Banquo is a foil (paragraph)

Banquo is the perfect foil to Macbeth. A foil is a character that follows the same storyline as the protagonist but makes different choices. Both Banquo and Macbeth are Thanes at the beginning of the story, they are also both coming back from war. They are both greeted by the witches and are given prophecies, this is when the first choice is made. Macbeth decides that he must make the prophecy a reality while Banquo waits for the prophecy to come. Also Banquo questions the witches while Macbeth believes what he heard almost immediately. But Banquo goes through the same story path as Macbeth.

Heroic Couplets

Soliloquy: when a character thinks out loud and changes his mind frequently. 

Heroic Couplet: at the end of the soliloquy, means a decision has been made. 2 lines that iambic pants meter that rhyme. 

"Hear it not Duncan for it is a knell 

That summons thee to heaven or to hell." 

Homeless paragraphs

Link vs the average homeless. 

The difference between Link and the average homeless is that they in fact soften the blow of the awfulness of homelessness.  They make it seem like Link from the book though suffering is finding friends and making small amounts of money, while in real life theses people rarely acquire any money, and when they do a test has shown that 70% of people spent their small amount of money on drugs and liquor. Link also only spent one night in a hostel or house the average homeless person spends only one night on the street. Though their are a couple differences there are a lot similarities. Homeless people often travel or live in groups or pairs, Link travels and "lives" with Ginger, also Ginger try's to Link to smoke. Also many job opportunities and homeless shelters reject him because he quote " Made himself homeless". I am not 100% sure if people who made the self homeless or rejected from charity's and shelters, but in the book this is mentioned. Also Link received no help from homeless charities and centres.  

Sun metaphors

Qualities of the sun
Size
Colour
Heat
Energy
Lifespan
Strength ;)

You are the painful winter sunshine in my eyes.

You are the light of the sun that i see.

You are as beautiful as the sun after a week of rain.

landlady questions.

Find the definition of foreshadowing here. Post it. This story is full of foreshadowing, can you think of an example? He did not care for it it tasted of bitter almonds.

3. How is foreshadowing different than inference? How is it the same? Give an example of inference in this story. Foreshadowing is different then inference because foreshadowing gives us clue as to what
possibly could happen further on in the story as for inference it's a description that is repeated in the story's but changed the attitude. Foreshadowing and inference are the same because they are both used to give us clues on what's gonna happen in the future. An example of inference in this story is the dachshund, in the beginning he inferred a nice safe place to stay, later in the story the dachshund is used to infer that this is not as safe and cosy as Billy thought.  

4. Look up the 'smell of burnt almonds' on Google. How does this change your appreciation of the story?  After learning that the smell of burnt almonds means poison, my appreciation of the story changed quickly.Well in the beginning I thought that the story was sweet, the home was cosy and the lady was kind hearted soul with an adorable little dog. But after finding out what the smell of burnt almonds meant it quickly turned from that kind old lady that just couldn't make a good tea to a MURDER.



Answer the following in paragraph form.

5. This story also uses some excellent imagery. Find two examples.
Explain what kind of imagery is used in each and how each helps tell the story.
(you may need a reminder of what imagery means) Two good examples of imagery are firstly the description of the curtains in the windows of the bed&breakfast which creates the image of being soft and shiny. Secondly to describe the fire the author used words such as glowing to give across the feeling of warmth.

6. What has the Landlady been up to? Be sure to give at least two examples to prove your point.
The landlady has been luring in young men into her bed&breakfast where she poisons them then stuffs them like a taxidermist. This is evidenced by the dachshund and the parrot that demonstrate her taxidermy skills and lead you to believe that this is what she does to her victims. The second point of evidence is the taste of bitter almonds in the tea suggesting poison.  

7. The story seems to stop very quickly. What do you think of it? Do you like or dislike the ending? Explain why.
The ending was to abrupt for my liking. Personally I prefer a well written ending with less guessing and more facts.

Landlady Vocabulary

Swanky

Fashionable posh 

Congenial

Suited to the persons needs

Rapacious 

Excessively greedy 

Dither 

To be uncertain or to wait cautiously

Compelling 

Forcefull or driving 

Compulsion
An unwanted force

Dotty
Crazy or mentally irregular

Dainty
Delicately beautiful


Tantalizing
Desire for something unattainable

Linger
remain present although waning or gradually dying

Emanate
give out, as breath or an odor

Malevolent 
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity

Naive

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity

Gullible 

easily tricked because of being too trusting

Beguiling 

misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods

Sports Day

Sports day was ok. It was really cold, even in my jumper I was frozen. I did have fun cheering on my friends,  sadly I missed my favourite sport due to unorginzation. I enjoyed  practising for long jump. Netball was fun aswell. So over all it was ok