Macbeth Entry 3.2 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irIPrZ4ulPQ


The video above is of Shakespeare's Macbeth "Dinning Hall scene" by Polanski in 1971.  The scene consists of where Macbeth is in the dining hall and is addressing some of his subordinates.  He is there being treated like royalty and having his servants server him.  He is then addressed by one of his kinsmen and is offered to dine with them.  Macbeth seeing that there being no room for him respectably declines.  This is here his kinsmen points the error of Macbeth's judgment pointing out where there is a seat from him.  Macbeth doesn't not see this empty seat, but instead he sees a ghost of those who he has murdered.  I believe if he never took the road of murdering those he say, they might have been sitting in that seat if they were alive.

Macbeth in this scene is wearing a crown as well as a white garb.  The white garb symbolizes righteousness and purity. The crown symbolizes legitimacy, righteousness, victory, triumph, honor and glory.  Which in my point of view Macbeth robs himself of it by committing horrible deeds.  The deeds that he has committed are shown by the numbers of ghosts that appear in the scene.  Each ghost is someone who he has killed.  These ghosts also server as a reminder to Macbeth of what he has done.

I choose this scene because it was one of the few things in Macbeth that had some supernatural elements.  Other than the 3 witches I can't really recall any other supernatural elements in Macbeth. 

Macbeth Entry 3.1 Photo

Every time I think of Macbeth, I always think of the cartoon character above.  The photo is from the cartoon called Gargoyles and while the story of Macbeth is slightly different in the cartoon, the out come is the same.  Macbeth is sitting on the throne and he has just been crowned King.
     The throne is a symbol of power, anyone who sits in it other then the king would be almost like wearing the crown.  The crown is also symbol of power as well, it symbolizes legitimacy, righteousness, victory, triumph, honor and glory.  It's very ironic that a crown can mean all these things and yet Macbeth acquired it by not following it.  He doesn't deserve the right to wear the crown nor be addressed by those titles he has received.  He is also wearing a white garb, which would symbolize righteousness and purity.  You can also see the hilt of the sword on his side.  A sword symbolizes many things, it can symbolize aggression, protection, courage, strength, action, unity, justice and leadership.  It is also use to dub people or give them certain ranks such as knight-hood.  Macbeth is also depicted of having a beard.  Beards can symbolize dignity and wisdom

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I'm doing some searching on my archetype.  I didn't really have any ideas or thoughts on what an innocent or an orphan archetype would be.  As I read up on it, I had some likely candidates.  After a well thought out idea I'ved decided that the perfect Innocent/Orphan would be none other than Naruto Uzumaki. (or in Japanese Uzumaki Naruto)


The story of Naruto is that he is an orphan, his mother died at birth and his father died fighting a nine tailed fox demon.  He grows up in a village where he is hated by everyone and he strives for recognition. Whether it be good or bad, as long as he gets acknowledged or accepted he's happy.  Through out the story, Naruto makes strong bonds with some of the people from his village and he goes all out for them if any one of them is in trouble.







I choose this image because I like the way it looks.  It's Naruto in his PJs.  Shows how much of a kid he is because he's still half asleep.  He also has that childish napping hat on, which I for one kinda wish I had as well.  I think everyone has a child in them.  I forget what the sleeping hat is called, but he also carries a wallet he calls gama-chan.

Sources for Innocent and Orphan Archetypes:

http://www.educ.sfu.ca/mamchur/archetypeinnocent.html

http://www.educ.sfu.ca/mamchur/archetypeeveryperson.html

2.1: Symbolism and Archetypes Goblin's market.

2.1: Symbolism and Archetypes Goblin's Market.

1. Look up information about Christina Rossetti and "Goblin Market" on the web and tell us a little bit about her and the poem in your own words.
2. Write out the complete plot.
3. Discuss the patterns or types of symbols you found in the poem, what you think Rossetti wanted her readers to get from the symbols, and give relevant examples from the poem and indicate line numbers.
4. Identify and discuss any archetypes you find in the poem. What are they? What makes you think they are archetypes?  What do you think they mean?
5. Conclude with what you think the poem is "really about". This should be YOUR response to the poem.

     In literature, there are  many poets and writers.  One writer in particular is Christina Rossetti.  Christina Rossetti was born in December 1830 and died in December 1894, she was 64 years old.  She is an English poet known for writing poems.  She is most famous for the long, lengthy, and odd poem the Goblin Market.
     The Goblin Market, is about sibling love or more importantly, love between sisters.  In the poem, there are three girls mentioned, Laura, Lizzie, and Jeanie with Jeanie being deceased.  The poem starts off with Laura and Lizzie out near a brook.  Laura then gets lured with by the sound of goblin men selling fruit, her sister Lizzie, gives her warnings and to not deal or interact with them due to what happened to Jeanie.  Laura waves the warnings by, and goes to meet the goblins and is then poisoned by them.  Later in the poem Laura finds out that after tasting the fruit from the goblins, she can no longer hear them or see them.  Laura starts to long for the fruit from the goblins and starts to get weak.  It becomes apparent to Lizzie that her sister is getting sicker and sicker due to not being able to eat the goblin fruit.  Lizzie ends up saving her sister Laura by going to meet up with the goblins and eventually makes them mad and they start to throw food at her as well as beat her up.  She then runs home and tells Laura about it.  Lizzie tells her to lick all the juices fruit off of her, because she's soaked with it from when the goblins threw fruit at her.  Laura does and gets well again and they both live old enough to have kids of their own and to be able to tell tales of them.
      Some of the most common symbols in the Goblin Market are or were fruits, goblins, and maids.  Fruit(lines 5-29) usually symbolizes temptation and on another level can also symbolize infidelity as well as sin.  The fact that Laura had some fruit from the goblins goes to show that she wasn't able to hold back her temptation.  Goblins are usually depicted as green little men or women that usually have some kind of angle in any deal or transaction that they make.  The fact that they received payment from Laura with only a golden lock of hair(Line 125) and a tear that came down her face that is valued as a pearl (line 129) shows that they're willing to accept anything as payment.  Rossetti described Laura and Lizzie as maids, to me this would symbolize some kind of purity they are also both compared to flowers.  Rossetti also goes into detail about how they look and the bonds of sister hood that they have.
     The archetypes in the Goblin Market are Laura, Lizzie, and goblin men.  Since Laura gave in her temptation of having forbidden fruit, she can be identified with Eve.  She can also be identified as being a prostitute seeing as she'll sell parts of her body as well as being a child for giving into her foolish mistakes.. Lizzie ends up saving Laura, this in turn makes Lizzie a hero.  Lizzie also gave warnings to Laura about not getting involved with goblin men, she is viewed as a lot wiser than Laura is.  I'd view the goblin men as more of a trickster than anything else, they could be related to the snake in the story of Adam and Eve.
     I use to think that the goblin market was about a girl who was in love with her sister, but after hearing the audio version and reading it or following along with the reader, I came to another conclusion.  I think the poem more relates about sibling love or at least receiving attention from someone who you love, look up too or admire. 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1753.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetypes