would spend it in some words upon that business,
If you would grant the time.

BANQUO
At your kind'st leisure.

MACBETH
If you shall cleave to my consent, when 'tis,
It shall make honour for you.

BANQUO
So I lose none
In seeking to augment it, but still keep
My bosom franchised and allegiance clear,
I shall be counsell'd.

MACBETH
Good repose the while!

BANQUO
Thanks, sir: the like to you! 30

MACBETH
Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready,
She strike upon the bell. Get thee to bed.
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.

Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable   
As this which now I draw.
Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going;
And such an instrument I was to use.
Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses,
Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still,
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,
Which was not so before. There's no such thing:
It is the bloody business which informs
Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one halfworld
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse  
The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,
Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace.
With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design
Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth,
Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear
Thy very stones prate of my whereabout,
And take the present horror from the time,
Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives:   
Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.
  
I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.  
Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

Translation:
BANQUO
How is the night, son?

FLEANCE
The moon is set, and I have not heard the clock ring.

BANQUO
And the moon sets at twelve.

FLEANCE
I think it is later, sir.

BANQUO
Here, take my sword, the heavens are being reluctant
with their light. Take this to.
I'm tired and am feeling heavy,
but can't sleep. Merciful powers,
stop my nightmares that
keep me from sleeping. Give me my sword.
Who's there?

MACBETH
A friend.

BANQUO
Your not sleeping yet Sir? The Kings sleeping
he has been in a unusually good mood today, and
has given your household many gifts.
This diamond is a gift from your Majesty
to your wife for her never-ending hospitality.

MACBETH
Being unprepared for his visit
we were not able to entertain him
as well as we would have hoped to.

BANQUO
All is well.
to you they given you some truth.

MACBETH
I do not think of them.
But when you have an hour to spare
we can talk about them,
if you would like.

BANQUO
Whenever is best.

MACBETH
If you continue to follow me loyally, when it is
time you will be rewarded.

BANQUO
As long as I can do so without losing anything
and still keep and keeping a clear conscience
I will be your loyal servant.  

MACBETH
Sleep well.

BANQUO
Thanks sir, the same to you.

MACBETH
Go tell your mistress to ring the bell when
my drink is ready. Get to bed now.
Is this a dagger that I see in front of me,  
pointing at my hand? Come, let me hold you.  
I don't have you, yet I still see you.  
Is it possible, fatal vision, to touch  
you as well as see you? Or are you but  
a dagger my mind created, a non-existent  
image from my fevered brain?  
I see you yet, you look as real as a  
dagger I can pull out now.  
You are leading me to the place I was already going,  
and the same instrument I was going to use.  
My eyes must not be working, or they are 
the only part of my body that is working. I see you still,  
and the blood on your blade which  
was not there before. There is no blade here.  
It is the murder that is making my eyes  
see these things? Now half the world is  
asleep, and being deceived by evil nightmares. 
Witches celebrate offerings to Hecate,  
and old man murder, roused by the howls of his wolf.  
Who howls to announce his watch, then with his stealthy pace  
like Tarquin, as quiet as a ghost. Hard ground,  
don't hear my footsteps, or the direction of them. For fear  
that the stone ground will echo where I am,  
and take the stillness from the moment,  
something that is so suitable for what I am about to do.  
While I talk, the King lives.  
The more I talk the less courage I have.  

I am going, and it is as good has done. The bell is inviting me.  
Do not hear it ring Duncan, for it is a  
summons or you to heaven or hell.  

Here is a link to an awesome Macbeth soliloquy for this scene. Enjoy! 

Lady Macbeth Soliloquy, Act One Scene Five

Scene:
LADY MACBETH
The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman’s breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry “Hold, hold!”

Translation:

LADY MACBETH
The messenger is out of breath
he has told me of Duncan's soon arrival
in my castle. Come, you spirits
that help evil thoughts, take away my weakness and make me strong
and fill me from the head to my toes
with cruel evil. Thicken my blood
and stop my blood flow so I will feel no remorse,
so no human compassion
can stop my evil plan, or stop me
from succeeding. Come to my female breast's,
and turn my milk into acid, you murdering demons,
wherever you are hiding,
and wait on evil. Come, thick night,
and cover us in the darkest smoke of hell,
so that my sharp knife cannot see the wound it makes,
so heaven cannot peep through the blanket of darkness
and cry " Stop, Stop!"

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act 1 Scene Three

Scene: 

MACBETH

(aside)  Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.

(aside) This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,  

Why hath it given me earnest of success,
 Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor.
 If good, why do I yield to that suggestion
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,
Against the use of nature? Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man
That function is smothered in surmise,
And nothing is but what is not.

MACBETH
(aside) If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me 

  Without my stir.

MACBETH
(aside)      Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Translation:

MACBETH

(aside) The two of the truths the Witches told me have come true,

these acts will end in me becoming King.  

(aside) This supernatural temptation  

cannot be a bad thing, and cannot be a good thing.If it is a bad thing,   

why am I promise of honest success   

that has ended up being true? I am the Thane of Cawdor now.

If this is a good thing, why am I thinking about murdering the King. 

A image so awful that it makes my hair stand on end 

And my heart pound inside my ribs?

   The dangers that are actually threatening me  

are less horrible things then what I am imagining  

My thought, is only fantasy so far,  

the thought shakes my knowledge of who I am  

The thought is smothered in truthful assumptions,  

and nothing is important except what is not true.

MACBETH 

(aside) If fate wants me to be king then fate will crown me without me 

having to do a thing.

MACBETH 

(aside) What is going to come, 

will come no matter what happens.     

Rich for a Day

What could a individual do with a billion dollars? The vast majority of people would become greedy and waste it on senseless items like clothing, drugs, expensive cars, multiple houses, or traveling. I mean that is all very well to splurge if you are someone who has never been to well off, and would like a little time off, but much of the population would start at that and then keep going until all of the money was gone. They would have nothing to show this vast amount of money because it would all have been spent on ..... Another portion of the population would pay there bills and put the rest in the bank to collect interest and keep the income growing. Some would invest it in the stock market, or other "money making" schemes to enlarge their profits. Me, well I would invest in schooling. It's not a revolutionary idea by any means, but it is a much needed tool for my future. There are very few jobs you can get now that pay well, and do not require college or university. It may be a typical expense that many would spend thousands of dollars one, but I feel that it is something that is a necessity in life.

Ross's Cabin, Setting Paragraph

Imagine a cabin past it's prime, once painted green in its day but now is faded and peeling. It is shielded by an old tin roof, that when it starts to rain all you hear is the loud pitter patter of the sky speaking to it's old friend, the cabin. This sanctuary of mine has a single door, that as century's worth of rips and tears in the screen. Every time you pull it open you hear a loud squeak as it groans in pain yet again, and a loud slam as it closes in annoyance of having to be disturbed. The old windows always enjoy when we come to stay, so they can be opened yet again and breath in the new yet familiar scents of the forest around it. One half of this cabins space is taken up by two large ancient bunk beds that usually have to endure the weight of several ill witted children laughing and screaming about anything and everything the entire night.The other half of the room is accompanied by a single worn out sink, a tired cook stove, and a tough looking table. If you stop and listen closely, you can hear the chipmunks playing under the old wooden deck. Day or night, we always have a fire roaring and something cooking on it, several people sitting around it with a cold drink in their hands, and several freshly caught fish hanging from the tree to dry. When you walk out of the cabin and look straight out, you have a gorgeous view of a private lake. When you walk down the short path to the water, you must slowly walk so you can avoid tripping on one of the several large roots jutting out of the ground due to erosion. When you get down to the water you step onto a very large rock that acts as our dock, there is a rock that in submerged in the water that we use as our diving board. It is here on these rocks that we spend the most time, laughing, fishing, swimming, and drinking.

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, Character Arc

 In the beginning, we feel the father starts his transformational arc as a selfish man. He spends all of his time on the boat, or in his bedroom escaping from reality. He selfishly ignores his wife, and any conflict that arises with the daughters, i.e he doesn't help his wife parent their children. In the whole story he is listening to his radio, smokes one to many cigarette and reads mounds of books. 


One August afternoon, the Father was asked by his daughters to take some tourist for a ride on the boat. The Father agreed and did so with a kinda unseen happiness. He was happy to have the company of the tourist because it was another means of escape, but with some social interactions.  He proceeded to go up to the tourists cabin afterwards, and have a few to many drinks. When he was good and drunk he started to sing for them, this being very symbolic part to the story because this is an escape we do not see until this point, it is the start of his transformational arc.

   The biggest step the Father takes in his transformational arc is when he gets ill, because he starts realizing that he needs his son, something that he has never needed. He never actually says that he wants his son to work on the boat with him, but the son soon realizes that his Dad needs him and that he can put his life on pause until he can get back to it. This is such a huge step for the Father because he never truly acknowledged his son has a good aspect of his life, so the fact that he finally has a relationship forming with his son is very important.

The end product of the Fathers transformational is when him and his son have worked together for many fishing seasons, and the son finally connects all of the fathers decisions and actions, you get that final step of the Fathers transformational arc. You completely understand every decision that was made, and every feeling that he had. He always had the dream of being something bigger then a fisherman, but because he was the only son he had an obligation to work with his Father on his boat, and then follow the same path. He lived all his life for obligation, instead of his dreams and happiness. So when all these dots get connected the final step is taken. The Father is now a honorable character, compared to the selfish one you see in the rest of the story.  

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, Questions

2.a) Prove that although the narrator loves his father, he does not idealize him or his way of life. Explain how the narrator's relationship to his father reflects the central conflict in his life.

Answer: The central conflict that the character faces is that he is the only son in the family and is obligated to provide for the family when the only other male, his father, gets ill and cannot care for them.

The relationship between the narrator and his father is very vague up until the point where the father becomes dependent on his son to help him provide for the family. They don't really interact much when the boy is younger, but when he grows older, along with the father, they start to communicate more because the boy now understands why is father acted the way he did in earlier years.

These two reflect upon each other because the son although loves his family he doesn't really feel a great connection with his hometown or memories he created with his parents. So because he does not feel connected with his surrounding he doesn't feel a yearning to stay and help his father.

3a) In literature, a boat is often a symbol for the journey through life. How, in this story, has the symbolism of the boat been transformed?

Answer: The symbolism of a boat has been transformed in this story because it has been reversed, the boat now represents the fathers obligation to the family. He is stuck with his life because of the people in it that rely on him as a provider. When he married his wife, and she got pregnant for the first time he realized that he was forever stuck with his life, due to the life choices he made along the way. No matter how unhappy his life made him he would always have the same obligations every day.

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, Six Elements Report

     The story is written in the sons point of view, this being a great point of view due to the fact that you will get a great first- hand experience of the fathers interactions and feelings with other people. The son describes the father's relationship with his wife, other children, and himself. You get to the knowledge of all the decisions that he makes in his life, good and bad. You get to know about all the fights, arguments, and disagreements that go on in the house. The son gives you a very detailed view of the Father in a way that no one else could because he was closest to him. Even if the they were not close to each other during the son's younger years, you get a more in depth reasoning behind the Father, and all the answers to why he made the choices he did.     

     The father has very few looks in this story, majority of the time it being his fisherman/work outfit. The first description that you get of the father is the son describing his earliest memories with his father. He describes him as a view of gigantic rubber boots, as he lifts his son up and presses him up against his stubbly cheeks, taking in a big smell of salt in the process. The next look the son describes is of the scene on the boat when him and his father are working together. They both are wearing heavy sweaters, awkward runner slickers, and heavy woolen mitts that have been soaked and froze into huge ice chunks. The last way the father looks is when he is found washed up and wedged in between two large boulders. His hands and feet looked like shredded ribbons, his boots had been washed away at sea, his skin soft and tearing in every spot due to the salt water, his eyes were missing, but a great white beard still grew on his bloated purple face. All of these descriptions give you a clear image of what the father would look like. All three of these sections are very important to the story due to the fact that without this you would not have an idea of what the father would look like, and then it would be a completely different story because of it. 

     The father interacts very little to what you would image a father would with his family, but he also doesn't interact with other people much either. The first interaction the father has with his son is of them going out on the boat together for the first time, the story explains the father holding the boy up on his shoulders the entire time, and humming a little song. This is one of the only real memories the boy has with his father, because the father is unhappy with his life, meaning he tries to escape from his family as much has possible. A very important interaction the father has is when he gets drunk with the tourists and starts singing. This scene really is symbolic to the father's regret to having the life he does, he used other means besides his radio and books to escape form the sad life believes he has. Something you don't see up until this point. The next important interaction the father has is when he gets sick and his son agrees to work with him on the boat until his final day. This is a crucial scene because if the son had not agreed to it, the father probably would have passed away much sooner due to lack of company. The last very important interaction the father has is his last day on the boat, it was suppose to be his last day of the fishing season, but instead is his last day ever. He ends up falling off the boat, and since he cannot swim he drowns and washes up days later. This is a very important part because it is the last time anyone ever sees the father alive, he is now forever happy because he doesn't have any more obligations to anyone but himself. It was his final escape from the life he never wanted. 

     Probably the hardest decision the son has to make is when the father says to him, "I am not telling you to do anything, only asking.". The son had to decide what is more important, his dreams of school, or his obligation to his family. The son chooses the same path the father did, but in a way that he can still end up happy. He dropped out of school to work on the boat with his father until the day he passes, so that he can still live the dreams he has always wanted but keep with the obligation to his Father. The very meaningful words that were said to the son was when he decided to work on the boat. He went into his Father's bedroom where he was reading his book and smoking a cigarette, and told him that he has decided to fish the seas with him until his final day. The Father then replied to him, "I hope you will remember what you've said.", this piece of dialogue being very important in understanding his way of thinking. The Father up till this point is still very selfish in his decisions, but he acknowledged the fact that although his son was not following in his footsteps he still accepted the obligations he had to undertake. Most likely the most evocative dialogue in this story is when one day the Mother tells her son, "You have given added years to his life.". This is so evocative because it really gives you the feeling of what the story is really trying to tell you. The story is trying to tell you that although the father is portrayed as a bad father, he really did fight to give his son good memories with him. For a few short years he gave all he had to his son so that he would understand why he acted the way he all those years, and you also find out just how similar the two are to each other. So in a sense the son also went to school and became a professor, in a way for his Father also.         

     When the story explains about the Father's actions after work, i.e him coming home from and going straight to his bedroom to lay down and read, it really is reflecting how the Father feels about is life. I believe that the he really is showing the reader that he does not take pride, or enjoyment from his family or his work. Another aspect I believe really reflects the Father's feeling towards his life, is when the story informs you about him not approving of his children playing at the wharf with other children. It tells me that he wants his children to have a similar life he does, even though he doesn't like his. My predication is that as a child he was always working with his own father on their boat, and feels that because he never got the chance to have friends, neither should his kids. I think one of the most important lines in this story is, "he had said that he had always wanted to go to university.". This line is so significant because this is the key idea of the story, in other words he never wanted the life of a fisherman but in fact a completely different path for himself. It is so important because this is the only time its actually says in the entire story he never wanted to be a fisherman. A very powerful section in the story is when the son finally realizes that his father was a failure as a husband and father because he was forced into his life. The Father was also a only son so he had to take over for his Dad and had to throw away his dreams forever, also throwing away his happiness and passion. This part is so powerful because it ties together the main idea of the story, and makes you feel empathy towards the Father. 

      All of these six elements are trying to explain to you the Father and the history behind him so that you feel empathetic towards him. The reason this is something the author wants to stand out is because its a complex aspect. It's complex in the sense that it as so many other parts to it, like the father's past, the wife, the son being so similar to his father,the bedroom, and his death. It's not something that you would get out of the story unless you stopped and analysed all of these elements. I mean sure, I scratched the surface of the idea on my first read, but I never really understood the whole concept until I looked at each separate factor. So in that way it is complex. But i is also a universal idea or feeling in the way that everyone gets stuck in doing many things they never wanted to do. This is why it is such a good story for anyone to read, regardless of if you understand the fishing career. You will always understand the universal idea of obligations.