1) Select a theme: Ambition, Violence, Gender, Marriage, Fate v. Freewill, Nature v. Unnatural
2) Select a quotation, or brief dialogue exchange
3) Select lyrics from a song that matches the theme, passage/dialogue you chose
4) Explain the connection.
EXAMPLE: Your post should look like the following...
1) Themes:
Ambition and Marriage
2) Text:
MACBETH
We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
LADY MACBETH
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valour
As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'
Like the poor cat i' the adage?
MACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
LADY MACBETH
Who dares receive it other,
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?
If I said what's on my mind
You'd turn and walk away
Disappearing way back in your dreams
It's so hard to be unkind
So easy just to say
That everything is just the way it seems
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
I can't get any stronger
I can't climb any higher
You'll never know just how hard I've tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can't be satisfied
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you still see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
4) ANALYSIS:
In my opinion, Macbeth is haunted by his inability to produce an heir. This will haunt him later when he becomes king. Lady Macbeth consistently questions his manhood, even when we as an audience see how much he has accomplished, it appears that it will never be enough for his wife. She calls to the spirits to "unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty!" (I,iv, 120-123). This also undoes the sexual and emotional relationship between the two characters, making it impossible for them to work together as a couple. The song bu Boston calls upon this idea, as the speaker feels it is impossible to say "what's on mind/You'd turn and walk away/Disappearing way be in your dreams." Lady Macbeth has a vision for what she wants her husband to be. It will continue to get harder for Macbeth "to hide behind this dream you see/a man i'll never be."
2) Text:
MACBETH
We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
LADY MACBETH
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valour
As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'
Like the poor cat i' the adage?
MACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
LADY MACBETH
Who dares receive it other,
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?
MACBETH
I am settled, and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
I am settled, and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
LADY MACBETH EXITS
3) Song & Lyrics:
"A Man I'll Never Be" by Boston (1978)
MACBETH
3) Song & Lyrics:
"A Man I'll Never Be" by Boston (1978)
MACBETH
If I said what's on my mind
You'd turn and walk away
Disappearing way back in your dreams
It's so hard to be unkind
So easy just to say
That everything is just the way it seems
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
I can't get any stronger
I can't climb any higher
You'll never know just how hard I've tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can't be satisfied
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you still see
A man I'll never be
If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be
4) ANALYSIS:
In my opinion, Macbeth is haunted by his inability to produce an heir. This will haunt him later when he becomes king. Lady Macbeth consistently questions his manhood, even when we as an audience see how much he has accomplished, it appears that it will never be enough for his wife. She calls to the spirits to "unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty!" (I,iv, 120-123). This also undoes the sexual and emotional relationship between the two characters, making it impossible for them to work together as a couple. The song bu Boston calls upon this idea, as the speaker feels it is impossible to say "what's on mind/You'd turn and walk away/Disappearing way be in your dreams." Lady Macbeth has a vision for what she wants her husband to be. It will continue to get harder for Macbeth "to hide behind this dream you see/a man i'll never be."
I. The themes I'm going to use are as follows: Fate, Freewill, the Natural, and the Unnatural.
ReplyDeleteII. ▶Macbeth: [Aside] Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind.-[To Ross and Angus] Thanks for your pains. [Aside to Banquo] Do you not hope your children shall be kings, when those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to me Promised no less to them?
DeleteBanquo: [Aside to Macbeth] That, trusted home, Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the Thane of Cawdor. But 'tis strange! And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence.-Cousins, a word, I pray you.
Macbeth: [Aside] Two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme.-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.
Banquo: Look how our partner's rapt.
Macbeth: [Aside] If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me without my stir.
Banquo: New honors come upon him, like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold but with the aid of use.
Macbeth: [Aside] Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.⏹
III. Thriller, by Michael Jackson (1982). This song accurately describes Macbeth's attitude towards what the witches said and what has become of him so far.
ReplyDelete[Spooky noises. Commence instrumental.]
It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in the dark.
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart.
You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it.
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between your eyes. You're paralyzed,
'cause this is thriller, thriller night.
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike,
You know it's thriller, thriller night.
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight.
[Instrumental.]
You hear the door slam, and realize there's nowhere left to run.
You feel the cold hand, and wonder if you'll ever see the sun.
You close your eyes, and hope that this is just imagination,
but all the while, you hear the creature creeping up behind. You're out of time,
cause this is thriller, thriller night.
There ain't no second chance against the thing with 40 eyes, girl.
It's thriller, thriller night.
You're fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight.
Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their masquerade.
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time. (This is the end of your life!)
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side.
They will possess you, unless you change the number on your dial.
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together.
All through the night, I'll save you from the terror on the screen, I'll make you see...
that this is thriller, thriller night,
'cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try.
This is thriller, thriller night.
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller thriller here tonight,
'cause this is thriller, thriller night,
'cause I can thrill you more than any ghosts would dare to try.
(Thriller, thriller night.)
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller...ouch!
[Instrumental. Spooky noises continue.]
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight.)
Darkness falls across the land.
The midnight hour is close at hand.
Creatures crawl in search of blood,
to terrorize your neighborhood.
And whosoever shall be found
without the soul for getting down
must stand and face the hounds of H***,
and rot inside a corpse's shell.
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight.) (Thriller!) (Thriller!)
(I'm gonna thrill you tonight.) (Thriller!) (Thriller!)
(Thriller!) (Thriller!)
The foulest stench is in the air,
the funk of 40,000 years.
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
are closing in to seal your doom.
And though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to shiver,
for no mere mortal can resist the evil of the thriller.
[Instrumental and spooky noises stop. Maniacal laughter.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lermP2ZpWjA
DeleteIV. This is definitely what Macbeth is thinking. He was already Thane of Glamis, like his father. The witches not only addressed him as such, but also told him he would somehow become Thane of Cawdor, and take the Scottish throne, too. In the scene above, he was just appointed Thane of Cawdor, so at this rate, he is guaranteed to replace king Duncan. But this most likely involves killing him. Macbeth is rather scared. He doesn't know if it's good news or bad news, let alone whether he will have to think this through. But either way, there doesn't seem to be any way to avoid it.
By the way, you can't click on the link, you'll have to copy it into the search bar.
DeleteI ended up choosing the same passage that I did in my last blog post, as it’s been the one that I’ve been questioning the most since we read it. I had some trouble finding songs that I listen to that fit these themes, so I decided to search my musical playlists…. This is all I could find.
ReplyDeleteFate v. Freewill
Quotation
Macbeth: [Aside] Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor!
The greatest is behind.--[To Ross and Angus] Thanks for your pains.
[Aside to Banquo] Do you not hope your children shall be kings
When those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to me
Promised no less to them?
Banquo: [Aside to Macbeth] That, trusted home,
Might yet enkindle you unto the crown,
Besides the Thane of Cawdor. But ‘tis strange!
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to bestray’s
In deepest consequences.--
Cousins, a word, I pray you.
3) I Want it All from High School Musical 3 (yes, I did an in-depth analysis of a Disney song)
https://youtu.be/eswdydFXf78
[Sharpay:] Imagine having everything we ever dreamed
Don't you want it?
[Ryan:] Maybe
[Sharpay:] Can't you see it?
[Ryan:] Kinda
[Sharpay:] Imagine first audition after college, I get the lead
[Ryan:] A part for me?
[Sharpay:] Well, of course
[Ryan:] Yeah, right
[Sharpay:] You've gotta believe it
[Ryan:] Keep talking
[Sharpay:] You and I, all the fame
[Ryan:] Sharpay and what's his name
[Sharpay:] Sound exciting?
[Ryan:] Inviting
[Sharpay:] Let's do it then!
[Ryan:] Listening
[Sharpay:] Personal stylist, agent, and a publicist
[Ryan:] But where do I fit into this?
[Sharpay:] With you, we can win
[Ryan:] Win the part?
[Sharpay:] Think bigger
[Ryan:] Become superstars?
[Sharpay:] That's better
Don't you see that
Bigger is better
And better is bigger?
A little bit is never enough
No, no, no
[Sharpay:] Don't you want it all?
You want it, you know that you want it
The fame and the fortune and more
You want it all
You want it
You know that you want it
You've got to have your star on the door
You want the world, nothing less
All the glam and the press
Only giving you the best reviews
Say it!
I want it all
I want it, want it, want it
My name in lights at Carnegie Hall
I want it all
[Sharpay:] Can't you see it?
[Ryan:] Yeah
[Sharpay:] They're going to love me... I mean us
4) In the song, Sharpay has her whole future planned in her head and she is trying to convince Ryan that it’s going to happen. She also seems to forget about Ryan until he reminds her “A part for me?” I think this song fits with Macbeth and Banquo’s conversation after Macbeth is told that he was Thane of Cawdor. Sharpay is willing to do anything to achieve her dream of becoming famous, even though she already has a lot of “fame” at school, being the popular girl. Macbeth is focusing on everything that could happen and is rushing time in his mind trying to figure out how to get there fast. Sharpay also argues with Ryan about who will be more famous, Ryan becoming left in the background. Macbeth doesn’t consider the consequences while Banquo’s opinion gets left out. Ryan focused on winning the part in the play, while Sharpay focuses on something “bigger.” Rather than focusing on the fact that Macbeth is Thane of Cawdor now, he instead focuses on being king one day and reaching an even higher status.
Theme: Ambition
ReplyDeleteMACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
(1, 7, 51-82)
Song: More than Useless by Relient K
There are several connections between the song and this scene with Macbeth. In this scene, Macbeth is scared of actually killing the king as he is afraid of failing, similar to how the song states it: "And I'm just scared/ So scared of failing You". Macbeth doesn't want to kill the king, but at the same time he seems to be also striving to keep his wife content. Additionally, she then pushes Macbeth to go on with the plan. As mentioned in the song, "[she] promised [him] that [he'll] get through this". Even though Macbeth is on the brink of changing his mind, Lady Macbeth is pressuring Macbeth and promising him that everything will be alright and he will get through this.
I like the song choice I think it matches really well.
Delete1) Theme - Gender
ReplyDelete2) Quotation -
Lady Macbeth:
Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood;
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances 50
You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry 'Hold, hold!'
3) Song - Do it Like a Dude (Jessie J)
Stomp stomp I've arrived
Drop the beat, nasty face
Why you lookin' at me?
Flyin' flyin' flyin' flyin' through the sky
In my spaceship
I'm an alien tonight
Dirty dirty dirty dirty dirty dirty sucker
You think I can't get hood like you, you m*****f****r
I can do it like a brother
Do it like a dude
Grab my crotch, wear my hat low like you (2x)
We can do it like the man'dem, man'dem. Hey.
We can do it like the man'dem,
Sugar sugar sugar (2x)
Bong, bong, hey, pour me a beer
No pretty drinks, I'm a guy out here
Rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin' money like a pimp
My B * T C H's on my d*** like this
Dirty dirty dirty dirty dirty dirty sucker
You think I can't get hood like you, you m*****f****r
I can do it like a brother
Do it like a dude
Grab my crotch, wear my hat low like you (2x)
We can do it like the man'dem, man'dem. Hey.
We can do it like the man'dem,
Sugar sugar sugar (2x)
Boys - come, come say what you wanna
Boys - you, you need to lick my dollar
Boys g-getting hot under the collar
Holler holler whoa (2x)
I can do it like a brother
Do it like a dude
Grab my crotch, wear my hat low like you (2x)
We can do it like a brother
Do it like a dude
Grab my crotch, wear my hat low like you
Do it like a brother
Do it like a dude
Grab my crotch, wear my hat low like you
We can do it like the man'dem, man'dem. Hey.
We can do it like the man'dem,
Sugar sugar sugar (2x)
yeah
Do it, do it like a dude
Do it, do it low like you
Do it, do it like a dude
Do it, do it, do it like a dude
Let's go!
Do it, do it like a dude
Do it, do it low like you
Do it, do it like a dude
Do it, do it low like you
--- “I can do it like a brother
Do it like a dude
Grab my crotch, wear my hat low like you”
--- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCO8oQwnpdk
4) Connection -
Lady Macbeth wants to be unsexed because in her world/time period women are viewed as quiet and meek, but she is definitely no that. Lady Macbeth is strong, a leader, she knows how to manipulate her husband into submission to her ways of thinking. I picked this song because I felt like it fit with the aim of “unsex me” because Jessie J says she can “do it like a brother.” Lady Macbeth wanted to run things, she wanted to be the leader of the household, but in that time period it wasn’t acceptable so she wants to be a man and lead. Jessie J wants it to be recognized that anything a man can do so can she. Both women want to be strong and recognized as just as good.
Thank you for censoring all that inappropriate stuff.
DeleteInteresting song choice
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ReplyDeleteViolence
ReplyDeleteCaptain
For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name--
Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like valour's minion carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave;
Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,
Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps,
And fix'd his head upon our battlements.
DUNCAN
O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman!
Captain
As whence the sun 'gins his reflection
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break,
So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come
Discomfort swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark:
No sooner justice had with valour arm'd
Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels,
But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage,
With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men
Began a fresh assault.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBGyBw510l4
I <3 My Choppa by Tay-K (heavily edited version)
And the yoppa might as well be a fiend (well be a fiend)
'Cause it got two arms and some feet (two arms and some feet)
'Cause it wake up in the morning and it eat (grr)
I love my choppa and I think it love me (love me)
Prolly 'cause I let that thing do what it please (skrt, skrt!)
Call a hitter, 'cause he gon shoot for free (yurr heard)
Let me hush, that’s between him and me
Yoppa have him Blood walkin' on the scene
Yoppa have the blood poppin' out yo jeans
Boy you brothas love talking, yoppa's scream (talk dead)
Tote F&N Five-Seven but I'm 16
I’m EBK, I’ll put anything to sleep
I love my choppa and her parents wanna meet
Violence is praised and often seen as a good and powerful thing in Macbeth. This also happens to be a theme in almost all of Tay-K’s music. It’s also a major theme in most trap music, but not all of it. In macbeth its war and in trap it mindless/gang violence, but there are similarities in the way its talked about are huge. Basically here Macbeth is being praised for skinning a man and sticking his head on the battlements. Tay-K has written a love song for his gun, and his automatics, which according to the song, he uses to kill everybody.
#FreeTay-K
True poetry. Almost as inspiring as X. He is speaking to you directly. RIP X :'((((
DeleteI agree that violence is often glorified in many things like music and other works. Also I like the song choice.
DeleteAmbition
ReplyDeleteCome and take the throne with me
Come and take the throne me
Come and take the throne me
Co-co-come and take the throne with me
Come and take the throne with me
Come and take the throne with me
Come and take the throne with me
Co-co-come and take the throne with me
Don't you be afraid
Everything will change
You and I
Royals forever
They say dreamers never die
So, come and take
Come and take
Come and take the throne with me
We're rising, we're falling
We'll make it through
We're conquering, we're ruling
A vast kingdom
We're rising, we're falling
We'll make it through(though we get paranoid by the minute)
We're conquering, we're ruling
A vast kingdom
Somewhere by the emerald sea
Where the moon and water meet
Somewhere close to harmony
When the world is sound asleep
Something's gonna bring the change
Journeys we are meant to take
Something at the edge of space
Calling us to take the throne
Don't you be afraid
Everything will change
You and I
Taking the risks
They say dreamers never die
So, come and take
Come and take
Come and take the throne with me
We're rising, we're falling
We'll make it through(though we get paranoid by the minute)
We're conquering, we're ruling
A vast kingdom
We're rising, we're falling
We'll make it through(though we get paranoid by the minute)
We're conquering, we're ruling
A vast kingdom
Come and take the throne
Come and come and take the throne
Come and take the throne with me
Come and take the throne
Come and come and take the throne
Come and take the throne with me
Something's gonna bring a change
Journeys we are meant to take
Something at urging us in
Calling us to take the throne
-Fly Away, TheFatRat
I'm starting to regret my life choices
DeleteExcuse me, but what passage from Macbeth reminds you of this song, and how?
DeleteWhen Lady Macbeth eggs Macbeth to go forth with the murder
DeleteWhy didn't you post anything from the script?
DeleteTheme: Marriage, Ambition
ReplyDelete"MACBETH
We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
LADY MACBETH
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valour
As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'
Like the poor cat i' the adage?
MACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this." (Act I, Scene VII)
Song: Halsey - Without Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAfAud_M_mg
Lyrics: (Lady Macbeth)
Gave love 'bout a hundred tries (hundred tries)
Just running from the demons in your mind
Then I took yours and made 'em mine (made 'em mine)
I didn't notice 'cause my love was blind
Said I'd catch you if you fall (fall)
And if they laugh, then f**k 'em all (all)
And then I got you off your knees
Put you right back on your feet
Just so you can take advantage of me
Tell me how's it feel sittin' up there
Feeling so high but too far away to hold me
You know I'm the one who put you up there
Name in the sky
Does it ever get lonely?
Thinking you could live without me
Thinking you could live without me
Baby, I'm the one who put you up there
I don't know why (yeah, I don't know why)
Thinking you could live without me
Live without me
Baby, I'm the one who put you up there
I don't know why, yeah
The marriage and partnership between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth is a consistent topic. Many see Lady Macbeth as a cruel woman, assailing her husband's cowardice, but I see her as a determined woman who wants to be trusted and valued well for all she has done for Macbeth. She arranges the entire murder, sets the entire thing, and pretty much is do or die with Macbeth. She puts him up and would do anything for him including "dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you / Have done to this" (act i, scene vii) of her child even though she is childless. This sentiment is exemplified in Halsey's song, when she claims "And then I got you off your knees / Put you right back on your feet." Lady Macbeth is the one who brought Macbeth closer to being king (despite the unscrupulous means) and he doesn't at least appreciate her efforts, her devotion. This is a questioning of their marriage, as marriage is more of a symbol of connectivity and trust in one another. It also calls Macbeth's ambition into question, his being a lack of. Lady Macbeth is clearly raring to go, but Macbeth is constantly switching sides. His ambition is as flaky as Tom the Tiger's morning bowl.
I can't get over how nicely your song matches the quote and the marriage between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
DeleteThank you Sydney. I do my best.
DeleteI totally agree, Macbeth seems like the strong one in the relationship but it is clearly Lady Macbeth's intervening that gets him to where he is. Macbeth does owe her a lot but she will also lead to his downfall.
Delete1) Theme
ReplyDeleteFate v. Freewill:
2) Dialogue Exchange
First Witch: A sailor’s wife had chestnuts in her lap And mounched and mounched and mounched. “Give me,” quoth I. “Aroint thee, witch!” the rump-fed ronyon cries. Her husband’s to Aleppo gone, master o’ the “Tiger”; But in a sieve I’ll thither sail And, like a rat without a tail, I’ll do, I’ll do, and I’ll do”
Second Witch: “I’ll give thee a wind.”
First Witch: “Th’art kind.”
Third Witch: “And I another.”
First Witch: “I myself have all the other, And the very ports they blow, All the quarters that they know I’ the shipman’s card. I’ll drain him dry as hay. Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary sev’nights, nine times nine, Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine. Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-tost. Look what I have.”
3) Song and Lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOyQhgM1FU.
Rush- Freewill
There are those who think that life
Has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors
To direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned
Or the gods are malign
Blame is better to give than receive
You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will
There are those who think that
They've been dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them
They weren't born in Lotus-Land
4) Analysis
As we all know, the three witches introduced are evil and have cruel intentions for almost anyone they come across. I believe that the dialogue exchange between the witches proves that they certainly have some sort of supernatural powers which they take advantage of with wicked tricks and mischief upon people’s lives. I thought Freewill by Rush relates very heavily with the themes of destiny and fate v. freewill, for example “We dance on the strings. Of powers we cannot perceive. The stars aren't aligned. Or the gods are malign.” I believe these witches could be malevolent gods who play with the fate of people they come across as a joke. Before Macbeth arrives, these witches discuss how one had come across a lady who didn’t give her chestnuts, and she got back at the woman by sending her husband into a storm at sea. Obviously, these witches can’t be trusted, however Macbeth is just one of those “Who think that. They've been dealt a losing hand. The cards were stacked against them. They weren't born in Lotus-Land.”
Why shouldn't we trust the witches? They've always been correct so far.
DeleteBecause they might be twisting the truth or not saying the whole story.
DeleteThat made you break this enterprise to me?
ReplyDeleteWhen you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would 50
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place, 60
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon 70
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
LADY MACBETH Who dares receive it other,
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?
MACBETH I am settled, and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. 80
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know
6 feet by Scarlxrd
I want everything there is to have, don't say I'm wrong
I went through the worst and yet I'm still here standing strong
Step into my mind, you'll last two seconds then you're gone
Demons in my penthouse know the words to all my songs
Sing along if you feel it, hey
Fill it up and sip it, hey
I still got my vision, hey
F*** it, I'll go missing, yah yah
This is the sickest game
Brand new cold division, hey
Twisted and efficient, hey
Screaming helps the crippling pain
I can't be giving advice, ay
Bottle your hatred inside, yah
Lose yourself when you get high, ouu
I do that s*** all the time, ay
I told my lover goodbye, yah
Sometimes I hope that she dies, yah
I got no tears left to cry, yah
Really gonna blow this time like, ay
I got my foot on the throttle, yah
Drowning my sorrows in bottles, yah
I carry baggage like cargo, hey
Someone please help me I'm not okay
I want the plaques like I'm Dr. Dre
Stunting with jewels like everyday
Your chain looks nice so they confiscate
If I get desperate, I'll rob the safe
I know you wish you were me
I got rich and I finally got money to eat
S***, I was down for a minute or three
I got scars on the tops and the backs of my feet, ay
Lastly, I know how to breathe
Took me so long to get back on my feet
I never quit, you see, quitting is weak
Change up the vision with things that I speak, yah yah
[Bridge]
Yah, yuh, um ay-yuh, huh, look
In all my searching, there's this one thing that I found:
We don't go to heaven, we just rot inside the ground
Ambition
DeleteIn the dialogue I chose, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are having their conversation about what they would do to get Macbeth king. At first Macbeth seems like he doesn't want to follow through with the idea of him killing Duncan. But after talking with Lady Macbeth, he made his decision to do it. He was able to gain his ambition for the kings position after having help from his wife. In the song that I chose, 6 feet by Scarlxrd, he doesn't have someone to help him get through his time it's himself who pushes him on. He starts off saying that he wants everything there is to possibly have, which means he isn't happy with what he has now. Later on he says that he wants something specific in his life and is desperate to obtain it. He finishes off his verse by saying that he will never quit because it is weak and he is the opposite of that. Both Macbeth and Scarlxrd in their own writings show that they need a force to get them back on track and get what they truly want.
1)Theme
ReplyDeleteAmbition
2)Passage
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
3)Song
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” - Tears For Fears(1985)
Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find You acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
It's my own desire
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you'll never, never, never, need it
One headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
4)Analysis
I chose this song because like the title, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth has the ambition “to rule the world”. Just before this, Macbeth wanted to pull out from the assassination but his wife assures him and “there’s no turning back”. They plan to actively contribute to the murder as it is their “own desire”. When Macbeth does kill Duncan, “the walls come tumbling down. When they do, I’ll be right behind you” as both of them will be part of the effort. They will place the blame on the servants but they are “married with a lack of vision”. They have no further plans after this or have thought of the consequences of their actions. Finally, “nothing ever lasts forever”. Their poorly thought out plan will eventually fall apart.
Even if this does work, the Macbeths are still going to bring trouble either way.
DeleteI chose the same passage that Mr. Pellerin chose. I was also inspired by Rachels post to do another high school musical song that was pretty similar to hers, however I chose to relate it to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship.
ReplyDeleteTheme: Marriage and Ambition
Quotation:
MACBETH
We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
LADY MACBETH
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valour
As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'
Like the poor cat i' the adage?
MACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
LADY MACBETH
Who dares receive it other,
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?
MACBETH
I am settled, and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
LADY MACBETH EXITS
Song: “Bop To The Top” From High School Musical (ryan and Sharpay)
Analysis:
This song is about Sharpay and Ryan winning the competition, and as Rachel said, it is obvious that Sharpay is the star of the show, Ryan is pushed to the side. You can tell that the dream of winning and getting “to the top” is mainly sharpay’s dream, and she is the one who is convincing her brother, Ryan to do the song with her. This relates to the quotation I chose because Lady Macbeth has to convince Macbeth to go through with the murder. It is obvious that she wants the crown and recognition a little more than Macbeth does. She is definitely the one who wants to “Bop to the Top”. The song has the lines “Baby to be number one, You got to raise the bar” and “Anything it takes to climb, The ladder of success, Work our tails off everyday, Gotta bump the competition, Blow them all away”. I can hear Lady Macbeth saying these lines, she is giving Macbeth a stern talking to, telling him to basically raise the bar and get it together. She also is literally saying to bump out the competition by murdering them. So I found that lady Macbeth is really similar to Sharpay and Macbeth is similar to Ryan. Macbeth, like Ryan doesn’t really want to do what his wife is telling him to do, but his wife eventually convinces him.
Yes, Macbeth is unsure about this, but his wife is all for it.
DeleteSome contrast!
DeleteRyan is so underrated!! He is definitely like Macbeth in which he is basically convinced to do something (not exactly kind) in order to "win"
DeleteMy Macbeth Passage is:
ReplyDeleteMACBETH
Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
MACBETH
Bring forth men-children only;
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males. Will it not be received,
When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two
Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,
That they have done't?
LADY MACBETH
Who dares receive it other,
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
Upon his death?
MACBETH
I am settled, and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
The song I chose is Escape by Rupert Holmes:
I was tired of my lady, we´d been together too long
Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song
So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed
And in the personals column, there was this letter I read
"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
If you´re not into yoga, if you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
I´m the love that you´ve looked for, write to me, and escape"
I didn´t think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean
But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad
And though I´m nobody´s poet, I thought it wasn´t half bad
"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
I´m not much into health food, I am into champagne
I´ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O'Malley's, where we´ll plan our escape"
So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it´s you"
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew"
"That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
You´re the love that I´ve looked for, come with me, and escape"
"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
If you´re not into yoga, if you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
I'm the love that you've looked for, come with me, and escape"
DeleteI connected the lyrics and the passage through the theme of marriage. In the passage, Macbeth becomes overwhelmed because of his wife's requests, and he becomes most weary of her. Much like the song, the singer claims he becomes tired of his wife, and wishes to escape from her. Eventually Macbeth comes around to what his wife is saying and a resolution is reached. Much like the song, where the singer attempts to leave his wife for a blind date, to which he discovers that the woman he wanted to escape with is his own wife. The couples have similar interests: whether that be pina coladas, getting caught in the rain, putting heads on sticks and murdering kings in the name of power. True poetic justice.
I would never have imagined it until you said it, so thank you. It's incredibly fitting.
DeleteTheme (Free will vs fate)
ReplyDeleteCAPTAIN
And Fortune, on his damnèd quarrel smiling,
Show'd like a rebel's whore. But all's too weak;
For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)
Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
3.) Song
I’m a Survivor- Destiny’s Child
Welcome to the wonderful world of Destiny's Child
I'm Da Brat-tat-tat, my homeboy Den on the track
And we gon' lay you flat on yo' back
When the beat-boom-boom-pat-pat like that, yaheard me?
We comin' in this game like some survivor's
And we leavin' this game like some survivor's
So from now, until we dead and gone
We gon' be some survivors, ya heard me?
Beyonce, where you at? Uh!
Now that you're outta my life, I'm so much better
You thought that I'd be weak without ya, but I'm stronger
You thought that I'd be broke without ya, but I'm richer
You thought that I'd be sad without ya, I love harder
You thought I wouldn't grow without ya, now I'm wiser!
You thought that I'd be helpless without ya but I'm smarter
You thought that I'd be stressed without ya, but I'm chillin'
You thought I wouldn't sell without ya, sold nine million
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)
Wishin' you the best, pray that you are blessed
Much success, no stress, and lots of happiness
(I'm better than that) I'm not gon' blast you on the radio
(I'm better than that) I'm not gon' lie on you and your family, oh
(I'm better than that) I'm not gon' hate on you in the magazines
(I'm better than that) I'm not gon' compromise my Christianity
(I'm better than that) you know I'm not gon' dis you on the internet
'Cause my momma thought me better than that!
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm goin' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)
Uh
Now I dun' been through the storm and the rain
DeleteClimbed up the rough side and got tough at times
But I remain, if I got the stuff to shine
And pull out the pump, protect mine
Survive in the game, hate on me 'cause you lame
They don't ever see your face or say your name
No more pain for me, no more misery, 'cause you history
I'm a hold on to what I got
Strap on to my perfection, strap on protection
My own direction, born to be the best at what I do
I'ma make it through, stompin' like a soldier in my big black boots
I keep 'em "Jumpin', Jumpin', " stayin' funky, funky for you
No matter who's that man that walk out of your life
You don't need 'em, don't be no heater
Long as I'm still breathin', not leavin' for no reason
Seen them come and go, one switch, they not gold
No house no mo', not even a condo
As long as I know how to love, I'm a stay alive
No need your game or style
They can't tame me 'cause I'm wild, not ashamed of stayin' down
Can the rain sit, and 'em things chromed out, spit
And in my game, no doubt, I'm a get paid in a big way, survivor!
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)
3.) Analysis
I picked this quote because it shows how Macbeth although most things that have occured during the story so far seem to be decided by fate Macbeth still has some free will. It describes how Macbeth has escaped his “fate” of dying in battle and instead by his own free will has survived in battle against the odds. Meaning that Macbeth most likely has more free will than is expected.Although Macbeth is affected by fate he still has control over things he is skilled at like battle.So I picked the song I’m a Survivor by Destiny’s Child because it relates to Macbeth in the way of being a survivor. “I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)” is a quote that speaks about surviving on their own free will and how they will not give up similar to Macbeth.
Beautiful song. Nothing gets me in the mood to kill a king more than a destiny's child song. Very empowering.
DeleteYaaaaasssss beyonce where u at!!!
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ReplyDeleteTheme: Violence (and blood)
ReplyDeleteSong: Peace Frog - The Doors - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NTg4Z_R_sU
Captain
For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name--
Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like valour's minion carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave;
Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,
Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps,
And fix'd his head upon our battlements.
DUNCAN
O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman!
Captain
As whence the sun 'gins his reflection
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break,
So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come
Discomfort swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark:
No sooner justice had with valour arm'd
Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels,
But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage,
With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men
Began a fresh assault.
Lyrics:
There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles (she came)
Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee (she came)
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago (she came)
Blood on the rise, it's following me
...
Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness (she came)
Blood in the streets it's up to my thigh (she came)
Yeah the river runs red down the legs of a city (she came)
The women are crying red rivers of weepin'
...
Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind
...
Blood screams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union
Analysis: In this story, it appears that violence is considered good and not looked down upon. This is very different from our world. And this song is all about blood and violence and all that stuff, which was never really talked about in rock songs from the 60's and 70's. Jim Morrison (singer of The Doors) always sang about taboo topics in his music (and his poetry), like death (in this case), sex, and drugs. Those might be considered normal song topics in rap songs and the like, but for the 70's, this was simply unheard of. Given what I have heard about this book, the word "blood" is said quite a lot, so I thought this song fit well with that.
When it comes to the lines I picked from the song, the line "Indians scattered on Dawn's highway bleeding, ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind," might not seem like it fits well. This is how I see it: the Indians represent the enemies of Macbeth and Duncan and they lay bleeding on the battlefield (the highway). And I think that if a child were to see what a massacre went down in that war, they would lose their innocence and be crowded by the ghosts of the dead men.
Good grief, there's blood everywhere! You'll never catch me ignoring this detail!
DeleteI liked how you related the "Indians scattered on Dawn's highway bleeding, ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind" line to the battles that Macbeth fought in and the people he killed
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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'ld 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 the inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poison'd 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 new-born 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 the other." Page 41
For my song I chose Made in Heaven by Queen
I'm taking my ride with destiny
Willing to play my part
Living with painful memories
Loving with all my heart
Made in heaven, made in heaven
It was all meant to be, yeah
Made in heaven, made in heaven
That's what they say
Can't you see
That's what everybody says to me
Can't you see
Oh I know, I know, I know that it's true
Yes it's really meant to be
Deep in my heart
I'm having to learn to pay the price
They're turning me upside down
Waiting for possibilities
Don't see too many around
Made in heaven, made in heaven
It's for all to see
Made in heaven, made in heaven
That's what everybody says
Everybody says to me
It was really meant to be
Oh can't you see
Yeah everybody, everybody says
Yes it was meant to be
Yeah yeah
When stormy weather comes around
It was made in heaven
When sunny skies break through behind the clouds
I wish it could last forever, yeah
Wish it could last forever, forever
Made in heaven
I'm playing my role in history
Looking to find my goal
Taking in all this misery
But giving it all my soul
Made in heaven, made in heaven
It was all meant to be
Made in heaven, made in heaven
That's what everybody says
Wait and see, it was really meant to be
So plain to see
Yeah, everybody, everybody, everybody tells me so
Yes it was plain to see, yes it was meant to be
Written in the stars
Written in the stars
Written in the stars
I related the passage to this song is because how they both talk about destiny and how the person is playing a role in their destiny. in the song with the lines "I'm taking my ride with destiny Willing to play my part" and Macbeth is taking a ride with his destiny to become king as foretold by the witches but to do that he must do his part and kill Duncan even though he is debating if it's the right thing to do to achieve his destiny given to him. Even though he does go back and forth he decides he has to do it for the prophecy to come true and for Macbeth it seems that his fate is "Made in Heaven" and that he doesn't have much freewill to change it.
Here's the link to the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49_KHn-JYNc
DeleteTheme: Fate v. Freewill
ReplyDeleteAct 1, Scene 7
MACBETH (page 41)
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'ld 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 the inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poison'd 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 new-born 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 the other.
MACBETH (page 43)
We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
‘In My Blood’ by Shawn Mendes
https://youtu.be/IlkBLwl4aBM
In the play, Macbeth is conflicted with whether he should kill Duncan or not. His fate told by the witches tell him that he will be king, but is conflicted with his freewill from his wife and his own conscience in killing Duncan. He knows that if he kills Duncan, he’ll be regret it for the rest of his life and become king, but if he doesn’t, he’ll not be king and end up sparing someone’s life. The song that I chose for the theme and explanation is ‘In My Blood’ by Shawn Mendes. The song talks about how Shawn Mendes has dealt with his depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Though he does have the freewill and fate not to end his life, he still may struggle with his freewill to find happiness and maintain his mental health.
1)Fate v. Freewill
ReplyDelete2) MACBETH
[Aside] Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.--I thank you, gentlemen.
Aside
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 smother'd in surmise, and nothing is
But what is not.
BANQUO
Look, how our partner's rapt.
MACBETH
[Aside] If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me,
Without my stir.
BANQUO
New horrors come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould
But with the aid of use.
MACBETH
[Aside] Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
BANQUO
Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure.
MACBETH
Give me your favour: my dull brain was wrought
With things forgotten. Kind gentlemen, your pains
Are register'd where every day I turn
The leaf to read them. Let us toward the king.
Think upon what hath chanced, and, at more time,
The interim having weigh'd it, let us speak
Our free hearts each to other.
BANQUO
Very gladly.
MACBETH
Till then, enough. Come, friends.
3)Meant to Be by Bebe Rexha
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Baby, lay on back and relax
Kick your pretty feet up on my dash
No need to go? nowhere fast, let's enjoy right here where we at
[Pre-Chorus: Florida Georgia Line]
Who knows, where this road is supposed to lead?
We got nothing, but time
As long as you're right here next to me, everything's gonna be alright
[Chorus: Florida Georgia Line]
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
So won't you ride with me, ride with me?
See, where this thing goes
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Verse 2: Bebe Rexha]
I don't mean to be so uptight
But my heart's been hurt a couple times by a couple guys, that didn't treat me right
I ain't gon' lie, ain't gon' lie
'Cause I'm tired of the fake love, show me, what you're made of
Boy, make me believe
[Pre-Chorus: Florida Georgia Line]
But hold up, girl, don't you know you're beautiful?
And it's easy to see
[Chorus: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
So won't you ride with me, ride with me?
See, where this thing goes
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Post-Chorus: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
So c'mon, ride with me, ride with me
See, where this thing goes
So c'mon, ride with me, ride with me
See, where this thing goes
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Bridge: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
Maybe we do
Maybe we don't
Maybe we will
Maybe we won't
[Chorus: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
But if it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be (take it, baby)
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be (c'mon)
Baby, just let it be (let's go)
So won't you ride with me, ride with me?
See, where this thing goes
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Outro: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
4)I picked this quote because it shows at one point Macbeth was tinking of maybe not killing the king and letting fate take its course but this all changes after the King puts his son as the heir making it seem to Macbeth that he has to intervene. I picked the song because it talks about leaving things up to fate like Macbeth thought of. It say if it meant to be it will be meaning that if fate happens let it be. I think Macbeth could not do this because he was fill with greed and got persuated by his wife.
Thats a funny way to interpret it
DeleteI think it was just beyond persuaded and probably more of threatened by his wife. She basically shames him and keeps on telling him how he is pathetic.
DeleteI think she's doing the right thing, roasting him like that. He deserves it!
DeleteTheme: Nature vs. Unnatural, Ambition
ReplyDeleteQuote:
BANQUO
How far is't call'd to Forres? What are these
So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,
And yet are on't? Live you? or are you aught
That man may question? You seem to understand me,
By each at once her chappy finger laying
Upon her skinny lips: you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so.
MACBETH
Speak, if you can: what are you?
First Witch
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis!
Second Witch
All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!
Third Witch
All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!
BANQUO
Good sir, why do you start; and seem to fear
Things that do sound so fair? I' the name of truth,
Are ye fantastical, or that indeed
Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner
You greet with present grace and great prediction
Of noble having and of royal hope,
That he seems rapt withal: to me you speak not.
If you can look into the seeds of time,
And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear
Your favours nor your hate.
First Witch
Hail!
Second Witch
Hail!
Third Witch
Hail!
Song: Demons by Imagine Dragons
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale
I want to hide the truth
I want to shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
When the curtain’s call
Is the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made
Don’t want to let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don’t want to hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
Analysis:
This quote takes places when Macbeth and Banquo first encounter the three witches, and are shocked by how unnatural they are and how they do not seem as if they should be inhabitants of the earth. Throughout the play, this theme of natural versus unnatural in especially apparent with the witches and their actions. In the song Demons, it speaks of inner demons, similar to witches, as well as the greed and ambition associated with them. When the witches first tell Macbeth their prophecy of him becoming king one day, Macbeth immediately “seems rapt withal” which the desire for this to occur. However, this greed for power that is inside of him will lead to bad things for him, and possibly send him to hell as in the song. The unnatural element of the story, his demons in addition to his strong ambition and desire to become king, will likely lead to his ultimate demise.
Macbeth will bring trouble, whether he means it or not.
DeleteWhat a mood, Demons fits so well. Love it. I feel the demons.
DeleteTheme: Fate vs Freewill
ReplyDeleteMacbeth passage:
MACBETH
[Aside] Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.--I thank you, gentlemen.
Aside
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 smother'd in surmise, and nothing is
But what is not.
BANQUO
Look, how our partner's rapt.
MACBETH
[Aside] If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me,
Without my stir.
BANQUO
New horrors come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould
But with the aid of use.
MACBETH
[Aside] Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
BANQUO
Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure.
MACBETH
Give me your favour: my dull brain was wrought
With things forgotten. Kind gentlemen, your pains
Are register'd where every day I turn
The leaf to read them. Let us toward the king.
Think upon what hath chanced, and, at more time,
The interim having weigh'd it, let us speak
Our free hearts each to other.
BANQUO
Very gladly.
MACBETH
Song- Hand of Fate by The Rolling Stones
The hand of fate is on me now
It pick me up and knock me down
I'm on the run, I'm prison bound
The hand of fate is heavy now
I killed a man, I'm highway bound
The wheel of fortune keeps turning round
Turning round, turning round
I should have known it was a one horse town
My sweet girl was once his wife
He had papers the judge had signed
The wind blew hard, it was stormy night
He shot me once, but I shot him twice
The hand of fate is on me now
It pick me up and it kicked me right down
Kicked me right down
Kicked me right down
I had to save her life
Yeah, I gunned him twice
Yeah, and I watched him die, watch out boy
Yeah, I watched him die
He was a barroom man, the violent kind
He had no love for that gal of mine
Then one day in a drinking bout
He swore he'd throw me right of town
The hand of fate is on me now
I shot that man I put him underground
I put him underground
Yes I did
I'm on the run, I hear the hounds
My luck is up, my chips are down
So goodbye baby, so long now
Wish me luck, I'm going to need it child
The hand of fate is on me now
Yeah it's too late
Too late baby, too late now
The hand of fate is on me now
The hand of fate is heavy now
It pick you up and knock you down
Analysis:
Throughout the song, the phrase "the hand of fate is on me" is repeated. This relates to Macbeth because he is constantly thinking of who he was told he should be. Ever since the witches told him that he was going to be King he just questions how it'll happen and ho the can get there. I personally don't think that anyone has freewill, especially in stories like these. You can choose how you get there but the outcome will always end up the same. Macbeth can chose how he will be King, but in the end he will be, thats what fate has planned out for him.
Fate is really playin my boy mac like that. He has no clue what to do, which is really a shame because he's about to absolutely yomp a king because some emo girls told him that he's gonna be a rich man (Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum).
DeleteTheme: war and allegiance to king
ReplyDeletePassage:MACBETH
The service and the loyalty I owe,
In doing it, pays itself. Your highness' part
Is to receive our duties; and our duties
Are to your throne and state children and servants,
Which do but what they should, by doing every thing
Safe toward your love and honour.
Song:
Glory-Pippin
Lyrics:
Praise be to Charles our Lord
Triumphant is his Sword
Allegiance is his Word
....
The gates of heaven await
Thrown wide by Charles the Great
We follow him through by serving his state
Connection:
These two passages show people's connection to their king. They warship him and view him as a god. Macbeth says that he basically owes himself to his king. King Charles in pippin also relates a lot to Macbeth. He too is bloodthirsty in combat, and in the play cuts someone's head off much like Macbeth.
Excuse me, but when you said, "warship," I believe you meant, "worship."
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LADY MACBETH
What beast was't, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
MACBETH
If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
Songs and Lyrics
I wish I found some better sounds no one’s ever heard
I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words
I wish I found some chords in an order that is new
I wish I didn't have to rhyme every time I sang
I was told when I get older all my fears would shrink
But now I’m insecure and I care what people think
My name's Blurryface and I care what you think
My name's Blurryface and I care what you think
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out
We're stressed out
Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young
How come I’m never able to identify where it’s coming from
I’d make a candle out of it if I ever found it
Try to sell it, never sell out of it, I’d probably only sell one
It’d be to my brother, 'cause we have the same nose
Same clothes homegrown a stone’s throw from a creek we used to roam
But it would remind us of when nothing really mattered
Out of student loans and tree-house homes we all would take the latter
My name's Blurryface and I care what you think
My name's Blurryface and I care what you think
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out
We used to play pretend, give each other different names
We would build a rocket ship and then we’d fly it far away
Used to dream of outer space but now they’re laughing at our face
Saying, "Wake up, you need to make money"
Yeah
Analisis
Lady Macbeth wants everything and I believe that the way she sees of getting it all is through Macbeth. She plants the idea in Macbeth’s head that he was destined to do this although internally he feels that it’s wrong. A good way to think of it is that Macbeth is on the battlefront but Lady Macbeth is the actual driving force. This makes sense since Macbeth was a soldier on the battlefield who followed directions; he wasn't the one who gave instructions. In the song the speaker is recalling when he was a little kid; before society’s expectations, the thoughts and problems of others clouded his mind making him stressed. And how now he doesn't know if he should go with society or do what he believes he should do. Just like how Macbeth is stressed out about what he should do- should he do what his wife is asking of him or should he do what he believes is right.
Theme: Intriguing Confusion
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First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch
When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch
That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch
Where the place?
Second Witch
Upon the heath.
Third Witch
There to meet with Macbeth.
First Witch
I come, Graymalkin!
Second Witch
Paddock calls.
Third Witch
Anon.
ALL
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Exeunt
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwS1d6kni-o
The lyrics are mostly inaudible but thats my point
Analysis: I found this song on Soundcloud last weekend while scrolling new "rap" (I have no clue how this is categorized as rap) songs. The first time I listened to it, I couldn't stop laughing because he sounded so strange, just like when I first glanced at the line "Second Witch: When the hurlyburly's done", but if one were to look up the lyrics to this song, they would probably make sense. This, I think, is just like how the idea of hurlyburlys and witches seams like a joke at first, but ends up developing into an intriguing story.
1.) Consequences of being ambitious and serving your own needs
ReplyDelete2.) "MACBETH
[Aside] Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.--I thank you, gentlemen.
Aside
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 smother'd in surmise, and nothing is
But what is not" (Act I , scene III).
3.) "Dry County" by Bon Jovi
MACBETH:
You can't help but prosper
Where the streets are paved with gold
They say the oil wells ran deeper here than anybody's known
Now I packed up on my wife and kid
And left them both back at home
See there's nothing in this pay dirt
The ghosts are all I know
Now the oil's gone
And the money's gone
All the jobs are gone
Still we're hangin' on
Down in dry county
They're swimming in the sand
Praying for some holy water
To wash the sins from off our hands
Here in dry county
The promise has run dry
Where nobody cries
And no one's getting out of here alive (Not this time)"
4.) Analysis: I chose "Dry County" because the lyrics quoted talk about a man who is deciding to be ambitious and take a risk with the "possibility" of becoming rich. He decides to leave his family, and travel to the West to seek his fortune. This behavior is similar to the mindset of Macbeth at the beginning of the book quote because he is wondering why the vision of the witches could possibly be ill if it grants him success. Similarly to the narrator of "Dry County", who acknowledges all of the benefits of leaving and struggles to see the consequences or downsides. In the song it says, "you can't help but prosper when the streets are paved with gold" which shows the that he (like Macbeth sees no reason not to kill the King because fate has deemed his victorious in the long run. At the end of the lyrics it talks about how after the narrator came to dry county, the oil's gone, and the money because everybody got too greedy. This can be compared to Macbeth because once he kills the people he deems necessary to achieve his goals, I predict he will come up empty of the real things that make life bearable: life, respect, loyalty. I also though the quote, "no one is getting out of here alive" can be compared to Macbeth because of all of the people he realizes all of the people he must kill to sustain him and his false profile of fame that he sees himself in.
Loyalty
ReplyDeleteLADY MACBETH
What beast was ’t, then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both.
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
Song: Loyal Lauren Daigle
In this passage Lady Macbeth gives an example to Macbeth of how loyal she is primarily in keeping a promise. She tells MacBeth that even though she does enjoy nursing a baby she will kill it is she promised to do so. In the song Loyal it talks about remaining loyal no matter in what situation and LadyMacbeth talks to Macbeth about how loyal she is herself.
I.) Ambition and Violence
ReplyDeleteII.) MACBETH:"...Commends the ingredience 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 new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, 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 the other-"
III.) "The Show must go on" by Queen
Empty spaces, what are we living for?
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for?
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore?
The show must go on
The show must go on
Yeah
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for?
I guess I'm learning (I'm learning), I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning (turning, turning, turning), 'round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on
The show must go on (yeah yeah)
Ooh, inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
Yeah
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly my friends
The show must go on, yeah
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On with the show
Ooh, I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
(On with the show, on with the show)
Show (show must go on, go on)
IV.) I found a connection between the Queen song and Macbeth's state of mind in Scene 7. Macbeth was never quite comfortable with the idea of killing Duncan, he feels so guilty even prior to the crime being committed. Not only is he Duncan's subject, he is his relative and on top of that, doesn't even hate the king. In fact, the sole force driving him to murder him is his own ambition, which remind me of the lyric "Another hero, another mindless crime". He
is under the pressure to not only kill, but to act unaware of who did it (The show must go on, Yeah, Inside my heart is breaking, My make-up may be flaking, But my smile still stays on).
I.) Ambition, Violence and Gender
ReplyDeleteII.) LADY MACBETH: "...Come, you spirits That tend me on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose nor keep peace between The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry 'Hold, hold!'..."
III.) "Evil Woman" by E.L.O
You made a fool of me
But them broken dreams have got to end
Hey, woman, you got the blues
'Cause you ain't got no one else to use
There's an open road that leads nowhere,
So just make some miles between here and there
There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in
You took my body and played to win
Ha, ha, woman, it's a cryin' shame
But you ain't got nobody else to blame.
Evil woman, evil woman, evil woman,
Evil woman.
Rolled in from another town
Hit some gold, too hot to settle down
But a fool and his money soon go separate ways
And you found a fool lyin' in a daze
Ha, ha, woman, what you gonna do?
You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you
It's so good that you're feelin' pain
But you better get your face on board the very next train.
Evil woman, evil woman, evil woman,
(You're an evil woman) evil woman.
Evil woman, evil woman, evil woman,
(You're an evil woman) evil woman.
Evil woman, how you done me wrong
But now you're tryin' to wail a different song
Ha, ha, funny how you broke me up,
You made the wine, now you drink a cup
I came runnin' every time you cried
Thought I saw love smilin' in your eyes
Ha, ha, very nice to know
That you ain't got no place left to go.
Evil woman, evil woman, evil woman,
(You're an evil woman) evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman,
(You're an evil woman) evil woman
(Such an evil woman) evil woman
Evil woman (you're an evil woman)
Evil woman (such an evil woman)
Evil woman...
IV.) Lady Macbeth is a very intense and ruthless character, we know that her husband is capable of gruesome acts but he has always done it for the right cause, and he is now faced with someone far more difficult than he could have expected. I think that Lady Macbeth pushes him into murdering the king. This song describes her virtues and the line "You made the wine, now you drink a cup" especially reminded me of her despicable plan involving poisoning the guards in order to kill the king.
She didn't poison them, she just got them drunk.
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LADY MACBETH
[…]
Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be
What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it.
MACBETH
I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other
MACBETH
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;
Song- mowgli’s road by marina and the diamonds
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Oh, lord (oh, lord)
I have been told (I have been told)
That I must take the unforsaken road (forsaken road)
[Chorus]
There's a fork in the road, I'll do as I am told
And I don't know (don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, I want to be
[Refrain]
[Verse 2]
You say Y-E-S to everything
Will that guarantee you a win?
Do you think you will be good enough
To love others and to be loved?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Oh, lord (oh, lord)
Now I can see (now I can see)
The cutlery will keep on chasing me (forsaken road)
[Chorus]
There's a fork in the road, I'll do as I am told
And I don't know (don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, I want to be
Analysis-
I found a connection between this passage and some parts of this song because although Macbeth does have pretty murderous tendencies, he’s still unsure about killing Duncan but is persuaded down the “unforsaken road” by Lady Macbeth, because she knows exactly how to get the power she wants. The fork in the road part is a clear connection because Macbeth is presented with two invisible routes. He will be king regardless of if he kills Duncan or not, but doesn’t really understand that so he takes the worse one, as it seems more immediate and a guarantee of becoming king (“You say Y-E-S to everything / Will that guarantee you a win?”)