Masterpiece

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2007B Poem “Here” (Philip Larkin)

     Phillip Larkin describes different places in "Here". Each place described has its own meaning and importance. Imagery is a key element in describing Larkin's tone towards the places he is writing about.
     In the first stanza, the poet's tone is curiosity. This is because the poet is not staying in one place. The Poet is traveling because he wants to discover new places. "Swerving east, from rich industrial shadows
And traffic all night north; swerving through fields." This indirect characterization shows that the poet is interested in traveling and discovery.
     The tone of the poet is also melancholy. An example is in the fourth stanza. "Loneliness clarifies. Here silence stands Like heat." This is an example of a metaphor and it shows that the poet's attitude is sadness because he is alone with nothing in sight.
     The poet is discovering new places and has a new attitude for each place visited. This describes the type of person he is and how he acts depending on his location.

2006B Poem “To Paint a Water Lily” (Ted Hughes)

      There is tremendous patience and skill when it comes to painting. It often reflects the authors tone and that reflects the speaker's attitude.
     The speaker sees nature as a constant battle for life. " Under the trees. There are battle-shouts
And death-cries everywhere hereabout." This direct characterization shows that the speakers attitude is survival of the fittest. This is because the dragonfly must protect itself everyday against a new opponent.
      Ted Hughes has a complex tasks because there is a lot of activity going on in this poem. His tasks is to capture every detail for the painting. He uses the speaker to show this because the speaker's tone is hard. He must try to paint something with a lot of activity around the piece.
     The tone of this poem is complex because Ted must have his speaker show that it is hard to paint a picture.

Gridlock

TPCASTT                               Char Bronte Life

Title
Paraphrase
Connotation
Attitude
Shifts
Title Revisit
Theme

T- What life is and what life is about.
P-Life is not a dream and it is hard sometimes. Life will end eventually.
C-
A- Melancholy
S- A shift from the 1st to 2nd stanza. The first refers to death which is sad and the second contains a more exciting and happy words.
T- That life is happy but yet sad at the same time. It also explains that life will not last forever.
T- The theme of this poem is that life is a cycle with its ups and downs.

Seventh Reading

Char Bronte -Life

• 1st Enjoy life while it happens.
• 7th Life can be over before you no it.

Emily Dickenson -Hope

• 1st It is what drives us / makes us want to do something.
• 7th Hope can be ruined

John Keats -Bright Star

 

Jackie Robinson Day

Today is Jackie Robinson Day!!! For those of you who don't know, Jackie Robinson is the first African American Pro Baseball Player. His number was 42 and it is now retired from baseball and only worn once a day to represent him.

Macbeth Act V

Lady Macbeth

• Can't change what already happened.

10,000 soldiers arrive.
Macbeth is ready to fight.

• Macduff/Malcom lead the march.

Lady Macbeth is killed
The battle takes place.

• Macduff is king of Scotland and brings Macbeth's head for all to see. 

The Crossroads Between Should and Must

      Being stuck in a crossroad requires you to be strong mentally and physically. Should and must are crossroads that will be with you for the rest of your life. I feel that I am stuck at the crossroads because I do both in my life.
      School will continue to be a big part of my life and I see this as a must. this is because I feel that school is important and I should make the time to make sure that I do good. I do not need other people to tell me what I have to do because I know what I must do to be successful in school.
      Everywhere you go people will have there own beliefs and thoughts. They will try and tell you to do something because that is what they want to do. This is qualified as 'should' and I have done things because other people wanted me to.
      Should and Must go hand and hand with each other and I see myself doing both. However I see myself leaning more towards must because it is the better one of the two.

Macbeth Act IV

The 3 witches are making a potion.

• Hecate joins them then leaves.

Lennox tells Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England.
Lady Macbeth tells her son that his father is a traitor.
Murderers

• Kill Lady Macduff and Son

Macduff is cousins with Ross.

• Discovers that her son and wife are dead.

Macbeth Act III

Macbeth

• Punishing himself by having regret.
• Has Banquo killed.
• See's his ghost at the table and acts startled.

Lady Macbeth

• Tells Macbeth to be a man in front of everyone.
• Beating up Macbeth verbally 

Hecade

• Queen of witches

• Scolding the witches because they talked to Macbeth
• Shouldn't have been talking to him.
• Didn't show him their true power.

Macbeth

• Treating more people as threats.

Macbeth Act II

The knife that will be used to kill Duncan.

• Thinking about it in his head.
• Here's the bell and goes to kill Dumcan.

Macbeth killed Duncan

• Forgot to leave the dagger with the sleeping guards.

Lady Macbeth

• Goes back and puts the knife by the guards.

Malcolm and Donalbain

• Accused of killing Duncan because they left.

Macbeth

• See's Banquo as a problem

• Going to have to kill him.

Look At My Brain

My blog as well as everybody elses are perfect examples of creativity. Everything about our blogs is a perfect example of creativity because not one blog is like yours. It is unique and one of a kind. Collaboration and critical thinking go hand in hand with one another. This is because we work with each other constantly so we can achieve a goal and be critical thinkers. Our blogs make it so we can collaborate much easier and more affective. 

What About My Masterpiece

I have once again changed my masterpiece and am going to be sticking with this one. I have decided to join Whitney and Breanna's group because I also enjoy movies. So from what I have gathered so far we are going to be analyzing the movies and relate them to now. This week we have started out my beginning a movie and we plan to finish it soon as well as get information on what it represents.

Love Is Blind

Macbeth so far seems to be questioning Lady Macbeth. He is scared for what she has to say and is startled from what she tells him when regarding killing Duncan. The audience sees Lady Macbeth as the dominate one of the two. She is enforcing and not afraid to get her hands dirty. Macbeth is not afraid to get his hands dirty but he is not sure of himself when it comes down to it. He must give himself a pep talk and go through all of the outputs before committing his action.

Macbeth Act I

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

• Tone is that you deserve foul play.

Macbeth

• known as Brave Macbeth
•  Chooses to be good or evil

• Good service/ Loyalty

Lady Macbeth

• evil and dirty

3 Witches

• Tell Macbeth that he will be with more power soon.

• Macbeth is startled from this.

Messenger

• Brings news that the king is coming.

Lady Macbeth/Macbeth

• planing to kill Duncan??

Meet Macbeth

Off of the bat Macbeth is introduced as a character who is a very gory and bloody killer. The three witches do set up some foreshadowing for the reader. They foreshadow that Macbeth is to become of higher power and it startles Macbeth. Macbeth's tone is bloody and glory from what has been read so far and that is all through direct and indirect characterization.

Seeking Mentor

When seeking a mentor it is important to find the right one that will support and be there for you. Make sure that the mentor you choose has a lot of information and is very skilled in what you are pursuing.

Resource Of The Day

The MLB season has started and here is the MLB Websight so you can check everything out for yourself.

Is There An Expert In The House

I feel that I am gearing towards changing my masterpiece to be involved with sports. I like baseball the best so an expert that I can ask is any college coach. I would just ask them simple questions to get information about there experiences with baseball and advice so I can use it.

This Is Only A Test

Initially my plan was to do something with mechanical engineering but I now found myself thinking of doing something with sports. Either way, I will be doing a video to describe my interest for it.