Entry 3.2

In this video it is showing the scene where Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking after the murder of the King. She seems awake and functional but in fact she is asleep. She starts speaking about the murder. She symbolizes regret and remorse. She regrets helping and convincing Macbeth to murder the King and Banquo. The archetype is a coward. She made a decision and she was very firm about it, now she is haunted by her shadow. Which is another archetype. The shadow means that's she is sleepwalking due to the fact that her "shadow" is haunting her. Her demons are after he even while she sleeps. During her monologue she is constantly rubbing her hands because she feels that she still has the blood of the king on her hands and it wont come off. This is a form a symbolism because it shows that she had a part in the murder and now she has the "blood stains" on her hands. I find it extremely interesting that at the beginning she was the one that was completely encouraging Macbeth to do the murder. She had it instilled in his brain that he deserved the throne and he had every right to kill for it. She even emasculated him and questioned his devotion to her. So after all the manipulation and brainwashing she ended up becoming tortured by her conscience. This is a lesson to all that "fair is foul and foul is fair"

Blog Post 3.1 Macbeth Image

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This image is demonstrating a scene from Shakespeare's play named "The Tragedy of Macbeth" This image is showing the scene when Lady Macbeth is pressuring Macbeth to kill the King so he can take over the throne and become King. You can see in the eyes of Macbeth that he is perplexed, bothered, and deeply frightened to do the task. In Lady Macbeth's eyes you see no mercy. You can see determination no matter what the consequences are. She believes that since the witches told him the prophecy that no matter what happens he will be king. She wanted to be Queen so badly that she didn't care of going to the extent of murdering someone. Even the current King. In the image you can see the intimidation that she is causing and you can also see how her body language seems condescending. She is questioning his manhood and the love he has for her. She is manipulating him to kill the King to take over the throne. If you look closely you can see that she is already wearing a crown and she is not even Queen yet. Thats a example of how determined she is. You can tell by the image that he does not want to do the task anymore but she is pressuring him and it even seem threatening. Lady Macbeth falls under the Warrior Archetype. You can see that she is willing to do anything to take what she believes is rightfully hers. She also falls under the archetype of the trickster. It stated here This means that she is willing to change the current world of peace in to havoc unimaginable terror. She did that exact thing when she pressured Macbeth to kill the king. She is a woman who uses her power to make the hero weak. Macbeth unfortunately is the villain due to getting pressured to kill the king. He also killed innocent men due to his own benefit.

Blog Entry 2.2 Altruist

The Altruist

The "Altruist" is a person that is selfless. This type of person will put someone else's needs before their own. According to Carol Pearson's "The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By" I fall into this category. To find out what type of archetype you are you must answer a series of questions. There are two types of "quizzes" you can take to find out your archetype, and I took the 6 question "quiz". Pearson also has another one that consists of twelve questions ( six just seems easier right?) After taking the "quiz" I received the news that I am a Altruist and Innocent. The reason I got two archetypes is because their is a positive and a negative. The Altruist is the positive and the Innocent is the negative. I will be speaking about the Altruist in this blog because why dwell in negativity? For those who don't know or want to know more about what a Altruist is ( don't be embarrassed if you don't know, I had the same problem before looking it up here) in depth, its an unselfish concern for the welfare of others. According to a article that I stumbled upon here states "The Altruist symbolises giving and abundance, but only that type of giving which you are passionate about, not what you think the world expects of you."

"Flower Power" Bernie Boston, Pentagon, Anti-War rally '67
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I chose the photo entitled "Flower Power" by Bernie Boston, because I believe that it shows a amazing form of a true altruist. You may think how on earth is that photo showing a guy putting a flower in a rifle of a clearly agitated soldier relevant to a altruist? Well best believe that it surely demonstrates selflessness. The soldier can easily shoot the young man in the face and kill him. The young man is clearly aware of that but that doesn't stop him at all. He doesn't care. The young man still puts the flower in the rifle because the issue is beyond him. He is being selfless because he is in a dangerous environment trying to prove a point and trying to protect those that are not able to be there due to fear, shame, or irrelevance. The young man is stating I don't care if you kill me, just stop killing others.

Their is a great amount of symbolism in this photo. For example the flower represents earth, which represents us. A flower is something fragile, sweet, a nice gesture. So by putting something as endearing as a flower in a machine that is used to kill people symbolizes peace. It means why shoot bullets? Lets shoot flowers, lets make peace! This photo is iconic. It was in the running for a Pulitzer prize. ( I believe it should have won, but what do I know) This was a very popular photo that shocked many people because it brought awareness, which was the whole entire point of it. This photo was taken in a anti-war march at the Pentagon in 1967 due to the Vietnam War. This was when they were drafting many young men to join the war. This was also the beginning of the psychedelic era, and soon after "Flower Power" became the main symbol of the whole anti-war psychedelic era. ( not bad for a fellow altruist)

Being a true altruist doesn't mean that you have to be naked and hungry because you gave away all your clothing and food to the people that are less fortunate. Being a real altruist is being active in the sense of trying to make a difference in some one else's life because their needs seem more important than your own. This can be as small as cancelling a date because your little sister needs your help with her homework or something huge like standing up for what you believe in and being in a photo that documents a iconic event in American history. Its all about actually caring and communicating your feelings to try to get a positive result so someone else will achieve something and that is pure satisfaction for a altruist.

Goblin Market 2.1 (Revision) **Please check**

Christina Rossetti was a woman who had a very avant-garde approach to writing poems. She stepped outside the box and spoke about so many things that were not orthodox in a subliminal way. I got a brief biography of her here. Rossetti was a girl who was born in London and was home schooled by her mother. She had brothers and a sister who became very prominent artists, writers, and poets of their time. After her family went through some issues she became very depressed and decided to become a Christian. Rossetti also became some sort of a muse for her brother. 

Rossetti started writing at the tender age of seven, and her first published poem was at the age of eighteen. She is categorized as having a feminist sense of style in most of her poems. Most of her characters are women who slowly have the archetypes of heroes, and innocent people who end up transitioning to a good person or present demonstrations of selflessness. “Goblin Market” has to be one of her most well known poems. In this poem she has two women as the characters who sacrifice their lives to save each other. Also it shows a bond that two sisters have together that may seem inappropriate, I don’t believe that the text she has chosen is meant to be taken literally. For example when she mentions in the poem for the sister to suck the juice out of her body for the sake of her own life. Also this poem may seem feminist because this is really similar to the story of Adam and Eve but instead of an Adam character she chose another woman.

The plot to this story has to be compared to the tale of Adam and eve in the sense of the forbidden fruit but I believe the symbolism means much more in both tales. The tale starts with two sisters named Laura and Lizzie who collects water from a river each night. They hear the songs of the goblins as usual who sell fruits. Everyone knows not to talk or attempt to purchase anything from the goblins. The reason why is because there was a girl in the same town who ate the fruit and became very sick then eventually died. But that did not stop Laura from the curiosity and craving of the fruit. Since she did not have any money she decided to trade in a lock of her hair for a fruit. The goblins agreed and she received the fruit. She ate the fruit and became frantic and engorged the taste and experience of eating that "forbidden fruit". Laura starts craving the fruit again and was impatiently waiting for the goblins song indicating that she can buy some more fruit. To her surprise she could not hear the goblins but her sister Lizzie did hear the goblins songs. 

Afterwards Laura starts to become very sick because she does not have any more access to the fruit. Time passes and Laura is about to die so Lizzie goes to the goblins and tries to buy some more fruit with money for the sake of her sister's life. The goblins became upset because she wanted to pay for the fruit with money. Also they became upset because wanted the fruit for her sister and not for herself. With that said they become violent and forcibly make Lizzie drink the juice of the fruits and she rushes home and tells Laura to drink the juice from her body. Laura does so and by the next morning she becomes healthy.

The symbolism in the poem is all about trends. The main trend I see is details. When it comes to the fruit she makes the fruit sound so amazing and she is also very detailed about the experience that Laura is going through while eating the fruit. What I believe the symbolism is that it’s the pureness of her body, maybe her virginity. Also the fruit has to be a reference to the forbidden fruit as its stated in the bible. I believe it’s a legit analysis, considering that she converted into Catholicism.

Another symbol is the chants and cries of the goblins. Its represents the people who everyone sees doing things that we all wish we could do but know that its morally wrong. I believe that Rossetti wanted a certain reaction to the story and its confusion. The reason I say that is because a mixed review is the best because you have to link a personal experience and connection with the poem which will be resulting the ultimate reward. 

In line 20-25 it states “Our grapes fresh from the vine, Pomegranates full and fine, Dates and sharp bullaces

 For the archetypes in this poem it has quite a few. Laura has to be the Adventure seeker, the person who wants to find out what something is like, hence tasting the forbidden fruit. I believe that is Laura’s archetype because she is so tempted to try the fruit since she knew that it would have a negative impact. Maybe she wanted to see what the big deal was. Lizzie would be the hero because the selfless act that she did to save the life of her sister, Laura. If it was not for Lizzie, Laura would’ve eventually have died and Lizzie would’ve died shortly after if she did not make Laura drink the fruit’s juice out of her body.

I believe this poem is about losing their innocence like when a young girl loses her virginity before being ready, just because they become tempted. I believe that this is much more deeper. My analysis of this poem is that Rossetti is dealing with inner demons, and the only way she can cope is by writing hidden messages within the poem. I believe that she might be talking about her sexuality and how much she is trying to stay away from temptations. She knows the consequences because of her religion so she decides to shut that part of her life off. So this may seem some sort of escape for her because she can make believe that she did give into temptation but she had a very bad result afterward so she needed to be saved. Maybe this is a cry for help for the real life “Lizzie” to come and revive her.