Period 7 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 2:
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Finnegan Hall
4/13/2017 11:01:51 am
8. I don't believe ambition was Macbeths tragic flaw. I believe that Macbeths flaw was that he was too confident. He thought that he could control fate based off of what the witches told him, but he couldn't.
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Logan
4/13/2017 11:08:41 am
I see your point entirely. If he had been truly ambitious, he'd have been more careful and passionate about becoming royalty.
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4/25/2017 11:02:50 am
I Have to disagree because if the way Macbeth was so scared to kill Duncan. I believe the only reason he did it was because of the way the witches and his wife persuaded him.
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Max Rosario
4/25/2017 11:16:30 am
I agree completely. Macbeth was greedy and over confident, and he thought he could conquer the world and control his fate.
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Finnegan Hall
4/13/2017 11:06:10 am
13. The killing of Macduffs family show that Macbeth is not only killing his potential enemies, but innocent people. Macduffs family did not do any harm toward him, he killed them purely out of spite and malice toward Macduffs.
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Finnegan Hall
4/13/2017 11:12:01 am
I agree Finnegan. That is a great point. Macduffs family was innocent and Macbeth chose to kill them anyway. This shows a sort of breaking point, and the leading towards his insanity.
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Logan
4/13/2017 11:13:02 am
This family murder brought to attention the brutality that Macbeth dragged along with his rule. This was almost a tipping point, if you will. They attempted to kill poor Fleance, but failed. This time someone innocent actually died.
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Brendan R.
4/20/2017 09:44:49 am
I agree, Finnegan. Macduff's family did nothing to harm Macbeth in any way. I think Macbeth may have let greed take over his actions.
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4/25/2017 11:04:07 am
I have to disagree because I think that it was more of him becoming crazy not so much of greed.
Nik
4/23/2017 06:55:33 pm
Macbeth killing the macduffs just made further proof he was completely insane and power hungry. He was destroying everyone that he thought would get in his way.
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Joey
4/24/2017 09:46:42 am
I agree nik, that was the final hint that told us Macbeth has gone compleatly insain
Max Rosario
4/25/2017 11:18:52 am
I agree Nik. When he killed the Macduffs, it was a tragedy that could have been avoided, if he was not so greedy.
Max Rosario
4/25/2017 11:15:07 am
It was a completely unnecessary killing. It should not have happened. It just proved how he let his confidence and greed overpower his actions.
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Logan
4/13/2017 11:06:18 am
7) Greed plays a huge role in human nature. When you choose between being selfless or selfish, being selfish (while maybe not intentionally) will usually come forth. Macbeth's greed overcame him. It was almost if he had clinical narcissism. His prow for power led to deaths upon deaths. The nation would have been more at peace if Macbeth wasn't so greedy.
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Finnegan Hall
4/13/2017 11:09:05 am
I agree with Logan. Macbeth could have chosen to be satisfied with be Thane of Cawdor, or even becoming king. However, he chose to be greedy and to continue to kill and kill until he feels there is no longer a threat.
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Brendan R.
4/20/2017 09:38:36 am
I agree, Logan. Scotland would have turned out completely different if Macbeth would have just let the prophecy alone and not have worried about it.
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Joey
4/24/2017 09:47:33 am
Greed was the cause of everything bad in this story, with out greed Macbeth would not have killed anyone.
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Max Rosario
4/25/2017 11:10:36 am
Macbeth being selfish and greedy is the main point of this whole conflict with this entire story. Like you said Logan, it led to deaths upon deaths.
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Logan
4/13/2017 11:17:39 am
14) Hell was referenced a lot throughout the play. The porter scene was especially potent. I feel like Shakespeare used Hell as a concept to relate the state of Scotland to. The nation is in turmoil and the Hell describes it perfectly.
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Finnegan Hall
4/13/2017 11:24:35 am
Great point Logan. The chaos concept of hell relates directly to the state of Scotland
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4/25/2017 11:01:31 am
That concept relates directly to Scotland because of the chaos around it! Great point logan
Annika Simensen
4/13/2017 11:30:24 am
I agree. Throughout the play, examples of Hell are brought up constantly during darker scenes. The belief that killing the King would bring unnatural changes which looked like a Hell of Earth. After Duncan was killed, owls were seen to kill falcons, the winds destroyed chimneys, and horses escaped and ate each other. Shakespeare was using the references to compare the state of Scotland.
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Brendan R.
4/20/2017 09:41:15 am
Scotland was in turmoil through the reign of Macbeth. Hell was a perfect way of describing Scotland.
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Nik
4/23/2017 06:49:49 pm
I agree with this, Scotland was in an awful state and hell was a good way to describe the country, and having Macbeth lead Scotland was almost like the devil, who is the head of hell.
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Annika Simensen
4/13/2017 11:20:31 am
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Logan
4/13/2017 11:24:43 am
3) Lady Macbeth's suicide is causing quite a conflict in my brain. Rational? It definitely could be to outsiders. It was rational for such an evil being to die. Irrational? If you're anti suicide you'd think it's irrational. Someone who is insane, usually doesn't realize it. If she killed herself because of this 'insanity' it was more or less the guilt that followed her insane actions.
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Brendan R.
4/20/2017 09:03:58 am
Macbeth possesses many good qualities that make up who he is as a person. One of these is his bravery. In the very beginning of the play, Macbeth cuts open Macdonwald from his navel to his jawbone. Because of this, he is praised for his brave actions on the battlefield.
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Brendan R.
4/20/2017 09:34:02 am
Lady Macbeth's suicide was freewill because of the insanity in her life. Usually, when people commit suicide, it is because they think it is the only way out of a situation. Apparently, Lady Macbeth couldn't handle her own life anymore, so she decided that the best thing was to take her own life. Guilt could also contribute to her suicide. She felt so guilty for the deaths of Duncan and the others that she couldn't stop thinking about it.
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Nik
4/23/2017 06:47:57 pm
I agree, she became more and more crazy throughout the play and she couldn't stop thinking about her wrong decision in murdering Duncan.
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Max Rosario
4/25/2017 11:21:16 am
I agree with Brendan. She had died because the guilt had finally gotten to her. She took her own life because she couldn't take the guilt anymore.
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Nik
4/23/2017 06:43:52 pm
1. I believe that Macbeth was born power hungry, not evil. He was easily influenced to make the wrong choices though, and they were evil. I feel the same way about lady Macbeth and the two of them together wasn't a good combo.
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Nik
4/23/2017 06:46:36 pm
3. I think that Lady Macbeth's suicide was her own doing. She became more insane throughout the play and that was her last straw. The witches didn't really have any influence in her suicide in my opinion.
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Joey
4/24/2017 09:49:08 am
I disagree nik, lady macbeths suicide would not have happened if the witches did not put the idea of being king in macbeths head.
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Hunter
4/25/2017 10:03:49 am
Joey has a good point say Macbeth never met the witches, or decided to kill the king the couple would not of been put in this scenario.
Taylor Bell
4/26/2017 05:22:38 am
I agree the witches had controled the event which caused her to kill herself but the act itself was her own doing
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Hunter
4/25/2017 10:09:58 am
#7 I do not think greed plays a part in controlling Macbeth's actions, until he actually has power. Once Macbeth takes the King's position, it becomes like a drug or as if he took the first puff of a cigarette and just craves more.
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4/25/2017 11:00:15 am
I have to disagree. Macbeth was very greedy and his decision of killing Duncan was proof of it. His wife was as greedy as Macbeth because they both wanted power and she persuaded him. Macbeth does control his own actions and his mindset was on the power.
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Taylor Bell
4/26/2017 05:21:45 am
I would have to disagree and in this situation i believe they were one in the same and both equally motivated him
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tay w
4/25/2017 11:14:23 am
2. He was very ambitious and was a strong leader.
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Taylor Bell
4/26/2017 05:20:47 am
I believe Lady Macbeths suicide was completely rational.The acts committed by her and her husband did cause her to go insane but killing herself at the point in the story was rational being that her husbands reign was clearly coming to an end and her fate would be death or worse elsewise
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