Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Monday, 23 May 2016
Power and Corruption
'That summons thee to heaven or to hell'. In the play MacBeth, the theme is Power and Corruption, especially when talking about MacBeth. MacBeth is so obsessed with power, he would do anything to keep it. MacBeth wants everyone who could possibly take the throne off him dead. 'Whiles I threat, he lives.' Act 2 Scene 1, line 61. This tells us that he has to kill someone so he can take power. MacBeth kills Duncan and frames his successors so that he is the only one that could be King. The witches have corrupted MacBeth and made him hungry for power.
Blood and Gore
'Safe in a ditch he bides'. Blood and gore plays a big part in the play MacBeth. Shakespeare uses blood and gore to emphasise the deaths and how important they are. 'With twenty trenching gashes on his head' is a very violent remark made by one of the murders to MacBeth. He does this to ensure MacBeth's belief in his story. Also because this is an important death it is described better and more vividly compared to when Lady MacBeth kills the guards. 'Is this a dagger that I see before me'.
Supernatural
'Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.' In this scene the witches are casting a spell to get in MacBeth's head. This is an excellent example of supernatural imagery. 'Eye of newt and toe of frog,' this is a small part of a spell the witches cast, this is supernatural because the witches are using magic and other things that would be impossible to in real life. 'Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good.'
Nature Imagery
'As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,' Shakespeare uses nature imagery to further describe things. He uses nature imagery a lot in this play. 'All by the name of dogs.' In this scene MacBeth is trying to explain to the murderer that men are like dogs, they all have different attributes. This is also a metaphor because MacBeth is comparing men to being like different breeds of dogs. 'The valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,The housekeeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed.'
Dramatic Irony
'This castle hath a pleasant seat;'. Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something that the characters don't. Dramatic irony is used a lot in MacBeth to build tension and excitement. 'The air
Nimbly and sweetly' is used when King Duncan arrives at MacBeth's castle to describe that it is nice because lots of animals live there. But what he doesn't know is that he is actually walking into the place where he is going to get murdered, but we the audience know exactly what is going on. 'Recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.'
'That summons thee to heaven or to hell'. In the play MacBeth, the theme is Power and Corruption, especially when talking about MacBeth. MacBeth is so obsessed with power, he would do anything to keep it. MacBeth wants everyone who could possibly take the throne off him dead. 'Whiles I threat, he lives.' Act 2 Scene 1, line 61. This tells us that he has to kill someone so he can take power. MacBeth kills Duncan and frames his successors so that he is the only one that could be King. The witches have corrupted MacBeth and made him hungry for power.
Blood and Gore
'Safe in a ditch he bides'. Blood and gore plays a big part in the play MacBeth. Shakespeare uses blood and gore to emphasise the deaths and how important they are. 'With twenty trenching gashes on his head' is a very violent remark made by one of the murders to MacBeth. He does this to ensure MacBeth's belief in his story. Also because this is an important death it is described better and more vividly compared to when Lady MacBeth kills the guards. 'Is this a dagger that I see before me'.
Supernatural
'Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.' In this scene the witches are casting a spell to get in MacBeth's head. This is an excellent example of supernatural imagery. 'Eye of newt and toe of frog,' this is a small part of a spell the witches cast, this is supernatural because the witches are using magic and other things that would be impossible to in real life. 'Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good.'
Nature Imagery
'As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,' Shakespeare uses nature imagery to further describe things. He uses nature imagery a lot in this play. 'All by the name of dogs.' In this scene MacBeth is trying to explain to the murderer that men are like dogs, they all have different attributes. This is also a metaphor because MacBeth is comparing men to being like different breeds of dogs. 'The valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,The housekeeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed.'
Dramatic Irony
'This castle hath a pleasant seat;'. Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something that the characters don't. Dramatic irony is used a lot in MacBeth to build tension and excitement. 'The air
Nimbly and sweetly' is used when King Duncan arrives at MacBeth's castle to describe that it is nice because lots of animals live there. But what he doesn't know is that he is actually walking into the place where he is going to get murdered, but we the audience know exactly what is going on. 'Recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.'
Thursday, 12 May 2016
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
What, can the devil speak true? A foil is a character that takes the same path as the main character but makes a different decision. Banquo is a perfect foil to MacBeth. 'Banquo and Macbeth, all hail' Banquo was with MacBeth when he met the witches, the witches could have chosen Banquo instead of MacBeth. Also Banquo tells MacBeth that he is doomed if he trusts the witches, this is when Banquo makes a different decision than Macbeth and be comes a foil. Banquo was in the same situations as Macbeth, and if it weren't for the witches deciding to mess with MacBeth's head instead, Banquo would be doing the same thing as MacBeth
Monday, 25 April 2016
Monday, 18 April 2016
Sunday, 10 April 2016
Link- Brave
Decides to go to London on his own
Stands up to Vince
Survives living on the streets
Finds out who the murderer is
Beats shelter in a fight
Ginger- Friendly
Teaches Link
Shares with Link p 41
Cares if Link is hurt
Nice to people
Trusts people
Shelter- Crazy
Talk to himself in the mirror
Kills innocent homeless
Thinks he is doing the right thing
Thinks he is helping the country
No remorse
2. 'I'm invisible, see? One of the invisible people'. In the book Stone Cold Link is a growing character, even through his difficult life. By living on the streets of London, Link became braver, more street wise and learnt how to survive with little money. When he lived on the streets in his home town he was scared and when to his sisters to get a meal and a good night sleep. But when he moved to London, all that changed, he had to survive on his own. By living in London Link made friends with Ginger, who helped him survive. He taught Link a lot and helped him find food and fend for himself. By moving to London Link's mindset had to change, he had to be aware of possible threats and had to concentrate on getting money more.
3. 'Slaves crammed together like sardines'. The book stone cold has a lot of description about different places that he has to live.The author describes different places in the story in different amounts of detail. At the beginning Link is living at home with his mum, his house is not described much, it just mentions that it is in 'Bradford, Yorkshire' and that's it. Whereas on page 70 it uses a lot more description when describing somewhere that he lived when he was homeless, for example 'the stench of too many damp, unwashed bodies' is description about a boat. That author does this because the house at the beginning is quite normal for most people, but a boat that homeless people pay to sleep in is not something that most of the readers have done so it is more important to describe. It isn't necessary to describe a not so important place place that isn't so important to the plot.
Decides to go to London on his own
Stands up to Vince
Survives living on the streets
Finds out who the murderer is
Beats shelter in a fight
Ginger- Friendly
Teaches Link
Shares with Link p 41
Cares if Link is hurt
Nice to people
Trusts people
Shelter- Crazy
Talk to himself in the mirror
Kills innocent homeless
Thinks he is doing the right thing
Thinks he is helping the country
No remorse
2. 'I'm invisible, see? One of the invisible people'. In the book Stone Cold Link is a growing character, even through his difficult life. By living on the streets of London, Link became braver, more street wise and learnt how to survive with little money. When he lived on the streets in his home town he was scared and when to his sisters to get a meal and a good night sleep. But when he moved to London, all that changed, he had to survive on his own. By living in London Link made friends with Ginger, who helped him survive. He taught Link a lot and helped him find food and fend for himself. By moving to London Link's mindset had to change, he had to be aware of possible threats and had to concentrate on getting money more.
3. 'Slaves crammed together like sardines'. The book stone cold has a lot of description about different places that he has to live.The author describes different places in the story in different amounts of detail. At the beginning Link is living at home with his mum, his house is not described much, it just mentions that it is in 'Bradford, Yorkshire' and that's it. Whereas on page 70 it uses a lot more description when describing somewhere that he lived when he was homeless, for example 'the stench of too many damp, unwashed bodies' is description about a boat. That author does this because the house at the beginning is quite normal for most people, but a boat that homeless people pay to sleep in is not something that most of the readers have done so it is more important to describe. It isn't necessary to describe a not so important place place that isn't so important to the plot.
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