(11) Macbeth or Lady Macbeth????

Haiii…Miss Dzeelfa,hope you don’t mind.

Can I still write even I’ve reach 10th posts? I just loves to reflect on what I’ve read and think…. At least I can share something with my friends…Since I’m not good in literature, I like to post it here..So that, my friends can teaches me more and correct me. Ohh yaaa… You know, this questions keep appear in my mind lately. Till this point I still cannot decide.

Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? Which one are evil than other? I cannot say Macbeth is evil than Lady Macbeth? At first, he is a nice person but at the end he changes to be an evil person.  I also shouldn’t say Lady Macbeth is evil than Macbeth. She maybe an evil woman at first but at the end she feel guilt. There is still human trait in herself. She also died because of her guiltiness.

Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? Which one we should blame? I cannot blame Macbeth for everything has happened. Yes.. He is the one who did the murder but, at first he does not wiling to. He has to do when his wife accused him for being coward. Man have their own ego, they will accept any challenge to protect their dignity. But all this cannot be used as a proof to blame Lady Macbeth. She also have no choice, She just do what she thinks is right. Every woman loves power. So did her, she just wants to be the queen and be respected by people.

Macbeth or Lady Macbeth ? which on are heartless than another? Macbeth may seem hesitate when his wife asks him to kill King Duncan. Even after he killed King Duncan, he feels scared and guilty. However, after that, he willing to kill his own best friend, Banquo.  How selfish he is when he willing to kill his own best friend just to cover his darkest deed.But I cannot said that Macbeth is heartless than Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth also a heartless woman. She also care for King Duncan but she willing Duncan died just because she wants her husband have the throne and she’ll be the queen. To show how heartless she is, I quote from Act 1 scene 7:

LADY MACBETH:

What beast was't then
That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;(55)
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know(60)
How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.(65) 

How heartless she is when she said this line. But, this also is not a proof to say Lady Macbeth are heartless than Macbeth.

Can I say both of them are equal? They are perfect couple? I remember in the letter Macbeth sent to his wife…He was addressing his wife as His partner of greatness. For me…I think both of them share the evilness and both of them were heartless but I still cannot blame them. I don’t want to be judgmental. For me, I’ve never hated these two characters neither admires them, I just being rational that people will do anything to achieved their dreams. Can I say both of them too ambitious? I mean in negative connotations…

By the way, I found some quotes that I think can relate with the character.

Macbeth misuse his power as a king:

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” 

― Abraham Lincoln

Lady Macbeth, pretty yet dangerous….

“Beauty's only skin deep.
Everybody has ugly days.
We're all made of the same stuff underneath.
Acting right is better than looking right.
Realize what make you special beyond looks.
Evil can look pretty on the outside.” 
― Shannon Delany, 13 to Life

(10) MEQBEH

Assalamualaikum and Hi Miss Dzeelfa!

Hello people! ;)

Meqbeh? Yeah, it is 'Macbeth' in Northen Dialect! (HAHA)

My group and I have been assigned to do a Macbeth video BUT in a northen dialect! (LOL).

The moment I saw my name and several others in your post at our facebook  group,and you mentioned there that we need to do it in  northen dialect, I was like.... HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! :P

I can't imagine how to change the dialogue-from a very old english,bombastic words,sophisticated english to Northen dialect!

Oh! there is a mojor problem, to be specific, MY problem. Honestly,I am not really good in northen dialect, and in fact, I myself hardly to understand the dialect. Yes, shame on me. BOOOO! I am a Perak-ian, but my family and I didn't really practicing the dialect, and perhaps because of the origin of my family itself. We were born in a place where the northen dialect are not really applied and it is quite impossible to hear the dialect at my place. There is no "kome,ate,awat,ect''.

But... it was a  great experience! The whole scenes in our video involved only one place, which is Bukit Ekspo,UPM. Beautiful scenery,calm, full of trees, suit the theme of our video. J

My group consist of five people, which are: Najmi, Maal, Faizah, Siti Awatif, and me, Hanisah Safian J

The recording part was the toughest among all. However, we still managed to finish up all the scenes in about three hours time. Tiring? Yeap. Happy? Yeap yeap!

The making of 'MEQBEH':



The witches



Meqbeh



Bangkoq

It is surely and obviously will become one of the sweetest memories!

Thank you! ;)

(9) Back to basic!

Hi Miss Dzeelfa! ;)

As you know, all my previous entries mostly were talking about ‘Macbeth’,and I wonder what to share about in this entry.

After several thought, I have decided to back to basic! Yes!Back to basic!

All this while, we (TESLian) was gone through several works by William Shakespeare. For example Measure of Measure, The Sonnet,  and now Macbeth! But somehow, I never bother to actually know better about Shakespeare’s profile. I just know the surface about him, not in deep! Ya, obviously I know his name, some of his work,and just  little bit of his personal life, and I think it is the time for me to reveal who Shakespeare is! (Although I’m sure most of you know him better!)

So people! Meet William Shakespeare! Tadaaaa

flawless huh? :P

Who are you dear Shakespeare?

Based on Mr. Wikipedia:

“William Shakespeare was born on 26 April 1564, and he died on 23 April 1616. was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's per-eminent dramatist.He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language.”

In my opinion, other than his awesome works, the most appealing issue regarding Shakespeare is about his sexuality. I still remember, when I was in form four my teacher used to talked about this issue and it is a very interesting to discuss as a whole groups. In that time, we will see variety of point of view from different people from different perspective. He was suspected that he had an affairs with other women, and more surprisingly he was also suspected as ‘gay’ based on the analysis of his finest,greatest poem-Sonnet 18, when he compare this famous phrase: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” to a man!

However, I still salute him for every amazing works that he has produced, and I am sure that it will last until..until..forever?

Oh by the way, I seriously adore "ROMEO AND JULIET" ! :D

Hanisah Safian (152604) 

(12) Goodbye to Macbeth, Goodbye to the Hats....

Hello, Khayma here... and this is my twelfth post, and this will also be my last post.....

On a whole, i enjoyed Macbeth immensely... the story, was introduced to me by my Form 5 teacher, it became a major part of my life now.... in my 6th semester and UPM... And i am happy that i know something regarding Macbeth.....

Macbeth has also somehow, made me want to read more in the future....what i mean is, read Shakespeare...as now, i know the technique of how to read Shakespearean play... It would be a waste, would it not, to not use my new found capabilities to its fullest???

I loved the video makings.... The hip hop video was a blast.... It was amazing and awesome.... I thank Ms Dzeelfa for giving us the project, something that made us think, something that brought out the creativity in us.... It was absolutely FUN!!!! Like Peisha said.... " Our mission is to make Ms Dzeelfa fall off her chair laughing".... We haven't projected the video, and i do hope that when we do, Ms Dzeelfa will have a good time laughing yea.....Trust me...it was tough making it... All those technicalities..... All the rapping, the script forgetting..... The waking khayma up from bed to bathe and get ready to shoot moments....oh my......

The LHE 3255 course itself? I love the lecturer...  friendly person definitely.... I love the materials taht we used, that we explored... I loved the presentations, because i am the kind of person who loves to stand in front and talk...and talk...and...talk..... LHE 3255 also helped us, THE HATS.... a lot...we bonded like crazy...we had good times, gathering in the room, talking, doing work.... I have no other friends who are as close as the hats are to me... Thank you my hats..... Nisah who always "hati busuk-ed" me and shramila... peisha who always motivated me and was always there for me...Pejot/faizah who shares my love for romantic novels and shares my emo tempraments.... and Sharmila...who is the bestest roomate...the one who'll "rape " you if you emo too much...haisyy..where can i find groupmates/coursemates/friends like that?

Yes, a very positive course, a lot of positive feelings.... I enjoyed myself on the whole....

Thank you Ms Dzeelfa...

Thank you Lhe 3255

Thank you MAcbeth....

Thank You Hats, for this amazing experience and friendship...

And...byeeeeeeeeeeee

I seriously do hate goodbyes.... they make me so totally sensitive... and i feel like crying now....arghhhh

Nothing can beat the memories of Macbeth, the fun and rolling around...the preparation for assignments.... nothing...

So again...goodbye.... so totally....

I have to say it..... Goodbye....

♥

(8) Persona Poem - Lady Macbeth

Hi Miss Dzeelfa, I choose Lady Macbeth because i admire her tenacity and passion to kill Duncan. In my opinion not everyone can stand firm on the decision that they have made. But Lady Macbeth see to it that she kills Duncan because she has plannned for his death thoroughly.

Lady Macbeth, 

Cunning, Deceitful, Tenacious, and Persuasive

The wicked partner of King Macbeth 

Who loves supremacy, Macbeth and Scotland

Who hates weak-willed men, procrastination, and hesitation

Who wants the throne for her beloved husband

Scotland's bold Queen 

Hail Lady Macbeth!

(7) Evaluation on the other groups video.

Hi Miss Dzeelfa,

     Firstly, I wasn’t sure of how the whole class and even you would accept our video. As we had to present our video towards the end, I had goose bumps thinking of how wonderful the rest of my friends’ videos were. I compared theirs to ours. But when you gave your positive comments and also praised us because our concept was different, I was relieved. Thanks for believing in us Miss Dzeelfa.

     Well, I was amazed by my friends’ ability and creativity in doing the first Macbeth video which was assigned to all of us. They did an amazing job!.

     In, Adiba’s group, I love the way they filmed the fighting scene. It was funny because it looks like Adiba and Dora was fighting on air. It was done so effortlessly cute!! Dayang was handsome and so is Hanis. I want to praise them for the scenes that they have chosen. It was quite long and they managed to do it well. It was very entertaining. Younger audience would love it and be able to connect with it in no time.

     As for Yarhui and Dinie’s group, it is quite interesting. I love Dinie’s accent! She got her sinus at the correct timing I would say. The way she used her handkerchief to rub off the stains in her hands, looks exactly similar to Lady Macbeth in the movie that you have showed to us in the class. The techniques used are varied and it’s good that Laila used those. Nice directing of the video from Yar Hui.

     Next, it’s the boys group. It’s so hilarious! Should really give them credits because they took into account the minor details in Macbeth like the song, bagpipes and the clothes Scottish people wear that some of us forget to emphasize. I like the song as it can activate the appropriate schemata of those watching so that they can know that it’s somehow related to the Scottish people. Very smart of them! And not forgetting those kilts.. Haha... Funny!! And i actually thought that Najmi was a horse because he was kneeling.. Sorry Najmi.

     Then, it’s the Weird Sisters. Love their introduction. The fact that Shiauyin took the ideas from Vampire Diaries is so creative. The relevance was there, which is to show the power of the witches. They manipulated what they know from the series into producing this video. Beautiful witches which was a distraction... Just kidding. But i love their long gowns.

Lastly, it’s Zulaikha’s group. They were fortunate to have Alex to help them to act out Macbeth’s part. Love his accent. It was quite lengthy and boring maybe due to the dialogues chosen. However it would be appropriate for mature audiences who are into Macbeth or those who knows the story beforehand.

In conclusion, basically all my friends did well and I’m proud of them.

(6) The first video for Macbeth with the Hats

Hi Miss Dzeelfa. 

     When you gave us the instruction to do a play, we were not really clear about what we should do. But thanks to Khayma, she got the script done in no time. She even drew the characters, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth and also Duncan. It was really funny and we all laughed but I have to admit that it was awesome.

     After much clearer guidance, we came up with an idea. It came from Peisha. She gave this brilliant idea of just using only certain parts of our face to create the video. Peisha is the backbone of this group and without her I don’t know what will happen to the rest of us. She guides us and makes sure we get the things done in time. At first I was not sure of how this idea would work. I just went along with it until came the day where we had to shoot our video.

     We discussed about the plan of the video. Then it was clearer to me. We read the script together and we choose the people who will be playing the tempting Lady Macbeth. Well, since all of them were quiet, I volunteered to act her part. It was a sudden thought but I just went with it. It was actually fun!!

     Khayma showed me her entire collection of jewelleries. It was overwhelming, but Peisha selected this beautiful necklace which was glittering and fit for a queen. Haha.. Then plan was also to make me wear her beautiful gown which was really elegant. Therefore, we gathered with me ready with my freshly painted nails just for the video. :P

     I fumbled while wearing the dress. It was long and since I was short, I nearly tripped. Haha. But I was in safe hands with my Hats so it was alright. Then, Peisha put lipstick for me. That was so funny. We laughed together looking at my weird face. It was so red and the last I wore a colour like that was during my theatre performance with the Original Hats! What an experience that was.

     Then we proceeded to recording my part first because we had to wait for both guy actors as they were busy with the college stuff. Faizah was responsible for the lights and also holding my script. Thanks a million Pejot! I laughed and pronounced the words from my dialogues wrongly as Peisha recorded my part and we had to redo the scenes. Khayma had to ‘coach’ me into getting the words right and also to portray the correct emotions. Thank God she was there. If not I would have made myself a clown. Haha.

     Moreover, we had to do some scenes which required me to show that I’m a seductive queen. Since it was in the music room, we used the chimes which were available. We had to redo the scenes and Nisah gave ideas on how to make it better. Besides I had to colour my fingers so that I can spread the blood on the wall. That was much easier.

(4 of us together)

     After the ‘actors’ came, Peisha shoot their part and we ended up the whole process at about 1 am. But that wasn’t the end of the video. The editing part was handed to Hanisah. She is a pro in editing videos. We accompanied her to do the editing in her room. It was tiring especially on her part as she couldn’t really stay up that late but I admire her determination to get the video done. The editing process was tough, but she persevered until it finished. Thanks Nisah!!

     We were all fast asleep except for Peisha and Nisah. Peisha stayed up to accompany her to get it done. I guess it was at 6 am that Nisah could really rest her case. :P But she made some changes again to the video and we finally viewed it as a group the night before Monday. It was fun and tiring but it was worth it as it brought us closer than we were before. It strengthened our bond which we already had since our theatre with Pn.Juridah! Working with Hats is awesome!! Let me end this with a saying. ‘Bersatu teguh bercerai roboh’! Love you HATS!!