Oral Presentation Reflection – Macbeth
Macbeth connects to ‘’What is loyalty’’ and ‘’How does power corrupt’’.
Macbeth is loyal to King Duncan. Macbeth is praised for his bravery, and his loyalty to the King is redeemed when Macbeth is granted the title of Thane of Cawdor.
Act I, Scene ii, 19
Soldier ‘’For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name’’
Power corrupted Macbeth during the beginning of the story. The three witches say ‘’all hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter.’’ (1.3.53). Now Macbeth does not believe the witches that he will become king, until the first part of the prophecy “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor’’ (1.3.53). After that point he begins to think that if he had the title of King, the power that he and Lady Macbeth could have would be outstanding. He and his wife plot to kill King Duncan and make it look like the guards killed him. Macbeth goes from loyal soldier to thinking of killing the king.
1. While working with Stephen, I learned that it can be difficult to work around our schedules, we have good ideas as a pair, and we can work efficiently and professionally. Stephen and I have two different schedules, so it was a little difficult to work around them; as he plays hockey and I am usually going between Richmond and Aldergrove a few times a week. As a pair Stephen and I wrote the script and came up with the idea to make our presentation out of Lego. When we worked it was efficient because of our schedules. We work hard and diligent, without goofing off or doing anything that was distracting or useless to our presentation.
2. Overall I would say that I have learned that Shakespearian English is difficult and hard to understand. Stephen and I work well as a pair. I need to start working harder and putting more time into my studies. Shakespearian English is difficult because we don’t tend to use that English very much in today society. Stephen and I work well as a pair, because we are committed to complete our projects in a timely manner. I need to put more time into my studies because I am not happy with the way my grades are going, I know I can do better, so I will be striving towards greater success.
3. I noticed that I need to work more on my studies. Not just in English, but in all my classes. With what I noticed, I will be ‘’stepping my game up’’ and trying harder to complete task on time to my full capacity, because I know that I can strive higher if I try.
4. I am proud of that our project was not a last minute thing, like how most groups finish their projects the day before it’s due. Stephen and I worked hard on our project during the time we had. It’s not every day that you are able to work in a pair with someone that you don’t know that well and complete the task before it is actually due. It’s hard enough to find people that want the project done and completed a few days before it’s due.
5. I would have to say that the pie would be divided about 65% - 35%. Stephen ending up with the higher percentage because, we used his house to do almost everything. We used Stephen’s cameras, Lego, and computer for editing. We used my house just to write the script. Stephen even took the time to call me late at night to tell me that we had to do more on our oral presentation for our project. Stephen taking the more difficult one, as I got the easier one, because I was not home to do it.
