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Adam, you do show how Macbeth evolves. Nicely done. You have brought in key events to demonstrate his change in character. You are direct and to the point as you bring about his transformation. Good work.

Journals 5-8 Macbeth

Journal 5
banquo is dead but his son is still alive after he escaped. The witches said Banquo would be the father of many kings to come. His son must be destroyed before he takes over my crown. I must do all I can to kill him and if I don't I have failed as a ruler and as a human 

Journal 6
I am just remembering something the witches told me. I can only be killed by someone who Is not born from his mothers womb. I was also told I would not be killed until the forest walked. I think I am pretty safe and will rule forever. LONG LIVE MACBETH 

Journal 7 
I keep seeing Banquo in my mind. Am I going insane or is he here haunting me from beyond the grave. I can't handle this job anymore. It Is driving me insane and making me do things I regret. Why did I listen to those witches and kill duncan. I wish I wouldn't of. 

Journal 8
The great queen is dead and I suspect me soon after. All the witches predictions have come true but there is no man not born from his mothers womb. I am safe for now but I think it is no longer safe to write in this journal so this is the end and I will burn this journal so no one finds out the secrets of my past. LONG LIVE MACBETH! THE GREATEST RULER THIS KINGDOM HAS EVER SEEN

Macbeth Journals

Entry 1

Today was a very good day. The war had finally ended. So many lives lost. Another very weird thing happened today. 3 strange women approached my friend banquo and me and told me a prophecy. I would be king one day. Those 3 ladies must be drunk or something because there is no one I could become king. I have always thought being king would be cool but no chance I can be. I guess we will just have to see what happens and pray for the best.

Entry 2

The strangest thing ever happened today. Those 3 confusing woman’s prophecy came true, well at least part of it. The king, Duncan summoned me today and named me the duke of Cumberland. Am I going insane or is this actually happening. Were those ladies real or was it all a dream. Most importantly, am I still in this dream? If the prophecy is right how do I become king? Maybe I should ask my wife, she will tell me what to do. Hopefully she will believe me or else she may put me somewhere for crazy people or worse leave me because she thinks I am insane. I guess only time will tell.

Entry 3

Tonight is the night. Tonight Duncan dies. I am so nervous about this. I have murdered before but never a king. What if I get caught, what if he wakes and kills me or what if I confess because I cant live with myself after and I am put to death. Why must this be the only way to become king? I could wait until the king dies but I may be dead myself. No! I must not talk my way out of it. What must be done will be done and Duncan will not see the light of tomorrow.

Entry 4

The great King is dead and I arise as the new king. With the help of my wife, I have killed the king. Macbeth shall rule forever. But wait. The 3 witches said Banquo would be the father of many kings. Does this mean I must destroy my best friend in order to remain ruler of this land? Why must life give us such hard decisions to deal with? Why can’t it just all be laid out with no tough decisions at all. I guess we will just have to see what will happen over the next days, months or even years

Journal Character

For my Journal I will be writing as MacBeth. The reason is because I feel Macbeth's character can be analysed in so many different ways that I want to bring my own opinion and share it with everyone

Feedback

You understand the quote . I like that you are beginning to refer to parts of the quoe as you mention your points. Next time, I would like to see you develop your thoughts further by connecting this quote to something that you might be familiar with. Overall, you are off to a good start.

Music lyrics and link

[Adam Duritz]
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

[Vanessa Carlton]
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

[Adam]
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

[Vanessa]
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

[Adam]
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees
Please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
[- From :http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/counting-crows-lyrics/big-yellow-taxi-lyrics.html -]
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

[Vanessa]
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

[Adam]
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Well, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

[Vanessa]
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

[Adam, Vanessa]
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Now you wanna giving it all away

Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Journal write

"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, -- that is genius. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string." When I first read this quote, I thought that the quote was telling us that everyone has their own way of thinking and own ideas. I believe no one does share the same ideas down to the last details, but people do share more general parts of the idea. We are all different which is a big reason why we cant share the same thoughts. You can debate all day about if people share the same ideas or not but to be thinking of something down to the final detail as someone else is a very small percent. It could happen, but to me it seems like it never does or it happens so rarely no one usually sees it happen. In conclusion, I think the quote "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, -- that is genius. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string" talk about every having different ideas and when we put them together we can make something better than it could have been with just one idea 

Poetry

2 questions
Which of the poems had the most meaning for you personally?
For me the poem Alone was the most meaningful since we all can relate to that poem because we all feel alone sometimes.
How do poems resonate with your own experience?
Poems stick with me easy since I remember songs or rhymes better than just sentences and also poems really express how someone feels and can show there true emotions. To me since the author gave me the opportunity to see what he or she feels, the least I can do is respect it and remember what he or she wrote.

Music
I picked the song "Big Yellow Taxi" by counting crows. The reason why I picked this song is because in the song, it talks about change and everybody changes for good or worse. Sometimes we change and lose something and as the song says "you don't know what you got till its gone". Identity is about always changing little things even if we regret it in the future

My English video 1

http://www.youtube.com/user/7778funman?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/GKKV5QWmyNo