Blog Entry 3.2: Macbeth

          In this video, this is a scene from MacBeth where the witches for see his future of being Thane then King. They also explain that Banquo is also going to become something powerful like Macbeth. He becomes excited to hear the news and asks the witches to tell him some more. One of the witches seduces him a little bit, then disappear from him. He goes to look for them but instead, sees Banquo. Banquo says that maybe he's just seeing things and should forget about it. They are Weird Sisters and shouldn't be believed. A few moments later, someone walks into the scene and says that the Cawdor is to be killed for being untrue. It is then there that Macbeth is pronounced Thane of Cawdor.

          There are some archetypes such as the Fool and the Witches. Macbeth is the fool, for letting himself become drunk with power. Later on in the story, he starts to kill people so that way he can get to the top. This also makes you wonder; if the witches had never said anything , would any of this had ever happened? If he never knew about it, would it still come to be? His mind was overtaken by the Witches to believe what they wanted him to believe. The Witches are the other archetypes, especially since these women are really "witches". They control the events that have not yet-to-come and make it seem as though they are good people by telling their futures. They trick their victims into thinking that they must do these horrible things to become powerful.

Blog Entry 3.1: Lady Macbeth

         

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          This picture is of Lady MacBeth sleepwalking while her maid and doctor watch her. While she is sleepwalking, they notice she is also washing her hands like there is something there that she can't get rid of, and all the while she is saying, "Out, damned spot! out, I say!--One: two: why, then, 'tis time to do't..." She is full of so much guilt, that it has driven her mad. She speaks in her sleep of killing Banquo, but she never actually kills him. What she feels is the guilt and tyranny she pushed onto Macbeth to make him do these horrible crimes. She, earlier on, had expressed that she wishes to be "unsexed" so she would have the strength to do such a dastardly deed. She realizes though, that she couldn't kill King Duncan because he reminded her of her father while he slept.

         

          The symbol that I believe really is apparent in the scene is purification by water. It is as though it will erase any sin or guilt from the hands that did it. So she continually tries to clean her hands as to hopefully get rid of the thought that keeps forming in her head.

          Another symbol is light and dark. While Lady Macbeth was sleepwalking, the maid notices that she would always have a candle with her to keep away the dark. This shows that she was afraid of what might happen if she were to be alone in the dark, knowing what she had caused. Her maid had also said to the doctor that, "She has light by her continually; 'tis her command." She was once drawn into the darkness when she was trying to help Macbeth be king, but once it was done, she had the light to draw it away. She no longer wanted to be in the dark anymore.

Entry 2.2: The Dark Magician & The Altruist

          Upon taking this archetype assessment, it was concluded that my main archetype is the Altruist ( CareGiver ), and my negative archetype was a Dark Magician. I love this picture to describe a Dark Magician and an Altruist... even though it is something else, it really speaks to me. The Altruist, being the woman in white, can describe her light side; someone who cares for others more than herself. The Dark Magician looks innocent but she is very evil with no feelings for anyone but herself, and her conquest to make changes that are for her only.
         
          I can understand being an Altruist because sometimes I do help others when they are in a time of need. I love to make people feel better when they need someone or something. I am a very deep person, and can hardly ever turn down a sad face. I guess I get it from my father. The Dark Magician kind of surprised me, being that I don't see myself as being such a bad person or someone who wants to make changes for themselves. Since they are described as someone who is selfish, it would completely contradict my being an Altruist. After figuring this out, I see some more research is going to be needed to figure out what this all means.

          The reason I chose this image is because, one, I love fantasy art and two, this image shows two completely opposite women with different outlooks on life, and they are drawn perfectly to describe my two opposite archetypes.

This image definitely helps with the contradiction of my findings... What do you think ?

Blog Entry 2.1: Goblin Market

          Rosetti was a woman who did not marry nor have children. She was proposed to twice, but later cancelled because she would find something wrong with the man; whether it was revering to Catholicism, or other religious reasons. At the age of 14, she suffered a nervous breakdown and left school. She also was a huge supporter of ending slavery, having women's right and suffrage. Goblin Market is said to have been written about sin, redemption and sexuality. This may have all been due to the charity work that she did in the St. mary Magdalene church. It was said to be a place where former prostitutes could stay and eat. Goblin Market may have been inspired from this because of the "fallen women."

          Goblin Market is about 2 women who are sisters and are doing household chores together. One of the sisters, Laura, hear the sounds of goblins screaming to buy their fruits. her sister, Lizzie says no, because you are never to be tempted by such creatures. Laura sneaks away to see the fruits and offers a lock of her hair to give for the fruit. When she eats the fruit, she describes it as "Sweeter than honey from the rock, Stronger than man-rejoicing wine, Clearer than water flow'd that juice;" (129-131). She eats her fill then picks up a seed from the fruit. As time goes by, she can no longer hear the goblins crying out and she begins to become weak and brittle, like she is aging rapidly. Lizzie sees this and tries to plant the seed but it doesn't grow. She then takes a silver penny to buy the fruit from the goblins, and to take home to eat, but the goblins become mad. The begin to beat her and try to force her to eat the fruit, but Lizzie doesn't open her mouth for anything. Inside, she smiles because she knows it will all be for a good cause, and that she will be ok as long as she doesn't open up. Finally, the goblins stop beating her, and run off. Dirty, bruised, scratched, and sticky from the juices of the fruit, she runs home to Laura and tells her to lick the juices from her face to help. laura reacts so violently, that Lizzie believes that she is to be dead. The next morning, Laura is rejuvenated and all is well again.

          There were many symbols, such as the fruit that literally poisoned Laura. It can be described as being "forbidden" or being sinful. By eating the fruit, she signed her own death wish. Temptation is especially key. Hearing the sound of the goblin's  I think Rossetti was trying to show how sinning and temptation can get you in trouble, and the only way to overcome it is to suffer the way out. I believe she thought it was the only way to become "pure" again.

          I think the Goblin archetype woud be the destroyer, because they try to kill Laura with the fruit and knowing she would go through a "withdrawal" without it, she would die. Laura would be the fool and the virgin, because she honestly thought there was no harm in trusting the goblins and eating their fruit even when her sister warned her. She would also be considered the virgin because clipping a lock of her hair and a teardrop more precious than a pearl can be looked at as losing her virginity. Since virginity was always considered as something precious, losing it would make you impure. Lizzie would be described as the wise-(wo)man because she knew what to do to make it home to Laura, and save her life. She was wise to keep her mouth closed when the goblins forced her to eat, and she was smart to just keep strong until they decided to stop.