If you were a director, how would you stage the dagger soliloquy and why?

       If I were a director I would stage the dagger soliloquy without showing the dagger. The point of the scene is to show that Macbeth is going crazy. If you can’t see the dagger, but Macbeth is still talking about it, you will be able to distinguish the fact that he is mad. When Macbeth says, “I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.” (2.1 35) There shouldn’t be a dagger, but Macbeth should be acting as if it were right in front of him. It makes more sense to show it how other people would see him in that moment, rather than how he would see himself. Without a dagger it shows how mad Macbeth is.

Is Macbeth Mad?

     In Act 2 Scene 1, Macbeth is going mad and it’s starting to be shown in the way he thinks to himself about killing the king. The first quote that proves this statement is when Macbeth thinks “Or art thou but/ A dagger of the mind, a false creation/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain.” (2.1 37-39) Macbeth believes he sees a dagger in front of him that will help him kill the king. There isn’t actually a dagger there but he is hallucinating and believes he sees one. Another quote that helps prove that Macbeth is mad is, “There is no such thing/ It is the bloody which informs/ Thus to mine eyes.” (2.1 47-49) He knows that he isn’t thinking properly and he is aware he’s seeing things, yet he still believes everything he thinks he’s seeing. Macbeth is mad and he is fully aware of it. 

Step Brothers

    The movie Step Brothers starts with an exciting exposition. It starts off showing that Dale and Brennen are both 40 year old unemployed guys living with their parents. The rising action is that Dale and Brennen's parents meet each other at a presentation and end up getting married. Dale and Brennen are both really upset about their parents getting married and refuse to like each other. The parents tell the boys that they need them to go get jobs and have to be moved out by the end of the month. Dale and Brennen start beginning to like each other and don't want to leave.

     The climax of the movie is when Dale and Brennens parents get a divorce. Dales dad is fed up with everyone and tells the boys that it's their fault for the divorce. The mom and dad move out and the boys only have one day to figure out what to do with themselves. This leads to the falling action where Dale and Brennan start to hate each other again. They repeat the mean things they firstly said when they met each other. They go their separate ways and don't think they'll ever see each other again. But, after months of not seeing each other, they both end up at an even together. It was the Catalina Wine Mixer which needed two people to play the drums and sing. The resolution then happened when Dale and Brennen both ended up on stage and had to work together. They liked each other again and had no future problems.

                              Media Analysis Assignment 

       The movie, Rip! A Remix Manifesto, is a documentary about how the companies that own most of today's music and media shouldn't be making it illegal for their files to be shared. Artists should be able to use the content without being sued. It's taking away from their creativity as individuals. The film showed bias because the author was good friends with someone who doesn't break the law to do bad, but to show his love and creativity for music. He thinks you should be able to create remixes without a lawsuit being forced on you. He believes you should be able to share files without being considered a criminal.


      The bias is shown by appealing to authority. The author talked to Larry Lessig, a very educated lawyer, about laws and copyright and how it shouldn't be continued. Larry has supported many cases where a person has had a lawsuit put against them. He knows many details about the subject. The bias is also shown by allusion. Walt Disney, back in the 1950's, had used ideas from movies made in the 1920's. This was before copyright became a big deal. But now, even Disney has copyright on their movies and ideas. The movie showed how Disney had done this and how they thought against this.


      In conclusion, copyright has become a huge problem in today's society. It has ruined peoples lives, businesses, and careers.  We should work on a way for everyone to share ideas and enjoy each others creativity. Hopefully in the future, all problems that have been caused due to copyright, will be solved. As long as nobody's using it for bad, there is no problem.