Macbeth Big Idea

I think that the biggest, most important idea though out the play is whenever Macbeth kills King Duncan, and characters such as Ross and Lennox discuss these weird things taking place. After Macbeth assumes that the people think he killed Duncan, he set out two people to kill Fleance and Banquo. Once Fleance gets away, this is when things start to go down with Macbeth, and makes the story interesting.
Once Fleance gets away, Banquo's death starts to mess with Macbeth's emotions. For example whenever Macbeth was talking with his peers, and he imagines Banquo's bloody ghost next to him but no one is there. This forces Lady Macbeth to run over and silence him, which appears to be very unusual. I picked this big idea because this builds up drama and suspense throughout the rest of the story.

Working Times
2 Hours - Portfolio

Quotation

The quotation I chose in Macbeth during Act 1 Scene 1 is at the very beginning of the book. The quote was said by the three witches and goes like this; "fair is foul and foul is fair." This quotation caught my ear the first day we read Macbeth as a class and never let go. Every time I open up a Macbeth book, I think about that quotation in the back of my mind, I think of what is actually means, and how it connects to the book as a whole.
The quote "fair is foul and foul is fair," can mean several different things; however, I have my own interpretation. To me, this quote is a paradox, but you have to understand it. If you do something fair, some may love it, but it will always be foul to a other people. Also, if you do something foul, like kill King Duncan, that is fair to you and you family (Lady Macbeth) because Macbeth would then be the King. It is difficult to understand but that is what the quote means to me.

Working Times

Portfolio - 30 minutes

Macbeth - 60 minutes

Reading Times 

Berlin Boxing Club - 30 minutes

Reading/Working Times

Berlin Boxing Club:
27 Pages - 30 minutes
25 Pages - 30 minutes
28 Pages - 30 minutes
29 Pages - 30 minutes

Free Post

The Episcopal Knights of 2014 have just ended their regular season with a with against a division three A school, Saint Charles Catholic. We started the season off rough; however, we are better than ever. We have a strong and clever defense that will only let up on average about four runs a game. Our offense is also very strong and can score about five runs a game. Every game we have won has been very close, but end the end we have easily defeated the opponent with many hours of hard work on and off the field.
The playoffs start Wednesday, but we will know when and where we play Tuesday afternoon. Most likely, we will play on the road, then if we win we will play at home. I believe that we will make it all the way to the finals and win it, but we will need lots of support from family, friends, and the community. Everyone should come support our fellow knights, whether it is home or away, and cheer us on until we win it all.

Reading/Working Times

Reading/Working Times:
Berlin Boxing Club
25 Pages - 30 minutes
23 Pages - 30 minutes
26 Pages - 30 minutes
27 Pages - 30 minutes

Two Statements

If you are in a position of power, you are happy. I disagree with this statement because you will always be stressed out with things. For example, if you are the king of England, there will always be violence or disagreement within the country. There will also be that one group of people that hates everything about you and what you do.  This relates to Macbeth because Macbeth himself is in a high position, and just in scene one he is fighting for his life against dozens of other people.

Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature. Everyone will be temped to do one of these basic parts of nature. It doesn’t matter where you grew up or how you were taught to do things; lying, betrayal, and violence is going to occur more than once in your lifetime. This relates to Macbeth because in the same fighting scene there was violence everywhere; blood, hate, anger.

Reading/Working Times

Gentlemen
30 minutes - 18 pages
30 minutes reading poetry throughout the week
60 minutes working on research paper.