3.2 Macbeth Video

BBC Shakespeare Animated Tales - Macbeth - Part 3

I prefer the animated version than the real movie because I do not like to see the blood that occurs in the real movie. I decide to show this video because its shows how Macbeth begins as a soldier of the King Duncan and meets the three witches. in which the weird witches told him that he would become the King of Scotland but only if he killed the King Ducan. Macbeth decided to kill him so that he would come the king. He decides to murder his best friend Banquo, who suspect of the death of the king Duncan. The witches had told him that Macduff would kill him and thats exactly what happened. Macduffs was upset due to the death of his wife and children. After, the death of Macbeth his lady decided to suicide because she felt guilty of the deaths of the innocent people who were death already.

Macbeth 3.1

In this picture we have Daniel Eichner as Macbeth, and Kathleen Akerley as Lady Macbeth.

The reason that I choice this picture was because these two actors do not show tragedy and blood as the other pictures of Macbeth. Also, I found interesting this picture because the play called "Washington Shakespeare Company's Macbeth" was criticized  by many audiences who felt uncomfortable with the performance of Daniel Eichner who play naked in front of the audience. The director of the play defend him self by saying that he only wanted to show how real can look and try something different after reading the history of the Scottish people as Shakespeare read too. So, this is where he uses a different version and decides to put the two actors on stage as trees and then be converted as humands due to the witches.

We can find some symbols in this picture as their smile that reflects happiness and the way that each other looks can show their love and passion to each other.




http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/2007-07-07-macbeth_N.htm

sandra: Blog Entry 2.2 Innocence Archetype

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2.2 Innocent Archetype

      My archetype is innocent. According to EzineArticles is a person who has trust, faith and optimism. Also,  we believe that everybody is  nice and we can trust them. However, as she says that "when we start our journey we do not see people or situations with clear eyes" and that "We see them how we want to see them." I think that this really app plies to myself because sometimes I am so innocent that I believe everything that they tell me  and I trust  people. But this lesson has tech me to get to know more the person and now I think twice to start a new job or relationships.

I choose this picture because I remember when I was a little girl that I used to be a trouble maker and always wanted to know what could happened if I touch or try something new. Just like the innocent boy who is trying to put a knife in the plug without knowing that is danger. The only exception with me  is that I never try something so danger such as touch the plug or any electronic devise  and not play with matches.





1. http://lidiaposada.blogspot.com/
2. http://www.educ.sfu.ca/mamchur/archetypeinnocent.html

2.1: Symbolism and Archetypes in "Goblin Market"

Christina Georgina Rossetti born on December 5, 1830 and raised in London, England.  The talent that she had of writing poems was inherited from her father and most people recognized her family as artists.  On 1848 she got married with James Collinson, one of the youngest brothers of Pre-Raphaelite Brethren. However, their relationship did not last long because he decided to change his religion to Roman Catholicism. In 1860, she fall in love with another guy, whose name was Charles Cayley but when her bother, William told her that Charles was not Christian she decided not to marry him.

      Since she was a child she started to write poems and at the age of 18 her first poem was publish and appeared in the Athenaeum. She kept writing poems and one most known until now is “The Gobbling Market” in 1862. She was diagnosed from cancer and died in 1894.

Gobbling Market is a story about two sisters who is Laura and Lizzie and that it seems that they live alone because the narrator does not mention their parents or any adult. Both sisters are tempted to eat forbidden and delicious fruits that the goblins were selling in the market. Lizzie is able to resist buying the fruits and runs home, but Laura could not resist and buys the fruits. She pays with her own hair and as she is eating the fruits she wants more and more. When she returns to her house and tells her sister what she has done she says to her that she would come back for more fruits. However, Laura can no longer hear the call of the goblins saying “come, buy” “come, buy from me.” She rejects to eat the fruits and starts to age prematurely. Lizzie starts to see how her sister was getting old and decides to look for them to buy the “antidote” (fruits) so that her sister can recover from the poison. The goblins thought that she was going to eat the fruits but when they saw that her intention was to take them home to give to her sister, the goblins got mad. They all begin to tearing her clothes, kicking her and throw all the fruits at her. The goblins try to put the juice of the fruits in her mouth but she resist and runs away to her house. She tells her sister Laura to drink all the juice from her body so that she can recover and that’s were she feels the bitter taste. Laura starts dizzy from consuming all the type of fruits but the antidote does works. Now she tells the story to her children of what had happened to her and reminding them that “there is no friend like a sister.”  

In the story I found symbols such as the different types of fruits such as strawberry, blueberry, watermelon which means sexuality and temptation at the same time. Another symbol is Laura because she was attempted just like Eve when she eats the forbidden fruit. Also, in this case the gobbling was the one who tempted Laura and in Adam and Eve it was a snake that in reality was the devil.

In this story we have the Hero Archetype, who is Lizzie the only person that was not attempted to eat the delicious and poison fruit. She rescues her sister from the spell and she also sacrifices her self to get the antidote for her sister. Laura is the innocent who trust the goblins by eating the fruits and not think twice what she was doing.

        I really like the story because it shows how two sisters were so together and that Lizzie sacrifice to help her sister Laura. But I can not erase of my mind the sentences of the goblins replying “Come buy”, “Come buy.” This story gives us, as readers to learned from mistakes and not trust anyone that in the future can cause consequences.

 

1. http://polarbearstale.blogspot.com/2009/03/john-liston-byam-shaw-1872-1919.html

2. http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/crossetti/rossettibio.html

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

4. http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/british_poets/rossetti/

1.3 Poetry Symbolism

   The piece of work that I choose to represent symbolism is a song called "Ilusion" by Tk. Tk is a rock band that has three members in which all of them are composers. Tk means Thalita Kumi in Aramaic and in Spanish means “Levantate y Anda” and in English is “Get up and Walk.” According to Tk website they like to transmit ideas, demonstrate different emotions and make people think about their songs.

   
One of the members is Juan Francisco Escobar who is the drummer of the group. He was born in Lima, Peru on December 22, 1973. His father is from Chile and his talent comes from his father who is a singer. He began to play the drummer at the age of thirteen. He says that “A person who does not appreciate the music has no soul” and this is where he accepts the proposal of becoming one of the members of Tk.

   
Miguel Gionocchio who plays the keyboard: Born in Lima, Peru on April 25, 1974. He is a professional musician and played the piano in “Conservatorio Nacional.” His family is well known as a traditional musicians and he has work in many important recording studios.  

 

     Emilio Perez de Armas (singer and play the guitar) born in Lima, peru on September 25, 1974. His parents are from Spain and the talent comes from his mother family who were raised around musicians.

♫  ♫ ILUSION ♫  ♫

Estoy aquí

Sin tu querer

Le lloro a la luna

Buscándote

Voy tras tu

Sonrisa de miel

Que opacó a la luna
Y a Venus también



Coro:



Y es que tú
Te llevaste mi amor
Mi corazón
Cargado de emociones



Aun quedan tus pasos
Las huellas en mí
Y algunas ilusiones



De pronto una rosa
Que toca tus labios



Cayó rendida
En tus brazos



Al lado un poema
De sentimientos



Que pasó fugaz
Con la brisa y el viento



By: Tk






English Translation: ILLUSION



I'm here
Without your love
I cried to the moon
Looking for you



I'm going after your
Smile honey



That eclipsed the moon
And also Venus



Chorus:



And you
You took my love
My heart
Emotionally charged



There are still your steps
Traces of me
And some illusions



Suddenly a pink rose
It touches your lips



Fell rendered
In your arms



Next to a poem
of Feelings



Shooting starts
With the breeze and wind



In this song I found symbols and to make it easier I made a list of the words to show the denotation and connotation of the words/symbols. First, of all a Denotation are words with a specific definition from the dictionary. Connotation is an idea that can be implied or words that have a tone and emotional connection that a word has.

SYMBOLS

1. MOON

       Denotation: any natural satellite of a planet

       Connotation: as he sings "I'm here Without your love I cried to the moon Looking for you" he is trying to said that the moon is the witness of how he misses her and that he can not leave without her.                         

2. SMILE

       Denotation: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth;

                          usually shows pleasure or amusement

       Connotation: "I'm going after your Smile honey" he is remembering the good momments that he passed with her. 


3. HONEY

       Denotation: a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

       Connotation: Honey is one of many words that couples say to each other to show their love. 

     
4. ECLIPSED

       Denotation: one celestial body obscures another

       Connotation: "That eclipsed the moon And also Venus" the suddendly she is not with him and everything around him is dark.

5. VENUS

        Denotation: the second nearest planet to the sun

        Connotation: he uses a planet to expresed that someone or something far from him/her.

      
6. HEART

        Denotation: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between    the  lungs; Its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body.

        Connotation: love


7. CHARGED

        Denotation: of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.

       Connotation: feel overwhelm due to events that affect one person emotions. Example, "And you, You took my love, My heart, Emotionally charged"

 8. STEPS

       Denotation: the course along which a person has walked or is walking in.

       Connotation: memories that are present in the life of the guy who is in love with the dancer "There are still your steps"    

9. TRACES

       Denotation: awing created by tracing

       Connotation: shadows or memories that a person has been trough "Traces of me   
And some illusions"

 10. ILLUSIONS

       Denotation: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

       Connotation: the theme of the singer is that he making the liseners to imagine events and let them thinking that something is going to happen in reality such as his video song. 
   

11. ROSE

       Denotation: a type of flower

       Connotation: he compares the beauty of her with the rose.

   
12. LIPS

       Denotation: the top edge of a vessel

       Connotation: one part of the body that is attractive to the other person.

13. RENDERED

       Denotation: cause to become or give back

       Connotation: obey orders or fall in love but he means that everything that she touches will rendered in her foot or will service to her.

14. ARMS

       Denotation: a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb.

       Connotation: hugs


15. POEM

       Denotation: a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

       Connotation: a note that shows feelings that are expressed in a paper/poem. 


 16. STARS

       Denotation: They are visible in the sky at night

       Connotation: an amazing view 


17. BREEZE

       Denotation: a slight wind that usually is refreshing

       Connotation: passing a hard time

18. WIND

        Denotation: a tendency or force that influences events

        Connotation: feel overwhelm


The first time that I heard this song was in 2006. I really like the lyrics of the song because the singer uses his imagination to show the love of a soldier who's leg was broken due to an accident and a young lady who is a dancer. But their is a bad person who is trying to separate them and that both do not give up because they are in love. In the video song they also use symbols such as fire that means war, passion and toys as describing the setting of this dream; toys that become people.






1. Lyrics of Illusion Song: http://www.musica.com/letras.asp?letra=808040

2. Google Translate: http://translate.google.com/#es|en|

3. Dictionary: http://www.wordreference.com/

4. Tk website: http://tk.com.pe/