it forced him to change his nature towards evil. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth was portrayed as a courageous soldier who fought for his King without mercy. But once the witches planted the seeds of greater things and Lady Macbeth fuelled his ambition, which lead him to become greedy...
The next day, on March 12, I met up with friends for a planned outing to the UC Botanical Garden. By then the news was alerting us that we were only safe if we gathered outside and at a distance. We did our best to keep somewhat seperated, but we hadn’t yet learned that six f...
The best movie that came out this year wasThe Zone of Interest, and I will go so far as to say that I think, maybe, it is the best movie ever made, period. I’ve never seen anything like that in a theater and I have never had something stick with me the way that movie did. ...
WhosThatBoy– BoyActorsandOtherStrangeThingsonthe ShakespeareanStage William Shakespeare gave theatre some of its most famous es: Cleopatra, Juliet, Rosalind, Desdemona. But who was ying them on stage in his lifetime? Not female actors, but young boys! Yes, imagine Lady Macbeth with a hint of...
I did not do so well this week. Too much summer happening over here! My goal for week three is to finish the poem I started this week.(Lisa, I love that you’re working on poetry!) Mike So my second week goal was going to be finish the middle few pages of the story I was rev...
It was pretty much the only thing I was eating – I couldn’t concentrate at work; I was sleepwalking through my life. I don’t know why the next set of events fell into place in exactly the way that they did, but as I look back it seemed like sheer providence that they did. I...
How were the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth presented in the play 'Macbeth'? Why is poetry important? What role does it play in society? How did postmodernism affect American literature in the second half of the 20th century? According to Deborah Tannen, speaking up in ...
Did I ever tell you about that time She fell briefly in love with that guy at work Who was never going to let her be Anything more than anything And, he couldn’t speak her language? So, now she’s standing outside that hotel With a beer in one hand Taking a photo with the other...
Unless you’re of a certain generation, You probably will never have any idea of just how horrific smallpox really was. I mean, I’ve heard horror stories from my parents and that’s more than enough for me to realize that is was really bad. And that’s putting it mildly. Thankfully...
herlookis the thing that stands out the most this season, as the formerPrincess Bridetransforms into an Ice Queen for the ages. Machiavellian to the core, with a long, lean runner’s body and a short and sleek hairstyle, her androgynous yet sexy Claire is Lady Macbeth in couture. Whether...