(Act 5, scene 3, line 43) Macbeth: Hang those that talk of fear. This sums up that anyone on Macbeth's side who is scared and shows it will be killed, specifically hung. So if a soldier fighting is caught trying to flee or is caught giving up that is fighting for Macbeth will be hung. This shows manliness because Macbeth doesnt want any babys or wussy on his team, he wants true soldiers that will fight to the end like he is willing to do.
(Act 5, scene 5, line 11) Macbeth: I have almost forgot the taste of fears. This quote is saying that macbeth has forgotten what it feels like to fear something because he has gone into war to try and kill Macduff. This shows he is manly because he doesnt fear anything meaning he will go up and fight anything in his way. He may die or lose the battle but that doesnt mean he wasnt scared or manly for trying.
(Act 5, scene 3, lines 38-39) Macbeth: I'll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked. He is saying that he will fight and endure the war until its no longer possible for him to fight anymore, until too many bones are broken or just his overall insides are damaged to an amount where he is dead. This explains he is manly because he wont wimp out and run from a fight but he'll go his hardest and if he dies then he will take the death like a champ.
(Act 5, scene 1, lines 38-41) Lady Macbeth: Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? She is saying that the lord is a soldier and is afraid? Also that there is no need to be afraid because no one can lay guilt upon them. Lady Macbeth is showing manliness because she isnt afraid of anything happening to them since there is no reason for them to fear.
(Act 5, scene 7, lines 1-2) Macbeth: They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, but, bear-like, I must fight the course. He explains how he cannot escape from where he stands but only to fight to survive, fight like a bear. Knowing that he has to fight Macduff either way makes him decide its not worth running. This shows manliness because Macbeth doesnt think of a plan to flee and run from the enemy but he decides that he suck it up, take it like a man to the best of his abilities and hopefully win.
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Recurring theme in the odyssey
In the book the Odyssey i believe a reccuring theme is that if you be patient then your faith will pay off. In book 13 odysseus wakes up in a country he doesnt recognize and athena disguised as a young shepard boy informs him that he is indeed on Ithaca. "Ithaca...Heart racing, Odysseus that great exile filled with joy to hear Athena, daughter of storming Zeus, pronounce that name" (pg. 294, lines 283-285). In this example it shows Odysseus has patients because he was vanished from his home for a long time and finally made it back after having faith that he would one day do it.
In book 16 of this book it shows that if you have patients then your faith will pay off because when Telemachus has finally reached home from sailing to hear word about his father he goes to visit Eumeas first and can not believe his eyes."Straight to the prince he rushed and kissed his face and his shining eyes, both hands, as the tears rolled down his cheeks. As a father, brimming with love, welcomes home his darling only son in a warm embrace-what pain he's borne for him and him alone!"(pg. 339, lines 16-21). This shows that Telemachus has patients because he waited for a long time for his father to return home undead, then he went out and searched since he still had faith. When he came back his father was home, proving his patients and faith payed off.
Lastly, in book 22 the theme recurs when the big battle begins. Odysseus, Telemachus, and loyal servants kill all of the suitors, unloyal maids and servants to rethrone their kingdom that was once theres when Odysseus was though to be dead."Then, once they'd washed their own hands and feet, they went inside again to join Odysseus. Their work was done with now"(pg. 454, lines 505-508). In this quote it helps show that the good guys all have patients to put end to the suitors supposively ruling Odysseus's land because they finally waited for the moment they could kill all the bad guys. It all payed off too because now Ithaca has been restored to what it was before but even better because there's no suitors.
In book 16 of this book it shows that if you have patients then your faith will pay off because when Telemachus has finally reached home from sailing to hear word about his father he goes to visit Eumeas first and can not believe his eyes."Straight to the prince he rushed and kissed his face and his shining eyes, both hands, as the tears rolled down his cheeks. As a father, brimming with love, welcomes home his darling only son in a warm embrace-what pain he's borne for him and him alone!"(pg. 339, lines 16-21). This shows that Telemachus has patients because he waited for a long time for his father to return home undead, then he went out and searched since he still had faith. When he came back his father was home, proving his patients and faith payed off.
Lastly, in book 22 the theme recurs when the big battle begins. Odysseus, Telemachus, and loyal servants kill all of the suitors, unloyal maids and servants to rethrone their kingdom that was once theres when Odysseus was though to be dead."Then, once they'd washed their own hands and feet, they went inside again to join Odysseus. Their work was done with now"(pg. 454, lines 505-508). In this quote it helps show that the good guys all have patients to put end to the suitors supposively ruling Odysseus's land because they finally waited for the moment they could kill all the bad guys. It all payed off too because now Ithaca has been restored to what it was before but even better because there's no suitors.
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