Macbeth "Be a man"

       Macbeth       "Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man. Who dares do more more is none."
       Lady Macbeth       "What beast was't, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man. Nor time nor place did then adhere, and yet you would make both."
                Pg.43 Act1 Scene7 Lines 50-59    
        Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are discussing there plan on murdering the king but Macbeth does not want to carry threw with it anymore because the king had just honored him.
        This quote shows manliness because Macbeth has to make a hard decision that only a true man can make.

        Macbeth       "Let every man be master of his time"
                 Pg.83 Act3 Scene1 Line 44
        Macbeth is saying that they can go do what they want until 7 o'clock.
         This quote shows manliness because men are disciplined and do what they are told.

       Macbeth        "Ay, in the catalogue  you go for men, As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clept all by the name of dogs. The valued file distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, the housekeeper, the hunter, every on according to the gift which bounteous nature hath in him closed; whereby he does receive particular addition, from the bill that writes them all alike. and so of men."
                 Pg.87 Act3 Scene1 Lines 103-213
        Macbeth is relating dogs to humans and how there are different breeds of dogs and the same with humans and nobody is the same.
        This quote shows manliness because it tells the difference between men and some are good and some are bad but all in all we are all the same thing.

        Macbeth        "what man dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The armed rhinoceros, or th' Hyrcan tiger; take any shape but that, and firm nerves shall never tremble. or be alive again and dare me to the desert with thy sword. If trembling I inhabit then, protest me the baby of a girl. Hence horrible shadow! Unreal mockery, Hence!"
                   Pg.107 Act3 Scene4 lines 120-129
         Macbeth is talking to the ghost and is saying that he is not afraid and could defeat it no matter what it was or where they fought.
         This quote shows manliness because macbeth is saying that he is unstoppable and that is super manly.

The Odyssey

Jack Felechner

Guys and Lit

Mr. Cheng

6 December 2010

Themes of The Odyssey

            The famous author Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”  Heroes tend to have a fatal flaw that they can either exploit in battle or it will be their downfall.  In Homer’s The Odyssey, the king of Ithaca, Odysseus, is traveling home from Troy after a great battle.  Odysseus is a proud man who has accomplished great feats in battle and respected by both soldiers and kings alike.  Odysseus, because of his arrogance is both helped and hindered along his journey home to reunite with his wife Penelope. 

            One example of Odysseus’ struggle with his arrogance occurs as he battles the Cyclops, “Polyphemous”, in the land of the giants.  Arrogance hurts him in the situation, because it allows him to get trapped in the Cyclops’ lair, and in turn several of his men get killed.  However, it is his brilliant plan to hide with the sheep and his arrogance that they would be able to pull it off, helps his men to escape their fate.  Later, it again harms Odysseus and his men when he choose to brag to the Cyclops about stabbing his eye.  Homer writes, “Cyclops-if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed out so-say Odysseus” (227).  This is important because if he had not made Poseidon angry, he and his men would have been free to sail home.
       Another part in the book that Odysseus shows his arrogance is when he arrives back to his kingdom in Ithaca. When the games are taking place for the next king of Ithaca and Penelope's hand in marriage, Odysseus shows up disguised as a beggar and completes the challenge and revealing him self to all the suiters and telling them they have betrayed him and they will pay the price.

Quote:"look-your crucial test is finished, now, at last! But another target's left that no one's  hit before - we'll see if I can hit it-Apollo give me glory!"

This is important because his arrogance kept him from revealing him self right when he returned home, instead Odysseus spied on his wife and servants to see who was still loyal to him and who was not.

        Lastly when Odysseus and his crew were sent on there journey past the sirens Odysseus again shows his arrogance  when he asks his crew to tie him to the mass of the ship and not to put wax in his ears because he want to hear what the sirens have to say.

This is important because his arrogance made him think that he could resist the sirens call and he failed and was screaming at his crew to untie him so they could go to the sirens.