Fresh Meaty Words: The Final Works

What Influence did the Witches have on McBeth?

cyu11 — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:11:23 +0000

William Shakesphere supposedly included the Witches in his play “McBeth” because of King James I’s love of demonology (having written a book about it himself). However what is important to question is what role do the witches really serve in the play and how they influenced its events.

Witches, in the time of Shakesphere, were those who subverted the set order of religion and society. Lady Mcbeth can also be considered a witch because she subverts the order of the family by trying to be more powerful than McBeth.

In the beginning of the play, the three witches predict McBeth’s fortune, foretelling him to become “Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.” However for him to achieve this, he must murder a number of characters in the play. For most of Shakesphere’s contemporary audience, McBeth is shown to be not responsible for his actions, being under the mercy of the Witches and his wife, Lady McBeth. During that time, it was easier to accept the idea that a man’s actions were being controlled by witches, so McBeth’s character was someone to be pitied upon, enforcing the play as a tragedy.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:78882

http://web.uvic.ca/~mbest1/ISShakespeare/Resources/Witches/Witches.html

Charles Yu’s Out Damn Spot

cyu11 — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:53:41 +0000

edit: only got to publish it now since i didn’t have publishing rights. ) sorry.

I don’t know why, but I can’t get rid of this weird British accent. Hope it doesn’t ruin the speech.

Charles Yu’s Valedictorian Speech

cyu11 — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:52:56 +0000

Valedictory Video Speech

jtieng11 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:54:05 +0000

I’m really not good with videos — after multiple attempts, this is the best I can do. I guess I’ll say it here then. Thank you so much for an AWESOME year, everyone! I’ll miss English Advanced the most…

Valedictory Speech, Easy A Style (sort of-ish)

trosal11 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:32:21 +0000

The Last Post :>

hco11 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:25:24 +0000

thanks for everything everyone!

Farewell!

tong11 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:56:56 +0000

This year has just been pure awesome. Thank you, Sir Legaspi. Thank you, H4 English Advanced, for everything. ’till our paths cross again

Achieving Immortality: A Valedictory Speech by Ryan Yu of High 4-C

ryu11 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:31:28 +0000

I’ve had an amazing year with all of you. Thank you very much, everyone. Until we meet again.

My Final Speech in Xavier

monglao11 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:29:51 +0000

Final Speech. ):

Fly, Brethren, Fly!

mtobias11 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:20:32 +0000

Thank you very much, everybody! Especially to all of you, English Advanced. :]