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Characters: Odysseus (Disguised by Athena as an old vagabond.)
                   Swinehearder (Odysseus's servant.)

What Happens?!? - Odysseus, now looking like a greasy old hobo, walks to his faithful servant's dwelling. The swineherder doesn't recognize him of course, but nonetheless, invites him in and they enjoy a fresh-slaughtered pig-feast. Odysseus listens to the swineherder talk about his fond memories of his master. (Whom he presumes is dead.) Odysseus reassures him that he will return one day, but the swineherder doesn't really believe him due to all the suitors that come in and promise good news of Odysseus just to get close to Penelopeia. However, after talking with him, The swinehearder takes a liking to Odysseus and feels that he is different, and gives him a bed for the night. He even gives him a cloak to keep warm in the night. 

List + Explaination of THEMES:

Hospitality - The swine herder invites him in and gives him bread and wine. Then odysseus told him where he came form and what his trouble are. 

Loyalty - The herder kept his cloak nice and in good condition. He is also distressed about Penelopeia's worsening emotional conditions and refuses to let Odysseus stay for fear that he may just be another one of the suiters that eat away Odysseus's wealth.
Motif - Storytelling - How does this appear? Why?
Odysseus tells stories to the swineherder to reassure him throughout the chapter, despite the swinerherder's skepticism, that his master will return soon. He twists a story of his war experiences in the point of view of another soldier that gets taken to Egypt and somehow winds up on Phaiacia where he sees Odysseus. This renews the swineherder's hope and helps him take a liking to 'Odysseus' which leads to him getting a bed and cloak for the night. 


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Themes book 14

List of Explanation of Themes

Hospitality- The swine herder invites him in and gives him bread and wine. Then odysseus told him where he came form and what his trouble are. 

Loyalty- The herder kept his cloak nice and in good condition. 

Odyssey- Books 9-10 Study Questions

1) Odysseus encounters the Ciconians after leaving Troy. How did his men not listen to him? What is the result of this? 


2) Who were the Lotus Eaters? What happens to Odysseus’ men after they ate some of the lotus?
Natives of the second island. 
Odysseus' men lost all thoughts of home and only wanted to stay on the island and eat more fruit.


3) How did Odysseus and his men get trapped in the Cyclops’ lair? Why couldn’t they get out after the Cyclops went to sleep? 


4) What is the “Stranger’s Gift” that the Cyclops gives to Odysseus? How does this break the “law” of hospitality? How many men does the Cyclops eat?
He doesn't really give them a gift. It is the cave full of milk and cheese and sheep.
It breaks the law because when you go to someones house you shouldn't automatically think they should give you everything. 
Cyclops eats two people.

5) How does Odysseus trick the Cyclops?
He gets the cyclops drunk, then the Cyclops asks what his name is. Odysseus says, Nobody. Once Polyphemus passes out, Odysseus and his men drive a staff into his eye. Polyphemus then shrieks and his neighbors came to see whats wrong, and he yells, Nobody's killing me. 


6) Where does Odysseus’ pride work against him?




7) Why was the gift of Aiolos ruined? What theme does this back up?
They ruined the gift because it was supposed to help them easily sail back home.  
Pride/Arrogance


8) What happened with the Laistrygonians?
They pelt odysseus ships with boulders and sink all the ships while they are in the harbour. Odysseus ship was the only one to escape.


9) Who lived on the island of AIAIA?
Witch-goddess Circe. 


10) What did Circe turn Odysseus’ men into?
Pigs


11) How did Odysseus overcome Circe? With who’s help?
He eats the herb called moly that Hermes gives him, and lunges at her when she tried to strike him with her sword. He overpowered her and forces her to change his men back to humans. 
Hermes


12) How long did Odysseus stay with Circe?
One year

List Five Elements of Tragedy
1. Must have a tragic hero
2. Hero must be fated to fall
3. Dramatic Foils
4. Internal and external conflicts
5. Play has to rise questions about existence  


List Five Elements of a Tragic Hero
1. Of Noble Birth
2. Have a tragic flaw
3. Tragic flaw causes downfall
4. Audience learns from its mistake
5. A Good person


Discuss who wins in Macbeth and why? Who is the hero?


Macbeths Tragic Flaw
Blind Ambition- Willing to do evil to achieve his goal

Define Soliloquy and monologue and point examples from Macbeth.

Outline the plot according to the six elements of plot. (3 for rising and falling)
Exposition- Battle
Inciting Event- Witches tell him he is going to be king and Banquos sons are going to be king.
Rising Action-
Climax- Apparition predicting that Macbeth will stay king until Birnham wood comes to meet Dunsinan
Falling Action-
Resolution- Macbeth Dies

Characters: Who they are, What they Do, Why they do what they do.

The Porter- The Drunken doorman of Macbeth's castle. Porter answers the door to Macduff and Lennox. Goes on about how drinking turns your nose red, it puts you to sleep, and it makes you urinate. Metaphorically turns the castle into hell. Doorman To Hell.

The Witches- (weird sisters) Three witches that represent the past, present, and future. Servants of Hectate. They have three familiars, a toad, a cat, and a harpier. They tell Macbeth that he is going to be the King Scotland and that Banquos sons are going to be king, and not him.

The Doctor- Diagnoses Lady Macbeth with diseases of the mind. Scared to tell Macbeth because he is feared of him getting angry. He wishes he was away from the castle.

The Bloody Captain- The Captain comes to tell Duncan that Macbeth has won the battle, and After Macbeth kills Macdonwald, the opponent came on even stronger so the captain compared Banquo and Macbeth to eagle.

Fleance- Banquos son who runs away when Macbeth sends the murders to kill him and Banquo.

Siward- General of the English Forces, an ally of malcolm and macduff

Macduff- Macduff is a Thane of Scotland who, after the murder of Duncan and Macduff’s family, leads a rebellion to overthrow Macbeth. 

Lady Macduff- She is Macduff’s wife, who is killed by Macbeth so he could punish Macduff for fleeing to England.

Lennox- Lennox is the last Thane to support Macbeth. He latter joins the rebellion as a commander.

Ross- Ross is a cousin of Macduff and he told Macduff of the fate of Lady Macduff, their kids, and his servants. He is also present when Macduff says that Duncan’s sons fled and might have paid the servants to kill their sons.

Seyton- Macbeth’s officer and the soldier that tells Macbeth that Lady Macbeth is dead (suicide).

Menteith- Menteith is a Thane who is one of the commanders of the rebellious Scottish army that joined Macduff’s entourage.

Macbeth- He’s king for months and kills the old king Duncan. He also hires murders to kill banquo son of siward and dies from Macduff. He becomes a tyrant and a very scary king of Scotland. 

Lady Macbeth- is the queen of the castle and married to Macbeth she tells Macbeth to kill Duncan and she goes crazy about washing her hands and she kills herself in her sleep by walking out her window or she jumps off the wall.

Duncan- old king of Scotland and dies from Macbeth everyone thought he was a great king. 

Malcolm- new king of Scotland and he is very young he joins in the war and also he is Duncan’s heir and runs away to England. 

Donalbain- he is the oldest son of Duncanis blamed for his murder

Banquo- captien of Scotland and is killed because macebeth he wants him killed and  Macbeth fears him. Also farther of fleance. 

Themes:

Blind Ambition- Macbeth decides to kill all of Macduff's family just because he can. 

The Corruption of Power- After Macbeth was crowned king, he decides to kill off everyone that was a threat to him. He hires people to kill Banquo, Fleance and Macduff's whole family. 

Appearance VS. Reality- In Act 1, Scene 6,Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to 'look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath'. She tells him to appear kind and be a good host, but really he is plotting Duncan's death.

Superstition and how it affects human behavior- Macbeth thinks he is invincible because the witches' apparitions tell him seemingly impossible things. 

Good VS. Evil- In Act 2, Scene 3, the Porter says, "Who's there in the name of Beelzebub?" he metaphorically turns the castle to hell. and he is now the doorman to the gates of hell. 

Symbols/Motifs

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• Motifs

• Washing of Hands

• represents guilt
• lady Macbeth's guilt
• supposedly, Duncan's blood is on her hands and she tries to wash it off but its 'stained' on her soul forever!
• Blood
• there is a lot of physical and metaphorical blood.
• another representation of the guilt of lady Macbeth and Macbeth
• Daggers
• they killed Duncan with daggers
• the apparitions of daggers are another representation of guilt
• Planting of seeds/ things growing
• the witches touched Macbeth's head and it starts Macbeth's new journey onto king hood and into eventually to becoming a tyrant
• eagle to the owl  
• Macbeth being good turning into a bad guy
• when a plant dies it is easily replaced by other plants
• when lady Macbeth dies that sends Macbeth into his rant about life being meaningless. he has
• Malcolm talks about planting new seeds
• they have harvested all the evil out of Scotland
• Duncan talks about making Macbeth grow
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• atmosphere of castle
• atmosphere follows Macbeth's character
• at first, Macbeth was happy, and the castle was happy
• then the Macbeth's get the idea to kill Duncan. 
• then at the end, all hell has broke loose, literally. 
• Spells, chants  and supernatural beings
• all of the supernatural beings are weird and set a haunting and creepy mood. at first they are just mentioned but then these things plague Macbeth's mind and help cause his downfall
• weather
• the fog and depressing atmosphere sets the mood for the battle. 
• before Macbeth turns evil, the weather surrounding the castle is happy
• after he is evil, the weather is dark and gloomy 
• the final battle is also depressing and dark
• daggers
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• spirits, scorpions, snakes and things in the mind
• The animals that are mentioned plague his mind and cause him to go crazy. 
• they are deadly animals, not ones you would want in your head, they represent all the people that Macbeth has killed out of blind ambition
• Birds and flying
• Eagles
• Noble, swift and valiant birds
• Macbeth is compared to because he won the battle against Macdonald
• Sparrows
• Banquo is compared to a sparrow
• Banquo helped Macbeth win the battle so he is also compared to a majestic bird 
• Owl
• Death and bad omen
• Macbeth becomes the owl because he starts killing people and becomes the symbol for death in Scotland
• Marlet
• Tiny, peaceful bird that approves of Macbeth's castle in the beginning when it is happy. When the castle turns to hell, the bird leaves. 
• Falcon
• Duncan is compared to the falcon
• Like the eagle, the falcon is also a majestic, valiant bird
• The owl kills the falcon
• Macbeth killing duncan
• Crows
• bad
• murderers 
• they represent the owls minions
• Agents of the night
• Geese
• English soldier
• they oppose the owl
• Wren
• Lady Macduff
• small
• a bird that wants to take her young ones and join the geese and fight against the owl

Vocabulary Quiz, Paragraph #2

Macbeth sat up and to his mirth saw a dagger in front of him. He reached for it but felt nothing. Avaunt, you cloistered dagger! He first thought he was dreaming, so he pinched himself. But the verity of being awake was true. He got up and tried to grab it one more time but he couldn't feel anything. Maybe he saw the dagger because he had to avouch his plan about killing the King. But Then he thought to him self I want to have the eminence of a King and be able to order around thralls to get me food. So he layed down and fell back asleep.

Act 3 Study Questions

Scene 1

1.) It is about how Banquo think Macbeth cheated to get the crown and how maybe what the withches said about him will come true.

-You know have it, the King, the Thane of Cawdor, and the Thane of Glamis. 

Just as The three witches promised.

And I suspect you cheated. 

It was said that your posterity would not get the crown.

But my sons would be kings instead. 

If what the witches said was true.

Maybe what they said about me will come true too. 

But I will be quiet now.

2.) He is afraid that Banquo knows he killed the King. He is also worried that Banquos sons will become king. He would rather have his offspring become king, but he doesn't have any children to become King.

3.) Macbeth killed Duncan for Banquo's sons. 

4.) Told them it was Banquo who made their lives hell. That he would make their lives better if they killed him. 

Scene 2 1.) Macbeth killed Duncan. 2.) It’s better you don’t know about it until after it’s done, when you can applaud it. 3.) 4.)  Scene 3 1.)  Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes.  They didn't kill Fleance, he ran away. Scene 4 1.) Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo, and no one else can.  2.) Macbeth is talking about how Banquo is dead and Fleance has escaped and he could come back and be a threat but for now he is not here and bother them .  3.) He reinforces the the present of supernatural beings. Macbeth's guilt. Macbeth kinda goes crazy, and is confused why he is the only one that can see it.  4.) Symbolizes guilt.  5.) She tells everyone that this is something that has happened to hm since he was a child. If you keep watching him it will make them worse.  Scene 5 1.) She is angry because the witches have been doing everything without her. - She told them next time when they meet up with macbeth to invite her so they can set up a trap.  2.) I agree. It is not 10 syllable per line, and it is very rhymey.   Scene 6 1.) Lennox thinks Fleance killed his father. Macduff has gone to england to form and army with the king. 2.)  3.)

Vocabulary Words #7

Avaunt- Adverb, away
Avaunt, you smelly toad. 

Thralls- Noun, a person who is a slave
The thralls at my farm, did not cut my wheat the way I wanted them to. 

Posterity- Noun, all descendants of one person
My Great grandpa's posterity live in montana. 

Homage- Noun, respect or reverence paid or rendered

The homage I paid to my king got me two gold coins. 

Cloistered- Adjective, secluded from the world; sheltered
The Cloistered turtle hid under the bush so he didn't have to see anyone. 

Equivocator- Noun, Someone who uses unclear expressions, to avoid commitment. 

The equivocator was making the cops think that he didn't do the crime.


Avarice- Noun, insatiable greed for riches

My avarice was made me break into a bank a steal $100,000.


Parricide- Noun, the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative

Mary was killed in a parracide by her own daughter. 


Verity- Noun, the state or quality of being true
The Verity of being true the statement was true when i looked it upon the internet. 

Malevolence- Noun, the feeling of wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

My malevolence toward my cell phone drove me to through it off a cliff. 


Eminence- Noun, high station, rank

The eminence of the school made them win the academic decathlon  

Liege- Noun, a feudal vassal or subject
The liege was supposed to get the Kings coffee, but never did. 

Mirth- Noun, amusement or laughter
It was to my mirth that the actor fell off the stage. 

Avouch- Verb, to admit; confess

The mad had to avouch that he was actually a woman.