Soliloquy Analysis

Lady Macbeth's Soliloquy

Act 1 Scene 5: 

The Raven Himself Is Hoarse

The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood;
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry 'Hold, hold!'


               By Lady Macbeth saying these words, it could mean she is trying to challenge manhood to try and make Macbeth prove to her that he is a man and will make him want to commit the murder.  She sees her feminine sex as an obstacle to being courageous and evil enough to do what must be done.  This could also mean she is calling upon evil spirits or dark powers, asking for strength and to remove her soft feminine qualities so she can act in a brutal way with Macbeth for the throne.

Checked by: Chaz Gutmanis 

PLACES I'D LOVE TO VISIT BEFORE I DIE

     I have always found the looks of Egypt so fascinating and I hope one day I get the opportunity to go there.

A mummy in a tomb on the Mountain of the Dead.

Beautiful landscape of Egypt.

           Australia is the second place to check off my list.  I also hope I get the chance to go there more than once.

Baby Koala 

World's famous Australian Harbor.


I would also love to visit Madagascar.

Lemur.

Checked By: Tim Dixon 

                                                               
                                     
                                           

Chapters 1 & 2, Frankenstein

In the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein read about the following works of three very intelligent men...

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

             Philosophy means 'love of wisdom' and is the study of problems and questions about nature, existence, soucres of knowledge, values, concepts of truth, reason, mind, language and more.  Philosophers like to distinguish right from wrong and reason why.  People may recognize Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535) as a philosopher who also had a concern with discovering the Philosopher's Stone.  He learned eight languages and studied alchemy and philosophy.  Alchemy is the study of chemistry and philosophy, concerning methods of discovering ways to turn copper and other metals into gold and to solve ways to prevent humans from aging.  Some alchemists would do tests on metal, liquors, production of gunpowder, ink, dyes, paints, cosmetics, ceramics, glass and ways to heal diseases.

Paracelsus - Philippus Aureolus {Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim}         
                 Paracelsus (1493-1541), who was known as Theophrastus when he was a boy, was a German physician and alchemist who established the role of chemistry in medicine.  A physician is a medical doctor or a medical practitioner and they provide health care such as diagnosis, treatment for diseases, sickness, injuries etc.  Usually physicians will focus on certain categories such as anatomy, physiology and being able to understand the science of medicine.  Paracelsus worked on the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine.  He is also credited for discovering treatment such as syphilis, gout, leprosy, and ulcers with mercury.  A conversion believed to be possible by the alchemists of the time and Paracelsus may have wondered about turning lead into gold.

     Saint Albertus Magnus     
                     Albertus (1193/1206-1280) was a German Dominican who studied science, religion, alchemy, chemistry, astrology (the study of planets, the sun and moon, human charateristics and activities), magic, and the devil.  He's one of the alchemists that may have succeded in discovering the Philosopher's Stone.  The Philosopher's Stone is a type of chemical substance that is said to be capable of turning base metals, especially lead into gold and it's also believed that it can help humans live longer.  Albertus was the inventor of the pistol and the cannon.

Checked by: Chaz Gutmanis