Being a policeman that he was, Bethmac knew he had the potential to change the course of the next hour that was to come.
(Casual) he says, “ Please supervisors and superintendents, if you may sit down, and fulfill my odd request, please could you sit by ranks, highest to the left and lowest to the right.”
All Supervisors and Superintendents say: Oh ok, thank you for having us Bethmac
They sit down
Bethmac: But first let me inform you that I will do all the talking and mingling due to the condition of the throat of my wife, she has a cold. But please, Joan stay in your seat and introduce and welcome everyone.
Mrs. Bethmac: My throat is not well enough to speak a lot but know in my heart that I welcome you all.
Random man walks into the
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room Bethmac: Ok, since the tables are full on both sides, I can sit here in the middle. All of you go be free and happy. We will toast soon, I promise you. Bethmac approaches the door and speaks to the murderer Bethmac: There is blood on your face.
Random Man: Then it is Quoban’s.
Bethmac whispers: Did you finish him off?
Random Man: I did, I slit his throat.
Bethmac: Good, you are truly the best at slitting throats. Very good work.
Random Man: Sir, Fleaman has escaped, I’m sorry I have failed you
Bethmac: Ugh, now I’m scared again because he could ruin me… Anyways, you sure you finished Quoban?
Random Man: Yes he is. He is buried somewhere, just lying there. I stabbed him more than enough times so he is definitely dead.
Bethmac: Ok thanks, now get out of here, I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Leave please
Random Man exits room
Mrs. Bethmac: Hey, come entertain our guests. They are getting the sense that you are not having a good time. If they just wanted to eat then they would eat at home. Make the dinner party interesting immediately.
Bethmac: Oh, thanks for reminding me. (Raises glass), Since good digestion requires a good appetite, and good health requires both of those, here’s to good appetites, good digestion, and good health!
(Awkward glances from everyone)
Lonnox: Take a seat Mr. Bethmac, you been standing an awful long
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time. The Ghost of Quoban enters the room and sits in Bethmac’s place. Bethmac: If only Quoban were here. I hope he is not late out of rudeness and not because something bad has happened to him. Russ: His absence means that he has broken his promise Mr. Bethmac. Come sit with us now to get it off your mind. Bethmac: But the table is full Lonnox: There’s an empty seat John Bethmac: Where? Lonnox: (Pointing to where the Ghost sits) Here, sir, what’s wrong? Bethmac:(Seeing the Ghost) which one of you did this? Supervisors: What, Mr. Bethmac? Bethmac: (To the ghost) You can’t say I did it. Don’t shake your head at me. Russ: Gentleman, please stand up. Mr. Bethmac is not well. Mrs. Bethmac; No, no, please sit down, this a condition he has had since he was a child. He will be done in a minute and then return to normal. If you pay too much attention to him, it will last longer. Everyone eat their dinner and don’t pay any attention to him. (speaking so only John Bethmac can hear) Are you a man? Bethmac: Yes, and a brave one too who dares to look at something that could even frighten the devil. Mrs. Bethmac: That’s nonsense. This is just another one of your hallucinations that you get when you are afraid. Anyways, shame on you, making these faces and all. When this passes, you will see the fool that you look like right now. Bethmac: Look! Look there! See(to the ghost) What do you have to say? What do I care? If you can nod, then speak too. If the dead are going to return from their graves, then there’s nothing to stop the birds from eating the bodies. So there’s no point in burying our people. (The Ghost Vanishes) Mrs. Bethmac: What, has your nonsense paralyzed you or something? Bethmac: If me standing here is real, then so was the ghost I saw. Mrs. Bethmac: What? No way there was one here! I did not see a ghost. Bethmac: You know, in ancient times before laws were made, people were blood was spilled everyone all the time. It used to be that when you knocked a man’s brains out he would just die, and that would be it. But now they rise from the dead with twenty fatal head wounds and push us off our stools. This haunting business is even stranger than murder. Mrs. Bethmac: Hey, your friends are missing your company Bethmac: Oh sorry, I forgot about you guys (to the guests) Do not be alarmed. I have a strange disorder, which no longer shocks those who know me well. (Raising his glass to toast the company) Come, let’s drink a toast: love and health to you all. Now I’ll sit down. Fill up my cup. (The Ghost of Quoban reappears in Mr. Bethmac’s seat) I drink to the happiness of everyone at the table, and to our dear friend Quoban, whom we miss. I wish he were here! Let’s drink to everyone here, and to Quoban. Now, everybody, drink up, this wine is not going to finish itself! Supervisors and Superintendents: Cheers! (They drink) Bethmac: (to the GHOST) Go! And get out of my sight! Stay in your grave. You’re staring at me with eyes that have no reason to see. Mrs. Bethmac: Gentleman, think of this as a strange habit. It’s nothing else. Too bad it’s spoiling our dinner tonight. Bethmac: I am as brave as any other man. Come at me in the form of bear, a rhinoceros, or a tiger from Iran. Take any shape other than the one you have now and I will never tremble in fear. Or come back to life again and challenge me to a duel in some deserted place. If I tremble then, you can call me a little girl. Get out of here, you horrible ghost, you hallucination. Get out! (The Ghost disappears) Bethmac: Ok I am a man again. Everyone sit down. Mrs. Bethmac: You have officially broken our good cheer and make an absolute fool out of yourself. Bethmac: (to the guests) Can things like this happen so suddenly without making us all surprised? You make me feel like I don’t even know myself, when I see you looking at these terrible things and keeping a straight face, while my face has gone white as a ghost’s. Russ: What things, Sir? Mrs. Bethmac: Please, don’t speak to him. He’s getting worse and worse. Talk makes him crazy. Everybody, please leave right now. Don’t bother exiting in any order , just leave right away. Lonnox: Good night. I hope your husband recovers soon! Mrs. Bethmac: Good night to all! Everyone leaves except Bethmac and Mrs. Bethmac Bethmac: There’s an old saying: the dead will have their revenge. Gravestones have been known to move, and trees to speak, to bring guilty men to justice. The mystical signs made by crows and magpies have exposed the craftiest murderers. How late at night is it? Mrs. Bethmac: It’s almost morning. Bethmac: What do you think about the fact that Duffmac refuses to come to me when I ask him? Mrs. Bethmac: Why, did you send for him? Bethmac: I’ve heard about this indirectly, but I will send for him.Tomorrow, while it’s still early, I will go see the fortune tellers. They will tell me more, because I’m determined to know the worst about what’s going to happen. My own safety is the only important thing now. I have walked so far into this river that even if I stopped now, it would be as hard to go back to being good as it is to keep killing people. I have some schemes in my head that I’m planning to put into action. I have to do these things before I have a chance to think about them. Mrs. Bethmac: You have not slept; you should sleep first before you do anything. Bethmac: Yes, let’s go to sleep. My strange acting-outs like this just come from inexperience. I guess we’re still just beginners when it comes to crime. They exit End Of Scene Part 3: How does your scene mirror Shakespeare’s scene(s)? What parallels between characters, conflicts, themes did you intend to draw? When I was making this script to try and mirror Shakespeare’s scene, I hit a bump in the road.
I was thinking way too much about trying to make this story something totally out of the ordinary but yet still holding onto the parallels to the actual scene in the play. I thought about making a scene in space, 100 years from now. I thought about making a scene where cavemen sit at a table and conduct conversation. I even thought about making a scene where after all the events of the scene play out, it turns out that it is all a simulation and then the scene ends there. But then I just decided for something a little bit easier to handle: A policeman trying to hold a quaint dinner party in honor of his supervisors and superintendents. This idea mirrors Shakespeare’s scene because the main character in both instances hallucinates and the higher figures in both have no idea why Macbeth or Bethmac are acting in the way that they do in this scene. In addition, Mrs. Bethmac and Lady Macbeth share parallels in the sense that they are both disgusted yet protective of their husbands. They both question him being a man or not, but they both still want their husband to sleep at the end of the scene because again, they are protective of him. Some parallels that I had with the theme were that killing cannot go unpunished and karma is very alive especially when it comes to murdering other human beings. The first theme really speaks to the fact that killing is always on one’s conscience, and
therefore is always eating away at their memories just so they remember what they did. The second theme has been around forever, and will continue to be around because people are always making decisions, good or bad, keeping it alive.
Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" is considered one of his great tragedies. The play fully uses plot, character, setting, atmosphere, diction and imagery to create a compelling drama. The general setting of Macbeth is tenth and eleventh century Scotland. The play is about a once loyal and trusted noble of Scotland who, after a meeting with three witches, becomes ambitious and plans the murder of the king. After doing so and claiming the throne, he faces the other nobles of Scotland who try to stop him. In the play, Macbeth faces an internal conflict with his opposing decisions. On one hand, he has to decide of he is to assassinate the king in order to claim his throne. This would result in his death for treason if he is caught, and he would also have to kill his friend. On the other hand, if he is to not kill him, he may never realize his ambitious dreams of ruling Scotland. Another of his internal struggles is his decision of killing his friend Banquo. After hiring murderers to kill him, Macbeth begins to see Banquo's ghost which drives him crazy, possibly a result of his guilty conscience. Macbeth's external conflict is with Macduff and his forces trying to avenge the king and end Macbeth's reign over Scotland. One specific motif is considered the major theme, which represents the overall atmosphere throughout the play. This motif is "fair is foul and foul is fair."
"Perfect!" The Chief suddenly exclaimed, taking us both a aback, briefly at the sudden outburst. "Our newest detective here can get some hands on experience!" He bellowed confidently, as he began pushing my, comparatively lightweight body with little resistance towards Henry's position.
that even though Mac Beth knows he is defeated and is going to die he
In the play of “Macbeth”, Shakespeare gradually and effectively deepens our understanding of the themes and most importantly the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The main theme of Macbeth is ambition, and how it compels the main characters to pursue it. The antagonists of the play are the three witches, who symbolise the theme appearance and reality. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relation is an irony throughout the play, as most of their relation is based on greed and power. This is different from most of Shakespeare’s other plays, which are mostly based on romance and trust. There is also guilt that leads Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to the final consequences of the play. As the progresses, the constant changes in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are exposed.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I start my speech by welcoming the guests. Today, we are surrounded by most of the friends and family that have been important to us during our lives. Some have traveled thousands of miles, just to be here today. We welcome you all and thank you sincerely for sharing this special day with us.
Before I ask you to join me in a toast to the bride and groom. I'd like to bore you with a few words. I will try to keep them short. as I know that the other speakers are really looking forward to standing here before you and making their speeches!
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller was first presented in 1949 and has been studied and reproduced countless times since. The plot revolves around a salesman named Willy Loman and his family. Willy is 63 years old, and on the decline. His career as a traveling salesman is going badly, and during the play he is let go. Willy’s flashbacks to a better past take up much of the past, and are brought on by the return of Biff, Willy’s favorite son, who comes to visit from out west. Biff is 34 and Willy’s favorite son, but Willy’s high expectations him cause many issues for both of them. The overall tone of the play is sobering as we watch the family (especially Willy) fall apart because of various reasons, including the way they treat each other.
"After all the highways, and the trains, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive," (Miller, 98). This quote was spoken by the main character of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman. This tragedy takes place in Connecticut during the late 1940s. It is the story of a salesman, Willy Loman, and his family’s struggles with the American Dream, betrayal, and abandonment. Willy Loman is a failing salesman recently demoted to commission and unable to pay his bills. He is married to a woman by the name of Linda and has two sons, Biff and Happy. Throughout this play Willy is plagued incessantly with his and his son’s inability to succeed in life. Willy believes that any “well-liked” and “personally attractive man” should be able to rise to the top of the business world. However, despite his strong attempts at raising perfect sons and being the perfect salesman, his attempts were futile. Willy’s only consistent supporter has been his wife Linda. Although Willy continually treats her unfairly and does not pay attention to her, she displays an unceasing almost obsessive loyalty towards her husband: Even when that loyalty was not returned. This family’s discord is centered on the broken relationship between Biff and Willy. This rift began after Biff failed math class senior year and found his father cheating on Linda. This confrontation marks the start of Biff’s “failures” in Willy’s eyes and Biff’s estrangement of Willy’s lofty goals for him. This estrangement is just one of many abandonments Willy suffered throughout his tragic life. These abandonments only made Willy cling faster to his desire to mold his family into the American Dream. They began with the departure of his father leaving him and...
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the repercussions of Macbeth murdering his King are very numerous. Through themes that include, imagery, soliloquies, atmosphere, and supernatural beings, Shakespeare enforces the magnitude of Macbeth’s crime. Most of these factors are linked together.
"Joyce, I need to leave work at 10 o'clock today to go to the doctor's office." Trying not to show my nervousness the words come out fast. "Let me know what the doctor said", Joyce exclaimed as she walked back to her office. "O.k." was all I could say as she was walking off.
Throughout history many families can’t face reality. In the play Death of a Salesman the main characters Willy, Linda, Biff, and Happy use self-deception as a means to mentally escape the reality of their lives. Biff is the only character who becomes self-aware by the end of the play. Willy wants to live in his dream world; Linda and Happy don’t even realize that they’re in a dream world. Biff had no idea he was in a dream world until he had an epiphany.
“My name is Michael Herman but you can call Mr.Herman, how respectful of authority were you at that age?”
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“That but this blow. Might be the be-all and the end-all — here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We 'ld jump the life to come.” This is a quote from Macbeth thinking about murdering Duncan but avoid all the consequences. Through out the play of Macbeth there are a lot of themes that come to play. Some of the theme include good vs evil, the power of evil, temptation and guilt. Each of these themes fall right into each other. Macbeth never understood the limits of what he was doing. He just let his greed take over him. Macbeth had on thing on his mind and that was becoming king and nothing was going to stop him. Each of those themes are showing Macbeth in his true colors as a person.
Aunt Leslie then snapped me out of my deep thought asking whether I was okay. I told her I was even if it was obviously a complete lie. "So shall we go back to Geraldine tomorrow morning? Or would you like to leave in the evening?"