Before Commencement

The miracle is not to fly in the air, not to walk
on water, but to walk on the earth. (Chinese Proverb)

PIED BEAUTY  by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Glory be to God for dappled things -
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced--fold, fallow, and plough;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.

All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise him.  


My Parting Advice:
Appreciate the diverse beauty of what you behold 
in life.  Make wise decisions and be kind.

Some Concluding Images

See you on Monday. Please remember to bring in all the textbooks you were given:
Hamlet
Frankenstein
Sophocles' Theban Trilogy
King Lear
The Odyssey
Beowulf
Macbeth
(Susan, please remember to bring in my copy of Natsume Soseki's Botchan.)

INSIGHT (inquiry)




IMITATION (preservation)

FATE (destiny)



CONFORMITY (ignorance)

                                                    

DEFIANCE (vs. Zeus) & ENLIGHTENMENT

 

VOLITION (free will)



  CELESTIAL POWER & NATURE 

Tomorrow's Agenda

BE PREPARED. See you tomorrow in court.

THE TRIAL TO DETERMINE GUILT

  The Trial

  The Judges

Katherine Paulino

Maurice Dunn

The Prosecuting Attorneys

Yenifer Mezquita

Jamila Coppedge

The Defense Attorneys

Victor Juarez

Brandon Chan

Macbeth

Raymond Camacho

Sergio Hernandez              

Lady Macbeth

Brittany Rodriguez

Alyssa Hall

The Three Witches

Susan Martinez

Kenia Reyes

Stefanie Zapata

Banquo

Kenny Barojas

Katherine Suazo

The Doctor

Malthen Cabrera

Jeanette Bourdierd

Malcolm

Chandanie Christna

Mcduff

Amy Leung

The Jury

Remaining classmates


TRIAL PROCEDURE:

The Judges Instruct The Jury With

                     The Charges Against the Accused

The Accused: Macbeth

                      Lady Macbeth

                      The Three Witches

Prosecuting Attorneys make their opening comments to the jury.

Defense Attorneys make their opening comments to the jury.

In prescribed order the Accused and Witnesses take the Witness Stand:
      Alternately the prosecution and then the defense question those placed on the 
           witness stand.   
        They are asked many questions. .

      They answer many questions.

      Their answers are recorded as part of the court record.

Physical Evidence is presented and entered as evidence in the trial record.

Judges may have testimony stricken (removed) from the trial record, and instruct the jurors to disregard testimony he or she regards as here say, prejudicial, or irrelevant to the case.

MACBETH ESSAY QUESTION

1. What misgivings does Macbeth have and why? Note where they appear, by Act, scene, and line number(s)?
2. Why is Fleance's presence on stage so important in the play in Act II, i?
3. How does Banquo, in lines 15-20, 24-26, 33, 36-39, intensify the dramatic action of Act II,i?  (These are on page 51.)

The Virtuous Macbeth (Act I)

Post what you have found in Act I that reflects admirably on Macbeth's character.
Include who says the words, as well as the page and line number(s) on which they appear.
You may wish to go to youtube, and watch the interview with the porter.

MACBETH Act I, v, vi, vii

Below:  John Singer Sargent's

LADY  MACBETH

 

Who is this woman?

Why does she say what she does in her soliloquy?

Why does she speak to her husband the way she does?

What does she think are Macbeth's vulnerabilities?

Discuss this woman's affect upon her husband.

Why does Macbeth refuse to do what his wife asks?

Why does he change his mind and commit himself to her planned regicide?

How have the Weird Sisters influenced Macbeth's decision?