Math - Laws of Indices

As I stated before, my school is quite slow at teaching Maths (at least thats what I think). Currently in Year 9, we have started algebra - 2 unknown variables. We have learnt the Law of Indices application is very important, not only are its uses limited only to scientific notation, but it also extends to algebra.

Here are the rules for the 6 different laws of indices.

Rule 1: a^m x aⁿ = a^m+n 

The first rule implies when two bases are the same, but indices are different. This cannot occur when the bases are different. The rule for multiplying is to add the two powers together, and not multiply the bases. 

Ex.1) 9² x 9⁵ =9⁷

Ex.2) 7⁶ x 7⁹ = 7¹⁵

What not to do: 4³ x 4⁶ = 16¹⁰ 

Rule 2: a^m ÷ aⁿ= a^m-n

The second rule implies in division, the bases must be the same but indices may be different. When dividing similar bases with different indices, you subtract indices. 

Ex.1) 10² ÷ 10⁷ = 10^{-5 =} 0.00001

Ex.2) 8⁹ ÷ 8³ = 8^{6 =} 262144

What not to do: 9⁹ ÷ 9⁴ = 1⁵ 

Rule 3: (a^m)ⁿ = a^mn 

For this rule, do not times the number in the brackets by the power. You must first times the power inside the brackets by the one on the outside. After multiplying the powers, then you may multiply the base by the power.

Ex.1) (7³)² = (7)^{6 =} 117649

Ex.2) (3⁷)² = (3)¹⁴ = 4782969

Rule 4: a⁰ = 1 (a≠0)

This rule is simple, whatever number the base is does not matter. If the power is 0, the base is out of the equation. The answer to any number to the power of 0 will be 1. 

Ex.1) 9998324230948324⁰ = 1

Ex.2) 5⁰ = 1

Rule 5: a^-m = 1/a^m

This rule implies whenever the power is a negative number. Simply put the base to the power over 1.  

Ex.1) 5^-3 = 1/5³ = 125

Ex.2) 8^-6 = 1/8⁶ = 262144 

Warning: Do not put the negative sign in front of the power.

Rule 6: a^1/m = 

The last rule implies when the power appears in a form of a fraction. 

Ex.1) 9^1/2 = 2√9 = 3

Ex.2) 125^2/3 = (³√125)²  = 5² = 25

CAS Week Revisited

About 3 weeks ago, our school attended an event called CAS. You may or may not have heard about it, CAS stands for;
Creativity, Action and Service. As students progress through their secondary years and reach about Year 11, they will be required to do CAS, 50 hours for each.

Year groups under Year 11, teachers and staff aim to assist and guide students towards what is coming for them in the upcoming years.

Most of the time, CAS is done as camp; a week from where you leave all of your terrible daily habits; computers, television, telephone, etc.

Camping is a good way to 'promote' CAS, as there are certain skills needed for CAS; such as teamwork, respect, communication, leadership, risk-taking, sacrifice, etc.

During camp, classmates were challenged to do activities such as: Surfing, canyoning, hiking, building camp-fires, developing first-aid techniques, etc.

In these types of activities, you just can't work on your own. You have to use all available resource around you. Every pair of hands help.

At first, my attitude towards this trip was: Why do we have to do this again? We did this last year.. This year it's so much more expensive, and we don't have as much fun... Its unhygienic, etc.

But after I came back, I had brought back with my a whole new set of skills, new knowledge, and a whole new respect for my peers, and the people around me.

Drama Soliloquy - Inferiority

In our life, no matter who you are, there will be at least once in your life that you will or have felt inferior. We have various reasons for getting inferior, your colleague getting credit for what he hasn't done, for someone getting a medal which you think you should have gotten, for someone getting a new toy you were dying to buy. 


It was a unique experience for me in class, since we every student had to create their own soliloquy, and it was interesting how different people had different experiences to share/ make up.


Below is a soliloquy I wrote for Drama, showing my understanding of what being inferior feels like. Of course, this was not based on a true event, and was only made up for fun.


Soliloquy - Why does she get more than me? Why does she get more time than I do? She's no different, she's just a student. Unless, I'm better than her. That's right, you bloody know it, you know damn right I'm better than her!

Attributes of an Entrepreneur

There are many many many, entrepreneurs who fail. But if you become a successful entrepreneur, you can be a billionaire! But an entrepreneurs journey is painful, and lonely. Are you that type of person with these characteristics? :

Famous inspirational entrepreneurs who I personally  am inspired by are:
•Sir Richard Branson (Known for his own enterprise Virgin)
• Duncan Bannatyne. Net-worth £430m.
• Sam Walton, although deceased Sam Walton started from scratch to build up an empire of Wal-Mart.
• Steve Jobs, deceased, passed away few days ago. He said in one of his speeches, 'Stay foolish, Stay Hungry'.


Even though you may have the attributess of an entrepreneur, are you capable of becoming one? An entrepreneur has to require quite a lot of luck. Lets take Sir Richard Branson for instance, narrowly escaping death 4 times. Once on the Virgin Atlantic Challenger attempting to break a world record of crossing the Atlantic Ocean. On his second attempt on the Atlantic Ocean crossing, in reward for the Blue Riband he successfully beat the world record. His other 3 death stories all come along in a hot air balloon. Once trying to fly around the world in a helium-propelled hot air balloon, and twice trying to cross the Pacific Ocean.

But not only has he managed to narrowly escape his fate, he has also successfully started his company Virgin Airlines, even though previous airline, Lakers Airways was brought to an abrupt failure in competing against (at the time) British Airways. But Virgin Airlines successfully overcame all odds, and astonished the whole world, including Sir Freddie Laker himself.

Justice

What is justice? What is the right thing to do? Do we always have to put moral and ethics in front of us? The video explains a Harvard Professor lecturing students about what the right things are for certain scenarios.



You don't need to watch the whole thing, but just go through 10 minutes of it. After watching the 10 minutes, come back here and post what you would do in the scenarios that were provided.

Personally, there would be 1 scenario I would do differently to everybody else in the lecture. If the cart could be stopped by me pushing a big (no offense intended in anyway) man to say 5 other people, I would certainly push the man down. My reason being would be, because if I could save 5 man for sacrificing 1 it saves more people. But if I save the man who is next to me, I would feel guilt for knowing I could have saved more lives if I pushed him down.

Whereas on the other hand, if you were to ask me to do the same thing in the doctor's scenario, I would not possibly do that. I would be violating the law to take one healthy person (who is only here for a checkup)'s life, to save 5 others' I would not be able. Unless the one healthy person agrees to sacrifice his life to save the other 5.

Comments are appreciated.

Computer Systems

Technology is involved in our every day life. The most used piece of technology are; cars, computers, telephones, WiFi etc. We use the technology around us, but do we know what the function of them are? How they work?

Over the last 3 IT lessons, we have learnt about the 6 key components and one of the few operating systems, in our case Linux (Ubuntu). We also took apart a desktop PC, and located the 6 key components, consisting of:

Motherboard
RAM (Random Access Memory)
Harddrive (HDD)/ (SSD)
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Powersupply
Case

The 6 key components are included in all computers, Macs, PC's, Desktops, Laptops, Netbooks, etc.

But computers don't just work by the 6 Key Components themselves, we use the 4 layer model to describe the system.

Hardware - The mechanism of the computer. The 6 key components of a computer.

Software - The system that it uses, the way it runs. Software coding, different applications from one another etc.

Network - Wireless LAN, WiFi, connecting from one person to another such as ping-ing

4. People - Without people the computer is useless. People create the applications, social networking sites, websites, etc.

Each of the 6 key components have their own unique jobs.

Motherboard - The job of the motherboard is to 'connect' all the wires, cables, components etc altogether. The motherboard also is a structural support system for the RAM (to hold it in place) and CPU, etc.

(The large green beef jerky)

RAM - The RAM is a temporary memory storage system. In order for the RAM to be enabled to use the memory, you have to first open some applications from the HDD or SS, and then the applications then move to the RAM. The less RAM you have, the less applications it can handle. Thus causing lag. The RAM is a much faster in-comparison to the HDD/ SSD.  

(The green beef jerky)

Harddrive - The Harddrive is the permanent computer memory. Once the computer is booted up, the Harddrive launches the OS in our case a Linux OS 'Ubuntu'. Once the laptop/ desktop is booted up, you can launch your applications from there. It passes on the information or applications that are being used to the RAM, which then get transferred to the CPU. The Harddrive is a very slow piece of equipment. Thus, we now have developed a new component called the Solid State Drive (SSD). 

(The heavy, slow, faulty Hard Disk Drive)

CPU - As the name speaks for itself, the CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the central area of processing data, which gets projected on your laptop/ desktop screen. The CPU also processes applications, games, etc. which then is projected onto the screen.

(Metal flap is the shield of the CPU. Little 'hook' on the left of the image)

(CPU Chip. If you flip the CPU chip over, you can see a little gold triangle in one of the corners)

The 'little golden triangle' is for you to make sure you insert the CPU back into its shield the right way.


Powersupply - Again, the name tells you all about it! The power supply supplies the main components with electric currents. 

(The large wire is the powersupply wire coming out from the powersupply unit)

Case - The function of the case is simple, to protect the internal competents, and to act as a external barrier and infrastructure. The case is built with many holes around, the 'holes' can be audio jacks, USB ports, Ethernet ports etc. 

(The case of the PC is located to the left, and has already been removed)

How to take apart a PC (Desktop)
Steps:
1. Unscrew all screws that are holding down the case.
2. Get a camera to record each step, and each process.
3. Start unplugging all the wires slowly and cautiously. If there are some wires that are hard to pull, do not forcefully pull them out. 
4. Then slowly, lift a hook-like object which holds down the CPU, and then carefully take out the CPU chip. Note - CPU looks like a SD Card, and is covered by metal. 
5. Then locate the RAM, the RAM looks like 3 long pieces of green beef jerky. There are 2 levers, after lifting the two will release the 2 / 3 pieces of RAM
6. Locate all the screws that are holding the Motherboard down, and unscrew all of them. Note - The motherboard looks like a large piece of green beef jerky. The motherboard is the component that is at the bottom. 
7. Basically, that's all to it! ... 
8. Except, after you finis taking apart your PC, and finished reassembling it. You may also consider installing an OS (Operating System), we used an Linux OS called Ubuntu. All you need to do for installing an OS, is simply click on your mouse, and wait. 
9. Enjoy the process! 


After having fun taking apart your PC and venturing through all the different components, and after you finish installing your OS. Then you can connect to an network, and start interacting with other people on the web.


Connect to a Router - "Use an RJ45 cable to connect your computer to a router."


Talk to Another Computer - 
"Open up Terminal
Find your IP Address 
Ping a friend/ colleague etc. - ping (classmate IP)"


Pinging websites - 
Open up Terminal
type in: host www.(whatever website you wish to go to).com
Terminal should then unfold 6 or more lines with numbers that read 72.14.203.106 etc. Not all of them will be the same, since the website may have multiple server locations
After that, you can simply copy '72.14.203.106' to your web browser and it should lead you to Google
That is to find the host server location
To cancel the 'requests' press Control C (On Mac) 
Then type: ping www.(whatever website you wish to go to).com and numbers should flow out again. 
You can also use them for connecting to the website you so wished for.


My Personal Experience with Computers
Being honest with you, I've never understood a computer. I've never been good at using one, and probably never will be as good as other classmates of mine. I've always been inept about how they work and how to use them. 


I only learn the primary things about them, such as how to use documents, how to save your work, how to access your e-mail and so on. 


So I have gained valuable knowledge and experiences throughout this whole entire unit, although it has not finished yet. I've learnt more in-depth about how computers work, how they are built, and how the interior looks. In fact, I've never thought once before outside of school, how does a computer connect to a network, (seriously, no joking). If I would have not been involved in this unit, I would never have acquired the knowledge about the 6 key components of a computer, and how they work. Ironically, all of those 6 key components are used in things such as mobile phones, televisions, printers, etc. 

What we do in Music Class

On this blog, I've never introduced what we do in music class. Although we won't be attending any more music classes this year, last year we had lots of fun.

Eagles - Wasted Time

For one of our projects, we used a file like the above, and copied it into a software called Finale Notepad. And then, we had to add our own tracks to it such as Riff, Harmony, Melody, etc. And it was a fun process for me to translate the notes from Scribd to the actual Finale Notepad document as we had to punch out every note individually with our trackpad. And I ended up making 4 more extra tracks, and it sounds really well!

Candy Man - Roald Dahl

I don't read poems often, I'm not even sure this piece of writing by Roald Dahl is even classified as a poem or not. But I guess I'll call it a poem for now.

As you know Roald Dahl writes stories and 'poems' for young child readers. I haven't read any of his books yet, apart from Boy which we studied in our English class. But apart from that I haven't picked up any of his books. I hope to pick one up soon, after I finish reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain).

Just one or two months back, I remember hearing my friend perform this poem for our Trinity Exams. Our Trinity Exams are a effective way to practice your public speaking abilities in front of a unknown audience. A examiner flew all the way from London to come visit our school. It was a optional choice of weather to take part in it. And one-third of our class took part in revising four minutes of solid writing. We were given the span of two months to memorize four minutes of writing, one prose and the other a poem. (Note - I did not take part).

But anyways, I was interested in a piece of poem that my friend chose (which is the Candy Man) - Roald Dahl. Just because it was a nice and simple piece of writing that reflects someone being happy. It gave me the feeling of being a young kid in Primary School.

Candy Man - Roald Dahl

Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew

Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two

The candy man, the candy man can

The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love

And makes the world taste good

Who can take a rainbow, wrap it in a sigh

Soak it in the sun and make a strawberry–lemon pie

The candy man, the candy man can

The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love

And makes the world taste good

Willy Wonka makes everything he bakes

Satisfying and delicious

Talk about your childhood wishes

You can even eat the dishes

Who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream

Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream

The candy man, the candy man can

The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love

And makes the world taste good

And the world tastes good'

Cause the candy man thinks it should


If your interested in viewing my friends blog please go and check it out!
Her name is Phyllis and she has a lot of content that can be interesting!
Hoped you enjoy.

PSE - Introducing our planet Earths so called different 'Relationships'

On our planet Earth their are so many different types of relationships, for example - girlfriend/ boyfriend, friends, family, pets, animals, etc...

This is a letter to give a brief knowledge of relationships on our Earth. This was meant to be a letter to write to Aliens assuming they have never came to our planet Earth.

4 April 2011

Aliens from Mars,

Aliens,

Somewhere in Mars, 

Milky Way, Universe

Dear Aliens,

I have heard that many of you are interested in visiting our planet ‘Earth’. And on our planet earth there are a few things that may be of importance to you. One important quality on earth that is existent on earth and not mars is relationships. You might be thinking, ‘what are relationships?’ well, relationships are the connection between people. In simpler words, how well people get along. For example, me writing this letter to you is a form of relationship. 

But there are at the same time many complicated and sophisticated relationships. Such as marriage and divorce. How marriage and divorce occurs is when 2 people have interest in each other, and start spending time together, and this can be called love. But not all people marry because they love (but I’ll get to that later, just to keep things simple for now). And as time goes on, some will choose to get married, which means to be legally announced husband and wife. But also, there could be a negative outcome where people can breakup or divorce. Currently the divorce rate is 50% in the US. 

Other reasons why people would marry (putting aside love), is for money. A main concern for a lot of human beings on this world is money, money is the key to surviving. There was a documentary on National Geographic about a wife murdering her husband just to claim his life insurance. Another troublesome part of divorce is if you have children, the jury decides on which party should have custody over the child, and also the act that one party will have to split half the money to the opposing party. 

If you are interested in coming to our planet earth, one thing you might want to consider knowing about is how to form good relationships. As relationships are very useful and can play a big role, such as finding a job. The best way to have a good relationship is to be neutral, and to not know everything about the other person. Also find a person who has the same personalities and qualities that suite you. 

Best of luck on our planet ‘Earth’.  

Sincerely yours,

Fung

Appreciating Music

Lots of modern day teens like to listen to music such as Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Beyonce etc. And that is truly not called music. Music has changed from a wonderful art to something that is garbage (not trying to offend or insult nowaday music but it is just my opinion). I have a music example of what true music is, and not only is the song a work of art, but the way Larry Carlton plays the guitar with such emotion. It almost feels like he is playing the guitar and making sounds that feels like he is crying.



Hope you enjoyed the music of the 70's-90's era!

Narratives, Newspapers, and Novels

It has been 1 month into my summer holiday already, and I've been reading quite a few books. So far my summer holiday has been a time to take a rest from school holiday, time to sit, chill relax that sort. But anyways, I've had a whole pile of books stacked on top of each other right next to my bed. And I've read down until there is only 2 left. But I find that there are a lot of books or novels, that I have read are really boring, not eye-catching at all, thick, long, small-fonted etc.


So I want to relate this post to the post 'Features of a Newspaper' that has a list of what a Newspaper has.


What is the purpose of creating narratives, newspapers, novels? There could be quite a few reasons, making money, entertaining the audience, just for the sake of fun, its a wild adventure to write one. There are probably millions of reasons to become a writer, journalist, or a poet etc.


But to become a good writer you have to have good quality of writing, but also you have to make the book/ novel, narrative, newspaper etc. appealing to your audience, or else they will simply not pick it up. So I've returned 3 books that were written by Robert Ludlum just because the book cover, was too dull and boring (plain grey). The thickness of the book bore me to death, and lost my motivation for me to read it, and also the font size was too small so I couldn't read it.


So it relates to the South China Morning Post because there are elements that you would need to insert in your writing to capture your audience, make puns, jokes that are suitable for the age group etc.


Anyways, hope you all enjoy your summer holidays!

If I Was A Superhero

Have you ever thought of what you would like to be in the future when you get older? What kind of occupation would you like to be? Lot of parents would want their children to be doctors, lawyers, dentists, jobs that make a lot of cash... But have you thought of wanting to be a superhero? It may sound stupidly fiction, but its just funny and creative you know!  All the superpowers are quite silly but that was just made for the sake of fun.. So enjoy as usual!

ReSpawn

I have the ability to seek through walls, have infrared vision; I can fly 10 times the speed of sound. My fists are as powerful as a cannon. I have the power of staying under water for 4 hours… And I do not have to eat for 15 days without water either. I have ears, which will pick up every word you say from a 5-kilometer radius, so watch what you say! My brain is made of organic material, and has faster calculations and speed than any computer on the planet.

I also can lift up heavy weight objects such as a cargo container. But the most important thing is, I will protect my country at all costs.

And to all those bad villains out there;

I will look for you,I will find you,

And I will put you behind bars,

If that's not enough for you, I will destroy you.

Stillness Speaks - Eckhart Tolle

I realize that I have posted a post that has the same title as above. But this is the other prose I was talking about. And the prose was taken out of the first page of this book. This is the other piece I had to recite:

When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. 


Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.


                                                    ~
Stillness is your essential nature. What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are being perceived and become thoughts. Without that awareness, there would be no perception, no thoughts, no world.


You are that awareness, disguised as a person.


                                                     ~
The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of thinking. The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness.


Whenever there is some silence around you – listen to it. That just means notice it. Pay attention to it. Listening to silence awakens the dimensions of stillness within yourself, because it is only through stillness that you can be aware of silence.


See that in the moment of noticing the silence around you, you are not thinking. You are aware, but not thinking. 


                                                    ~
When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective conditioning. 


                                                    ~
Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness. 



I understand that some readers will not necessarily like this prose, as the book is a spiritual and in a way religious book which not every reader likes to read. Eckhart Tolle teaches you how to be happy in life. The book gives you a good feeling to feel calm in any circumstances. 


Hope you enjoyed it, but I do understand some readers don't like such books. Thanks! 

The Charge of The Light Brigade

For IL ( I understand that for almost all posts I start with For English... For ICT... For Drama... and what not) but please bare with me for one last time. Anyways, For IL we were to recite 2 pieces of 2 minute texts. One prose, and one poem.

I chose the poem The Charge of The Light Brigade (not that I knew it or had recited it already.) But because I remembered from the movie 'The Blind Side' Sean Tuohy supposedly Michael Oher's biological father read out the first 30 seconds of this poem. And when I watched the movie it really was a moving and  a little emotional story for me. And I remembered the poem name and it was interesting how he read the poem out aloud and explained it to Michael and applied it to a American football context.

The poem is written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, and it is in a way dedicated to the men who fought in The Battle of Balaclava on October 25th 1854 in the Crimean War.

The poem goes like this:

Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

All in the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.

"Forward the Light Brigade!

Charge for the guns!" he said:

Into the valley of Death 

Rode the six hundred.

"Forward the Light Brigade!"

Was there a man dismay'd?

Not tho' the soldier knew

Someone had blunder'd:

Theirs not to make reply,

Theirs not to reason why,

Theirs but to do and die:

Into the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to the right of them,

Cannon to the left of them,

Cannon in front of them

Volley'd and thunder'd;

Storm'd at with shot and shell,

Boldly they rode and well,

Into the Jaws of Death,

Into the Mouth of Hell

Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,

Flash'd as they turned in air,

Sabring the gunners there,

Charging an army, while 

All the world wonder'd:

Plunged into the battery-smoke

Right through the line they broke;

Cossack and Russian 

Reel'd from the Sabre stroke

Shatter'd and sunder'd.

Then they rode back, but not

Not the six hundred

Cannon to right of them,

Cannon to left of them,

Cannon behind them

Volley'd and thunder'd

Storm'd at with shot and shell,

While horse and hero fell,

They that had fought so well

Came thro' the Jaws of Death

Back from the Mouth of Hell,

All that was left of them,

Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?

O' the wild charge they made!

All the world wondered.

Honor the charge they made,

Honor the Light Brigade,

Noble six hundred.

Hope you enjoyed the poem. I will also post the other piece of prose that I had to memorize around tomorrow. 

Shakespeare

In English class, we are constantly getting assessments (approximately 1 every week or so...). This time, we had to research about Shakespeare. Before starting any type of assessment or any piece of work.

You always have to consider the PAF. PAF stands for purpose, audience and form.

In this case, the P was to inform.
Audience - was Y6-Y8 school children who had no understanding of Shakespeare whatsoever.
Form - we were asked to present our work in the form of a poster.

Born           April 23 1564
                  Stratford-upon-Avon,
                  Warwickshire, England
Died           April 23 1616 (aged 52)
                  Stratford-upon-Avon
                  Warwickshire, England
Occupation Playwright, poet,
                   actor
Spouse      Anne Hathaway (m. 1582-1616)
Children    Susanna Hall
                  Hamnet Shakespeare
                  Judith Quiney
Relative     John Shakespeare (father)
                 Mary Shakespeare (mother)

Summary  Born in 1582, there is no primary evidence revealing his life until he was 18. Neither is there any evidence of his existence. Many say he is a playwright, poet and actor. Writing 37 plays, and over 154 sonnets.

Did you know?
•Shakespeare was 3 of 8 siblings. But he was considered the oldest because the 2 before him had died.
•Based on textual evidence in the sonnets and some plays, some believe that Shakespeare was bisexual.
•More than 80 spelling variations are recorded for Shakespeare's name, from “Shappere” to “Shaxberd.”
•Shakespeare never spelt his name as “William Shakespeare” in his signatures
Shakespearean Themes:  
Envy
Jealousy
Perverse jokes
Romance
Hatred

Macbeth:
The three witches tell Macbeth that he will become Thane of Cawdor, Glamis and the king. Soon after, he becomes the Thane. He and his wife decide they need to kill the king. Macbeth kills the king, his wife frames the guards to the murder by leaving the daggers Macbeth used in their hands. The kings sons run away in fear of Macbeth. Macbeth gets crowned king then hired murders to kill his threat, Banquo. Macbeth is haunted by Banquo’s ghost at his party, he then goes back to the witches for help and he sees three things...
1. a bloody baby saying "beware Macduff"
2. a bloody helmet saying that he cant be killed by anyone born of a woman
3. a child with a crown and a tree branch saying that he does not need to worry till the Birnam woods moves to Dunsinane.
Lady Macbeth kills herself because of guilt. Macduff and the army head for Macbeth's castle. Macbeth is killed by Macduff who was born by C-section which was not considered to be born of a woman fulfilling the witches predictions. Macbeth dies, order was restored when Malcolm was crowned as the new King of Scotland.

Time Era (Elizabethan Age):
Food - Depending on whether you are upper of lower class person. You eat different sorts of foods.
Breakfast, Dinner, Supper
Lower class: Porridge, bread, beer, ¼ lb of meat. Beer is low alcohol.
Upper class: The difference between the 2 are simply the richness of the ingredients. Not in terms of the money, but in terms of quality and quantity. The upper class would be served with more food. They mainly ate spicy dishes, or very sweet dishes.

Life: The Elizabethan Age was ruled by a monarchy.
•There was no schools for girls. They were only allowed to be home schooled
•Women could not become doctors or lawyers.
•They had no political power (apart from Queen Elizabeth), and could not vote.
•They were not allowed to act in theatres
•Every family is expected to attend Church every Sunday
Entertainment: Entertainment to people of the Elizabethan Age was key. Entertainment was something they celebrated. Entertainment didn’t necessarily have to be some fancy stuff like watching movies (they don’t have movies theatres), it could simply be attending someones wedding.
Feasts, banquets, fairs, plays, festivals, dancing, tournaments, games, sports, animal sports, hunting, hawking, etc.

Modern Shakespeare:

Shakespeare is a giant impact on our modern day life, he’s everywhere! Even if he was alive over 400 years ago, he has influenced and formed the world we live in today. Shakespeare contributed to our modern day English, he came up with creative words and phrases, and was known as the master manipulator of language.

Othello

• A Double Life (1947)
• All Night Long (1962)
• Catch My Soul (1974)

King Lear

• A Thousand Acres (1997)
• King of Texas (2002)
• Ran (1985)

The Tempest

• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• Yellow Sky (1943)

The Taming of the Shrew

• Kiss Me Kate (1948)

Its Hamlet

• Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
• Strange Brew (1983)

Macbeth

• Men of Respect (1991)
• Scotland, PA (2001)

Henry IV and Henry V

• My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Romeo and Juliet

• Romeo Must Die (2000)
• West Side Story (1961)

Twelfth Night

• She’s the Man (2006)

Comedy of Errors

• The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

Richard III

• Tower of London (1939)

A Midsummer’s Night Dream

• Were the World Mine (2008)
• Authors borrow plots (Mama Day by Gloria Naylor)
• Children’s TV reworks his ideas (Duck Tales)
• Adult TV alludes to his work (Star Trek and Frasier)
• Cartoonists play with his words (Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield)
• Referred to in films (Clueless)
• Advertisements borrow his snappier phrases for captions and voice-overs

Globe Theatre:

What is the Globe Theatre?

The Globe Theatre is an Elizabethan theatre built in London 1599 by Shakespeare’s playing company/The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. The Globe has a capacity of 3,000 people with seating for the High-Class to the groundlings/low class.

Why is it called ‘The Globe’?

'The Globe' was said to be a reference to the fact that the actors create a different world for their audience.

Where is it?

On June 29 1613 the Globe theatre went up in flames during a performance of Henry the Eighth. A cannon was misfired during the performance resulting in the wooden beams lighting on fire and burning down the place. A modern reconstruction of the Globe Theatre was built and opened in 1997 about 230 meters away from the site of the original theatre and it was then closed 28 years later in 1642.

Why was it popular?

The Globe Theatre is popular because of William Shakespeare and his theatre group’s involvement. In England, acting wasn't recognized as a profession until 1572 because the theatre was considered disrespectful.

How is the theatre different from today?

The Globe Theatre is the oldest theatre to be made. Nowadays, theatres have changed completely. Theatres now are sheltered, and don’t have the possibility of getting wet by rain. During the Elizabethan Era, theatres did not have electric lights to light up the stage, they had to use natural light from the sky to light up the theatre, making it more special than it is today. This mainly is because of the evolution of technology. As I have related before from the Elizabethan Era, women were not allowed to take part in acting. But nowadays, the law has changed and women have their rights.

Bibliography:

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http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQGATTeg1Os
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/summaries/macbeth/macbeth_summary.htm
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