Macbeth" being a man" blogging assignment

Macbeth “being a man” blogging assignment

By: Michael Boarman

English 10: Guys 4^th hour

12/12/10

My first quote is on act 4 scene 3 lines 252 through 254. “Malcolm: Let’s make us medicines of our great revenge to cure this deadly grief. In this quote Macduff’s family has been savagely slaughtered and Malcolm tells Macduff to take it like a man and turn the sorrow into rage and anger towards Macbeth so that he will fight better.

My second quote is on act 5 scene 3 lines 38 through 40. “Macbeth: I’ll fight from my bones my flesh be hacked. Give me my armor.

Seyton: Tis not needed...” In this quote Macbeth knows he needed to fight his enemy like a man and do what a king and a man must do for his country. He is told not to, but he knows if he doesn’t he would be thought of as a coward and not a man.

My third quote is on act 5 scene 3 lines 19 through 20. “ Macbeth: Those linen cheeks of thine are counselors to fear”. In this quote the servant tells Macbeth of how many soldiers there are and that he should just give up, but Macbeth knows that the servant is a coward and a fool to try and give up so he knows that he must fight Malcolm and Macduff.

My fourth quote is on act 5 scene 5 lines 18 through 19. “Macbeth:  Wherefore was that cry?

Sayton: The Queen my lord, is dead

Macbeth: She should have died hereafter.”

In this quote Macbeth finds out that his beloved wife is dead, but he knows that to be a man you must take the sorrows out of life and turn them into anger which u can then use against your opponent.

My fifth and last quote describing how to be a man in the world of Macbeth is on act 5 scene 7 lines 1 through 4. “Macbeth: They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, but, bear-like, I must fight the course. What’s he that was not born of woman? Such one am I to fear, or none.” In this quote Macbeth is surrounded in a tower and his enemies are all around him. He knows that a man would fight to the death and a coward would give up, so Macbeth fights the intruders like a man would.

Overall I believe that the quotes I have just stated really give a example for “being a man” in the life of Macbeth.

Odyssey Theme writing assignment

Odyssey Theme writing assignment

I believe that the overall them of the book is do too others that you would like to be done too yourself, loyalty is very important and don’t betray them. An example of this is when Odysseus has the suitors trapped and Odysseus said “You Dogs! You never imagined id return to troy so cocksure that you bled my house to death, ravished my serving- women wooed my wife behind my back while I was still alive...” (Page 140 Line: 36-42)Your doom is sealed. The suitors had tried to take Odysseus’s world and like my theme the suitors treated Odysseus like he was dead and Odysseus returned the favor by killing all the people who tried to take away his kingdom.

Another example that goes with my scene is when Penelope waits and waits for the suitors to go away, but eventually her faith pays off and she decides to confront the suitors. “You Antinous Violent, vicious, scheming you, Madman, why do you wave destruction towards Telemachus”. (Page 351 Line: 43-46) In this quote Penelope finds out that the suitors have planned to kill Telemachus so that it will be easier to marry Penelope, but after years of being patient with the suitors her faith pays off and she tells the suitors never to plan the death of Telemachus again and not to betray her ever again.

           

Another example of my version of the books theme is when Odysseus and his crew are stuck on a boat and instead of betraying there captain and loose loyalty because of lack of food and water the keep going and stay loyalty to there mighty captain. “As long as our food and ruddy hold out, the crew, eager to save their lives, kept hands off the herds. (Page 281 Line: 352-353)”. The crew showed loyalty by not killing the valuable herd and not betraying there captain because they knew that the captain and done some much for them so like how they would want to be treated they treated Odysseus with the highest respect and loyalty.

Overall I believe that my theme has to do with the book because throught the book people had betrayed and had to pay for it with there lives. The people that didnt die where the people that didnt betray and have always and will always be loyal good people.