Final Exam: Group Study Guide

Macbeth Act 3

The start of Act 3 starts with an aside from Banquo. He talks about how the prophecy of the three witches came true, but he’s suspicious that Macbeth overtook the throne by killing Duncan. In act 1, Macbeth plans to host a dinner for all the nobles. Before the dinner, he sent three murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance. When they attacked in scene 3, they killed Banquo but Fleance escaped. They deliver the news to Macbeth in scene 4 and he was worried but he thought that Fleance couldn’t really do anything for now. When the dinner was occurring, he saw apparitions of Banquo, all bloody, just staring at him. He gets crazy and starts screaming at the ghost and he scares all his guests. Lady Macbeth calmed them down by saying that it’s normal and he’s been like this since he was a child.

Scene 5 is considered to be not a part of what Shakespeare actually wrote. It’s considered to be a part of the musical version of Macbeth writer by Thomas Middleton. The writing pattern suddenly changes and it doesn’t sound like Shakespeare writing. Also, there were song’s added which never appeared in the story before. Scene 6 is focused on Lennox and a lord. They discuss how the deaths of Duncan and Banquo were very timely and Macbeth benefited the most out of them. They also realize here that Macbeth is a tyrant and a usurper.


QUOTES:

“O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst revenge – O slave!” (Act 3 Scene 3 lines 19-21)
- I chose the this quote because I think he was killed but he didn’t die for nothing. HE was able to save Fleance and he is aware of the prophecy that he is father to a line of kings.

“Thou canst not say I did it; never shake thy gory locks at me!” (Act 3 Scene 4 lines 51-51)
-I chose this line because it shows how Macbeth is very guilty of killing Banquo. He also showed us that he’s starting to break down. He is a very different man from the start of the story and on the end of the story.

"The son of Duncan,
From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth
Lives in the English court, and is received
Of the most pious Edward with such grace
That the malevolence of fortune nothing
Takes from his high respect.” (Act 3 Scene 6 lines 24-29)
- I chose this line because it shows how Lennox and the lord are furious. They know that Macbeth is a tyrant and it shows us they totally don’t think that he deserves for such a position, being above everyone else.

CHARACTERS:

1.) Macbeth – In act 3, Macbeth polans to host a dinner for all the lords to celebreate hum becoming king. He also sends outthree murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance.
2.) Lady Macbeth – In act 3, Lady Macbeth clams down the guests at the party when Macbeth starts to see Banquo’s ghost.
3.) Banquo – In act 3, Banquo is suspicious of Macbeth and he thinks that he killed Duncan for the throne. He rides out with Fleance and gets killed by three murderers that Macbeth sends out.
4.) 3 Murderes – In act 3, they kill Banquo but they fail to kill Fleance as well. Macbeth sends two of them at first, then he sends the third one for assurance.

THEMES:
One theme is death.
Another theme is friendship. Banquo tries to save Macbeth for the dark hole he’s in.
Last theme is guilt.
VON GARCIA AND DESMOND TRACEY

Thomas Laible and Jack Tuffy, Luis Santana

Catcher in the rye chap. 10-14

Summary

By this point in the novel, it’s clear that loneliness is at the heart of Holden’s problems. Holden is in New York City and is looking for interaction with people. He goes to a night club and sits at a table and tries to order a drink. The waiter refuses and Holden begins to dance with 3 girls and soon gets laughed at by the girls. This is because the girls notice how he is young and tries to act older. When Holden leaves he begins to think about Jane. He thinks about how she was the only one who seen Allies baseball glove and the time her stepfather made her cry for asking for a cigarette.
Holden goes to a different night club called Ernie's. He takes a cab and meets Horwitz. Holden talks about the ducks in Central Park and begins to annoy Horwitz. Once He gets to Ernie's he takes a table and listens to the conversations around him. He finds it depressing and phony. He then leaves and walks back to his hotel. The elevator operator offers to send up a prosecute for 5 dollars and Holden accepts. Holden gets nervous when she arrives and doesn't seduce her. He pays her the 5 dollars but she says the price was 10. He refuses to pay. The pimp comes to the room and makes him pay the 10 dollars and punches him. While Holden is on the floor the pimp leaves and Holden manages to get to bed and go to sleep.


Themes

Holden was a very lonely person, and he missed a lot of people. For example he missed, his little sister, phoebe a lot. He even thinks about jane a lot, he even talked about the times that they had together. He talked about how he showed her allies glove and he didn't show anybody else. He even talked about how he held hands with her and how they held hands. He is so lonely that he even accepts a prostitute to come over to his room. And he doesn't use her for sex but rather just to talk to her because she was so lonely

Characters

Holden- In these chapters he is doing many things such as going to the night club, reminiscing about people he misses such as Jane and Phoebe. He also has a moment with the cab driver, Horwitz, and talked about the ducks in Central Park.

Phoebe- Phoebe is talked about a lot in chapter 10 and Holden gives a long description about her. He says she has red hair and is very intelligent for her age just like Allie.

Horwitz- Holden's cab driver and they have a conversation about the central park ducks.

Maurice- pimp who collects the extra five dollars from Sunny "service" and beats Holden up for it.

3 Quotes:
"You'd like her. I mean if you tell old Phoebe something, she knows exactly what the hell you're talking about." This quote talks about how much Holden misses Phoebe. It also shows how much Holden loves Phoebe.

"I always get those vomity kind of cabs if I go anywhere late at night." I liked this quote because I can relate to it because cabs and subways always smell bad and we go to school in the city.

"After old Sunny was gone, I sat in the chair for a while and smoked a couple of cigarettes." This quote shows how much Holden is depressed and has nothing to do with his life.

Macbeth: Act 5 by Kevin McMahon & Anthony Gonzales

1. The Two paragraph summary.
Act 5 of Macbeth is the finale act of the play were everything in the prophecy begins to come true. In scene one of Act 5 it begins to describe the toll the murder of Duncan had on Lady Macbeth. It shows she is sleep walking and talking about the murder as the doctor and the Gentle Women watch and listen. In scene two it describes the battle plans and preparations Macduff's/Malcolm's army are talking to defeat Macbeth. In scene three Macbeth is describing the prophecy and is talking to the doctor about his wife's condition and tells her to make her well. The prophecy though does not really begin to come true until scene 4 of the play.


Scene four is where the prophecy starts to begin. In scene four Malcolm's army is now about to attack Macbeth and use the wood of Birnam as a form of camouflage making the prophecy of the forest of Birnam moving towards Macbeth's castle true. In scene five Macbeth is going crazy and his assistant Seyton informs him that his wife had just died by suicide. He then changes his mood from a fighting spirit, to sadness. It also go's on to say that a messenger informs him that the forest is moving towards his castle creating a sense of anger for Macbeth. In scene seven Malcolm's army begins to move in on Macbeth's castle and a young Siward begins a fight with Macbeth but dies. After the fight Macduff is on the search for Macbeth in the castle. In scene eight is where it all goes down. This scene is the final fight between Macduff and Macbeth. During the fight Macduff reveals he was C sectioned and was not a woman born. After hearing the news Macbeth was shocked, they kept fighting, and finally Macduff chops off Macbeth's head killing the tyrant king. In scene nine Malcolm finally claims his rightful place as king and the people cheer over the death of Macbeth.

Four Characters:

Macbeth- Macbeth was the King of Scotland at the time after he murdered Duncan the originally king of Scotland. In act 5 Macbeth was going crazy over the prophecy of how he was not going by a man who was woman born. He was a ruthless tyrant that killed anyone who got in his way including Duncan, his best friend Banquo, Macduff's family, and a attempt to kill Fleance. He was a ruthless Murderer who died by decapitation by Macduff.
Lady Macbeth: Wife to the King Macbeth she was the one person who pushed Macbeth to achieve his true desire of becoming king and pushed him to murder Duncan. She was a complete psychopath through her countless speeches of becoming un-sexed f her womanly instincts and countless talk of blood and killing her own child. The murder of Duncan too a major toll on her for she would sleep walk/talk about the murder and the blood on her hands. She was so consumed by this that she ended up killing herself.
Malcolm: Son of the fallen King Duncan he was the prince of Cumberland and retreated along with his brother Donaldbain to England and Ireland to avoid the murderer (a.k.a Macbeth) and die the same death his father did. He along with his companion Macduff and the countless English soldiers led a revolt against Macbeth. At the end of the book after Macbeth dies he takes the crown and becomes the new King of Scotland
Macduff: a former of companion of Macbeth; Macduff was the main person who investigated the death of Duncan and leader of the revolution. He went to Malcolm to try to revolt against Macbeth but after he learns his family was murdered by a group of Murders sent by Macbeth. This only fueled his anger and his desire to kill Macbeth. When he goes back to Scotland he fights Macbeth and reveals he was the man not of woman born for he was C-sectioned. He then at the end kills Macbeth and allows Malcolm to become king.


Themes:
Fate:
Faith was shown I this scene because everything the witches predicted came true. The forest would move toward Macbeth's castle. Also the prediction that Macbeth would encounter and fall to a man who was woman born who was Macduff.
Paradox
The witches prophecies did come true but wp were not technically true as we'll. For example the forest moved towards Macbeth's castle as a result of Malcolm's and Macduff's army using the branches from the trees as a form of camouflage. Not only this but Macbeth was killed by a man who was not of a woman born which was true because the man who killed him (a.k.a. Macduff) was C-sectioned at birth.


Quotes:
"What wood before us? The wood of Birnam. Let every soldier hew him down a bough, and bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow the numbers of our host and make discovery err in report of us."

This quote exist told by Menteith, Siward, and Malcolm. This quote is describing how Malcolm has the idea to use the wood of Birnam as a form of camouflage for his soldiers. It also fulfills the prophecy of the forest moving toward Macbeth's castle.

2. "Despair thy charm, and let the angle whom thou still hast serv'd tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd."

This quote is important because it is telling us Macbeth is about to die by the hands of Macduff because Macduff was the man not born of a woman. This also shows that the prophecy that the witches predicted is going to come true.

3. "Hail, king, for so thou art. Behold where stands th'usurper's cursed head. The time is free."

This quote shows Malcolm is now going to become the new king of Scotland and now telling all to rejoice for Macbeth had died.