LA2 3/31

1.  The relationship between Macbeth and his wife is that she controls him and is a cold person in general. Theit relationship is not balanced personality wise and I don't feel like they compliment each other as a couple. Macbeth is very loyal and just and a man of good heart while lady Macbeth, his wife, if cruel, conniving, and cold hearted. It's a struggle between doing what's right and doing what your spouse is encouraging you to do.

      - "you shall be what you have been promised. Yet I'm worried about your nature. You are too tender hearted to take shortcuts. You want greatness. You are not without ambition. But you lack the ruthlessness that's needed. You want high office by righteous means. You don't want to cheat, but you'd win unfairly." 1.5.47

      - "that's enough of that! I'll dare do anything that's worthy of a man. Who dares do more isn't human." 1.7.57

     

2.  According to the three witches, macbeth is told that he will be the next king and in his disagreement to kill King Duncan, his wife Lady Macbeth, tells him that he is a coward for being too scared and insults him that he's weak. She basically persuades him to kill King Duncan by attacking his pride. Eventually, Macbeth gives into the temptation and ends up killing King Duncan and makes his wife happy in the process of it all.

      - "Was the hope drink that made you determined before? Has it been sleeping? And has it woken up to look queasily upon what it did when tipsy? From now on, I know what your love's worth. Are you afraid to matches your acts with your ambitions?" 1.7.57

      - "what monster was it then that made you share this scheme with me? When you dared to do it, then you were a man." 1.7.57

3. Macbeth is a very gentle and honorable man. He seems as if he cares about others and always wants to do what is right, just, and fair. Although at the same time, he's easily persuaded and not strong in his beliefs or decisions. He is also very positive and uplifting to those around him!

     - "whatever happens, even the roughest days come to an end." 1.3.39
   
     - "I'm settled on it then. All my faculties shall be devoted to this terrible deed. Let's go and pass the time as perfect hosts. We must conceal our false hearts behind false faces." 1.7.61

4. I don't think Macbeth will get away with his murder. In the moment of things, it may seem great and beneficial but in the end, the truth reveals itself in one way or anything and from my personal experience, it has never failed to do so. Also, I don't think that Duncan's servants would kill him, it seems more reasonable that Macbeth would do that since he was and is next in line for King.

      - "let's get dressed, then meet to discuss this terrible murder and the motives behind it. Doubts and fears disturb us. I align myself with God. From that position I'm ready to fight against any secret plot or wicked treason!" 2.3.85 (banquo)

      - " By the look of things, his servants. Their hands and faces were all smeared with blood. So were their daggers. We found them on their pillows, still unwiped." 2.3.83

5. I think that Macbeth should own up to his actions because I don't know how one being can lie about murdering someone. Everyone is different and everyone has different values but for me, I would feel really convicted and I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Although I know that Macbeth won't own up, especially not with his wicked wife - she wouldn't dare to let him.

     

Macbeth Anticipation Guide

Macbeth Anticipation Guide

Directions: Read the following statements. Write if you agree or disagree.  Write two sentences and a personal experience to support your thoughts about each statement. There are no right or wrong answers! 

1.     Behind every great man is a great woman (every great man is supported, guided, helped and even pushed by a great woman).

2.     Witches, demons, and evil spirits actually exist.

3.     Sometimes it is necessary to do something wrong to get what you want.

4.     What goes around comes around (karma).

5.     Human beings are easily tempted by things they want, even if it’s wrong.

6.     If someone feels that the ruler/s of his/her country is destroying the country, that person should try to overthrow the ruler/s.

7.     There are circumstances or events that justify murdering someone.

8.     Success is worth any price you have to pay.

9.     Kings are appointed by God, and they rule as His representatives on Earth.

10.  Your astrological forecast (your horoscope) is a good indicator of how your day will go.

Answers

1.  Depending on the situation. This could be true or false and I disagree for part of it because you can have a great man who leads his family, provides, and loves but also a women who is unsupportive, unloyal and selfish in all ways possible. I can say I disagree because I've witnessed it through my uncles marriage. On the other hand, this could be very true and valid. My dad is a hard working man who loves his family unconditionally and as as a part of his greatness is my mom. She supports him, encourages, guides and helps him be better than he was the day before. In that case, this statement is very true.

2. I agree. Witches, demons and evil spirits definitely exist and we can see that in every day scenarios. All the bad in this world is considered evil and apart of that is demons and evil spirits, of course. I believe this because growing up in a religious household has taught me that evil spirits exist and I've been in a situation where it was obvious that something wasn't right/normal. Rather uncomfortable.

3. I really disagree with this statement. I believe that those who are faithful and true to their actions and who do the right thing are rewarded in the end, maybe not at that very moment because its hard to do the right thing but in the end, its a benefit. Those who cheat their way around things end up being successful at that moment but regretful later. I've been through this when it comes to cheating off of homework or assignments and it's honestly hard to do the right thing and I've failed to always do what's right but I also noticed that doing what's right is later beneficial to me, big or small.

4. True. I don't believe fully in the word karma but I do believe that this is true. Doing something wrong to someone will eventually come back to you and affect you in a not so positive way. I'm not perfect and I remember doing something unjust to my good friend and in a result, everything that I was hoping for and trying to "get", ended up slipping right through my hands and things turned out really really bad for me.

5. Yes, this is really true and I agree. We're all human and we want things that sometimes aren't good for us. Without thinking and sometimes even with choice, we do whats wrong and we become tempted either to cheat on someone, steal something, or even lie just to get what we want. It's our personal will power to decide whether or not we're going to fight the temptation or let it overtake you. I can say I agree wight his because I've seen marriages where one spouse cheats on the other just because of temptation of another person that they were attracted to and its quite sad but true that human beings are easily tempted.

6. Well, it doesn't have to be you who overthrows the current ruler. You should first find someone worth the competition but also too, at first that person should probably write polite complaint letters to the government or authorized leader before acting out and trying to immediately overthrow the ruler before trying different routes. By reading and learning about hitler, the things that he did to overthrow the leader of Germany at the time was selfish and inhuman in secret ways at first. I will say that I disagree.

7. Yes. I agree - only on one condition. If you are reasonably self defending yourself or others then there are circumstances and/or events that justify your nuder towards someone. If you kill someone without reasoning or valid explanation, there is NOTHING that can justify your murder. My baby cousin was murdered at 3 months by her babysitter at that time because she was crying and from autopsies, it was proven that my baby cousins head was slammed against a hard surface causing internal bleeding. Murder cannot be justified if it is first unreasonable.

8. Yes, true. In order to be successful, I believe that there will be prices and sacrifices that will need to be made in order to get where you desire to be. Although these prices must be just and humane rather than selfish and inhumane. My dad, in order to be a successful father and business owner needed to make big decisions and pay the price in order to be where he is today. Success surely isn't handed to you.

9. No, I don't agree. Someone could be a kind but still be a horrible person and leader and do things to his people that aren't right or also make decisions that probably aren't most humane. God at bare minimum wants only for people to follow him, do whats right, and do as he would. I don't believe that people who are kings are appointed from God as earthly representatives because like Hitler, he was considered like a king yet he killed millions of JEWS, which is the type of person Jesus was when he was here - God's Son. It doesn't make sense and as much as power that God has, we as humans carry out decisions of political leaders and powerful authorities with our own votes. 

10. I don't believe in that. You determine how your day will be when you wake up. When events happen to you, both good and bad, you have a choice to decide how you will face the obstacle. Will you be positive and have a strong mindset towards it or let it affect you more than it ever intended to. I've only looked at my horoscope once or twice and though at times it may be accurate when I do get curious and check, I never base my life around it and I don't think its a good way to base your life or day off of.

11. No I do not agree at all. No one in this world is perfect and therefore everyone should have more than one chance in life and should not die because of it. Just because you do something wrong, it does not mean you should die and if that were the case, we'd all be dead. Every single one of us. I know this because I've done things that were wrong and not humane to another person and I also know that everyone I have a relationship/friendship with has done something wrong.

Once you are done with a partner look at the following questions and answer them together. Your answers need to be in complete sentences and you need to provide what you and your partner discussed. PROVIDE AT LEAST A PARAGRAPH PER ANSWER. Please list who your partner is. 

1. Is evil ingrained in human nature? That is, are some people just “born evil,” or is evil caused by circumstance or environment? 
2. Are our lives determined by fate, or by the acts of our free will? 
3. Is redemption truly possible? That is, is it possible to commit an act of genuine evil and truly recover from it? 
4. Is it possible to admire or respect a person whom you know has committed acts of genuine evil? 
5. Do “the ends justify the means”? That is, if one uses morally evil methods to acquire a goal, is that goal forever tainted or polluted by the actions one has taken to achieve it? 

Malina:

1.) I do not believe that evil is ingrained in human nature. When a new born is welcomed in the world it doesn't automatically become evil or have evil thoughts. People are able to make their own decisions in life, some make goods ones and some make bad which then causes them to become evil. People also go through different obstacles which can also cause them to have an evil mindset on things. Being around evil people may cause you to be evil or you may be influenced by negative things growing up which is caused by the environment and society. A philosophy by Locke was the " tabula rasa " which was a theory that at birth the human mind is a "blank slate". It is the persons decision to fill in that blank slate with good or bad choices.

2.) I feel like our lives are determined by both. We can change our lives in any moment we wanted. We have total control in anything we want to do. I feel like everyone has a fate also, our fate can be connected to our free will when making decisions . Even though we may not know what our fate is i believe that they're is a plan for everyone.

3.) Redemption is possible. Its always good to give someone a second chance when they prove to you how sorry they are and if they are willing to change. We all make mistakes, but its all about learning from those mistakes to become a better person. Even though someone may have done evil things they should use that as motivation to become a better person each and every day. We should never give someone a second chance for the same situation though. If they have not learned their mistake the first time they shouldn't deserve to have continuous chances because that just proves that they don't deserve it and will never change.

4.) It is possible but hard to admire and respect someone that you know has genuine evil. After knowing what someone is capable of its hard to look at them the same way afterwards. How will we know they will change? We don't, because after they choose that path of evil they are capable of making any choices they want. Many people admired and looked at Hitler as a leader even after all the horrible things he did to innocent people.

5.) The ends to not justify the end because if someone uses evil methods to acquire a goal, that goal is forever polluted because that person did not truly achieve their goal and the things they did was not real success but rather planned and fake. A real goal is when you do the right thing and thats when you can truly say you've achieved a goal and deserve to say you've accomplished and earned something.

Literary Check #3

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a. Character thesis:

Many times we see life as difficult and unbareing but for survivor Elie Wiesel, he teaches us that with positivity and the right mindset, hope arises even in the midst of trials.

b. Theme thesis:

Quite often we take advantage of the freedom we have in our own lives that we forget to appreciate the simplicity and essence of it, not realizing the true value. 

2. Eliezer

"Then I was aware of nothing but the strokes of the whip. "One...two......." he counted. He took his time between each stroke. Only the first ones really hurt me."

"We walked over pain-racked bodies. We throw on wounded faces. No cries. A few groans."

"We were no longer marching; we were running. Like automatons. The SS were running, too. Their weapons in their hands. We looked as though as were fleeing before them. Pitch darkness. Every now and then, an explosion in the night. They had orders to fire on any who could not keep up."

"The commandant announced that we had already covered forty two miles since we left."

"Comrades, you're in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. There's a long road of suffering ahead of you."

Choice of life 

"Remember it forever. Engrave it in your minds. You are at Auschwitz. And Auschwitz is not a convalescent home. It's a concentration camp. Here, you have got to work. If not, you will go straight to the furnace. To the crematory. Work or the crematory - the choice is in your hands"

""All Jews outside!" We were ready. I was the first to leave. I did not want to see my parents faces. I did not want to break into tears."

"I saw them disappear into the distance; my mother was stroking my sisters fair hair, as though to protect her, while I walked on with my father and other men. And I did not know that I'm that place, at that moment, I was parting from my mother and Tzipora forever."

"From this moment, you come under the authority of the German Army"

Allusion Photoshop

Literary Check #2

1. The definition of dehumanization is to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest in individuality. Prior to being transported, Eliezer and the rest of the Jewish community had been optimistic about all things and always seen the positive and bright side to every negative conflict that had come their way, especially his father. Eliezers father was the man on the held the community together and always spoke positively. As they went through the process of getting into the camp and being tortured, many of them changed mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. During New Years, when Eliezer and his dad had already been separated, as far as barracks, he went along to look for his father. He saw his dad standing near a wall with his shoulders sagging as though 'beneath a heavy burden'. A physical appearance of someone most times can say a lot about how they are feeling or doing inside. In this indication, we can tell that his dad has changed a lot. From being someone so lively and awake to seeing him so down and stressed, tells how much he's been through and how much it's taken a toll on him. Later in the story as Eliezer lays in the hospital, he meets a man who is also sickly and needed of care. Assuming that he was a normal human being before being transported to the camp, now he is very care-free. He tells Eliezer that Germany doesn't need sick jews and that he's basically going to die. In this moment of time, the prisoners aren't so much afraid of death but instead they wait for WHEN death will come. Its not a matter of how but instead, when. Also for Eliezer himself, he has changed as a person and even in his faith as a Jew. Instead of having a strong faith in God, his faith is shaken and questioned when he asks why God would allow such pain and suffering to him and those around him. He thought to himself and wondered why he should praise and believe in a a God that he thought would never do these things - his mindset changes. A part of his old self is still there, I believe. A part of him that wants to believe in a God and a part of him that wants to be loving and caring and appreciative - which he still is although you see parts of his old good self slowly starting to fade away. In the beginning when they first came to the camp, he would be on his toes and try to protect him self, his father, and who ever else he could. Now, it was more of a selfish battle - it  had to be. Instead of caring for so many others, he began to care more for himself and even less of his father.

2. Eliezers father -

                   "I ran off to look for my father. And at the same time I was afraid of having to wish him a Happy New Year when I no longer believed in it. He was standing near the wall, bowed down, his shoulders sagging as though beneath a heavy burden."

                   "And my father? Suddenly I remembered him. How would he pass the selection? He had aged so much"

     Eliezer -
                    "I had watched the whole scene without moving. I kept quiet. In fact I was thinking of how to get further away so that I would not be hit myself. What is more, any anger I felt at that moment was directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek's outbreak. This is what concentration camp life had made of me."

                     "What are you, my God," ... "compared to this afflicted crowd, proclaiming to You their faith, their anger, their revolt? What does Your greatness mean, Lord of the universe, in the face of all this weakness, this is decomposition, and this decay? Why do You still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?"

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        Guy in hospital with Eliezer -
                      "You mustn't rejoice too soon, my boy. There's selection here too. More often than outside. Germany doesn't need sick Jews. Germany doesn't need me. When the next transport comes, you'll have a new neighbor. So listen to me, take my advice: get out of the hospital before the next selection!"
      

Literary Check #1

1.

a. In this book the author, Elie Wiesel, sets up the story in a way that contrasts different perspectives of the Jews while they were going through this whole thing. In the beginning when the race to death began, the German officers arrested leaders of the Jewish community, kept everyone trapped in their homes for three days on pain of death, and took away all gold, jewels, and valuables from the Jews. After this had happened, people like Eliezers mother went on to her daily duties as if everything was normal although you could still tell in her eyes that she was worried and afraid. His father had done the same. People of the town came up to him and asked him what he thought about the situation and he stated, "The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it..." Events such as these showed how optimistic and positive the Jews were. As you continue to read on, you see that fear starts to cripple up on them. After being positive this whole time, a line in the book says, "How avid we were at that moment for one word of confidence, one sentence to say that there were no grounds for fear,.." I think this was the authors way of showing how the Jews were as a whole. It seemed as if they were people of positive mindsets and people of great strength. After reading about how they always tried to reassure themselves and adjust to new infringements, I could automatically see that these Jews were nothing but optimistic and positive no matter what had come their way and what was there in their face then. 

2.

a.

Quote #1: "From that moment, everything happened very quickly. The race toward death had begun. The first step: Jews would not be allowed to leave their houses for three days -- on pain of death."

Explanation: I feel that this quote is very important and has a big role in how this all started. The specific words of "the race toward death" becomes very intense because this really was the moment where things changed and the pin point of when everything started to go down hill for the Jews. 

Quote #2: "The night before, we had the traditional Friday evening meal. We said the customary grace for the bread and wine and swallowed our food without word. We were, we felt, gathered for the last time round the family table. I spent the night turning over thoughts and memories in my mind, unable to find sleep."

Explanation: This quote from the book had a huge affect on me when he said "gathered for the last time round the family table" I felt that this quote was important to the story especially because of the fact that many families were split apart. Not only that but they also wouldn't be able to do their normal routines or be a normal family once they entered the concentration camps. Family was no longer a value and this moment of having the last meal around the family table was a huge 'wow' moment for me. 

Quote #3: "From this moment, you come under the authority of the Germany army. Those of you who still have gold, silver, or watches in your possession must give them up now. Anyone who is later found to have kept anything will be shot on the spot. Secondly, anyone who feels I'll may go to the hospital car. That's all"

Explanation: This was their first major instruction when they reached the concentration camp and this was the pivotal moment when they officially became under the ruling and authority of the German Army. I feel like it was a very drastic and important time for them. Also very hard to accept reality. 

Quote #4: ""Do you see that chimney over there? See it? Do you see those flames? (yes, we did see the flames.) Over there -- that's where you're going to be taken. That's your grave, over there. Haven't you realized it yet? You dumb bastards, don't you understand anything? You're going to be burned. Frizzled away. Turned into ashes.""

Explanation: This quote was important because even in history in general, it was crucial to the whole holocaust. In every concentration camp, they were threatened with a fiery furnace if they disobeyed and even for mass genocides because of the hate and resentment the Germans had against the Jews. 

Quote #5: "How could it be possible for them to burn people, children, and for the world to keep silent? No, none of this could be true. It was a nightmare..."

Explanation: They were very cruel to the Jews and this was an important quote that I found in the book because it had great significance to how inhumane they were treating them and how they were being treated. It's crazy that such things actually happened once upon a time. 

Adolf Hitler

Malina & Elizabeth

Adolf Hitler was born in Branau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889. He was the son of Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. His father disagreed with hitlers interest in fine art rather than business and distanced himself from his family due to not getting along with his father. Adolf then found interest in German nationalism and did not like being controlled by Austria-Hungary. He did not like the idea of being controlled by others and if he didnt get it his way, he would want others to suffer.  Adolf said that “ Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all”. This pride toward Germany corrupted his mind and  made him the person he is today. When alois died in 1903 his mother allowed him to drop out of school and applied to the academy of fine arts but got rejected twice. Adolf then applied to serve the german military. Due to already being depressed about his relationship with his father, killing others corrupted his mind to crave killing more and more.

      

     Adolf Hitler was known for his obsessive need for authority over the people of Germany. He was the type of person who constantly wanted control and because of this he did what he needed to do to gain that power. The roots of hitlers anti-semitism are still unknown but he had strong resentment towards the Jewish because he felt that they were the ones to blame for the countries defeat in 1918. When President Paul von Hindenburg died, Hitler saw that as an oppourtunity to become fuhrer, supreme ruler of Germany. He continued to be even more of a selfish and heartless guy towards the Jews. A little after the war had ended, Hitler joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party A.K.A Nazis. In March 1933, the first concentration camp was opened in Dachau, Germany consisting most of Communists. These German camps held about 27,000 people in “protective custody”. Germany started doing mass transportations and they started by taking the people who were least useful, for example, the sick, old, weak, and young ones. In this time, more than 12,000 jews were killed daily making this one of the biggest genocide events occured in history.

Famous quotes of Adolf Hitler:

“Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.”

“I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature.”

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”