LADY MACBETH Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood

Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 47-50

She is telling the spirits to unsex her so she can help Macbeth. She thinks he doesn't have it in him to kill the king.

It means that a man must be cruel and mean and not kind.

MACBETH

“Prithee, peace:

I dare do all that may become a man;

Who dares do more is none.”

  

Act 1, Scene 7, Line 46-47

Macbeth is try to convince lady Macbeth to not go through with the murder. While king Duncan and friends enjoy their house.

Macbeth is saying that he must follow certain rules and that murdering Duncan breaks these unofficial rules.

LADY MACBETH
 That made you break this enterprise to me?
when you durst do it, then you were a man;
And to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man.

Act 1 Scene 7, Lines 55-58

Macbeth is trying to disobey  Lady Macbeth and she is yelling at him. She is saying he is not a man because he won't agree to kill the king.


Lady Macbeth is saying that men keep their promises and Macbeth may not keep his.

 

MACBETH
I'll fight my bones my flesh be hacked. Give me my armor
Act 5 Scene 3 Line 38

Macbeth wants to go out and fight not hide like a coward. Macbeth wants his armor and weapons to go out and fight.


Macbeth is trying to be like a man a go out and fight not be a coward and run.

ROSS

Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier’s debt.
 He only lived but till he was a man,
 The which no sooner had his prowess confirmed
 In the unshrinking station where he fought,
 But like a man he died.
 

Act 5, Scene 8, Lines 44-48

Ross tells Siward that his son has been killed by Macbeth in battle. He told Siward that his son died like a man.

Ross thinks that a man must have courage and should never back down even if it means dying.

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Odyessy Theme

A theme for the odyessy is smartness over strength throughout Odyessueses journey.


In book 12 of the odyessy Odyessues is clever and tells his crew to tie him to the mast and put wax in their ears so they wouldn't be drawn to the Sirens. Instead of thrying to be manly and try to resist the Sirens music themselves or try to kill them. Also later when they are between Scylla and Charboylis they stay closer to Scylla  because it can only eat 6 men at a time instead of the whole ship if they went through Charboylis. Later when they go to Thrinacia even though Odyessues tells his crew not to kill the cattle of the sun they do and they die which is an example of strength failing. (book 12 414-418) "Sun you keep on shining among the deathless gods and mortal men across the the good green earth. And for the guilty ones why soon enough on wine dark sea ill hit their racing ship". Only the men responsible for killing the cattle will be killed which happens to be everyone except Odyessues because he did nothing wrong. Use your head and not strength to survive.

In book 19 Odyessues and Telemachus use cunning and are clever and don't just try to kill suitors with sstrength alone. Odyessues and Telemachus hatch a plan to get rid of the suitors first by hiding the suitors weapons so they can't attack them. Also Odyesseus tells penelope to use the string the bow and shoot it through 12 axes the contest to win her hand cause he knows only he can do it. Also he is an old man at this part so Penelope doesn't know it's him. (book 19 85-89) " And the crowds of servants I had and lots of all it takes to live the life of ease to make men call you rich. But Zeus ruined it all- god's will no doubt. So beware woman, or one day you may lose it all. All your glitter that puts your work men in a shade. This means that Odyessues wants his stuff back but he uses skill and smarts to get it rather than strength. To get what you want you have to fight for it in a clever way not just busting heads.

In book 22 Odyessues kills the suitors but has a strategy other than a sword to do it. Odyessues starts killing the suitors, however he does it in a clever way by first locking all the doors. Also he makes sure the suitors can't really get any weapons because they were already removed. Odyessues is smart and takes out the better fighters first like Antinous and Eurymachus who are the biggest threats. also he gets Athena to help him so he has a better chance to kill all of them. ( book 22 432-436) "When she saw the corpeses, all the pooling blood, was about to lift a cry of triumph- here was a great exploit. Look- but the soldier held her back and checked her zeal with warnings". When penelope see's the corpeses of the suitors she knew that only Odyessues could have pulled this off becuase of how clever he is. Be smart, clever and you will prevail

Odysseus is a hero

Odysseus is a hero because everything he does seems heroic. For example he helps win the Trojan War and even though he is caputured and ends up on Calypso's island he never gives up hope. Also he follows the heros path throught the story like he always kind of has a mentor or someone that watches over him like Zeus and Athena. He makes most of his own decsions and listens to what tge gods and the crew have to say. He is also the wisest person in the book besides Zeus because he is a god.

Telemachus is not a hero

I do not think Telemachus is a hero because he doens't really do that much. The only thing he does is yells at the suitors and goes and trys to find Odysseus. Even though he has some hero traits how they describe him in the story. Also he doesn't follow many steps of the hero's journey. He is a good supporting person thoughout the story like he kind of Odysseuses right hand man although they are very far apart. Also he doens't really handle the suitors very well. The only thing he does is talk to them when he should be fighting them or making them leave. Although he keeps his cool and doesn't make many bad decsions all the suitors do is mock him and make fun of him. I also think that he always needs help on everyhing like when Athena tells him exactly what to do.

Abraham Lincoln hero journey

(The birth)He was born febuary 12th 1809 in a log cabin to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. He mostly thought himself how to write and read and cipher. (call to adventure) His call to adeventure originated when he was in the Blackhawk war where he was a captian and he nkew he was destined to be a leader.(meeting the goddess) He goddess was his wife Mary Todd Lincoln who always supported him and raised their 4 children.(Crossing the Threshold) He crossed it when he ran for senate he lost twice before was elected senator of Illinois.(belly of thewhale) Once he was elected there was no turning back and later he got the Rebublican nomination for president.(Hero partner) His partner once he was president was Hannibel Hamlin his vice president.(tests/ ordeals) He faced many trials from being in the army and trying to bring the confederate states back to the union.(ultamite boon) His ultimate boone is his general Ulysses Grant who led the union soldiers.(death of hero) the death of Abe is when the southern states break away from the union to form their own country(journey to the underworld) One of the lower point is the civil war happens and people are fighting each other.(master of 2 worlds) He becomes the master of 2 worlds when he dies but his legacy lives on which pretty much was no slavery.(freedom to live) He gave the slaves the freedom to live and be normal people.

http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln81.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln

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

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&&sa=X&ei=bnOjTJWyPIuWcfik5KYB&sqi=2&ved=0CBUQBSgA&q=who+was+abe+lincoln+vice+president&spell=1&fp=372bd5106aa9362c

Luke and doug compare and contrast

Hero's that go on big Journeys never know exactly what they are getting into.

Like Luke Skywalker and Doug both didn't really know what they were getting into when they went on their journeys. Doug thought we was simply going to get some food with is longtime friend Quinn, and Luke didn't know he would be saving a princess and blowing up the death star. For example "We miss the turn off for Planet Hollywood, from my window I can see its neon globe orbiting past us." Once this happens Doug really knows somethings up and has no idea what will happen next. In Luke's case once he sees that Alderaan has been destroyed while is in the Millennium  Falcon with Han solo, Chewie and everyone else he also has no idea what he will do next. This is one event that sometimes happens to a hero they never know what they are getting into.