https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg "There's nothing serious in mortality. All is but toys." Act 2 Scene 3 (line 94-95) en-us 2016-11-08 15:16:54 UTC 2025-12-11 12:05:40 UTC hello@padlet.com 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136160549 My initial thoughts are this was intended to be comical. I choose this quote because there are few comical parts in Macbeth and it sparked my interest. I cope with death (and other uncomfortable situations) with comedy and laughter, resulting in an immediate attraction to this quote. I also remembered the part of the play where Macbeth said this and was previously familiar with it. After rereading the act and quote, I realized a deeper meaning of the quote and my initial reactions were incorrect. ]]> 2016-11-08 17:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136160549 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136192731 This is my group's tableau. This is Act 2 Scene 3 where King Duncan is found dead. This also happens to be the same act and scene my quote is found. ]]> 2016-11-08 18:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136192731 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136196293 2016-11-08 18:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136196293 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136211537 While helping my friend with their Hamlet tableau, I used my quote in conversation. The scene they were doing had a death in it, and I found it to be appropriate to use it. Their reactions differed in that the quote was appropriate in that they were posing for a death scene, but they were slightly confused. When I explained the context of the quote and reasoning, they understood and actually found it humorous that I connected another Shakespeare quote to a scene they were doing from a separate Shakespeare play. ]]> 2016-11-08 19:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136211537 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136213696 1. Harambe Current Event (Source)
2.  Gene Wilder's Death
3. Muhammad Ali]]> 2016-11-08 19:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136213696 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136214690 Harambe was the name of a gorilla that was killed in a Cincinnati Zoo in May of 2016. He was killed because a young boy climbed into the cage and the gorilla had "firm and violent" grip on the child. It was perceived that he might have acted aggressively toward the child, so the immediate response was to shoot the gorilla in order to save the child's life. Many people saw this as a very serious and controversial event, mostly trying to place blame on whose fault it was, the gorilla (for acting violent) or the parents of the child (for not watching over their child). Others, mostly young people, were making light of the situation and joking about the death of innocent Harambe, making sick jokes about his death.  This relates back to my quote in that Macbeth is talking about the death of King Duncan and, when told the news, basically said someone was playing a sick joke on him and now Macbeth's life is no longer worth living.  ]]> 2016-11-08 19:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/136214690 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137161915 Gene Wilder is a well known actor. He stared in movies such as Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. In August of 2016, the famous actor passed away of Alzheimer's at the age of 83.  Sadness prevailed and the younger generation used the internet once more to make light of a sad and serious situation.  A screenshot was used from one of his more famous movies, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and text was added in context to the relating joke.  This connects to my quote in that this "meme" of Gene Wilder pokes fun at his death by using a sadistic image (one in which he is joyful) for others to laugh at. Macbeth in my quote is sadistic in that he knows he is the reason for King Duncan's death yet basically says that nothing is worth living for if Duncan is dead and the "toys" are sick jokes that people make. ]]> 2016-11-13 01:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137161915 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137162676 While discussing my grandmother (who is currently dying of Alzheimer's disease going on 10 years) with my family, I used my quote in context. Our family is very open with each other and we all have a mutual understanding that it is my grandmother's time to go. I said this quote while discussing my grandmother's wishes in her will for after she dies. My family's reaction was laughter. They laughed about the fact that my grandmother is just a shell of her previous self and my family and I aren't taking death, her's especially, as serious as it should be taken. We make many jokes about what she would say about current events (such as Trump being elected president) and her grandchildren's choices.  ]]> 2016-11-13 01:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137162676 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137163214 During dinner at my boyfriend's house, Buddy, I used my quote for the last time in context. He was telling me a story about his "crazy" Uncle Robert. Buddy described him as a "medium sized white Polish man who loved his Jagermeister and died of alcoholism." The family saw him as a party animal who always got drunk at family events and played his accordion. I said my quote while they were discussing positive memories of his life.  Their reaction was at first confusion, then laughter. They found it humorous that I had to use such a morbid quote in a Shakespeare play during true conversation, and to their surprise it fit in the context of their evening conversation perfectly. ]]> 2016-11-13 01:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137163214 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137163662 Muhammad Ali was a famous boxer. His most memorable fight was that against Joe Frazier.  Although Ali did not win that fight, it became known as "The Fight of the Century."  He held up a record of 56-5 with 37 KOs. He died in June of 2016. People made jokes about his death saying they thought he was a terrorist, not a world renown boxer and role model for many. This relates to my quote in that Macbeth says that Duncan's death must be a sick joke and that nothing is worth living without Duncan as king, while people also looked up to Muhammad Ali and others used his death to make sick jokes. ]]> 2016-11-13 02:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137163662 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137164520 This is my group's second tableau. This is Act 5 Scene 1 where we find out later in the play that Lady Macbeth kills herself. This relates to my quote in that there is the theme of death that is continuous through the whole play. ]]> 2016-11-13 02:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137164520 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137164620 My final reaction of this quote is much different than my initial reaction.  After reading the context of the play where the quote is and such, my final reaction is that Macbeth said this to his fellow cohorts to be serious. The audience perceives the quote as ironic and humorous, knowing that Macbeth is responsible for Duncan's death. While his cohorts perceives this is as very serious, thinking Macbeth is sympathetic for his friend, guest, and king's death, saying he cannot go on without him and his death cannot be true, only a sick joke someone is playing on him. ]]> 2016-11-13 02:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137164620 300584 https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137165095 This quote reminds me of the movie Groundhog Day.  The plot briefly described is about a man who keeps living the same day over and over again. Eventually he becomes so sick of it that he begins to kill himself each day, knowing he will wake up perfectly fine the next morning. This relates back to my quote in that the main character, Phil, find it humorous to kill himself every day because he knows the truth and thinks his life is a sick joke, while everyone around him does not know the truth and is scared every time (same day) he dies. This relates back to Macbeth in that he knows the truth, as does the audience but everyone around him does not. ]]> 2016-11-13 03:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/300584/ofkmf5rm1hlg/wish/137165095