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The theme of this week was memory: how much can you remember of Macbeth, and your critical theory lense after you had a week and a half mental vacation from all things school. For me the problem wasn't just that I needed to remember what we had talked about with Macbeth, but I didn't have a strong idea when watching it what was actually going on in the play. I had a hard time understanding the importance of the characters that weren't Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, or the witches; not only was that confusing to me but the how the play ended, I was left utterly confused, What helped me to tie together the rough ideas I had formed of Macbeth was when we had a visit from a CMU professor who studies Shakespeare. She was able to show me the significance of Shakespeare and how he can relate to our everyday life. She also taught my group the history of Macbeth, and answered the question of 'why is the play so anti-feminist?'. Talking to the CMU made me more excited to begin writing my paper and creating a presentation, for she solidified my ideas as well as sent me on paths I never thought to explore. Although I had known that Shakespeare was written a very long time ago it hadn't crossed my mind to look at what was going on in his time to understand the text more, I was trying more to see how his texts relate to the time I live in now. http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323
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