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1) Bunch, Lynne. "Opinion: Some Mental Illnesses Still Overlooked, Stigmatized." The Daily Reveille, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.
2) Flegenheimer, Matt, and Michael Barbaro. "Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment." Election 2016 n.d.: n. pag. New York Times. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.
3) Noble, Theresa Althelia, Sr. "Trump and Hillary, Models of Fallen Human Nature." Aleteia, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.

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Relate the quote to 3 current events (magazines/ newspapers)

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Relate the quote to 3 current events (magazines/ newspapers)

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1) This quote on acting on first thought is related to a newspaper on mental illness in which personality disorders and  impulse control disorders are more prevalent in society, but are still overlooked by most people. This is true for Macbeth when he goes crazy over Banquo's ghost and Lady Macbeth dismisses his lapse as a "custom" of sorts.
2) This newspaper article detailing the way that Donald Trump campaigned and came to power as the President last week is similar to my quote because Donald Trump is a man who many people view as unfit for power, crazy, says whatever he wants, and is corrupt. These are all traits that led Macbeth to announce his will to say or do what comes to his mind without a second thought.
3) This newspaper describes Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as examples today of deteriorating human nature with scandals, racism, and not taking responsibility for wrongdoings. This impacts our country's future and many people have a lot to say about these two candidates' positive and negative aspects.This is similar to my quote in which Macbeth is a well known tyrant who refuses to take responsibility for his actions and has no moral character by the end of the play. Macbeth is clouded by his own mind that he falls into the greed and ambition of human folly

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This photo of a little spoiled kid wearing a crown is significant because it represents the mindset that Macbeth had at the time that he said this quote

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This thinking poster reflects Macbeth's thought process during this quote with going with the first thought that comes in his head.

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This picture represents the human side of Macbeth as he battles his greed, ambition, paranoia, etc. that many people today encounter as well.

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In honor of this year's theme, 'Mental Health Matters' for the International Youth Day on August 12 2014; I decided to speak out about this topic that is so dear to my heart. I think that it's time indeed to end mental health stigma.

In Hong Kong alone, 1 in 3 people are suffering from some sort of mental disorder according to a SCMP (a local newspaper) article dated 2012. Around 200,000 people in Hong Kong are estimated to have a severe mental illness and suicide rates gas become the leading cause of death among youth aged 15 to 24 according to Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention. Based on these statistics alone, you can conclude one thing: Mental illness is real.

But the stigma continues. A lot of people think that mental illness is something that people who deal with it just to exaggerate. For instance, take depression as an example, while I admit that anyone can feel sad or lonely, I want to correct the misconception: depression is not about feeling sad all the time, depression is the suppression of feelings of sadness, anger or even happiness that causes people to feel 'down'. Merely having a bad day or feeling lonely does not automatically make someone depressed. So many of us, put depression on our heads like we actually understand its core. Even people who actually suffer from it doesn't understand it wholeheartedly.

So many people see people who suffer from mental illness as 'insane', 'attention-seeker' or 'weak'. But to me, these people are fighters and warriors. Do you know what's it like to have a battle with your own mind and still manage to face and survive the world? Do you know what's it like to have voices in your head and you can't even tell what's real or not? How about this living thing inside of you telling you you don't deserve anything? Or maybe what's it like to keep being reminded of a tragic incident in your past that keeps playing over and over again? What about instances of happiness and then sudden downhill feelings of anger? Or being labelled by people because they don't understand your battle? And the worst, basically just existing and not living?

You'll never know that classmate of yours who always laughs is actually contemplating whether to kill herself or not every night, or that workmate of yours is actually hiding in the bathroom between breaks to keep herself together or maybe that student of yours is actually crumbling from all the pressure to be 'perfect'. Sometimes, these people don't even know who they are anymore. Not everyone who doesn't act like the stereotypical 'depressed' means that they are not. Actually, those who don't act like it or talk about it are the most likely fighters.

But do not see these people as weak. They have a war within themselves, a war that cannot even be touched yet they are fighting. Don't see people who commit suicide as selfish. In the first place, they wouldn't commit such acts if they didn't feel that they were alone. It's true that understanding someone with a mental illness is a difficult task and it's common to say, 'You don't understand' but remember these people didn't choose to be like that. You cannot say that happiness is a choice because who wants to spend every minute of their life hating that they're alive? One shouldn't romanticized mental illness just to put a label in to their 'bad day'. You are struggling with something as much as person next to you, don't compare whose life is better or worst.

Treatments for mental illness is not as widespread as those physical illness. And it saddens me. Treatment is difficult to find, it's slow, it can come back and it's expensive. Stigma continues. Social stigma has caused people to look down on those with mental illness and it becomes a chain reaction where perceived stigma happens to the victims and treatment and recover is prolonged.

What can be done?

- First is to understand. All these misconceptions are everywhere. Understand the core. Sadness alone is not depression. Suicidal idealization is not attention-seeking. PSTD is not being to caught up in the past. Schizophrenia is not insanity. Yes, it's in our head. Literally. Just because you can't touch it, see it or smell it doesn't mean it's not real. All of these are real battles that people go through. Don't wait for them to wither in front of you before you believe it's true.

- Second is to make these people feel that they are not alone. So they can open up and speak out and ask for help.

- And third is to respect what they are going through. They are not easy people to deal with but it is a struggle when your own mind is your enemy. People who suffer from mental illness learn to embrace their battle so they can get through it each day after all, there is no way out of the mind.

The fact that this year's theme is mental health shows the realness of the situation among the youth. Let's end mental health stigma not only for the youth but for every warrior that have fought, are fighting and will be fighting mental illness. These people are trying to find themselves, let's help them look for themselves so they can find the road to recovery.

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Mental illness is real and it it just as difficult as other illnesses

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In honor of this year's theme, 'Mental Health Matters' for the International Youth Day on August 12 2014; I decided to speak out about this topic that is so dear to my heart. I think that it's time indeed to end mental health stigma.

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Not only does this quote illustrate the deep troubles and internal insecurities of Macbeth and his deteriorating psychological mindset, but it plays a part in the downfall of Macbeth himself, while revealing the fundamental parts of human nature that every single person battles daily. Macbeth was born good, but acted on ambition, which turned to greed and malice. By the end of the play Macbeth has lost his sense of direction in command and finds the prophecies to be more complex than he previously imagined. His lack of control physically and mentally became his downfall and his kingdom's.

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This quote of Macbeth acting on spontaneous thoughts can be seen in the Disney film Finding Dory  in which the main character Dory acts on impulse since she has short term memory loss. She sees the world with new eyes because of this and ends up in crazy, adventurous, and perilous situations. In the movie, she travels with friends Marlin and son Nemo to find her family after helping Marlin find his. Along the way to finding her parents, Dory encounters many flashbacks to her childhood (similar to the prophecies of Macbeth), meets new friends, runs into old ones, and eventually overcomes her fear of memory loss when she finds her parents. Her mental unstable nature and unawareness of surroundings makes this character similar to that of Macbeth in terms of my chosen quote.

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This picture is from a news article on the play Macbeth acted out. This picture is significant because it represents the downward spiral of Macbeth's misinterpreted prophecies and lack of thinking

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Shakespeare's Macbeth, or "the Scottish play," has long been an audience favorite and many times re-envisioned, through films like Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and the more recent Michael Fassbender version, a film so bleak it makes you wonder who would bother fighting over such barren territory.

Ithaca Shakespeare Company's current production, handsomely staged at the Hangar Theatre, evokes the intrigues of the history plays as much as the monstrous deeds of one power-hungry couple. As supremacy struggles and usurpations are the inevitable stuff of history, director Stephen Ponton chooses to open the action vigorously with armed battle.

The company's combat (here guided by Jacob Lehman) is always one of the tangible pleasures of an ISC show - dynamic action, rousing cries, and fallen bodies authentically dragged off the field. Varied fighting gear and the costumes in general have grown more satisfying and sumptuous in each production, thanks to the genius of designer Lauren Cowdery. When Macbeth and his new queen emerge for the first time in royal robes and crowns, it's an almost breathtaking moment.

And AmarA*jk's scenic design reaches new heights as well: giant leafless trees conjure the forest and darker forces of nature, a huge basalt marker stone bears its runes like an omen, and a kaleidoscopic stained glass star high above echoes both monarchy and Christianity.

The infamous weird sisters soon appear, here not dirty hags but wraiths swathed in gauzy white from head to toe, more Candomblé priestesses than medieval witches. This interpretation certainly suggests a spirit world, but their flailing about regrettably makes them less ominous.

For the modern audience, the supernatural figures throughout Macbeth can be read as psychologically symbolic but unlikely to strike us with true dread. So we suspend our disbelief as we watch Macbeth tempted by the witches' predictions, a seduction of the soul that unleashes all the horrors to follow.

The brevity of this play (it's not clear if the full version has survived) leaves great lacunae in the mental transformation of Macbeth and his wife - we follow their changes in vast leaps, as if illuminated but intermittent flashes of psychic states. The inherent difficulty in rendering Macbeth's character is seen in this production; on opening night last week the leads (both highly skilled actors) seemed searching for an interpretation throughout the first act. Michael Donato's Macbeth was at times too modern, not a persuasively fierce general, and his speeches didn't always project when he turned from the audience. As Lady Macbeth, Kirsten Sad opened curiously with a smiling, coy, girlish demeanor that was unconvincing and far from noble.

By this time, performances may have shifted and come into more familiar focus. Already last week, the second act clicked for the central pair-adversity seemed to throw them into a more regal mode. Lady Macbeth's madness mostly occurs offstage, but Macbeth's evolving disquiet is a transformation we in the audience witness. Here, Donato presented a kind of neurotic fretfulness, which diminished the sense of power and authority turned darkly evil.

A large, capable cast, vigorously orchestrated, kept the action pulsing forward. Erik Lucas was a forceful Banquo, whose reappearance at the banquet was the most chilling ghostly presence. Macduff, who early recognizes Macbeth's treachery, was played with marked nobility and eloquence by Daniel Wisniewski, a welcome hero in this forlorn world. The cruel slaughter of Macduff's family is all the more poignant after the intimate scene of his wife (Jennifer Lehman) and young son (a most engaging Birch Snyder).

Dave Dietrich portrayed the ill-fated King Duncan, with Conor Shatto and Eric Hambury distinguishing themselves diversely as his sons. And a welcome, brief bit of comic relief was afforded by David Romm's Porter.

This classic tale of betrayal and bloody butchery is enriched by those superb speeches - the summit being Macbeth's despairing that life "is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Director Ponton has said the timing of this production was partly to suit the disrupted spirit world of the Halloween season. But he also cites the play's warning about "the dangers of ignoring one's moral compass" - a sobering reminder in our disturbing election season. *

Barbara Adams, a regional arts journalist, teaches writing at Ithaca College.

William Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Stephen Ponton. With Michael Donato and Kristin Sad. Ithaca Shakespeare Company at the Hangar Theatre, Nov. 11 and 12, 7:30 p.m. Tickets 607.273-ARTS.

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Shakespeare's Macbeth, or "the Scottish play," has long been an audience favorite and many times re-envisioned, through films like Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and the more recent Michael Fassbender version, a film so bleak it makes you wonder who would bother fighting over such barren territory.

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The significance of this cartoon drawing is that it accurately depicts a confused and mentally unstable king acting on irrational thoughts, similar to Macbeth.

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3 instances:
1) I walked up to my mom last week once I came home from school and said the quote without any context. She gave me a very confused look and asked me where it was from. I told her it was in the Macbeth play by Shakespeare and then explained what it had meant.
2) During passing period on Thursday last week, I was talking to my friend about my grades in school for my 12 week reports. Then I started talking about upcoming things in my English class such as this project. I then said my quote to my friend who laughed and shared her quote with me and we both explained the context of our quotes.
3) On Saturday afternoon I walked into my younger brother's room and found him sleeping on his bed. I then proceeded to re-enact my quote to annoy him and he rolled over to face me and just gave me an angry look and then went back to sleep wondering why I would speak like that.

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I thought this quote was a very simple way of Macbeth expressing his emotions as he deteriorates towards the end of this play. He also says this after he sees the second set of prophecies from the three witches which may have disoriented his perception and he has just heard from Lennox that his trusted peer Macduff fled to England.

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"And even now
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done."
-Macbeth