Macbeth. Tragic Hero?

A tragic hero is a main character in a tragedy that had made a wrong move to lead into his or her downfall. I think that this is what Macbeth is. he is a tragic hero because he made some wrong moves, like killing Duncan, and Banquo. I think he would have never had even thought about those murderous actions if not for the three witches! They had ruined his life, I think, and made him die at the end. Lady Macbeth had also influenced him to kill and he should have listened to his own self. The power corrupted him in a way to make him kill, and therefore become a tragic hero, and it was a tragedy because he died.

Summary

I thought this might be a faster way for me to comment. I like the thought and honesty in your posts. You can see the learning and the confidence you are gaining as you have been working through this project. Your project was very original and creative to combine the two techniques and I am glad that you decide to challenge yourself and try the technology. As you are learning there are always some bumps along the ways. Similarly, Macbeth discovered that too, yet he kept after his goal to get and keep what he desired most.
Now do you think he is a tragic hero or not?

A reflection =)

1.Our group had chose our method of presentation because we thought it was different. We were hoping no one else would do something very similar to the way we presented Act 3 and no one did. Everyone likes videos, well most people do, and students tend to learn more and get it easier through visual videos. We also incorporated acting for the second part because we thought it would be more effective for our peers to see it live if they do not like videos, and also to get the old fashion appeal to the presentation!

2.For this presentation, when choosing our method, we were influenced by a number of slowmation cut out videos on youtube that we came across while researching about act 3. We thought it was so cool, and fun, and wanted to do something different and creative. 3.This project was different than past presentations because I have never done anything including a video for any of my projects. I was always to scared to do anything with technology because it might not work, and I am so scared of that happening. But in this project, I wanted to try it out and see how it worked. We had a couple of mishaps and difficulties along the way, but in the end I think it turned out great, and we had so much fun!

4.This project was probably a bit more challenging than past projects because of the work that had to go into it. The technology was difficult, but I had fun doing it!

5.I always seem to write more on my personal blog, and I think it has something to do with privacy. I tend to shy away from my own ideas when presented to other people or peers I know. I should really stop that, but it's a bad habit that I have gotten and it's pretty hard to get out of. =(

Daily Time!

Last class we finally had our presentations! I learned so much because of the helpful videos made and creativeness brought forward from my peers =) I am very excited to see the rest of the presentations, and am having a lot of fun watching them!

My Daily Blog.

Last english class, I found it very helpful to learn what other groups are doing for their Macbeth project. I liked the feedback idea, and our group thought that it was very cool to get new ideas for us to work on, and we liked the nice comments we got from our peers! Although now, making our slowmation with picture cut outs, I am finding it very frustrating but so much fun at the same time. But that's what technology is all about with me! I can never figure it out right, but I mostly get it right towards the end =)

daily. blogg.

At the past english class, our group was just about finished our project, and therefore just thinking about more ideas about music, or practicing our acting. When we got together later on to put it all together on the computer with the pictures we took, I learned how to work a movie maker program. It was so amazing, I loved using it. And I hope I get the chance to use it in the future =)

Daily and EQ =)

Last english class, I learned more about the Elizabethan language because I was making a script for our group to act with. It was difficult, but I soon got kind of used to it. I also had to change a couple of phrases and words, and add a little here, and take away some things there. But other than that, it was another great productive class!
For our act, I have picked the two essential questions:

1) How does Power corrupt?
~ well in Act 3, it just shows how the more power Macbeth wanted and fastly got, the more it corrupted him to want more and more. he tried anything in his power to keep it, and he would have never had done the things he did before he talked to the witches.

2) How far are you willing to go to get what you want?
~ In this act is shows how Macbeth is willing to kill for the second time to get full power! He is trying to hard to keep his power, and not get told on by Banquo. I can't believe he actually killed him, and he even hired two people to do it! This king is willing to practically anything to get what he wants, and I think that's wrong!

~Daily Blogs~ Last Last day, and last day =)

In the class before the last one, my group was trying to figure out exactly what we wanted to do. If we wanted to do the slowmation, or the play, or both. We ended up making a good desicion in my mind, and we are going to combine them! I am very excited, and I think everyone is going to have fun with it =)
Last class, I wasn't finding anything very challenging, because I was having a good experience talking about the play of Macbeth, and cutting out people in Act 3. This project has opened even more opinions about the play, and I am glad we are doing it =)

English class learning

In class today, I have learned been more information about Act 3 in Macbeth! I learned how to cut out stick people because we are making a slowmation for our group project! =) We learned how to work together in a group, and we had fun doing the work together.

This is working for me because I love creative projects like this, where we can decide a different approach to a project that shows our creativity and personalities to make it more fun for us and the students =) I get to understand the play even more if we work like this, and not in a boring way!

I can BLOG! =)

~I can definitely realize what i can actually go with a blog!
~Yes, my blog has a title =)
~Yes I have included some visual clips on my blog, and it connects to macbeth! And I am pretty sure that I had explained it.
~Mhm! I have written a postcard, and i actually wrote it to my mum =)
~yessiiirrreee, I have responded telling which I prefer, the book or movie, and why
~Yup! I have commented on Jessie's and Mitch's blog =)
~Yess, Jessie has commented on my blog =)
~Yeah! I have cut and pasted a part from Macbeth and told what it meant to me in my own words
~Yes, I have provided a link to a simplified version of Macbeth!
~Of course I am amazed with what I can do with a blog! And it is soo much more exciting to use this creative way for english! I just love it! <3
~I think I would have to give myself 20/20 for all of this, because I have completed every assignment to the best of my extent. I have worked hard on my blog, and presented myself with the decorating, and all of my ideas that I had expressed in every journal!
Thanks =)

Act 3***What am I finding challenging?

What am I finding challenging? Well, Macbeth is definitely difficult without a doubt, but it is interesting, and kind of scary in a way! Aha! But right now in my group, I am finding it difficult to try and interpret our act into our own play. I would love to do it in a different aspect, like a different scenario, but I am finding that hard. So I think we might have to really think about what we want to do still =) I am really excited though! YAY!

Act 3, Group work =)

For our group, which is act 3 in Macbeth, we are going to pursue making a video to show the class, in our own interpretation. I am going to be the role of Banquo and the ghost of Banquo. Krista is playing the role of Lady Macbeth and the masked killer, Stephanie is Macbeth and Fleance and Ashley is the murderer of Banquo. Our group understands our act because we know what happens to Banquo and why and we are going to try to interpret this in modern society. Banquo dies because he's a threat to Macbeth because he suspected that Macbeth killed the king. And Macbeth wanted him killed so he hired two killers to murder him, and persuaded them to thinking that Banquo was a big threat to himself. After Banquo is killed at the feast, Macbeth starts to hallucinate and sees Banquos ghost, because of all the guilty things he has accomplished. He ends up having a melt down in front of all his guests and Lady Macbeth has no choice but to dismiss them. That's all for now! =)

Act 3 Grouping =)

This is an interesting act, not my favourite, but it definitely has a lot of action. Macbeth wants to kill again! This time it's to his threat, Banquo, because he is supposed to be suspicious of Macbeth killing Duncan. The movie really helped me understand the scenes in this act. I'm finding it very fun to see other student's interpretations of acts and their videos that they find. Here is one of the video's that has struck me on Act 3! It has a funny twist to the act, but it's fun and I got the scence with the way they had it made =) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxvHwcFGkyA&feature=related

How Far?

How far are you willing to go in order to get what you want?

In Macbeth, Macbath is willing to go very far in order to get what he wants the most, which is to be king. He is willing to kill to get it! Macbeth actually killed Duncan his King, and stabbed him in his sleep! The witches told him 3 prophecies, and since 2 of them had come true already, he knew the third would come true eventually. But eventually wasn't soon enough from him and Lady Macbeth. They wanted it now, and nothing caould stand in their way to get what they wanted. I don't think Macbeth should have killed the king, but I guess he had to if he really wanted it that badly...