A tear on my pillow by David G Teves

When I lay and think, in my bed at night, the day you'll arrive, seems nowhere in sight. I toss and I turn, dreaming of you, opening my eye's... checking if my dream came true. It didn't, again, and a tear starts to roll, weeping quietly... my pillow I hold. Many sleepless nights I've prayed for you, my love. God touched my soul from heaven above He's answered my prayers for my bride to be. I've never felt this lucky, God did this for me. That's a question I asked each and every night. He must think your special, Joy, and I know he's right. No other has made me feel so complete, my whole life was lived, just so we could meet. All these thoughts and more going through my head. I fall asleep not worrying, but dreaming of you... instead.

This poem to me is inspiring. The obvious love that is shown astonishes me. The passion and the devotion convinces me that i too can find that in somebody. The wording isn't cliche and it speaks to me. This is pretty personal, but i have a long distance boyfriend in college for over a year so i can so easily relate the the feeling of loneliness and missing somebody. The feeling is so true and pure i can feel the pain and desire. The lack of anger but just gently dreaming of someone. This poem is great and makes me feel happy and that other people feel the same as i do.

The line that i love the " i fall asleep not worrying, but dreaming of you instead" i feel that way every night and it is just a feeling of hope that one day things will be easier and the love will conspire the distance to be diminished and just to love people no matter what the circumstances and to just believe that things can work out.

ismene, antigone, and creon! who is right?

            I agree with Antigone. Your family is your family; forget the rules or laws that were made. You are entitled to respect and give a proper burial for her own brother. It is asinine that Creon can put her to death and punish her over putting her brother to rest so he can respectfully go to the underworld. That is their religion and Creon does not have the authority. However although Antigone is absolutely right by the means of religion and her own self-beliefs Creon is right by law. Antigone’s father put a spell over the brothers that they were both going to die. One of the brothers could be properly buried but the other had to be left without being buried or touched and left for the birds to eat him! Both people are right and wrong in some ways. In the midst of both of these characters having their reasoning, ismene is also facing consequences. Although she had nothing to do with the burial or tampering with the brother, she at the end said to Creon that she had done the crimes as well as her sister Antigone. That in itself was enough to punish her as well. It was stupid of ismene to say she did something like that when she knew she would face consequences if she had nothing to do with it and didn’t break the law in any way.  All three characters believe there should be different things happening with them. Ismene is only saying she did it so that she doesn’t have to live without her dad, sister. And brothers. And Creon is in a tough stop because Antigone is scheduled to marry his son! Plus Antigone had to make the choice of family or law. All of these characters are facing though choices and situations ahead!

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Lady MacBeth: "unsex me here."

In this quote lady MacBeth is wanting and wishing to become more manly and loose her femininity. At this point in the play she is much bolder then her husband and is frustrated that he in a way, the woman in the relationship. He had been feeling extreme guilt and she just wanted to take control and be more manly and powerful. She was in no way guilty, but instead she was mindset to become strong.

Lady MacBeth : "thane of fife had a wife: where is she now? what! will these hands ne'er be clean?" 

In this quote lady macbeth is pretty much admitting to the murder of duncan. She is extremely guilty and reality is setting in. She lost all sight of being powerful and she pretty much lost her mind. This passage lead to her suicide. She was so guilty that she felt she could never be clean of the crimes she had committed and was scared of what hell might have to bring her.

Her attitude drastically changes from the first quote from the second quote. Finally reality took its toll and she had realized what she had done. Although i do feel bad for her she did this to herself and she got what she deserved.

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I tracked the word blood! The variation in which this word is used is fascinating. lady Macbeth uses it to describe how she wishes to become more masculine as she said "unsex me here." Macbeth has used the word blood as a feeling of guilt and regret, such as when he killed duncan and wanted to wash the blood off his hands but he said they will never be clean. Blood has also been used for what it truly is which is the very liquid running through our veins. The change of the meaning flows extremely well. You have to truly think about how the word is used. Its amazing how the same word can have many different meanings.

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On this web the word blood is shown. There are many different meanings for the word blood throughout the play. Sometimes "blood" is meant for what it truly is, and sometimes for an expression of sorrow or regret. Blood is even used as a reference to boldness or masculinity.


In the web i made i used the word night. This is associated with blood too so they have similar meanings. The guilt and blood of the murders were associated with the night. Along with sleep and being tired, night in this play can also mean guilty sleepless nights that are scared and upset over the crimes committed. The mystery of the crimes and the creepy feel.

good things happen to bad people

Good things happen to bad people. This may confuse you but life will never give you more then you can handle. when you are faced with these challenges or "bad things" its the way you confront it and deal with it in which you learn from. My grandmother was the best woman i have ever met and she got severe cancer which lead to her death. Although she was an incredible person i learned from her. The way she handled it with such grace and class made me appreciate everything she has taught me.

Indirect Approaching

Indirect approaches are the way to go. Whether trying to make an excuse for homework or trying to ask a girl out, its much easier then to straight up say what you want. For instance, I really like a guy in school and want him to ask me out. You can ask him what he is doing this weekend and be settle yet implying you might want to hang out! Its so much easier then saying something like “lets go on a date this weekend!!!!!’”  In Macbeth there are some ways you can translate this strategy.

Macbeth- he is the thane of Glamis and is the protagonist of the play.  He does become the thane of Cawdor and that makes him of authority or king like. This picture does a good job of capturing him because he(Macbeth) looks very serious and he looks very professional. Kinglike he sits there and he gives off the vibe of a ruler or a man of importance. He was at one point the king of Scotland. He tends to solve problems through violence, which is fierce. Killing and injuring people in modern day is an extreme but for the time I think he was a very brave and heroic man.

Lady MacBeth- She here looks very evil and violent. I think this perfectly captures her because of the long passage she said about becoming more masculine and being more bold. This struck me as a woman who knows what she wants… she wants to be manly and have her breast milk be replaced with gawl. She is not against violence for she attempted deeply to convince her husband to kill Duncan and take the crown!