Week 7 - Fair is foul and foul is fair...

Your task: Watch this short clip of Act I, scene i from Macbeth. (There are actually lots of great Macbeth video clips on YouTube. Some are even school projects by other high school students.) Does this video clip portray the witches as you had imagined them? Is there another video that does a better job? Or had you pictured something entirely different as you read about the witches in the beginning of the play? Watch the video, create your own post about your idea for the witches, and comment on another post by Monday, April 6. Have fun! Fair is foul and foul is fair....

macbeth

statment one: i agree that everyone can make their own destiney but i also believe that your destiny is planned out in gods eyes. you can make disicons to alter your life but god knows exactly what you are going to do and when

statment two: when you set a goal it should be something you really want to reach so if you work really hard then you will feel great when you reach that goal. some goals are not possible for instance if someone in a wheel chair wants to be the fastest runner he would have to work much harder and would feel better when he is done.

Statement one:YES
Statement two: NO

I believe firmly that everyone "makes" their own destiny, they themselves design it. It is the individual who chooses their way of perceiving the world which ultimately leads that individual into making the choices that effect their future. If you choose to believe that you have no control, you wont, but it was you who made it so. "If you say you can't then you can't, but if you say you can that is also true" -Henry Ford.

The ends do not always justify the means, Ive seen, heard, and read of people who do horrible/terrible things in the name of a "justifiable" objective... That statement just isn't true.

Macbeth

As Wilson put it in our discussion - the ultimate question of Christianity is how God can be all knowing, yet still give us a choice. In a way, our lives are planned out, because God knows exactly how they will all end and what will happen between now and then. At the same time, as much as the explanation of this eludes me, we are given the gift of choosing what desicions we'll make. As far as the second question goes - I think that if you reach your goal, but you did it by compromising your values, then it's not worth it. The end does not justify the means.

i think God has everything planned out for each person. He knows everything that a person will do before he or she does it. I think that the choices we make are because God allows them. He has programed everyone to do certain things or think certain things which determines our goals, so when you thin about it everything is already decided and planned out for you. It is just a matter of trusting God with your life and listening to Him for guidance and instruction.

Destiny

I think everyone's future is already planned out for them. They have the choice on how to act and react in every situation but I still believe that is already known. With the end picture, each individual decides their own destiny. If you look you know how things will end the path just may be different then you pictured.

I believe that God has everyone's life planned out for how he wants it. I know that my life is in God hands, and I trust in that! I think that everything happens for a reason and that is in His control. I believe that if we trust in God, that in the end we will be happy, because without Him it would be hard to find happiness.

Macbeth

I think everything is already planned out for you, if it is meant to work out it will. I think God just has everything taken care of and thats perfectly fine with me. I don't know about the second one, im undecided. I am looking foward to reading it Macbeth though.

Macbeth

You are the maker of your own destiny...
I believe this is true, i don't really believe in fate. I think that each decision you make and every action you take changes the course of events in your life. When you are faced with a problem and you look at the options and choose your next course of action, this effects the next thing that happens to you. Therefore, you are deciding how your life turns out. You call the plays in life... Your decisions can make or break you.

death of a salesman

I think old willy is a bit different,i think his job is the thing that is driving him crazy.I think it hurts him not to be around his family a lot. He wants the best for his sons, he shows it when he tells Biff to ask for 15,000 instead of 10,000. he wants his sons to be successful. I did get confused sometimes during the movies, with all the flashbacks though.