be a man macbeth

1. Lady Macbeth: "If much you note him
You shall offend him and extend his passion
Feed and regard him not
Are you a man?" Act 3 scene 4 Lines 68-72
Context: Lady Macbeth says this quote when she starts to see Banquo.  She is basically losing her mind and going crazy.  When she sees Banquo she starts acting very odd and not like herself.  She takes Macbeth aside from everything and she asks him if he is a man.
Interpret:  In the book it says only Macbeth can see Banquo so when Lady Macbeth sees Banquo then things get reall weird and she starts going crazy so she ask Macbeth questions on how he is manly and if he is a man.


2.  "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 th' access and passage to remorse," (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 47-51
Context:  This quote is being said by Lady Macbeth and she is basically saying that if Macbeth doesn't kill the king then she will have to and shes asking for manly things to help her if Macbeth doesn't man up and do it himself.
Interpret:  Lady Macbeth is saying this quote to the spirits so that they can give her qualities she needs to succeed in killing the king if Macbeth doesn't do it.  One of the qualitys she needs to get is cruelty so that she can kill the king.  With that quality she would succeed. 


3. Fit to govern?
No, not to live.—O nation miserable,

With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered,

When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,

Since that the truest issue of thy throne

By his own interdiction stands accursed,

And does blaspheme his breed?—Thy royal father

Was a most sainted king. The queen that bore thee,

Oftener upon her knees than on her feet,

Died every day she lived. Fare thee well!

These evils thou repeat’st upon thyself

Have banished me from Scotland.—O my breast,

Thy hope ends here!

(act 4, scene 3, lines 120-132)

Context:  This quote is being said to Macduff by Malcom and Malcom tells him he does not want to be king.  Macduff doesnt like it when Malcom says this because Malcom is the prince and therefore he should be the king.  He gets really angry and tells him he isn't even right for the possition of the king.  He also tells Malcom that he will have to flee scottlan cause he can't stand the fact of Macbeth being king.
Interpret:  This quote represents that men don't give up easily and can show extreme feelings towards things.  It shows they won't give up with out a fight.  When Macduff gets mad at Malcom it shows his feelings toward scottland and how he wants a good leader for the country.   

4.  "Which the false man does say I'll to England" 
(Act 2 Scene 4 lines 162-163)
Context:  This quote is said when Malcom and his brother are fleeing after there father died.
Interpret:  This quote show that Malcom and his brother were not being men because they were running away from there problems instead of solving them.

5.  "They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, but, bear-like, I must fight the course. What’s he that was not born of woman? Such one am I to fear, or none"
(Act 5 Scene 7 Line 1)
Context:  This quote is being said when Macbeth is falling apart and theres no hope for him.  So Macbeth decides to fight and in the end he falls and he dies.
Interpret: Macbeth decides to fight untill death because he feels thats what a man would do.

odyssey theme

The theme in the Odyssey is to always be loyal to your leader and to always do what the say and respect them.  Your leader can get you through alot of bad things almost anything and if you are disloyal that doesn't go to well with your leader and it will blow up in your face and you might die because of it.  I think this theme is present in alot of the books in the Odyssey and I feel it is the most important theme that coulod apply to real life. 

In book 12 Odysseus lead his men through many difficult adventures and they have to perform specific tests to survive.  Without there leader I dont think Odysseus men would be able to get past all of these obstacles.  Odysseus and his crew reach Thrinancia but they are stuck on the island for a month.  Odysseus tells his men not to touch the cattle but they men are stuck on the island for so long they are tempted to eat the cows because they are starving.  So eventually the crew touch the cows and they get killed by zeus.  This shows that you need to listen to your leaders or else it will get back at you in the end.  A quote about this is on page 281 line 349.  If the crew would have listened to their leader Odysseus then they wouldn't have died.

In book 19 Odysseus returns to his town and disguises himself as a begger.  He does this so he can test the loyalty of the suitors and his wife.  His wife stays loyal to him but the suitors don't.  They all want to marry his wife and they just have been overall very disloyal to Odysseus.  Disloyalty doesn't go down well with Odysseus so when they have the contest for Penalopope Odysseus wins it disguised as a begger but changes back into himself.  Then him and his son kill all of the disloyal suitors.  A quote that represents this is on page 391 lines 47 to 48.  This is also another example of how if you are disloyal and dont listen to your leader then you will be killed or there will be other severe consequences.