Analysis of a Soliloquy

MACBETH

     Thou losest labor.

As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air

With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed.

Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests;

I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield

To one of woman born.

MACDUFF

     Despair thy charm,

And let the angel whom thou still hast served

Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb

Untimely ripped.


Power and corruption 
Blood and gore 
Supernatural 
Irony 
MacDuff is a foil to Macbeth

This soliloquy contains Blood and Gore, because it has phrases like "With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed". It also contains Irony because all along the audience and Macbeth thought that MacDuff was woman-born, but infact "MacDuff was from his mother’s womb, untimely ripped". This soliloquy contains Supernatural because Macbeth says "I bear a charmed life, which must not  yield to one of woman born" then MacDuff says in response to that "Despair thy charm". This soliloquy contains Power and Corruption because Macbeth is so corrupt he is delusional saying that he can not be killed by woman born. Macbeth and MacDuff lived the same life but chose different paths which put then against each other. 

The Theme

Blood & Gore, Supernatural, and Nature Imagery are all symbols, they symbolize the theme of Power and Corruption.

The use of dramatic irony

The use of Dramatic Irony 

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters don't. Shakespeare used a a lot of dramatic irony in his plays. Act 4 Scene 2 Page 2 is great example of dramatic irony. Here is why...

"Sirrah, your father’s dead. And what will you do now? How will you live?"This is ironic because MacDuff is alive and instead his son is going to die because he is the son of a traitor. The son of MacDuff says "If he were dead, you’d weep for him. If you would not, it were a good sign that I should quickly have a new father." Which is ironic since, MacBeth ordered murderers to wipe out everything MacDuff owns and all his relatives and loved ones, on the next page a murderer asks where is MacDuff because he is a traitor, then the murderer kills the son. 

In conclusion, Act 4 Scene 2 Page 2 has a lot of dramatic irony.

Blood & Gore

Shakespeare's plays are known to to have a lot of blood and gore in them, especially Titus Andronicus, but we're not talking about that play today. I am talking about The Scottish play, Macbeth. Act 2, Scene 1, Page 2 is a great example of blood and gore. 

In Act 2, Scene 1, Page 2 Macbeth says "I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.", Macbeth realizes that the dagger is a hallucination and he still sees the dagger but now it's covered in blood, this is bloody and gory because it uses the hyperbole "gouts of blood", which is sight imagery, to create a mental image of the dagger in our minds. 

In conclusion, 

Superstitions & the Supernatural

Hook: 

"Double, double toil and trouble,

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."

Example & Explanation:

"Round about the cauldron go,

In the poisoned entrails throw." This is supernatural because a cauldron is mainly associated with the supernatural. 

"Toad, that under cold stone

Days and nights has thirty-one

Sweltered venom sleeping got,

Boil thou first i' th' charmèd pot."  This is supernatural because toads are usually a symbol of witchcraft. The "charmed pot" is the cauldron.

"Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the cauldron boil and bake.

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,

Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble." 

Nature Imagery

 Macbeth shall never vanquished be until great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him." One of the things you continuously see in the play Macbeth is nature imagery because Act 4 Scene 1 Page 5 is an excellent example of nature imagery. In the play nature is unsound and nature imagery is used to show how much of a wreck Macbeth's life is. The witches show him 3 apparitions, the third one says: "This means that Macbeth will never be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill, where his castle is located. Macbeth's fate is in the hands of nature. 

Theme: Power & Corruption

"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promised."The theme of Macbeth is 'Power and Corruption.' This quote from early in the play is an excellent example because Lady Macbeth has been corrupted by Macbeth's letter, and now wants to corrupt Macbeth. "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way:." She is afraid that Macbeth is too pure to murder the king in order to become king himself. "Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it." The 'illness' is the ruthlessness necessary to become king by any means necessary. Lady Macbeth has been corrupted and will corrupt Macbeth.

MacBeth Video

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Soliloquy Key Features

Soliloquy: when a character is all alone and they turn to the audience and speaks to them, then in the middle the character changes their mind and it ends in a heroic couplet.

Heroic Couplet:

At the end of a soliloquy, means a decision has been made

Structurally a heroic couplet has 2 lines in iambic pentameter that rhyme

"Hear it not Duncan for its a knell

That summons thee to heaven or to hell"

In your kitchen

In Macbeth's head:

I have to write an outline for a short film about how the witches get into MacBeth's head using quotes from the play and explain how this shows that the witches have gotten into MacBeth's head.

First Witch: Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!

MacBeth: Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more.

By Sinel’s death I know I am thane of Glamis.

But how of Cawdor? The thane of Cawdor lives,

A prosperous gentleman, and to be king

Stands not within the prospect of belief,

No more than to be Cawdor.

The witches have captured MacBeth's interest and left him on, wanting to know more.

MacBeth: Two truths are told,

As happy prologues to the swelling act

Of the imperial theme. (to ROSS and ANGUS) I thank you, gentlemen.

(aside) This supernatural soliciting

Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,

Why hath it given me earnest of success,

Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor.

If good, why do I yield to that suggestion

Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair

And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,

Against the use of nature? Present fears

Are less than horrible imaginings.

My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,

Shakes so my single state of man

That function is smothered in surmise,

And nothing is but what is not.

Two of the witches prophecies came true and MacBeth thinks that soon the third one will come true. He thinks that this supernatural stuff doesn't seem that bad, but it also isn't very good, and if it's bad thing then why did the prophecies come true? He's Thane of Cawdor now, just like the witches said. But if it's a good thing then why is he thinking about murdering King Ducan? His thoughts scare him more than the fears he faces outside of his head. Even though it's just a fantasy, the thought of committing murder shakes him to point where he doesn't know who he is any more. His mind is racing, he has anxiety, he can't function properly and the things that matter to him most are imaginary. MacBeth is slowly going insane.

MacBeth: If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well

It were done quickly. If the assassination

Could trammel up the consequence, and catch

With his surcease success; that but this blow

Might be the be-all and the end-all here,

But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,

We’d jump the life to come. But in these cases

We still have judgment here, that we but teach

Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return

To plague th' inventor: this even-handed justice

Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice

To our own lips. He’s here in double trust:

First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,

Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,

Who should against his murderer shut the door,

Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan

Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been

So clear in his great office, that his virtues

Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against

The deep damnation of his taking-off;

And pity, like a naked newborn babe,

Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed

Upon the sightless couriers of the air,

Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,

That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur

To prick the sides of my intent, but only

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself

And falls on th' other.

MacBeth says that if he were to actually murder King Ducan, then he should do it quickly. If the assassination of the King wouldn't leave a trace, then he would gladly do the deed. But he can still be punished in this world and by committing violent crimes we teach other to do that as well, and that will haunt us in the future. The problem is that the King trusts MacBeth, as a host and as a sibling, which is another reason why MacBeth thinks it's wrong to kill the King. There are more reasons why not to murder the king: the king isn't corrupted, he's humble and he is also virtuous (that means he has high moral standards, he knows right from wrong) and on top of that, the whole kingdom will mourn for him. But despite all of these reason not to kill the king he still wants to, he is ambitious about it. This shows that the witches have gone very deep into his head and started making him twisted.

Act 1, Scene 7, Page

Easter Holiday homework

1.

Shelter- Antagonist

"Well - get fell in, my luck lads. I'm ready for you"

"And that was my mission in life - to turn dirty, scruffy, pimply youths into soldiers"

"It's begun, the recruiting"

"If I'm disposing of these druggy dossers whose activities are dragging the country down, am I a murderer?"

"There's a trap serial killers fall into, namely, the trap of pattern"

"Our next meeting will prove far more amusing for me than for them"

"I suppose I'm a mass-murderer – what the Yanks call a serial killer"

"Trained to kill"

"I said a target must be alone"

"I nailed him when he went to lift the blanket"

Ginger- Mentor

"Folks like us, we've got to after number one [yourself]. And don't tell anybody else you've got nine quid or you won't have it long". 

'Anyway you can, Link old son".

 "That's the first thing you gotta learn".

Link says "I'd a feeling he [Ginger] knew a lot of stuff I'd need to learn if I was to survive in this great, cold jungle".

Link to Ginger "You're the expert".

"He [Ginger] said you had to put non-alcoholic because people seldom give to winos"

 "Being with Ginger that was making things easier for me".

Link old son"

Link says to Ginger " It's time I had a go at getting some dosh by myself, but I'll feel better if you're somewhere around".

"Kiddo"

Link- Protagonist 

"I'll tell you the story of my fascinating life"

"I didn't move to London straight away"

"I'd applied for loads of jobs in the months since I'd left school"

"I made loads of mistakes"

"I got nowhere"

"My anonymity was a comfort" 

"And that's how I met Ginger"

"I walked all the way back to the DSS next morning and Ginger was right"

"We hit it off, Gail and me, from the word go"

2. 

Link is a 17-year-old boy who ends up homeless after his mom's new boyfriend locks him out of the house. After that Link moves to London. Link is a growing character because he has made mistakes and learned from them, thus making him wiser.

"I've made lots of mistakes, lots of people do when they first come to London"

Link is reflecting on his past experiences with being homeless in London. He also says a lot of homeless people make mistakes when they come to London. 

"If you think sleeping rough is just a matter of finding a dry spot, you're wrong.

I'll talk you through a typical night" This means Link has learnt something from sleeping on the streets. He knows that everything isn't as easy as it seems. He knows that because of experience from sleeping on the streets. In conclusion Link is a growing character because he has learnt from his mistakes.

3. 

Link is very detailed in his descriptions of his conditions throughout the book, his descriptions make you empathize with him.

"So pick your spot. Wherever it is (unless you're in a squat or a derelict house or something) it's going to have a floor of stone, tile, concrete or brick. In other words it's going to be hard and cold. It might be a bit cramped, too - shop doorways often are. And remember, if it's winter you're going to be half frozen before you even start." 

"The last days of January were a swine. I nearly went back to Vince. I mean it. It snowed every day so the pavements were thick with slush, and nothing gets inside a pair of trainers like slush can" In my first example Link is talking about sleeping rough he includes us in the scene he uses 'you' to put you in his shoes and empathize with him. He also uses hyperboles to make his point. Link uses short sentences to emphasize what he said before. He talks about stuff that everyone can identify with, like slush getting in trainers. In conclusion, Links detail makes us empathize with him.

4. 

Shelter is crazy, the language he uses reflects that.

"There's a plot - it's been hatching a long time now - to undermine the country by clogging it up with dossers and junkies and drunks. Some of the top politicians are in it, and civil servants and social workers and even the church."

"So it's Shelter and Sappho. Could be a series on the telly, couldn't it? Shelter and Sappho, otherwise known as The Invincibles. All is ready. Recruiting can commence." 

Shelter is detached from reality. He experiences reality as a product of his imagination, but he doesn't know that. He thinks it's real. The plot he writes of and the recruiting exist only in his mind, but he thinks they are real and he acts as if they are. 

Character Types

Character Types-

Protagonist- Main character 

Antagonist- in conflict with the protagonist 

Mentor- the teacher, the guide that (usually) gets pushed away by the protagonist, you can not have a story without this character type. 

Catalyst- the person that causes the disruption

Foil- goes through the same narrative, but makes a different choice 

Love interest- the person the protagonist is in love with

Mentor

Title- Blart: the  boy who didn't want to save the world

Mentor- Capablanca

Protagonist- Blart 

Genre- Realistic Fiction

Mystery 

Crime

Suspense 

Theme- Taking care of others

5 Problems that Link has 

Lack of food and beverage

Finding a place to sleep

Keeping warm

Ex-military insane psycho killer

People look down on him

Vince-Catalyst 

Finding a way to subsist 

No money

Nowhere to pee or poo

No friends

Safety

No acomadations

Hygiene 

Characters:

Vince- Catalyst, Mean, Anger Issues, Selfish, 

(Ironic name) Shelter- Callous, Crazy, Trained to kill, Intelligent, Highly Organized. In general a Psychopath. Mental for organization 

Link-Protagonist, he meets Gail in a café, he cares about others, 

Ginger- Reinforces the themes, without him Link would be lost in London, he cares about others

Louise a.k.a Gail- Journalist, Love interest, Gail is the character that further reinforces our theme; taking care of others, 

Tanya a.k.a Toya- The girl that goes missing and her dad goes looking for her, When Link meets Toya meets Link she ignores him, 

When a series of conflicts happen that make the story go it's called 'rising action' 

HW Plotline 10 conflicts of Stone Cold

Vince kicks Link out of the house: Man vs Man

Link is at his sisters place, his sisters boyfriend doesn't like him so Link leaves: Man vs Himself

The division to move to London: Man vs Socitey, Man vs Himself

Link rents a really cheap place, he goes to the job office, can't get a job: Man vs Society

 Returns to rented place, has to pay more than expected, ends up on the streets: Man vs Man

Toilet scene: Man vs society

Link get robbed: Man vs Society 

Test Allies and Enemies e.g Captain Hook: Ally 

Link is hunting Shelter, Shelter is hunting Link: Man vs Man

Link and Shelter fight: Man vs Man

Dénûment- where everything is explained.

Should we give money to homeless people

How should we help homeless people? Should we build more houses? Should we give them free acomadations?  We should not give homeless people money.
UK homelessness charities are almost unanimous on the question of giving money: it is better not to. Some charities acknowledge the intended kindness, others are vociferous in saying don’t.

The guardian says to not give homeless people money, 

because "money often fuels addictions and drinking" it also "delays people seeking or accepting help with addiction or other health problems and moving off the streets. Thames Reach says that giving money to people who beg is "not a benign act", "It can have fatal consequences". 

Hook
Introduction
Thesis
Examples
Explanation
Conclusion

Stone Cold Quiz

1. Shelter

2. Tanya 

3. He waited around a cafe to take food

4. Gail

5. Watch

6. He needed a wash

7. Robert Swindell

8. A messed up head

9. 1983

10. On the street

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Link vs. Other Homeless People

Link vs. Other Homeless People

Link is the protagonist in the book Stone Cold. He is a 16 year old boy who lives in Bradford, England.

Link has both similarities and differences with 'real' homeless people.

His mom started dating a drunk and abusive jerk that locked Link out of his house. 
This is happens to 'real' homeless people, they get locked out of their houses because of family troubles. Often homeless people want to move to large cities, like London, so that they can remain anonymous, because in their small town/community everyone knows them and that can make homeless people feel ashamed of themselves.

Link moves to London shortly after he becomes homeless. However unlike most homeless people, Link doesn't take drugs,  There is one time when Ginger gave him a cigarette. He doesn't consume alcohol, he wrote a sign saying "Give money, not alcoholic" because Ginger said "no one gives money to winos". 

The Guardians says not to give money to homeless people because they can by drugs or alcohol with it. At least 70-80% of people begging on the London's streets are taking class A drugs such as crack cocaine and heroin. 

Most people are homeless because they don't have enough money, or they have family problems, Link is homeless because unlike many homeless people, Link is given a bit of money. 

To summarize, Link shares many of the characteristics of real homeless people, but fact that he isn't alcohol or addicted to drugs makes him atypical. 

Hook
Introduction
Thesis
Examples
Explanation
Conclusion