Thursday, November 30, 2017

Frankenstein

This novel, Frankenstein is truly an amazing book. Victor's ambitious became a huge part throughout this novel and it involves not only his creation but also his family. The monster seemed out of touch for Victor because of the way Victor treated him and the monster is trying to fit in with the other humans so that he is not just scary, but also caring. The humans react to the monster to the way that people expected to because he is scary, but I seemed that they need to know so much about this creature rather than making the creature look bad. But at the end of the poem, I think that the monster is finally free because the monster doesn't have to deal with his problem with Victor any longer.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Macbeth Act 1 Reading Journal

Based on reading this poem, I would like to say that this was a start of becoming a good poem. On Act 1, Scene 1, it talked about the three witches about to meet Macbeth despite  thunder and lightning. The witches said that they will meet Macbeth ''when the battle's lost and won'' and when ''fair is foul and foul is fair. On Act 1, Scene 2, King Duncan confront a captain that was returning from battle. He was describing Macbeth's attack on the castle of Macdonwald, in which Macbeth was very successful on doing that. Ross and Angus enter with breaking news that The Thane of Cawdor has joined forces with Norway. Scene 3 talk about how Banquo and Macbeth repeating what the witches had told him and once he was named the Thane of Cawdor, he realized that this is actually real. Scene 4 is dealing with King Duncan  and he wanted to know if the former Thane of Cawdor has been executed. He also praised his two sons for thir loyalty and bravery. In the rest of the scene, Lady Macbeth read a letter from Macbeth that describes his meeting with the witches. This is where she started making all of the preparations for the king's visit and next murder. And on Scene 7, Lady Macbeth and his husband kill King Duncan despite him being drunk and they will blame the two bodyguards for his murder since they were drunk too.  This Act is only the beginning of what happened next, so Act 2 would be excited to read.

Macbeth Act 2 Reading Journal

Based on reading this poem, I would like to say as I read each scene in Act 2, I am started to see what is really going on. Act 2, Scene 1 is discussing Banquo and his issue with the witches' prophecy. As Macbeth enters the scene, Macbeth seem like he has little thought to the witches' prophecy. On Scene 2, Lady Macbeth seem worried that the bodyguards have awakened before Macbeth had plant the evidence on them. Macbeth seem shocked of what transpired and he feel guilty of his actions. In Scene 3, the Porter imagines that he is the porter at the door to Hell. The Porter was very strange in a way meanwhile Macduff ask Macbeth whether the king is awake yet. But then, he noticed that the king is dead. In the last scene, Ross and the old man discuss the unnatural events that have taken place recently and when Macduff enters, Ross asks whether the culprit has been discovered. The two sons seem very suspicion as Ross say that Macbeth will surely be named the next king. But Act 2 was like the fallout of the murder of King Duncan and a little details of what you need to know as we read the next Act in Macbeth.