One: This book takes place after the Trojan war and Odysseus hasn't been home in 20 years. He has been unable to make it home because Poseidon has a thing against him for killing his son, the cyclops. While Poseidon is against him, the other gods are all rooting for him. At a dinner of the gods, Athena asks Zeus if they could spare Odysseus and give him a way home. While the gods are eating, Odysseus has been stuck on an island with the witch Kalypso for the past few years. Athena goes to Odysseus's house disguised as Mentes and notices that his house is full of lazy suitors eating all of his food. Telemachos, Odysseus's son, says the situation would be better if his father was here, and then Athena gives him a pep talk about his father and gives him a vision of his father before leaving.
Two: Book two starts with Telemachos rounding the suiitors up for a meeting, the first meeting since Odysseus left. At the meeting, Telemachos says he's tired of the suitors eating his food and wine, and trying to get his mom. Antinoos blames Penelope, as she is delaying it when it's her duty to get a king. She said she wouldn't marry until she finished weaving a shroud for Odysseus's father, who isn't dead, but a maid blabbed that she secretly unravels her process at night. Telemachos is told to either send Penelope back to Icarus or made to choose a suitor. Telemachos doesn't want to do either and as a result, Zeus sends two eagles to attack the town's people. Giving up on arguing, Telemachos decides to sail to Pylos to hear anything about his father. That night, he prays to the god that visits him, and Athena visits him as Mentor, telling him that she will find a boat and supplies for him. Him and a group of trusted men leave right away.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Thesis and Order
Carrying a concealed handgun is
currently legal in all 50 states but there are heavy arguments against it
wanting it banned. But should there be? Concealed carry laws should not be
banned because in the long run, they will help society. First, we’ll go over
how it deters crime, helps respectful owners protect against violence, how to
get permits, and how it’s the second amendment as well as being heavily
supported.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Notes of Persuasion
Ways to Talk
Logo - appeal to logic : back up your argument
Etho - appeal to self : ethics : speaker's credibility
Pathos - emotional appeal
What makes a good argument?
Logo - appeal to logic : back up your argument
Etho - appeal to self : ethics : speaker's credibility
Pathos - emotional appeal
What makes a good argument?
- Self - Interest
- Connection to the subject
- If you're not passionate, audience won't be
- Self-Interest = Ethos
- Expert Testimony
- Interviews, quotes, documentation with experts that back up your opinion
- State how the quotes back up your opinion
- Valuable for creditability
- Expert Testimony = Ethos & Logos
- Quality of Reasoning
- Offer facts, statistics, or supporting details
- Research driven
- More likely to be accepted when backed by facts or supporting details
- Without facts it's an opinion and won't go far
- Quality of Reasoning = Logos
- Facts include: Dates, events, things that can be refuted
- Flaws in Opposing Arguments
- Point out flaws in your opposistion
- provide facts that discuss the flaws or faults
- Do it ethically
- Just as important to secede an argument you can't refute
- Know both sides
- FOA = Logos and Ethos
- What about your audience?
- Appeal to audience's self-interest
- Talk about benefits and harms
- Benefits are good things that happen if the audience accepts your plan/position
- Harms are bad things that happen if the audience doesn't accept your plan/position
DON'T USE
- Irrational evidence
- Generalities
- Arguments that make little sense
- Data that doesn't back up your position
- Mud slinging
- Emotional persuasives
- An appeal to feelings, passions, and prejudices instead of logic
- Propoganda
- Transfer of emotions or ideas from sources that have little to nothing to do with your topic
- Quotes from people who aren't professionals in the field of your argument
- Quote famous people because they're famous
- Oversimplification
Monday, March 2, 2015
Macbeth Vocab 2.0
1) Surmised - a matter of conjecture - noun
2) Bounteous - generous - adj
3) Consort - spouse - noun
4) Corporal - physical - adj
5) Prate - babble - verb
6) Dauntless - fearless - adj
7) Chastise - discipline - verb
8) Chalice - goblet - noun
9) Undivulged - reveal - verb
10) Surfeit - excess - noun
2) Bounteous - generous - adj
3) Consort - spouse - noun
4) Corporal - physical - adj
5) Prate - babble - verb
6) Dauntless - fearless - adj
7) Chastise - discipline - verb
8) Chalice - goblet - noun
9) Undivulged - reveal - verb
10) Surfeit - excess - noun
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Act Five Questions
Scene 1
1) What do the nurse (gentlewoman) and the doctor see?
Lady Macbeth accompanied by a light sleepwalking talking about the bad things Macbeth has done
2) What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!...will these hands never be clean.”
She's talking about the blood on her hands from killing Duncan, and how the guilt won't go away.
3) What is wrong with Lady Macbeth at this point of the play?
She's joined Macbeth in going insane
Scene 2
1) What happens in this scene? What new characters are introduced? Why?
The soldiers Macduff got are marching to Macbeth. The characters we meet are Menteith, Caithness, and Angus, they give us another perspective of Macbeth.
2) What is the significance of the scene?
It catches us up to Macbeth's current doings and shows us who is leading the army.
3) What is meant when Caithness says, “Some say he’d mad; others that lesser hate him do call it valiant fury”?
Some people will argue that Macbeth has gone insane, while others will argue that he is just mad.
Scene 3
1) How would you describe Macbeth’s attitude and mood in this scene?
Macbeth is confused here - he hears an army is after him so he gets his own, not knowing how they will harm him after talking to the witches.
2) Why isn’t Macbeth afraid? Do his soldier’s seem afraid? Why or why not?
Macbeth isn't afraid because no one born of a woman can hurt him and the trees can't physically march, so he's safe. His soldier's feel like he's crazy and a little too confident, and they're probably going to do trying to protect him as he sits there "invincible."
Scene 4
1) What does Malcolm order the soldiers to do?
Malcolm tells his men to hide behind the trees to throw off the numbers Macbeth's spies report.
Scene 5
1) What is meant when Macbeth says, “She should have died here-after”?
He means it would of been better if she died after the battle so he could mourn her.
2) What is the significant of the following quote, “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is told no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”
He means life is an illusions and the emotions everyone have takes away from the real meaning.
Scene 6
1) What is important about this scene?
Malcolm gives the order to start fighting
Scene 7
1) Who does Macbeth kill in this scene? What is significant about this death?
Siward's son is killed, and this is significant because it reassures him that anyone born of a woman can't harm him.
Scene 8
1) What happens in this scene?
Macduff kills Macbeth
2) Why does Macbeth lose heart in the fight against Macduff?
Macduff was born via c-section, so he technically wasn't born of a woman.
3) Who is named king at the end of the play?
1) What do the nurse (gentlewoman) and the doctor see?
Lady Macbeth accompanied by a light sleepwalking talking about the bad things Macbeth has done
2) What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!...will these hands never be clean.”
She's talking about the blood on her hands from killing Duncan, and how the guilt won't go away.
3) What is wrong with Lady Macbeth at this point of the play?
She's joined Macbeth in going insane
Scene 2
1) What happens in this scene? What new characters are introduced? Why?
The soldiers Macduff got are marching to Macbeth. The characters we meet are Menteith, Caithness, and Angus, they give us another perspective of Macbeth.
2) What is the significance of the scene?
It catches us up to Macbeth's current doings and shows us who is leading the army.
3) What is meant when Caithness says, “Some say he’d mad; others that lesser hate him do call it valiant fury”?
Some people will argue that Macbeth has gone insane, while others will argue that he is just mad.
Scene 3
1) How would you describe Macbeth’s attitude and mood in this scene?
Macbeth is confused here - he hears an army is after him so he gets his own, not knowing how they will harm him after talking to the witches.
2) Why isn’t Macbeth afraid? Do his soldier’s seem afraid? Why or why not?
Macbeth isn't afraid because no one born of a woman can hurt him and the trees can't physically march, so he's safe. His soldier's feel like he's crazy and a little too confident, and they're probably going to do trying to protect him as he sits there "invincible."
Scene 4
1) What does Malcolm order the soldiers to do?
Malcolm tells his men to hide behind the trees to throw off the numbers Macbeth's spies report.
Scene 5
1) What is meant when Macbeth says, “She should have died here-after”?
He means it would of been better if she died after the battle so he could mourn her.
2) What is the significant of the following quote, “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is told no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”
He means life is an illusions and the emotions everyone have takes away from the real meaning.
Scene 6
1) What is important about this scene?
Malcolm gives the order to start fighting
Scene 7
1) Who does Macbeth kill in this scene? What is significant about this death?
Siward's son is killed, and this is significant because it reassures him that anyone born of a woman can't harm him.
Scene 8
1) What happens in this scene?
Macduff kills Macbeth
2) Why does Macbeth lose heart in the fight against Macduff?
Macduff was born via c-section, so he technically wasn't born of a woman.
3) Who is named king at the end of the play?
Malcolm
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Act Four Questions
4.1
1) What are the four visions that Macbeth sees?
An armed head telling him to beware Macduff, a bloody child telling him anyone born from a woman couldn't harm him, and a child with a tree telling him he won't die until the woods march against him.
2) Which visions does he misread or misunderstand and why?
He misunderstands the 2nd and 3rd - when he hears only people born from a woman can harm him, he thinks he is invincible because of course everyone is born from women. When he hears the trees marching will be his downfall, he thinks he's safe because the trees won't get up and march.
3) What news does Lennox bring Macbeth?
Macduff fled to England.
4) What does Macbeth decide from Lennox’s news?
He's going to kill everyone in Macduff's castle
5) How might this scene be a possible climax for the play?
Macbeth is reaching the peak of his craziness.
4.2
1) Why does Shakespeare include a scene with Lady Macduff and her son?
To let us meet them before they are murdered and to see the views of Macduff from his wife.
2) What is important about this scene?
It shows how Macduff going to England is seen as him betraying Scotland by everyone, including his family.
3) List one motif or symbol from this scene?
The birds motif shows up a few times - in lines 10, 11, 36, 71, and 80
4.3
1) Why has Macduff come to England?
To get military help to deal with Macbeth
2) What is Malcolm’s fear in lines 10-19?
He's afraid Macduff is going to sacrifice him to Macbeth
3) Who does the lamb represent in these lines?
Macduff
4) What is significant in the lines “Angles are bright still, though the brightest fell./Though all
things foul would wear the brows of grace,/ yet grace must still look so.”
It's comparing Macbeth to Satan, saying he used to be the brightest star in Scotland, but then betrayed everyone
5) What is significant in the line, “Bleed, bleed, pour country!”
Macduff and Malcolm are describing Scotland under Macbeth's Tyranny
6) What does Malcolm call Macbeth? What list of adjectives does he use?
He says Macbeth is a Tyrant and the adjectives he uses are: murderous, lecherous, greedy, lying, deceitful, violent, malicious, and guilty of every sin.
7) How has Malcolm changed since Act II?
He went from being brave to scared of his own shadow in fear of becoming a king worse than Macbeth
8) What is the atmosphere of this scene? Why is this important?
The two talk about stopping Macbeth and making Malcolm king, but he said he doesn't want to become king since he's afraid he'll be worse than Macbeth. This is important because Malcolm being king was their only plan, and now they don't know what to do.
9) What news does the doctor bring? How is this symbolic to the scene, especially to Malcolm?
He says that since Macbeth is god-chosen as he's king, he has the ability to heal. This is symbolic to Malcolm since it's saying Macbeth is doing good while Malcolm is afraid of being king.
10) How many men did England lend Macduff?
10,000
11) What does Macduff mean when he says, “But I must also feel it as a man.”
1) What are the four visions that Macbeth sees?
An armed head telling him to beware Macduff, a bloody child telling him anyone born from a woman couldn't harm him, and a child with a tree telling him he won't die until the woods march against him.
2) Which visions does he misread or misunderstand and why?
He misunderstands the 2nd and 3rd - when he hears only people born from a woman can harm him, he thinks he is invincible because of course everyone is born from women. When he hears the trees marching will be his downfall, he thinks he's safe because the trees won't get up and march.
3) What news does Lennox bring Macbeth?
Macduff fled to England.
4) What does Macbeth decide from Lennox’s news?
He's going to kill everyone in Macduff's castle
5) How might this scene be a possible climax for the play?
Macbeth is reaching the peak of his craziness.
4.2
1) Why does Shakespeare include a scene with Lady Macduff and her son?
To let us meet them before they are murdered and to see the views of Macduff from his wife.
2) What is important about this scene?
It shows how Macduff going to England is seen as him betraying Scotland by everyone, including his family.
3) List one motif or symbol from this scene?
The birds motif shows up a few times - in lines 10, 11, 36, 71, and 80
4.3
1) Why has Macduff come to England?
To get military help to deal with Macbeth
2) What is Malcolm’s fear in lines 10-19?
He's afraid Macduff is going to sacrifice him to Macbeth
3) Who does the lamb represent in these lines?
Macduff
4) What is significant in the lines “Angles are bright still, though the brightest fell./Though all
things foul would wear the brows of grace,/ yet grace must still look so.”
It's comparing Macbeth to Satan, saying he used to be the brightest star in Scotland, but then betrayed everyone
5) What is significant in the line, “Bleed, bleed, pour country!”
Macduff and Malcolm are describing Scotland under Macbeth's Tyranny
6) What does Malcolm call Macbeth? What list of adjectives does he use?
He says Macbeth is a Tyrant and the adjectives he uses are: murderous, lecherous, greedy, lying, deceitful, violent, malicious, and guilty of every sin.
7) How has Malcolm changed since Act II?
He went from being brave to scared of his own shadow in fear of becoming a king worse than Macbeth
8) What is the atmosphere of this scene? Why is this important?
The two talk about stopping Macbeth and making Malcolm king, but he said he doesn't want to become king since he's afraid he'll be worse than Macbeth. This is important because Malcolm being king was their only plan, and now they don't know what to do.
9) What news does the doctor bring? How is this symbolic to the scene, especially to Malcolm?
He says that since Macbeth is god-chosen as he's king, he has the ability to heal. This is symbolic to Malcolm since it's saying Macbeth is doing good while Malcolm is afraid of being king.
10) How many men did England lend Macduff?
10,000
11) What does Macduff mean when he says, “But I must also feel it as a man.”
He needs to buck up but it's hard not to remember all he has done.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
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