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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Critique Essay
A critique on the main character in William Shakespeareââ¬â¢s Macbeth. So foul and fair a day I have not seen.â⬠This is a famous quote by Macbeth, the antagonist in William Shakespeareââ¬â¢s classic work, The Tragedy of Macbeth. This one line takes place when Macbeth and Banquo are returning from their victory in battle over the Norwegians. Following this quote further it could be looked at in a broader spectrum of Macbethââ¬â¢s triumphs and failures. He goes from a warrior hero to a murderer, and lastly, his tragic flaw brings him to his death. When critiquing Macbeth the main points to look at are his actions, blind ambition, excessive pride, and lastly, his boldness and impression of personal invincibility which eventually leads to his death. See how he can be at the height of his life one moment and in his grave the next due to a few prophecies by witches and his blind ambition. To begin, looking at Macbeth, his actions are obviously a major flaw. In the beginning of the tragedy, his actions are looked at as heroic with his destruction of the Norwegians and King Sweno in battle. This is crucial to the play, because a tragedy depends on the downfall of an already great man. In an outside source, it is said that the lines when Macbeth killed Duncan (ââ¬Å"unseamââ¬â¢d him from the nave to the chops, and fixââ¬â¢d his head upon our battlementsâ⬠) are meant to foreshadow Macbethââ¬â¢s death at the end of the play. However, as the play progresses, the major action occurs when, although Macbeth is filled with misgivings, he ascends to King Duncanââ¬â¢s chamber and murders him in his sleep. This shows that he is willing to kill his loyal king so that he can make the prophecies come true that he may someday be king. Following this, when Macbeth thinks back to the witchesââ¬â¢ prophecy regarding Banquo that one of his descendants will become king. Macbeth looks at this as a threat to his own position. Unable to undo these thoughts, Macbeth hires two murderers to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance. During the Banquet the murderers contact him and explain that Banquo is dead, but Fleance escaped. Macbeth explains that he is not worried with Fleance. The final action that dooms Macbeth is when he kills Macduffââ¬â¢s wife and child. Macbeth goes to the Weird Sisters to hear a series of apparitions to predict his future. This first apparition is Macduffââ¬â¢s head warning Macbeth that aà bloody revenge of Duncanââ¬â¢s son, Malcolm is soon to come. When he is threatened again for his position of kingship Macbeth looks for further political survival and is also angered. He arranges the death of Macduffââ¬â¢s wife and children. This ultimately hurts Macbeth because it angers Macduff more, and he sides with Malcolm for revenge on Macbeth. Moreover, throughout the play Macbethââ¬â¢s life if completely subverted and undermined by his insatiable ambition. At the start of the story he was reasonable enough to keep his ambition under control, although it eventually became to strong and overpowered him. However, he did control his ambition much longer than his wife who was overcome once she heard that King Duncan was coming. The first sign of Macbeth losing his ambition is with the three witches and their prophecies. Although he questions their motives, he doesnââ¬â¢t believe that they are in fact pushing him down a path of evil and despair. He says that their visit ââ¬Å"cannot be ill, cannot be good.â⬠This scene shows that Macbeth at first questions the motives of the witches, and the moral implications of killing King Duncan. He also sees his ambition forming when he doesnââ¬â¢t refute the title as King and in fact accepts the title of Thane of Cawdor. This shows in the lines ââ¬â If Chance will have me King. Why/ Chance may crown me.â⬠(Shakespeare; I, iii, 141-142) Macbethââ¬â¢s ambition doesnââ¬â¢t take off until it is fueled by his wifeââ¬â¢s great ambition. An interesting character in the story is Banquo. He parallels Macbeth in the beginning but when they both hear the prophecies he is much less accepting of them. I believe that the contrast was created to emphasize Macbethââ¬â¢s tragic flaw. One critical perspective views Banquoââ¬â¢s function as essentially symbolic: he is portrayed as a man who, like Macbeth, has the capacity for both Godââ¬â¢s grace and sin; but unlike the protagonist, he puts little stock in the Weird Sisters, prophecies and does not succumb to their temptations. Banquoââ¬â¢s reluctance to dwell on the witchesââ¬â¢ predictions therefore underscores, by contrast, the nature of Macbethââ¬â¢s descent into evil. (Scott; 238)To reiterate, looking at Macbethââ¬â¢s ambition throughout the tragedy, I came to one conclusion. As time passes, a once moral man cannot hold off the temptations of the power he could achieve. This idea is stated in the following passage: ââ¬Å"One of the most significant reasons for the enduring critical interest in Macbethââ¬â¢s character is that he represents humankindââ¬â¢s universal propensity to temptation and sin. Macbethââ¬â¢s excessive ambition motivates him to murderà Duncan, and once the evil act is accomplished, he sets into motion a series of sinister events that ultimately lead to his downfall.â⬠(Scott; 236) As one can clearly see, Macbethââ¬â¢s ambition clearly got to him and he couldnââ¬â¢t overpower it. Furthermore, the last flaw in Macbeth is his boldness and impression of personal invincibility. Toward the end of the play when Macbeth approaches the witches for three more prophesies, which seem impossible. The first prophecy is the head of Macduff warning Macbeth of a bloody revenge by Malcolm. The second is a blood-covered child who explains to Macbeth that he cannot be harmed by any man ââ¬Å"of woman bornâ⬠. The third is a child wearing a crown that explains Macbeth cannot be defeated until Birnam Wood physically ââ¬Å"uprootsâ⬠itself and moves to Dunsinane hill. Macbeth is not worried because he believes, as anyone would, these predictions are impossible. However, as the play progresses he hears from a servant that a large army is moving toward Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth ignores the warning, as he believes he is invincible. These are the beginning signs that we see that Macbeth may be ignoring his own doom due to his belief in personal invincibility. In addition, in the last portion of the play we find that English and rebel Scottish armies who march to Birnam Wood have been directed by Malcolm for each soldier to cut a branch and carry it in front of them as camouflage ââ¬Å"to shadow the numbers of our host.â⬠When Macbeth hears word that this has happened, he begins to realize that the prophecy has come true, but he still is trying to deny it. When Malcolm and his troops finally reach Dunsinane hill under the ââ¬Å"leafy screensâ⬠of branches the apparition has come true: Birnam Wood has come to Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth puts on his armor and goes to battle with his army. On the battlefield Macbeth and Macduff at last come face to face. Macduff reveals to Macbeth that he entered the world by being ââ¬Å"untimely rippââ¬â¢dâ⬠from his motherââ¬â¢s whom. Under these circumstances he was not strictly ââ¬Å"bornâ⬠of woman. When Macbeth hears this he realizes his struggle for survival has come to an end. He realizes how foolish he was for believing in his invincibility. Macduff kills Macbeth with anger in his heart for the death of his family. These final couple scenes really show that Macbethââ¬â¢s boldness and belief in invincibility end his reign of power,à and cause his death. In conclusion, ââ¬Å"So foul and fair a day I have not seen.â⬠Is a very appropriate quote by Macbeth for the battle at the start of the play, but also for the path of his life. In William Shakespeareââ¬â¢s masterpiece Macbeth, he created a character that will live on for years to come. The character Macbeth is a great antagonist because he is bought up to be a hero in the beginning of the play but because of his actions, blind ambition, boldness, and impression of personal invincibility he finds his death. This play was clearly my favorite by Shakespeare solely because of the character Macbeth and how, I, the reader could sit back and realize all of the mistakes he is making, before he realized it and was too late. Works Cited 1.) Free Essays ââ¬â Blind Ambition in Macbeth. 123HelpMe.com. 02 Jan 2008. 2.) Macbeth. Cliff Notes. 26 Dec. 2007. 3.) Scott, Mark W. (Editor). Shakespeare for Students. 1992. Gale Research Inc. Detroit, Michigan.
Friday, January 10, 2020
Only One Way to Stop a Bully Essay
Bullying has become a major issue in the past 5 years. This is something we hear of way too often whether it is at school, work, or even on the news. Bullying is not your typical kid who steals a studentââ¬â¢s lunch money either; there are several cases worldwide that have ended in suicide for some. When it comes down to the severity of suicide or even physical harm that is when itââ¬â¢s no longer just a simple slap on the wrist, but rather a closer, deeper look into what we can start doing to change this and fast. In Thereââ¬â¢s Only One Way to Stop a Bully, an essay written by Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom they speak about this issue in depth. Sandstrom and Engel speak of specific ways we as a community and faculty at schools should incorporate lessons on how to deal, recognize, and solve bullying in everyday life. The authors also speak of a new law that has been passed in order to address and stop bullying. They support this claim by providing us with examples. One example is telling us of ideas that teachers have put to the test to defeat this issue, such as a teacher enforcing a rule that students could not exclude anyone from their play and the positive impact this brought. Sandstrom and Engel also support this by telling us of a school in Norway that has put much emphasis on this issue and by doing so, have succeeded in lowering the bullying rate. Although the authors brought valid points, there are a few key factors missing from this essay. One being that when Sandstrom and Engel introduced this new law that was passed to target bullying, they did not go into enough detail as far as the specifics of this law. What are the consequences of this law? It states that the most serious cases of bullying should be reported to law officials but at what degree do they consider bullying serious? I found myself asking these questions when reading the essay. This particular law was such a big part of the essay; I felt that more emphasis was needed. Another weakness I found in this essay was that I did not feel like it was so much an argumentative piece of writing but rather an essay informing me of instances and facts. In argumentative writing I always find myself stopping to relate, or to agree/disagree with the author on the topic. Although the authors made great points, while reading this I did not once stop to react to what the author was supposed to be ââ¬Å"arguingâ⬠. There were many things that I enjoyed about this essay and brought me a positive outlook on this topic. The author used a lot of examples making it easy to read and make sense of the main claim. For instance, the author spoke of the success this law has made possible by speaking of Norway, a school who has really recognized this issue and applied it to their curriculum. The author also noted a teacher in particular who has enforced a specific rule in helping eliminate bullying. Rather than speaking of instances in a plain matter the author used specific examples and listed persons in particular bringing the realness of the matter to life.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
An International Food Market That Only Hires Individuals...
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