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“She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word.”
What Macbeth is saying in these lines is a very simple way of describing how he feels about Lady Macbeth’s death. This simple description creates an effect where Macbeth cannot be broken anymore. He had everything he needs but yet, he is still a broken man. Lady Macbeths death is now seen as a minor thing to him as he feels much greater damage inside him.
Macbeth is an equivocator in Act 1 Scene 7.
The quote that proves this, is ” I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’other”
This quote from Macbeth is a section of his soliloquy and he’s saying that he has no motivation or no reason to do this deed (“I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent”). The only motivation he says he has is his “vaulting ambition” to be king. He really wants to be king, its his desire but in his way is a good man that he does not want to kill. He wants to be king, but he doesnt want to murder Duncan. This is showing clear equivocation in Macbeth.
“Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
“I am afraid to think what I have done;Look on’t again I dare not”
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather”
“Whence is that knocking?
How is ’t with me when every noise appals me?”
“Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more”
Pathetic Fallacy : When the moods and emotions are being showed by the weather and the way the day goes. e.g In Romeo & Juliet, Romeo was crying and then it started to rain, thunder came and the weather was horrible.
Metaphysics : Things that are beyond this universe, that cannot be observed and meausred. An example of this is Love, End of time and God. These cannot be proven but we still believe in them
Paradox : When something that is said contradicts itself. When something that shouldn’t be happening at the same time, is happening at the same time. In Macbeth and example of this is when the witches say ‘Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair’
Away, and mock the time with fairest show, false face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Leave and decieve everyone and our lying face must hide what the lying heart doesn’t know.
This is strange as the witchs tell us small truths in order to win us over but they are really lying about larger matters. And then betray us in relation to something of importance.
It was doubtful.
The armies were like two exhausted swimmers. The worthy of being a rebel Macdonwald. Support was multiplying from the Western Isles. Macbeth was brave and deserved that name. Macbeth split Macdonwald in two way before he had time to shake hands or say goodbye. Then he hanged his head on the castle walls.
Equipment : Metre stick that goes up in millimeters to get an accurate measurement.
Clamp, to hold the metre stick in place so that it is always in the same position.
Stopwatch to measure how many seconds it takes to reach the floor (counting in 10th of second)
Paper clips to add on more weight, in order to affect the mass.
Independent Variable = Mass of the helicopter, to change the speed, by maybe adding paperclips.
Dependent Variable = Speed of the helicopter falling from the same height, to measure how long it takes to hit the floor.
As the helicopter is falling we will be measuring how long it takes to reach the floor, we will be measuring this with a stopwatch to make it as accurate as possible.
Controlled Variables = Shape, length of wings, setting, height of drop, same design.
We’re going to control the variables to make it an accurate test, we are going to control them by isolating them and not changing the control variables.
In the film Hotel Rwanda directed by Terry George, there is a variety of techniques used in order to create this idea of tension in a film that is telling an event of history where one single race was separated into two classes of people that were all the same. These classes of people were called the Tutsi and the Hutu. When the Belgians colonised Rwanda in 1916 the Tutsi’s were in charge, they were recognised for their light skin and thin noses. Then after the Belgians left the Hutu’s took charge, they were identified for their dark skin and thick noses. The Hutu were in seek of revenge and so a determined genocide begins in order to be “clear” of all Tutsi’s and many Tutsi men, women and children get killed without any sign of compassion.
One of the many techniques that Terry George uses in Paul’s ‘epiphany’ scene is sound effects. Sound effects does exactly what it sounds like, it adds effect to a scene, through the power of sound. In this case there is consistent sounds throughout the whole scene. Just past the beginning of the scene at the precise time of 00:45, sound effects come into the scene making cricket and animal noises. This is adding tension by making the setting like if Paul and Gregoire took a route that they wasn’t supposed to take and by making it sound like if something bad will be revealed or something bad will happen to them. This makes it feel like a lifeless place where there is no humanity, this is truly accurate as it turns out that there was likely half of the Tutsi population dead with no living soul except from Paul and Gregoire in that one scene.
Another cinematographic technique Terry George uses to create more tension is camera shots and angles. when the camera angle is at POV as Paul is looking at the river road with all the dead bodies, this allows to see what Paul is seeing but not only that. It makes us feel exactly what Paul is feeling, we can refer to all of his emotions and we get similar ones by feeling like Paul. At this point Paul has just realised a rough number of how many Tutsi’s have died. This adds more tension in Hotel Rwanda as we gradually realise that “half” of the Tutsi’s are dead, We feel nervous about what is going to happen next. This is a tense situation as we are brought closer to Paul’s feelings and it gives us a sense that were in danger as we are nervous. This also gets us more involved in the film and turns the film even more interesting.
In my opinion one of the smartest techniques that Terry George has used is the power of facial expressions and body language. At the beginning of the scene at the time of 00:25 when George is trying to convince Paul to “help” him by giving him some Tutsi’s referring to them as ‘cockroaches’, his facial expression and his body language was telling us that he was feeling stressed and anxious, at this point he had a lot to worry about and we could tell. His body language of not looking at George as he speaks was almost giving us an idea that he was confused and could be about to give up. This is creating a more tense situation as we fear for Paul and what he might do, he could make a decision in order to save others or to save himself and it might not always be the ‘right’ decision. Another time that his facial expression affects the tension is at the end, time of 02:16 where he sees all the dead bodies along the road, at this point his facial expression is disgusted. This is how the director of Hotel Rwanda uses facial expressions and body language to create tension in Paul’s ‘epiphany’ scene.
(1)The director uses focus in Paul’s ‘epiphany’ scene to control the audiences apprehension of the true horror on the river road. Paul begins to realise at this point that George’s statement that the road was “clear” was deeply ironic. Mid scene, Paul is shown in the right of the frame in clear focus as he recovers from falling into the body of the dead child , in the background the bodies are still visible, but only indistinctly – out of focus. This adds to the tension in Hotel Rwanda because we are gradually realising that these are dead bodies, but we still have hope that this may not be true. We are brought closer to Paul’s psychological experience where his denial of the true extent of the Genocide is being replaced by a realisation of the truth.
These techniques that have been mentioned and explained have all been used by Terry George in order to create a strong effect of tension, this keeps the audience more involved and nothing could be expected to happen next.
(1) Christopher Waugh/Class 19.05.16
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