SEVENTH READING

I don't think it really made a difference that I read it a seventh time. This poem from the Harlem Renaissance is fairly easy to understand. If anything, I laughed more and more because it's true that if one is stupid then it shouldn't really be surprising to expect stupid actions.

Acceptance

By Langston Hughes

God in His infinite wisdom
Did not make me very wise-
So when my actions are stupid
They hardly take God by surprise 

Langston Hughes

Third period presentations answers to questions...

Not finished, will update later tonight...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The only link present to this presentation were the multiple choice questions so that is all I did for this group...
MC answers:
1) D
2) C
3) C
4) D
5) A
6) B


The Five People You Meet in Heaven
MC Answers

1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. A

Crime and Punishment
Essay intro's and outlines

MC

1. A
2. D
3. E
4. A
5. E
6. A
7. E
8. C
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. B

Life of Pi
MC

1. 
   

Act V notes

Holy guacamoly! There are a lot of scenes in this act! okay....
Scene 1:
Lady Macbeth is sleeping walking. Her gentlewoman, which I think is like a maid that follows her, notices this weird phenomenon and calls a doctor. They witness Lady Macbeth sleeping walking and she talks about guilt and having blood on her hands that she can't remove. So subconsciously she does feel guilty of all that she has incited.

Act 4 Notes

Scene 1:
This scene brings back the witches. They show Macbeth some apparitions that give him advice. One apparitions warns him of Macduff. Another apparitions tells him to be brave and act without thought and remorse. Also,  no man will vanquish him that arises from a woman. The Macbeth asks if Banquo's sons will reign. His question is answered with the appearance of Banquo's ghost followed by more apparitions that look like kings. Clearly these kings are Banquo's legacy and they will reign for a long time.

Act 3 notes

Scene 1: Banquo just tells the king that he is going out for a ride. While he is alone he rejoices bc the prophecy is coming true and his sons will reign. Macbeth is sad that Banquo won't be present for the feast tonight. When he is alone, he laments the fact that his children won't reign, Banquo's children will. It is as if, he killed the king just to hand over the kingdom to Banquo's children.
Macbeth meets with 2 murderers, and this is their second meeting. Macbeth really wants Banquo and especially the son, dead.The murderers agree to kill him tonight.

ACT II notes

Scene 1
In this act basically houses a soliloquy of Macbeth. He speaks of a danger before him and  contemplates whether it is real, the situation is real, and can he really bring himself to finish the king.

Scene 2
Macbeth is panicking! He has done the deed and killed Duncan but he is nervous about the blood on his hands and properly disposing of the knife and his clothes stained with blood. Lady Macbeth is agitated that her husbands is panicking like a little girl.

Reflection on Act 1 Scene 5-7

Act 1, Scene 5:
We enter scene five with Lady Macbeth reading a letter from her husband. We have an indirect characterization of Macbeth from her. He is a coward who doesn't really like to get his hands dirty. We have a direct characterization of her. She is in a word, a bitch. She hates cowardly people, therefore there is a small part of her that hates her husband. The only reason she is with Macbeth is because she sees that he can get high politically and she wants to bath in that glory.

Shortly, a messenger announces the arrival of the king, Duncan.

Macbeth arrives and talks to his wife. She is pleased of course because he was names the Thane of Cawdor, which is next in the line to be king. But she is not happy enough. "O, never
Shall sun that morrow see!" With this line he says that she wants Macbeth to kill Duncan. He says we will talk later because Duncan is arriving. 

Scene 6:

Duncan arrives with Banquo. Lady Macbeth goes out and meets him. He compliments her and the home, he seems like an honest and kind man. 

Scene 7:

Duncan is in his chamber and the lovely couple discuss the matter of killing Duncan. Macbeth says "He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought

Golden opinions from all sorts of people..." What this means is, he just got a promotion and a bunch of people like me, why would I want to kill him tonight? But of course, Lady Macbeth is an itch and sh calls him a coward and questions his manhood. He starts folding in and says what if we fail? She says that we won't fail if we have courage and of course who would blame us nice folks, especially if we look devastated ("As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?")? He starts thinking about it but the audience can pretty much insinuate that she managed to convince him.