Lord of The Flies

On this island it has coconuts and we would use them to start our fires and eat and drink the milk and water.  If we ripped the husk off and dried it in the sun it would make fire easy to make and very portable increasing the chances of survival and rescue.  The fire would be maintained by the brains and wet leaves would be placed on top to create a smoke effect that would hopefully signal for help.  We would also use the leaves from the palm trees to make an sos symbol on the contrasting rocks around the island.

Macbeth Rough Draft

          Right from the start everyone is born with a clean slate.  Some choose to keep that clean slate going, while some choose otherwise.  In this world there are people who do good and serve the people around them with loyalty and honor.  There are also people who are good to start but then slowly turn into an evil monster themselves.  Macbeth a young and very respected warrior hero is pressured into doing things he isn't fond of.  But as time goes on things change and intentions shift.  It starts off with Macbeth being forced into murder by his wife, but as the story continues the changed Macbeth emerges and causes pure evil within the kingdom.  Macbeth by Willam Shakespeare shows us that almost always the strive for power can turn even the most innocent people into corrupt ones.
          Power can be a uncontrollable drug.  It can make you do some of the wildest things, and although we know it's wrong, the light at the end of the tunnel being all the power in the world can make the good seem bad.  "Is there enough water in the oceans to wash my hands of this blood?  No! More Likely my hands will stain the vast green seas blood-red."(2.2.73) At this time Duncan was king and his heir was his son.  But, Macbeth's wife pressured and mocked Macbeth about not being capable of any manly tasks and held Macbeth accountable to being a coward.  Macbeth was seen as a girl and someone who was scared of such evil, and so Macbeth tried to prove himself to his wife by killing Duncan.  "See there – look! There! Now what do you say? [to the ghost] Why, what do I care? If you can nod, speak too! If graves and tombs will send back those we bury, we'd better feed our corpses to the vultures."(3.4.117)  This comes right after Macbeth murders Banquo his best friend on his own terms – although inside he feels the guilt and knows what he did was wrong.  Macbeth still has some human within himself but, the glimpse of power numbs his senses and makes him start to change into a corrupt and evil person.   When he attempted to prove himself worthy to his wife that feeling of power slowly turned his morality.  Power can change a person from good to bad.
          Once a glimpse of something great is revealed, the weak stray from the path of innocence and join the path of the corrupt and evil, because the weak have so much power it can get uncontrollable. "If you are lying, you'll hang alive on the next tree till you die of hunger!"(5.5.193)  Once power was given to Macbeth he forever changed.  Killing became an everyday thing and lives were taken as a joke.  To take a life all it took was a few words, it was as easy so smashing an ant.  Before he was king Macbeth couldn't even look at a dead body.  Then after the drug power came into play everything changed.  "[Macduff enters, with Macbeth's head on a pole]"(5.7.203)  Sometimes the weak can't control the power that is given to them.  Macbeth couldn't control his powers that he gained and in doing so got himself killed.  From good and innocent Macbeth became wicked and cruel.
          You will always have a choice.  Some keep there good streak going while some crash and burn.  Macbeth crashed and burned the moment power was introduced and put right in front of him.  William Shakespeare shows us that almost always the road of power leads from innocence to corruptness.  Macbeth lost his humanity as the story went on and changed from the innocent human who couldn't even look at a dead body, to someone who caused dead bodies.

MacBeth Questions

1. He is a ruthless tyrant and is numb to the things he does.  Macbeth also feels threatened to lose his power so he decides to kill his enemy’s only family.
2. To show their view on Macduff, and how they saw him as a traitor and a terrible person. He didn’t say goodbye when her left and left them all by themselves which ultimately got them killed.
3. Malcom confronts Macduff about leaving his family vulnerable and puts him on the spot for betraying them.
4. A messenger relays the message to Macduff, Macduff’s reaction is not very surprised and the news didn’t seem to bother him.

1. Yes, I never saw foresaw her as being the one to spill all the information, I always thought Macbeth would be the one to slip up.  But in the end her condition ended up getting her in trouble.
2. In the end I think Macbeth is the one who got himself killed. He didn’t have to listen to hid wife and kill those people. Nor did he have to kill all those people on his own terms. After being forced into killing Duncan Macbeth does all the killings unpressured and isn’t influenced by his wife, which is why he got himself killed.
3. I think shaespeare's opinon on Macbeth and his wife is that they are both evil and cruel human beings.  They kill the king of their kingdom and then Macbeth takes things into his own hands and kills his bestfriend, another kings only family, and then in the end gets himself killed, along with his wife being killed also.
4. Macbeth receives the news about his wife from Seton.  When he finds out his reaction is very nonchalant.  He said that he knew it would come one day and didn't show any sympathy for there, the one woman that he was in love with before he committed murders and changed who he was.
5. Macduff reveals Macbeth's doom by telling him that his words won't do the talking but instead his sword will.  He confronts Macbeth about the murders he committed to his family and how he would be forever cursed and would pay the ultimate price for what he had did.
6. The significance of Malcom ascending to the throne was because the witches had foresaw it. And they foresaw that Macbeth would die and that someone would take the throne.

4.2.149 "Was my father a traitor, mother?"
"Yes, that he was."
4.2.153 "What, you spawn! You little offspring of treacher!"
4.3.169 "Your castle has been taken, your wife and children savagely slaughtered."
5.5.191 "The queen, my lord, is dead." "She would certainly have died sometime."
5.7.199 "I have no words for for you. My sword will speak for me, you bloodier villain than mere words can express!"
5.7.203 "Hail King! For such you are. See where the usperer's cursed head stands! The world can breathe again."

Act II quiz

Act II quiz: 

1. In your opinion, is Lady Macbeth a cold-blooded murderer? Why or why not?

Yes, in my opinion she is a cruel and evil cold-blooded murderer.  When MacBeth was having a hard time killing the king Duncan Lady MacBeth said that she would have just done it herself.  She even told MacBeth that all it takes is a little bit of water to wash away the blood from the murder.  When the king had been murdered Macbeth called it a dreadful sight and his wife Lady macBeth said that it being a dreadful sight was just stupid.

2. Lady Macbeth has her own antics throughout the play. Why does Lady Macbeth faint in Act II? Does it serve its purpose? Explain. 

She faints in Act II because she tries to portray that the death of the king was a devastating and not foresaw death.  Also, to sell the idea that she had nothing to do with the murder itself.  Lady MacBeth fainting was just all part of her act and performance, all in an effort to get power.

3. How does Macbeth's attitude toward Duncan change after the murder?

After the murder he respects Duncan more and feels deeply sorry for the events that took place.  He is still in shock that he committed such a crime as killing the king.  He feels like his hands have been tainted and he now is filled with a burden of guilt and deep condolences. He can't even go back to the scene and look at the mess he has made. He also started to hear sounds form nowhere, which might've been his thoughts running through his head while he murdered the king himself.

4. If so pressuring on Macbeth, why didn't Lady Macbeth kill the king instead of Macbeth?

Lady MacBeth was trying to get MacBeth to become less soft and to have his white as snow heart to become more like hers. She wanted him to prove himself of not being a coward and a little girl.

5. Now that Macbeth has killed the king, do you think he must do anything else to reign as king? Explain your answer.

No, I think that the kingdom in desperate times will make MacBeth their new king without a second thought.  I think that if he keeps his cool and doesn't give himself away then he will become king without to much trouble, because he would have been close to the kings heir later.

Part II

1. 
2.2.21-22 "(looking at his hands) this is a dreadful sight." "(scornfully)  a dreadful sight–that's stupid."

2.2.52-55 "Coward! Give me those daggers! Sleeping and dead people are like pictures of themselves. Only children fear a picture, even of the devil. If he's still bleeding, Ill smear the faces of the servants so it will look as if they did it."

2. 
2.3.85 "help me, please. (pretending to faint)"

2.3.83 "oh, no! what? in our house?"

3. 
2.2.73 "Is there enough water in the oceans to wash my hands of this blood? No ! More likely my had will stain the vast green seas bloodred."
2.3.83 "Everything is a sham. Honor and dignity are dead."

4.
2.2.69 "If Duncan hadn't looked like my father in his sleep, I'd have done it myself."
2.2.69 "They have wakened, and it sin't done. We'll be ruined if we've bungled it."