PD 1 ENGLISH 10 HONORS
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We are going to try something a little bit different today. While you are in the outer circle, you will be discussing the questions digitally, rather than verbally. In the comments area below, please discuss the day 1 questions. To get your full points for today, you must respond at least 5 times, at least two of these should be in the form of an original post, your other comments may be in original posts, or in reply to your peers. Please use text support for your answers. I will be checking your discussion, and you will receive a grade, so please use this space appropriately. Questions for Day 1:
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Chase
4/12/2017 04:59:57 am
#4 Macbeth becomes truly crazy when he decides to kill Banquo because I feel he was influenced into killing Duncan, but it was all his choice to kill Banquo. He felt Banquo was going to affect his job as King, so he decided to kill him. He had to be crazy when he was doing this because Banquo has done nothing wrong and is friends with everyone.
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Colton
4/12/2017 05:13:55 am
If I wouldn't have answered in period 3 in the beginning of this, I have just about the same thing you said. It proves how crazy he is when he sees his ghost after killing him.
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Jesse
4/12/2017 05:21:54 am
I feel like that was the point of no return. I think he started going loco when he heard the witches and started trusting, them then it was down hill like Jack and Jill.
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Hayley
4/12/2017 05:26:03 am
I also believe that this is the point that he became truly crazy. Macbeth was willing to do anything to anyone, just to keep the role as King. Banquo was Macbeths friends, and had done no wrong to anyone.
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The Michael gregg
4/12/2017 05:00:34 am
Question 2 - if it were in modern times i think he would have been able to kill the king more easily by using a gun or poison but there would also be the risk of higher security so all in all if he was careful enough he could have lasted a bit longer
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Chase
4/12/2017 05:05:22 am
I don't think he would have gotten away with the murder because of how high the security would be around the king, and they would have the place he lives in gated and everything, so he wouldn't be able to get in there or get an easy kill on the King.
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Karl
4/23/2017 06:59:14 pm
I agree with this. The fact that there is much higher security would mean that its would be much harder to murder the king and get away with. I also doesn't help that we have extremely advanced forensics and autopsy were they can tell between a murder and a suicide just by thee angle of entry of the knife/bullet.
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Chase
4/12/2017 05:03:22 am
#7 I think the witches are to blame for all of the murders. This is because they first influenced Macbeth into thinking about his future, and telling him what was going to happen. He was making the actions to kill the people, but as the story went on the witches made more predictions to Macbeth which had caused him to think about what he had to do. If the witches never said anything to him then he would not have thought about needing to kill the people.
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Jesse
4/12/2017 05:11:27 am
I can see how you think the witches are at blame, I feel like Macbeth is fully at blame, yes the witches practically gave a prophecy to Macbeth. But everyone makes the choice to believe someone and Macbeth went a step further to put fate into his own hands, he got very greedy as the play went on.
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Morgan
4/12/2017 05:21:41 am
I agree because the witches pretty much predicted the future. At the beginning I thought that Lady Macbeth was the one to blame for all of the murders because of her being kind of crazy and actions following that.
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Morgan
4/12/2017 05:03:33 am
1. She would have tried to over power them. She might not have felt as much guilt as Macbeth did when he got the killers to kill all of these people. Also if they went to her instead of Macbeth, banquo might not have got killed because he wanted him killed not her.
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Chase
4/12/2017 05:09:28 am
I think that the murders would have been easier for lady Macbeth but it would have been harder for the witches to influence lady Macbeth into doing what they want.
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Jesse
4/12/2017 05:05:35 am
#6 I can see both sides of this questions and a couple ways both arguments are right. The role of fate in Macbeths death is it was already too late to turn back he passed the threshold and his consequences caught up to him. On the flip side it is free will by the choices he made leading up to this event. Due to the choices he made with free will, the fate of consequences caught him.
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Chase
4/12/2017 05:12:14 am
I agree it was the choices he made that influenced his death, and what he received because what goes around comes around, so everything that you do has a consequence for it.
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Miranda
4/23/2017 07:54:17 am
I agree that he had consequences coming to him. It always finds a way to get you
Sarah Brown
4/12/2017 07:15:53 pm
I agree that it was both freewill and fate because he made the choices to kill all the people he killed, however every action has a consequence and after so long, he could no longer avoid the consequences of his actions.
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Michaellll
4/12/2017 05:05:45 am
#6 magnets death seemed like he was fearless in all his fights because he thought everyone was born of a woman but when he found out macduff wasn't he freaked out and lost all will - so I think it was of free will - like if he didn't think that way he might've been able to think clearly
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Hayley
4/12/2017 05:20:29 am
I think it was both fate and freewill. Fate- What is meant to happen will, Macbeth believed these prophecies and done things he shouldn't have done. Freewill- Everyone can make their own decisions, and Macbeth made poor choices when it came to these decisions.
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Hayley
4/12/2017 05:07:32 am
Question 1- I believe that if Lady Macbeth was the one confronted by the witches, things would have been fairly the same. When all the events predicted begin to come true, who wouldn't worry? Macbeth was foolish and greedy, but Lady Macbeth wasn't much better. However, Lady Macbeth acted as if she had more power and fight in her than Macbeth, so it is possible that she would have tried to overlook the things told to her.
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Colton
4/12/2017 05:12:31 am
I would agree with you. If they went straight to her it would've been the Same. Who knows, she might have gotten Macbeth to do what he did except it was for her and not himself.
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Mic hael
4/12/2017 05:09:01 am
7) I would blame the witches for the murders because when they told Macbeth he was to be king they planted that thought of how, before that I've he never thought of killing the king before he met the witches and if he never met them then he might've not thought that
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Hayley
4/12/2017 05:11:17 am
Question 2- If this was to take place in modern times, things would have been a lot different. With all the technology and security, investigations would have sprouted everywhere. When asked questions, the ones who know would have quickly told on Macbeth, just to keep themselves out of trouble. I don't think he would've gotten away with murder anymore than a few days. It would have been easier to have him killed, but he would also be in more danger and have more to worry about.
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Jesse
4/12/2017 05:19:43 am
I agree, I think now days people also don't trust each other as much so when people in this era see some fishy things going on we would start suspecting certain people due to events.
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Morgan
4/12/2017 05:25:09 am
I agree because like I was saying as well, today's technology is so powerful to do pretty much anything and everything along with the training of crime investigators he couldn't have gotten away with it.
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Sarah Brown
4/12/2017 07:18:10 pm
I agree with this. And, even if people wouldn't have had told on Macbeth, his change in attitude would have given him away and investigators would have easily figured it out.
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Morgan
4/12/2017 05:11:42 am
2. Definitely not because of today's technology. I also feel like they would be a lot smarter to not kill anyone. There's no was Macbeth would have been able to get away with the murder.
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Hayley
4/12/2017 05:17:14 am
I agree. If living in today's times, Macbeth would have been smart enough to not kill, in fears of his punishment. He also would have been a lot smarter with many of his actions.
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Michael
4/12/2017 05:15:26 am
Question 5: I think macduff and Mac Beth were foils because Macduff was thinking bout the good of the people when he fled and trying to help his nation but Mac Beth was doing everything for his own wants and also they fought
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Sarah Brown
4/12/2017 07:21:22 pm
I agree with this because Macbeth is much more greedy in his actions and really just cared about himself. Macduff, on the other hand, took the measures to try to save the people. Macbeth is shielded by greed and selfishness, while macduff is driven by care for others and more selflessness.
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Jesse
4/12/2017 05:16:17 am
#16 The point of having these supernatural occurrences or maybe illusions are to just show that some of the characters in the play could of have something wrong in the head. But maybe Shakespeare was also wanting us to question how much we would believe as the audience.
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Michael
4/12/2017 05:18:53 am
#1 if the witches went to lady Macbeth i think killing the king would have went smoother because she would be the one doing everything and maybe there would be less blame on them because she is a woman // but at the end she committed suicide because of guilt so she might have ended her own life sooner if she were the one doing all the dirty work
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Karl
4/12/2017 05:20:12 am
#6 I believe that Macbeth's death was caused by fate and free will but free will is the most of it. When you get down to it Macbeth could have said no at any time and not got tied into the situation where an army went to kill him. However if the witches did not tell him his future then he would not have had to make a choice.
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Karl
4/12/2017 05:24:44 am
#2 If this were to have taken place in the modern age, it could have happened, but Macbeth would have to take extreme caution when killing the king and covering it up. It would be close to impossible but still achievable.
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Sarah Brown
4/12/2017 07:07:26 pm
#2 If this took place in modern times I think Macbeth would have been caught fairly quickly. With all of the security, technology, and investigation resources that we have today, Macbeth would have been easily caught. Also, since he started to lose his mind, in modern times he would have been seen as more suspicious and many people would have caught on to his change in attitude and suspected him.
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Miranda
4/23/2017 07:50:05 am
I also agree with this because the dagger insist would have been easy to trace for fingerprints and he was sly about any of it
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Sarah Brown
4/12/2017 07:13:46 pm
#1 I think that if the witches had gone to Lady Macbeth instead of Macbeth the murder would have been carried out more swiftly and easily. There is a chance that she could have felt the same guilt that Macbeth did, but seeing her attitude in the beginning makes you think that she would have been more okay with killing the king. Maybe, if they went to Lady Macbeth instead of Macbeth there would have been less deaths because she might have been more realistic in her killing and may not have killed Macduff's whole family. Also, Macbeth may not have felt as bad since he might not have killed all those people. (This is assuming Lady Macbeth would have done the killing in this situation)
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Miranda
4/23/2017 07:48:07 am
I agree with this as she does seem to wear the pants in the beginning and seems to it the evil role more easily
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Matt Spickler
4/13/2017 07:16:05 pm
1. If the witches went to lady macbeth it wouldn't have changed much because she was the main influence that got macbeth to kill duncan so the same thing would happen again.
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Matt Spickler
4/13/2017 07:19:27 pm
2. If the time was more modern a lot of things would be different and macbeth wouldn't have been to get away with murder for so long because with newer technology they would have found fingerprints on Duncan or in his room.
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Matt Spickler
4/13/2017 07:22:15 pm
6. Macbeth's death was fate because he thought he was doing what he wanted but really the witches were influencing and controlling what he did.
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Matt Spickler
4/13/2017 07:25:07 pm
7. My opinion of who was responsible for all the murders changed because after Macbeth killed Duncan he started doing things himself with no influence from anyone.
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Miranda
4/23/2017 07:46:41 am
When the first murder happened I immediately thought of lady Macbeth because she kinda pushes him to the point but then he started killing people just because. Such as, Macduffs family
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Matt Spickler
4/13/2017 07:31:37 pm
13. Yes it is possible if they get the power from everyone liking them, listening to them, and not killing anyone then they can keep their sanity.
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Miranda
4/23/2017 07:43:19 am
Q3: what the author is saying about gender is that majority of the power lies in the man's hands and women are kinda pushed aside. Such as Lady Macbeth, in the beginning you see her fighting for attention and power then towards the end she kinda just gives up.
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Karl
4/23/2017 07:04:19 pm
#1 I think that if Lady Macbeth was told the information that was told Macbeth, she would have been more secretive and kept her homicidal thought to herself so she could cover it up easier and even potentially take the throne for herself.
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Karl
4/23/2017 07:10:29 pm
#12 I believe that down at the end Macbeth was a much stronger willed leader than Hitler was. No Macbeth didn't invade numerous countries and occupy half of Europe, but in the face of imminent doom, Macbeth does not cave as much as Hitler does. When the Allied powers were basically pounding on Hitler,s door, he kills himself. When the English are pounding on Macbeth's door, he immediately throws out the possibility of suicide and fights to the bitter end.
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