The Seventh Reading

Emily Dickinson- Hope
1st reading: comparing hope to a bird.. it rests inside of you and can be found where ever you go...  never in extremity?...

extremity: the extreme or terminal point, limit, or part of something.

2.

a limb of the body.

3.

Usually, extremities. the end part of a limb, as a hand or foot:to experience cold in one's extremities.

4.

Often, extremities. a condition or circumstance ofextreme need, distress, etc.: to suffer the extremities of being poor.

5.

the utmost or any extreme degree: the extremity of joy.

2nd reading: personification- hope being a bird able to sing..  hope doesn't ask of you but is always there?

3rd reading: hope keeps us 'warm' in our own 'storms'..  we don't need words to have hope, it is more of general feeling rather than saying

4th reading:  we  always have hope no matter what circumstance

5th reading: uses a lot of 'ands'... not very rhyming but has a certain flow or meter

6th reading: connotation of crumb, smallest, insignificant... but in context, it works well with the bird metaphor

7th reading:  sweetest connotation... most needed/ good rather than taste itself...

Mini Presentation

Rebecca, Kendall, and I started with interviewing our peers to look at how we see the media and our body image rather than looking at statistics... We got real life results and opinions from our peers.  Here is a video of the compilation of our results.

This is where our project will take a different turn so stay tuned!

Lady Macbeth Appreciation Post

Look like the innocent flower,

But be the serpent under it.

--Lady Macbeth, Act I, scene v

Lady Macbeth could quite possibly be my favorite character in any of Shakespeare's plays.  

Why?  She is completely badass.  Manipulative?  Yes.  Insane?  Yes.  Ruthless?  Yes.  But I can appreciate that she gets what she ultimately wants... and that she basically calls Macbeth out constantly when he starts to doubt himself.  I respect her.

My Art

I wanted to share something I am passionate about.. so here is my most recent art!

THE CROSSROADS OF SHOULD AND MUST

Should and must..  Two completely different directions you can take in life.  You can go towards "should".  You SHOULD live averagely and live by society's standards but you MUST listen to your heart and your own morals.
I live by my passions and morals.  Like Picasso, I am an artist.  When I am in my zone, time slows and I am in my most perfect state of mind.  I want to continue my passion throughout my life so I don't have to work a single day because I love my job.

Notes on Act 4 of Macbeth

Macduff's son gets murdered... His wife seemed like she could find another husband?...
Malcolm and Macduff talk and Malcolm tests Macduff by saying he wouldn't ever be a good king because he is greedy and lustful and Macduff refuses to help him overthrow Macbeth because of it which shows that he would make a good companion in creating a good moral-ed Scotland again.
King can cure evil... Shakespeare is getting on good terms with the king, showing he has heavenly powers.
Macduff knows nothing of his son's murder and his wife..
Ross tells Macduff and Malcolm that they should fight Macbeth and they agree... He then tells Macduff about that his castle was attacked.. His wife, children, and servants were brutally murdered.. He vows to get revenge and hopes his family rests well...  But he says that if Macbeth escapes, he hopes God can pardon him

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Quote of the Day

“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.”

—	from Zen Shin Talks

Macbeth Reading Notes

Act 1
Prophecy of witches: Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor, then King... Banquo will have his children be kings but he will not be a king........ which excites Macbeth and makes him think about killing King Duncan himself.
King gives him the title and is proud of him... announces that he will give his son the kingdom naming him Prince of Cumberland... He also says that Banquo is cool and gives him some props, says he will give him love
Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to kill the King and man up already... "Man up and kill him.  You are a coward!  Grow a pair!!!" Macbeth seems to look to his wife for advice... "But honey, I just got promoted..."
LOL- Macbeth basically told Lady Macbeth that she can only have sons because she is so manly and fearless
Act 2
Macbeth wants to get Banquo in on this but Banquo wants a clear conscious...
Lady Macbeth was willing to kill the king herself but she thought he looked like her father so she couldn't... has some type of feeling.
Chaos in the supernatural order..
Macbeth kills him and feels bad about it... Lady Macbeth tells him not to think about it...
Macduff is to wake him up and he finds him bloody
Macbeth plays it cool and kills the servants because he loved the king so much..
Malcom and Donalbain are suspicious and head off to Ireland and England... Don't want to be murdered
Ross starts to question the murder... asking who has what to gain from this murder... Kind of suspicious that Malcom would kill his father who gave him the kingdom... why would he flee?  Why did Macbeth have to kill the servants?

Lagging Behind

Hey, sorry for the lack of posts!  I was out for a few days last week working on an extensive art scholarship.  Which I worked on Wednesday-Friday... So I have some catching up to do.  Life seems to be getting busier and busier as it gets closer to graduation...