Macbeth Act I Active Notes

 Scene V- End of Act I
It seems to me that Lady Macbeth is some sort of super whore. It was hard to pick out specifics but I get the feeling that her character is really shallow in the sexual spectrum.

"we but teach
Bloody instructions" - interesting because Shakespeare is revealing the dark nature of Macbeth

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know." - not sure what this means but its sounds important.

It seems like Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are discussing the prophecy that the witches told. But I caught a glimpse of murder and sex somewhere in there.

Main point. I need help understanding this. 

Brave New World : 7

I always thought of soma as a drug that just made you feel happy, but now I'm starting to get the feeling that soma is some sort of hallucinagen to make you see happy things in place of unhappy things. For eample, Lenina saw ropes instead of snakes at first.

I can see the signifcance, plot-wise, of the director telling Bernard an ancedote. From what I just read, Linda was the girl l that the director couldn't find, and she got picked up by the reservation and she got placed in that society. Linda was saying how difficult it was for her to adjust. I'm getting the vibe of foreshadowing from Linda because I don't know if i should call it coincidence that Linda and Lenina have small similarities both in their name and personas.

Brave New World : 6

Bernard Marx- Karl Marx? I figured that there would be a connection there because the names are too similar to be unnoticed. How about George Bernard Shaw? The playwright/economist. He was also into the whole socialist movement and advocated for equal rights for women.

Bernard and Lenina's difference of opinion in way they see the sea, moon, and night. Lenina cried because it was horrible, but Bernard got reminded of himself. *this disturbs me* Just how different is Bernard even though he is still an Alpha? Beyond just a mix of alcohol in his test tube.
Then immediately after that, (suddenly) Bernard fondles Lenina's breasts and sleeps with her. I'm confused

Malignant- very dangerous in influence
Solecism- a breach of good manners

Lit Terms Applied

I walked out of the classroom thinking that I did the best that I could. But I know I could have done better now. I need to get over all the pressure that I am under in those circumstances because I know the terms, but i couldn't put it on paper when I needed to. The test did frustrate me because roughly a minute and a half on each slide to read, identify, and analyze was too short and frankly it was unrealistic. Granted the fact that if we trained under that pressure for the rest of the year, the AP test would be over in an hour.

Brave New World : 5&6

On page 64, I found indirect and direct characterization of Bernard.

On page 78, there is an allusion to the clocktower in London, but in the case of the book it is called Big Henry

On page 85, personification of Big Henry by saying the clock sung 11

On page 85, synesthesia by saying the night was calm and warm

Those were the only terms I caught while reading

Brave New World : foreword/chapter 1

This book is beginning to become one of those books that are boring to me.The only thing that us still keeping me in is the dark nature of the book.It is very dystopian in my opinion, but it has a slow start. Most of the novel so far is just plain rambling about the hatchery they are at, but don't get me wrong, the book was excellent at setting the setting and the type of society that the book takes place in. The novel hasn't introduced the protagonist yet, and I would have expected the novel to introduc him or her in the beginning. Overall, the book seems interesting but it has a slow start and that makes me lose interest.

I also found it difficult to fully understand when the novel uses anatomy terminology because I have to stop reading to figure out what words those are.

WRITINGAS5PECTATORSPORT

Some of the videos haven't all been uploaded but the source of all the essays I read are located on Christa Weston's Blog.

Ashley- She didn't do a pre-write so that is going to be a problem during the AP test. From past AP tests, pre-writes are really really helpful and I suggest that she get into the habit of doing them. I was told that spending 10 minutes on a good prewrite can save you 20 minutes on an essay.

Mackenzie- She did have a prewrite but I suggest that she go through the whole essay. She needs to write whatever she is going to put into her essay in the prewrite. When I read the prewrite, I should get an outline and not a summary.

Pablo- his prewrite is really like "BAM!". He just put thoughts down, and things that he knows. It's a start but not an effective prewrite. In effect to that, he rambles a little in the beginning before he gets started.

Iliana- although she didn't write the essay portion, I can tell that the essay will be well written because her prewrite was really well done. She took the whole ten minutes to write a good prewrite and that will help her a lot.

Preston- his prewrite makes me a bit lost. I wouldn't know where he is going without being him, but judging from all the scratching out of words and sentences, he was rushed and a little too unprepared.

Myself- I need to work on my prewrites and the fact that I ramble a lot in my writing. I need to get straight to the point without dragging along.