I always hate the end…:(

Man, I can not believe this semester is done and we have to move ahead now, but I have my unique experience from my English. This semester was unique because now I am little more confident about my skills in English. I never liked English as I am a math lover, but I think it is not that bad. There is a huge difference in my writing method from last year and this year. Ms. Mazzaferro used to comment on our work and give us tips to improve. I never felt any pressure while doing work. Sometimes my friends say I should be a philosopher, even I feel that because I have lots of things to say in my mind. I try bringing it out when I am talking to my friends but I think it makes better sense if it comes out on paper. I had this opportunity when Ms. Mazzaferro came up with an assignment of making a blog. Even thought the semester is done, I am going to keep posting new topics and my ideas.

Now let’s talk about fun and friends. I had fun and made lots of new friends. Even though I wish not to end my friendship with them, everyone is going to be busy with their lives and studies. I hope to see them again in future. I will write a “good bye” comment on everyone’s blog once the exams are done. Ms. Mazzaferro told us to rate our teachers depending on our experience with them. Well, it is a good idea but I love my teachers are all of them are valuable to me. I wish I had some pictures for my own memories. I had a hard time during the last two weeks of the semester but I learned something good from that and I am always going to remember it. What I think about that is, “whatever happens with us in this world, happens for a good cause.” I am not saying I am going because I think I had moments of happiness with all of you which are going to be in your hearts just like they are in mine.

In the end, I would like to say “sorry” to Ms. Mazzaferro and my mates if I ever did any mistake or if they ever felt I was unfair to them. Come on guys, you are all my friends…:D

What is a MAN...?

I used to imagine a lot about how a real man should be. Finally I get a chance to convert my imagination into words. For me, a real man is the one who respects his family, society and his country without putting anyone else down. I am from India, a country on which the British Umpire ruled for almost 200 years. Indians fought for almost 60 years before they got the freedom. In that freedom fight, there were many people who sacrificed their lives for the country. For them, India was not just a country, but a land they were born from and they would do anything to make it prosperous. That is how a real man should respect his country. When I was a kid, I was told lots of stories about these freedom fighters and their lives. A man is able to care about people and things that are close to him and protect it. He loves his country and also respects others (country).

If it comes to family and society, a real man respects others the way they should be respected, without behaving in an ostentatious or conspicuous way. A real man is the most decent personality in the family and is able to face difficulties.A real man has his own identity; He is lovable, respectful, honest and responsible so that everyone can count on him. He is able to take responsibilities of his wife and his children and support them in every single way.

A real man can stick to the truth without in any circumstances without getting intimidated by anyone. He is judged by his inner qualities rather than outer looks; his outer body might be not that strong, but his will power would be strong enough to face the reality. A man would never cheat anyone in order to get something or any other purpose. If people are unfair to him, he would make them realize instead of punishing them. He knows how to forgive. He would not talk at anyone’s back, but would go up to that person and say it.

A real man does not lie, because he does not need to. He knows his limit and would never tend to cross it. He favors others but never gets any from anyone. In his quote, Henry Ward Beecher says, “A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange-tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden,--swinging perfume from every little censer it holds up to the air.” When it comes to justice, a real man judges fair. He would not see if it’s his family member or friend who is in fault, everyone is equal for him. He does not know what ‘fear’ and every word he speaks is valuable.

Is it Lady Macbeth's fault?

It is true that a wife should be the biggest support to her husband, but in a good way. It is a wife’s duty to guide her husband if he is doing something wrong. In some religions, wife is considered half body of her husband.
In the great Shakespearean play of “Macbeth”, Lady Macbeth plays a really critical roll. Lady Macbeth is a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. Even though the majority of women had very limited rights during the time of William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth stood up to Macbeth and dared him to do what was to be done for him to be the King. When we first see her, she is already plotting Duncan’s murder, and she is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband.
Even though three witches predicted that Macbeth was going to be the king, Macbeth himself was not sure if he should think about it or not. After that, Lady Macbeth was the one who encouraged him to kill King Duncan and seize the crown. He is led to evil initially by the witches' predictions and then by his wife's goading, which he succumbs to because he loves her.
Macbeth feels guilty after killing the king, but Lady Macbeth convinces him by telling him that water can wash the blood and their deeds.
Macbeth was comfortable where he was, he was curious about the fact the witches stated, but he didn't want to force it to work. After Lady Macbeth's help in the killing of Duncan, the only influence she has upon him is to keep everything to themselves. In this way, whenever Macbeth was unsure of killing anyone, Lady Macbeth pushed him by insulting him being a man. A good wife should never support her husband in crimes; she should remind him of being honest and loyal to his king instead.
Lady Macbeth called the evil spirits to unsex her from woman to man (mentally), so that she can think like a man and do all the evil things. For a while, let’s just say that it was the “Evil spirits’’ who made her do all the crimes, but she was the one who called them. She had the idea of calling the bad spirits to make her strong enough to support his husband in his crimes. It looked like; she would commit all the murders, if she was a man.
In the beginning, we get to know that Lady Macbeth’s father was murdered. Even though Lady Macbeth had this tragedy in her life, she made Macbeth kill King Duncan. That shows how cruel she could be in order to achieve something. A woman is a daughter, a wife and a mother, which is the symbols of Love, but Lady Macbeth, was ambitious enough to forget this.