Macbeth's Netflix Queue

1. The Walking Dead - This TV show is about a group of people who are trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic United States that has been overrun by zombies. There is a lot of death and murder due to zombie attacks and clashes with other survivors in this television show. Macbeth would enjoy this because he would be able to relate to one of the main characters in the show, Rick Grimes. This character goes through a lot of changes throughout the show because he starts out as a noble police officer and slowly changes into a more corrupted person throughout the show. Rick Grimes is forced to do whatever he can to protect his family, even if that includes murder, and he also begins to suffer from hallucinations and paranoia. This is very similar to the issues that Macbeth encounters once his is king and begins murdering people due to paranoia. Rick Grimes changes throughout the story also are reflective of the changes that Macbeth undergo by going from a noble warrior to a corrupted tyrant.

2. Game of Thrones - This TV show is about many different people and families living in a fictional medieval world. This story is full of corruption, betrayal, murder and tragedy. Game of Thrones involves many people struggling to gain a position of power and doing whatever it takes to get there and retain that spot. This would be enjoyed by Macbeth because he knows what it is like to have to murder to get a position of power, and he would be able to relate to the emotional struggles that some of the characters go through when they commit terrible deeds. Many of the characters suffer in the same way the Macbeth does from not being able to "wash the blood from their hands."

3. Castaway - The movie is about a man who works for FedEx that ends up deserted on an island after his plane crashed into the ocean, which was making a FedEx shipment. He ends up befriending a volleyball and naming it Wilson, while his survives on the island by himself for years. Macbeth would enjoy this because by watching this movie he would be able to relate to the main character as he becomes insane. It could possibly help Macbeth to feel better about himself because he would be able to say, "At least I'm not as crazy as that guy talking to the volleyball."

4. Shudder Island - This movie is about a man who is investigating an island that acts as an insane asylum for many dangerous people. There are a lot of strange things going on in the island and even escaped prisoners. The main character finds many issues on the island, but he arrives onto a major problem. Who is he really investigating? This would be enjoyed by Macbeth because he would understand the issues that many of the characters are going through in the movie. Also, he would be able to relate to the main character because of his fall at the end of the movie due to a surprising twist. just like how Macbeth thought he was immune to Macduff, but then found out he was born through a c-section and that he was not actually of woman born.

Macbeth's Guide to Becoming Evil

1. Why do people who are not "evil" take the first step into evil? What, for instance, is involved in taking that first step "down the primrose path to the everlasting bonfire" (Macbeth, 2.3)? What are the consequences of the individual choosing evil (particularly the internal consequences)? Use examples from the text to support your opinion.

To take the first step into evil a person has to fall victim to some sort of temptation or be corrupted by someone or something. In the case of Macbeth, he is tempted by the idea of becoming king and having power, but the presence witches add another element to Macbeth going "down the primrose path to the everlasting bonfire" (Macbeth, 2.3). The witches played a major role in Macbeth's corruption by telling him that he would become king because if they had never told him that then he never even would have even considered killing King Duncan.

When someone chooses evil that person faces that person faces a variety of issues that include social, religious and moral consequences.

The now "evil" person can be punished because he or she might have broken a role or law of society, which is one problem that Macbeth faces. If anyone were to discover that he had murdered King Duncan, then Macbeth would surely be executed or put in prison.

Also, if becoming evil is against ones religious beliefs, then that could led to that person having an undesirable afterlife or becoming afraid of what ever deity or deities that person might believe in. This can be seen as an issue in Macbeth when he is telling his wife about the murder, "but wherefore
could not I pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen' Stuck in my throat." (Macbeth 2.2). This showed Macbeth's worries about the religious repercussions he could face.

Finally, the evil person's conscience can have very negative effects on that person after the evil deed, which can include regret and self-hatred. Macbeth suffered from many internal issues after the murder of King Duncan. He showed his feels while talking to his wife, "I'll  go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done" (Macbeth 2.2). He was becoming very distressed because of his evil actions and had regretted them immediately after they were committed.

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Deadly Sin(s) in Advertising

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Setu Advertising

January 2012

India

This advertisement, by a company called Setu Advertising, uses lust to try to appeal to the viewers of the advertisement. They are trying to promote Krome's product (the couch and other furniture) by playing off people's desires.

The picture all black and white except for the red on the woman's clothing and the couch. The background around the woman and the couch is very dark and gloomy looking with a few silhouettes on the horizon.  There is a fence behind the couch and books strewn across the ground. the woman is also reading the book in a very strange and seductive looking position. The main text of the advertisement says, "Every piece has a story."

This advertisement uses lust because the author chose to only include the color red in the picture. Red tends to associated with sexual desire, and by making the product being advertised red it associates the couch with lust also. The woman's position and tight clothing makes the advertisement seem like it is targeting men and trying to make them feel lust for the woman and relate that to the experiences they could get from purchasing the couch. This is backed by the text of the advertisement that says, "Every piece has a story" because it is possibly suggesting that the couch could produce a lustful experience. The atmosphere creates an environment that can be compared to a post-apocalyptic world, which could suggest that experiences that the couch will produce will be private and without intrusion. The audience is probably meant to be comprised of  single, home owning men in India because it was released in India and is playing on the sexual desires of men who would have to own a home to put the couch in.

Canterbury Jane and Eyre Tales

Response to Statement Number Five:

The author creates contrast through the description of the members of his family by having them come in after he lectures Miss Temple. He is lecturing her on how the orphan girls should look and what privileges they should have access to. He says that the girls should not have long or curling hair and that they should not have their clothes washed too often.  There is contrast in this because Mr. Brocklehurst’s family members are all doing precisely what he said the orphan girls should not be allowed to do. One of Mr. Brocklehurst’s family members was described like this: “from under the brim of this graceful head-dress fell a profusion of light tresses, elaborately curled.” This aspect of his family member was the exact same thing that he had denounced moments before, “Why has she, or any other, curled hair? Why, in defiance of every precept and principle of this house, does she conform to the world so openly—here in an evangelical, charitable establishment—as to wear her hair one mass of curls?”

Mr. Brocklehurst makes it apparent that he wants all of the orphan girls to live very modestly because they are “the children of Grace,” but he does not even seem to hold his own family members to the same standard. This shows irony because Mr. Brocklehurst’s family members are all shown to be living very luxurious and privileged lifestyles even though Mr. Brocklehurst made it clear that he values modesty. This is a way for the author to comment on the differences in classes by showing the upper class (Mr. Brocklehurst) and its hypocrisy through the way that the upper class says others should live, and how they live the exact opposite way.

Name Post

My name is Matthew. This name has been in use for hundreds of years and was in use as far back as biblical times because Matthew is the name of one of Jesus's 12 apostles in the bible. This makes sense considering Matthew means' "Gift of God." It was also a popular name in medieval times.

Matthew is and has been a very popular name in the United States. At the year of my birth, Matthew was the third most popular name in the United States. From 1981 to 2007, Matthew was one of the top five names. Because of how popular my name is, I have met numerous other people who have the same name as me. This has resulted in quite a few situations where I have mistaken people talking or calling out to another person as trying to talk to me. This, in combination with my introverted personality, has resulted in me assuming in most situations where someone is calling for a Matthew that I am not the one being referred to, so I don't tend to react.

My nickname, Matt, started to take root in fourth grade because of my teacher. At the beginning of the year, she had asked if I had preferred Matt or Matthew, and I said Matthew because I hadn't really been called Matt before. Despite what I told her, she ended up calling me Matt because she had a brother named Matt who she had become accustomed to referring to as Matt. I never corrected her because I didn't really mind; although, at first it was strange to be called by a different name. Soon I noticed that not only was my teacher calling me by this new name, but many of my class mates had also joined in. Eventually I got used to it, and today I go by both names and use them interchangeably.

I think that Anna Quindlen brought up a very good point and that I have found myself in a few situations where I have had a dilemma between being an individual and a part of a whole. One time where I can remember this occurring was during a cross country meet. I had to make the decision to either stay back with the people that my coach told me to pace with or to move forward in the race by myself. If I stayed behind then I would help other members of my team do better, but if I moved forward then I would possibly get a better time. I ended up helping out my fellow team mates because I saw the value in making a small personal sacrifice for the whole of the team.

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Real Cowboys - Minneapolis, MN
It is from the archive/ is by Wing Young Huie
Lake Street USA (1997-2000)

The picture has an older, well dressed man with a cowboy hat on. He looks like he is a bit over weight. The picture is black and white, and it could be an older picture. The billboard in the back says, “What’s your flavor?” and looks like it is a cigarette advertisement. The car on the left side of the picture looks at least 20 years old and possibly older. Also, the style of the signs for the “Super Subs” restaurant looks older, possibly from the ‘70s or ‘80s. The man is standing alone in the middle of a parking lot.

The fact that the man is well dressed could show that he is well off or rich. The fact that the man is standing alone in the middle of a parking lot makes him stand out and seem different from his surroundings. The man has an uninviting facial expression that makes it seem like he has been through a lot in his life and that he is hardened. The old style of the restaurant behind him, the cigarette billboard (which is a lot more uncommon today) and the old style car makes it seem like the picture was taken a while in the past, but those things could have been included in the picture on purpose to give it that feel.

Huie definitely seems to be showing the man the man in the photo as an “other”. One way that this is shown is through the title of the picture, “Real Cowboys.” This makes the man with the cowboy hat in the picture seem like the cowboy that Huie is referring to. Because of the title saying real in it, it makes it seem like the “cowboy” in the picture is one of the few real cowboys left. Even though the picture is set up to look older, the man still looks out of place because of his nice attire and because of his location in the parking lot. This might be a way for Huie to show that this man is or would be even more out of place today, since he doesn't even fit in back then. This seems to be a different form of "othering" compared to Atwood’s way of showing it in The Handmaid’s Tale. Some “others” that are shown in the book could be the unwomen because of how they are shunned in society and even forcefully removed. These are different concepts of “othering” because of the fact that one is a picture and the other is written, causing some major differences. Atwood could not describe every minute detail of a person or situation in the same way as what can be seen by a picture, which can restrict or result a different types of interpretations. Also, the perspective of the reader is limited to Offred’s point of view, which is very limited and full of her own assumptions and interpretations.