Macbeth 2

In the final scenes many events occur against Macbeth. Scene 4 starts off with the witches making a stew and saying a spell. Macbeth enters demanding they tell him what's going to happen to him. He thinks he's in the clear because only someone who wasn't born from a woman can kill him. Right here is where his pride gets to him and makes him cocky. He thinks he can live through this war until someone not born from a woman comes along, which we know there is some kind of loopole. He becomes very parnoid that he continues to kill other people, such as Macduff's son. The part I thought was out of character was that Lady Macbeth was feeling guilty and was sleep walking confessing whaat had happened. Then that ends with her sudden death in the middle of the war. In Act 5 is where everything gets back on track, but B's son is king. Here's the loop, we learn that Macduff was "From his mother's womb, untimely ripped" which i guess techinically ment he wasn't born from woman. So this of course means the end to Macbeth. Then they announce Malcolm as king despite what the prophecy said. I think all along that Macbeth had the choice, but he chose to be selfish.

MACBETH

This story/play is hard to fallow with the old English style writing. In the first Act there are 3 witches, a King, Macbeth, and Banquo. First, we meet the witches talk about a meeting place for something. Then the king and a captain talking about a battle and betrayal of the 'Thane of Cawdor'. After the betrayal he gives the title to Macbeth and sends his men to tell him. Before the men reach Macbeth and Banquo the witches catch them saying hail to Macbeth tellin him of his new title and soon he will also become king.  Now if some crazy old women with beards came hailing to you randomly, you'd wonder what the heck they werre talking about. Also, how would they even predict such a thing? Then telling Banquo his children would sit on the throne. I believe Banquo is the one who will have a better ending, because at first he does not buy into their tales and knows that if a witch were to fortell that, something bad will occur as well. Meanwhile, Ross and Angus come running and tell the the knews of Macbeths new title. Macbeth seems too caught up in hearing he might be king that he is in his own little fantasy world. After recieving his title he tells his wife who it appears thinks very little of him, because she wants him to have the crown more than likely for her own purposes. She seems evil cause she plans to kill the king. Macbeth realizes that the only reason to kill the king would be for selfish gain, but gives into his crazy wife.
Act 2
This is where it gets a creepy tone to the story. Macbeth imagines a floating dagger with blood on it that points toward Duncan. This could be a trick of his mind or of the 3 weird witches making their plan unravel. Next his wife give the okay that the chambermaids are asleep, so they can go ahead with the plan. Macbeth has to do it but after the deed is done, you can feel the regret he has. He wonders if this deed will stay with him the rest of his life. Lady Macbeth has to put the daggers with the chamberlains. Lady Macbeth feels no guilt at all it seems. She is alright with it as long as he becomes king. Now here's where they play all innocent when they call upon the king and find him dead. Malcolm and Donalbain are frightened and plan to flee. Which no one would blam them, if the king is killed and you're next in line to the throne. Though they leave, they being to wonder if the chamberlains were paid off and start to put things together. Wondering who could of killed their father for real. Macbeth is said to be made king as they had planned. The tone of the scenes seem to get gloomier and gloomier. This isn't looking good for Macbeth, though he thinks he's in the clear.

Daddy

The poem Daddy, was a litttle hard to comprehend at first. I didn't start to get it till i reread and saw the above description. She makes it obvious her dad was cruel. That he treated her like the Nazis treated the Jews. I'm not sure what kind of abuse, but it seemed to stick with her and drive her crazy even after he passed away when she was 10. At age 20 she tried to commit suicide but failed because someone found her and got her help.  So 10 years after her dad died, he still hurt her and she was still extremely upset. I believe if he were still alive, she would of evetually killed him herself.  Then later she finds another man to fill his shoes. It seems that she had a boyfriend or something that hurt her in the same way. One part I don't understand is why she relates him to a vampire. That the new man in her life was with her for 7 years but  she pictured him as her dad coming back from the dead as a vampire?
Crazy story.

Leda and the Swan

This poem seems a little uneasy. Leda and the Swan is basically talking a bout a girl, Leda, getting raped by a swan but is so caught up in the moment. She doesn't know how to push him off because she's terrified. When researching the poem, it says it comes from Greek mythology and the swan is actually Zues in disguise. I'm not sure what it means by Agamemnon is dead, but it does mentions brute blood in the air. This could mean there is a war or something happening in this time or soon will. This would be kind of a hard concept to understand in the poem unless you research it a little bit after or before it. It makes more sense after you research it and allows you to understand it more.

The Chimney Sweeper

"The Chimney Sweeper" was a very interesting and inspiring poem. It talks about the feelings of the boys and also how one of them came into chimney sweeping. The part of that I like is the story of Tom Dacre. When we first hear of him he's upset that he had to shave his head. This could be a symbol of him being afraid of starting the job and having to go to work as a chimney sweeper. Then he has a dream of an Angel coming to talk to him. She/he tells him about Gods love and how he'll reward them all for working hard. The Black coffins could be the world they're apart of now, dark and hard to live in, but  if they live each day and be good they'd be blessed by God by taking them to heaven.

Harrison Bergeron

No one is smarter, better looking, or better in anyway. The George talks to Hazel about having to keep the weight in his box, because if one person disobeys then others will start doing the same which will lead to competition again and they don't want to go back to the stoneage again. They talk of ballerinas wearing masks and George wearing an ear piece so her doesn't become smarter, interupting an thoughts he has. This sounds miserable. It takes away our individuality rather than taking away just competition. They also competition can be healthy every once in a while.
When their son, Harrison, comes into the story, he sounds more like a hero rather than a dictator like Diana Moon Glampers seems to be. He of all people knew he was ment to be different, at 7 feet tall. He wanted to be the Emporer with his Emporess, the ballerina, and more then likely rule it better. Yes, they'd still have a leader, but I think they'd be able to embrace their individuality rather then hide it and be punished for it. Of course, there can't be a happy ending or change so the woman comes in and shoots them both. The terrible part is that Hazel and George don't know or remember that their son had not only been on t.v. trying to be emporer, but was also killed. In a way it erases pain and memories, so they don't know why they were once said or even know what it's like to be really happy.

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

In The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, it describes festivals and complete bliss. The narrator says that it's almost impossible to describe the town and do it justice. Does this happiness come at a cost? In the basement or cellar of one of the pricate homes, there is a room that is locked with no windows. Inside this tiny, 2x3 room are mops, a rusty bucket, and a child. Helpless, tiny, thin, under developed child. The story  talks of how discusting and frightened the child is, yet no one helps. The narrator say the happiness of the city depends on this child. Though what would happen if they let him/her out? Would there happiness disappear? There would be dispair and disaster taking over the city? I don't believe they know exactly, because they haven't tried to let him/her out. Maybe it got started by a mother or father abusing a child long ago and they justify it by making up a myth that if a child is let out of there the whole city will no longer be a happy, festive place.
They are not even allowed to speak to the child, so after many years they can't talk and only speaks jibberish. Also, it can't be the same child all the time. If a 50 years were to go by, if the child were to live that long due to little nutrition, and they die, do they replace the child? Then what would the process be of picking the child? It could be like The Lottery. Then it also talks of those who cry about it to others, but they can't do anything because they believe there's no hope for the child even if they let them out. Also, there are those who leave after seeing him or her. They leave alone and I believe it's because they feel guilt and don't want to be a part of a town that harms a child in that way. Though, if the harm of one saves hundreds of others from hurt would it be worht it? No, becuase no matter what you can't be happy all the time, and if you are you don't feel much or anything if you dont feel sad for the person keeping you from pain.