I was 14 when I first discovered "Macbeth". I had already fallen in love the year before, thanks to "Romeo and Juliet" but I think it was "Macbeth" that sealed the deal. (Followed by Hamlet the year after - I should say here that I had a wonderful English teacher, thanks Mrs Gaby...)
Anyway this page is from the scene after Macbeth has murdered King Duncan and is discussing it with Lady M. I got to play Macbeth in this scene, and did it in full costume, hands dripping blood, in front of the class. It was great. Even then the lines about sleep from this scene rang in my head. Like the ones I tried to get in focus for the shot-
"The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast -"
At the time I understood them on an intellectual level, but as the years rolled on their meaning really hit home. I'll say this about sleep - you don't really appreciate it until you have a falling out. And then you realise, like Mr Mac did, that your life isn't much of anything without it.
This is my cat, Elwyn. He came to live with us last November. Since then, I have not slept, as he likes to come and sit on my chest, purr very loudly, and chew on my beard. If he is thrown off the bed, he happily jumps back up and comes to sit on my chest, still purring loudly, and continues to eat my beard. He weighs 20 lbs/9 kg.
this is a comic that my husband brought home from clinical. it represents my life exactly. completely at the mercy of a 17 month old.
I was 14 when I first discovered "Macbeth". I had already fallen in love the year before, thanks to "Romeo and Juliet" but I think it was "Macbeth" that sealed the deal. (Followed by Hamlet the year after - I should say here that I had a wonderful English teacher, thanks Mrs Gaby...)
Jane tapped out immediately after this sleeper hold by her father, Steve. Apparently watching cartoons was a higher priority. She did manage tell me she is two years old, has red shoes and owns a mermaid ball.
