While Duncan chows down Macbeth debates with himself about killing him. For a minute he thinks he might let him live but then Lady Macbeth explains that he is mistaken in this belief.
King Duncan and Banquo ride up to Macbeth’s castle and chat about what nice spot it is. They meet Lady Macbeth who is all sweetness and light.
Translate this passage into your own words. It should sound like you are saying this in 2007.
MACDUFF
What three things does drink especially provoke?Porter
Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and
urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes;
it provokes the desire, but it takes
away the performance: therefore, much drink
may be said to be an equivocator with lechery:
it makes him, and it mars him; it sets
him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him,
and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and
not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him
in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him.
The word for today is either Dichotomy or it isn’t. It’s that simple.
Dichotomy means division into two opposing or contradictory parts.
An example
I would add only that the dichotomy between the two worldviews is expressed not only in the narrative, but also in the names of the two protagonists: Helen Reed (read: “read,” as opposed to “perform mathematical proofs”) and Ralph Messenger (which connotes the mechanism, as opposed to the content, of conveying information).
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Last terms in Year Nine History we looked at what it meant to be an Australian and the steps required to become one. At the time we looked at some likely questions that might be on the test when it was written.
Well now it is written and you can see some real samples. If you have a few minutes take the test and see how well you do.
Sample questions – National – theage.com.au
Sample questions (and answers) for Australian citizenship exams in the federal government’s draft Becoming An Australian Citizen workbook
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While I was researching our unit on volcanoes I went looking for a simple definition of a volcano.
What I found was more like a mountain. I thought this page might be useful when you get to your assignments so here it is.
volcano: Definition and Much More from Answers.com
When searching for active volcanoes you could do worse than to google the term “active volcanoes” as a starting point.
active volcanoes – Google Search
Although Red Space Rocket is all well and good for a little discussion we have very good discussion groups on our Intranet. There are two set-up for Geography and English under my name.
This is your chance to take a more active part in things so go in and have your say and ask your questions.
Today’s word is segue and is pronounced seg-way.
verb – moving smoothly from one thing to another.
noun – the act of moing smoothly from one thing to another.
Some examples
Acoustic tangos segue into hypnotic reggae tracks.
Last night, Edwards was like someone John Kerry had just rescued from Dawson’s Creek. Gorgeous and eloquent and can segue from joy to pain in 60 seconds.
Although it sounds the same it should not be confused with the two-wheeled (and briefly groovy Segway)
These questions relate to the article Rising From the Ashes which I hand out in class. If you have lost the article you could probably answer most of these using knowledge available on the internet.
Please answer all of these questions in your Geography book. You can either write out the questions and short answers or include the questions in slightly longer answers.
1. What is the longitude and latitude for the island of Montserrat?
2. What is the name of the volcano on the island?
3. How tall is the mountain?
4. When did the mountain come back to life?
5. How large is the island of Montserrat?
6. What impact did the eruptions have on the number of people living in Montserrat? Quote population numbers before and after.
7. What does infrastructure mean?
8. What impact did the eruptions have on the island’s infrastructure?
9. What other countries were impacted by the eruptions?
10. What other famous volcano is mentioned in the article?
11. What does Jean White say is the worst thing about the volcano?
12. How might the volcano drive the economy in Montserrat?
13. If you were a local in Montserra would you have left for England or stayed? Explain your answer in at least three sentences.
These resources should provide some starting information for the Year Nine Antarctica and Conservation assignment.
Sustainable use, preservation, and restoration are ways we can conserve the natural and cultural environment. A conservation project can use one, two, or all three of these methods.
Resources about Antarctica especially for students.
An official document explaining what countries have agreed to conserve.
This page explains what measures are agreed to under the Treaty. It is run by a company that conducts tours and it is easy to read.
This blog describes what it’s like to spend time in Antarctica conserving artefacts from the explorer’s hut left behind by Ernest Shackleton in 1908.
Antarctica and Southern Ocean Coalition
Protecting the Environment
Although one of the harshest environments on the planet, Antarctica is also one of the most vulnerable, one which Australia and other parties to the Antarctic Treaty are committed to protecting.
These resources should provide some starting information for the Year Nine Antarctica and Conservation assignment.
Sustainable use, preservation, and restoration are ways we can conserve the natural and cultural environment. A conservation project can use one, two, or all three of these methods.
Resources about Antarctica especially for students.
An official document explaining what countries have agreed to conserve.
This page explains what measures are agreed to under the Treaty. It is run by a company that conducts tours and it is easy to read.
This blog describes what it’s like to spend time in Antarctica conserving artefacts from the explorer’s hut left behind by Ernest Shackleton in 1908.
Antarctica and Southern Ocean Coalition
Protecting the Environment
Although one of the harshest environments on the planet, Antarctica is also one of the most vulnerable, one which Australia and other parties to the Antarctic Treaty are committed to protecting.
This week one of the things we will be doing in year ten Geography is reading an article from The Age is weekend about a Caribbean island called Montserrat which had a volcanic eruption back in 1995. Obviously this had a major impact on the island but life goes on and the presence of the volcano might even be the key to restoring local life on the island.
I couldn’t find the article online to link to but the information from the country’s tourism page is similar.
Montserrat offers a very rare opportunity to witness an active volcano from a safe distance. After laying dormant since prehistoric times (pre 1632 for Montserrat), the Soufrière Hills Volcano in the southern part of the island began erupting on 18 July 1995 with a phreatic explosion (steam and ash) following a 3 year period of seismic (earthquake) activity which began in 1992. The first large event occurred in August 1995 blanketing Plymouth in a thick ash cloud which brought almost complete darkness for about 15 minutes. Shortly afterwards the first evacuation of southern Montserrat was initiated. Plymouth itself was finally abandoned the following year. It now lies buried under layers of volcanic debris deposited by pyroclastic activity and mudflows – each time it rains here in the Emerald Isle, a little more of the former capital disappears forever.
This week one of the things we will be doing in year ten Geography is reading an article from The Age is weekend about a Caribbean island called Montserrat which had a volcanic eruption back in 1995. Obviously this had a major impact on the island but life goes on and the presence of the volcano might even be the key to restoring local life on the island.
I couldn’t find the article online to link to but the information from the country’s tourism page is similar.
Montserrat offers a very rare opportunity to witness an active volcano from a safe distance. After laying dormant since prehistoric times (pre 1632 for Montserrat), the Soufrière Hills Volcano in the southern part of the island began erupting on 18 July 1995 with a phreatic explosion (steam and ash) following a 3 year period of seismic (earthquake) activity which began in 1992. The first large event occurred in August 1995 blanketing Plymouth in a thick ash cloud which brought almost complete darkness for about 15 minutes. Shortly afterwards the first evacuation of southern Montserrat was initiated. Plymouth itself was finally abandoned the following year. It now lies buried under layers of volcanic debris deposited by pyroclastic activity and mudflows – each time it rains here in the Emerald Isle, a little more of the former capital disappears forever.
