about the Macbeth movie

1. in this movie, when Macbeth went to the witches' place, all of them were naked. i think maybe because they are giving out other people's future destinies. they should give the exactly honest ones. nothing should be added on, like their bodies, which were exposed to everyone . if they had clothes on, then it would be too much.

2.when Macbeth was with lady Macbeth in her room, he used his hands to turn off the candle's light. that was quite interesting because i think in a way, this is foreshadowing Macbeth's light of life is turned off by himself. everything he gets at the end was what he deserved.

I like your sunshine poem!

And you offer some nice reflections on "Ithaca"--it's the journey not the destination that's important. A great thing to keep in mind as you sit in the sun!

the sunshine

when i lay on the ground,

the sunlight makes me couldn't open my eyes completely.

it feels like that i just get out of bed.

everything is not that clear.

i don't want to do anything else besides taking a nap.

the grass touches like a comfortable bed.

just sleep, sleep and sleep.

i feel like that i m in a bubble when i close my eyes.

everything is warm and fuzzy.

i like that, a lot.

the poem " Ithaca"

in this poem, the author considers Ithaca as the final destination of Odysseus's journey but not the goal of this whole journey. the point of this journey is not getting back to Ithaca as soon as possible, it is learn and enjoy the things along his journey. therefore, this journey should be as long as possible. " Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage. without her you would have set out on the road. she has nothing more to offer you." Ithaca is like the dream place. everybody wants to go there, but not everybody has the right to be there. so they try, harder and harder, again and again. at last, maybe they finally arrive at Ithaca. but at that time. being there is not that important anymore. it is like in our lives. we all know that everybody is going to die. the matter is only about the time. that is the final destination.without any doubts. so what we can do is only to make the days we actually live on this earth better.

I like the way you depict life as being "whether bright or dark"--nice image! Your analysis is very good, and I agree with you that I think we have more control than Odysseus admits!

Odysseus's vision about human condition

In line 149-161, Odysseus thinks that the humans' destinies are depending on the gods. When they are in the good moods, they may give you some good moments for you to enjoy. However, there is nothing you can do when they take it back and replace with suffering. Everything in humans' lives are not controlled by theirselves. Odysseus has this kind of conclusion about life because he has already done everything he could to come home, but because of blinding Poseidon's son's eye, he has to spend ten more years as the pay back for that. Ten-year-suffering. That is not something that normal people can imagine. How many ten-years do humans have in their lives? A god can just take it from him that easily. For Odysseus, this strengths between him and the god are not equal. In my point of view, i am a little bit disagree with him.Sure we can't avoid from natural disasters or genetic diseases, but we can try our best to fight with it. Try to survive. when bad things happen, the only thing we should do is making it gets better. That is what we do. we can't just give up due to the fact it is not caused by our own. the direction of lives are pointed by ourselves. whether it is bright or dark, it is our decisions.

Tina--what a terrifying description! I can picture this world you describe. Good writing. Haunting. I am afraid it is going to give me nightmares!