Witches

In Shakespearean times witches were blamed for everything, from falling bridges to warts. Even people's deaths from just possibly natural causes were blamed on witches just because they were that hated (or to have someone to blame). 

Why was Macbeth so topical when it was first performed?

Whenever something bad happened witches were blamed. They were evil and were known to have no sympathy for the dead, as you can see in the 2006 version of Macbeth as they were vandalizing the grave yard. 

Also, witches were known for being murderers and harming people in any way just to get a 'kick out of it '. This is why the 3 witches always mentioned death and said how the King had to be killed. 

Basically, it was so topical as everyone hated witches and to see them portrayed as this evil it would make their hatred grow stronger and have them enjoy the performance more. 

Consequences in 1605?

In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators planned to blow up the houses of parliament, because he didn't agree with the King and his ways. This is the same in Macbeth as it shows what it would be like if Macbeth did become the King, and with it ending up in him being murdered for being disliked. 

Spoken Language

Dialect: Words that are used in different parts of the country. Example: Liverpool - "Sound" -Good, okay" Newcastle - "Mint"

Elision: When your accent changes frequently..

Adjacency pairs: Something to start a conversation off and then in reply to be a well mannered answer

Fillers: "Er" "Um". Used a lot in the George W Bush interview as it was very un-rehearsed.

Fluency: How well you can speak without having to think about things and to really know what you're talking about.

George Bush Mistakes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EvNJWM_NDg

In this video it shows some of the many mistakes that Ex President George Bush often makes while he is making speeches. Within the first 10 seconds Bush starts to stutter in one of his speeches as I think he's trying to say "My speech to the nation" he cannot seem to say it so he reply's with "Oh whatever you want to call it". 

In another speech he makes he's trying to say how being a single mother with 2 children is the hardest job in the world and a mistake he makes is by saying "Working hard to put food on your family".

Overall I feel that Bush really needs to think before he speaks because he makes an embarrassment of himself by mixing up his words into things that really don't make sense. 

Introduction

My name is Richard Collett and this is my Year 11 English blog.