Author: Quinn

Shakespeare uses various language features throughout the MacBeth play, one of these features in particular is metaphors. During Macbeths soliloquy he said this: “Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain” Macbeths ultimate goal during this time is to kill King Duncan so he can become Thane Of Cawdor; Due to this it has caused him horrendous stress or a “heat-oppressed brain” Macbeth is concluding that because he is so stressed in the mind his eyes are playing tricks on him hence when he said “the dagger of the mind”

Macbeth had second thoughts about murdering King Duncan as they both have good reputation between one another. Lady Macbeth got very heated at Macbeth for having these second thoughts. In the end Lady Macbeth came up with the plan on how they’re going to kill and get away with the murder of King Duncan and they are going to carry this plan out.

” To prick the sides of my intent, but onlyVaulting ambition” What Macbeth is saying here is he has good reasons not to go along with the plan of killing Duncan but there is motivation of ambition that remains in Macbeth, causing conflict and confusion to whether he should do it.

“False face must hide what the false heart doth know” Another quote by Macbeth; when he said this quote he is simply saying that he shall hide the truth of his cold heart by showing guild and sadness on the outside.

King Duncan goes to MacBeths castle and is welcomed by Lady MacBeth. The dramatic irony behind this is Lady MacBeth knows that soon Duncan will be coming to his end as king and will suffer the fate of death.

“And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp him, to his home before us. Fair and noble hostess, We are your guest tonight.”

Lady Macbeth uses metaphors to state how Macbeth is too mentally weak to be king. When Lady Macbeth finishes reading the letter on how the witches foretold that Macbeth shall be king she said “Yet I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way” Lady Macbeth here is saying that she thinks Macbeth is too kind to hold such power.

TIME: Afternoon

PLACE: The Kings Palace

CHARACTERS:Duncan, Malcom, Donalbain, Lenox, Attendants, Macbeth, Banquo Rosse, Angus

Macbeth conceals his thoughts from banquo. Duncan’s son Malcolm reports that the rebel Cawdor had faced his execution with dignity.

QUOTE: “For in my way it lies, stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires: the eye wink at the hand, yet let that be, which the eye fears, when it is done, to see” Said by Macbeth, meaning he wants to hide his desires from god.

TIME: Unknown

PLACE: A Heath

CHARACTERS: Witch 1. Witch 2, Witch 3, Macbeth, Banquo, Rosse, Angus

The three witches foresee MacBeth’s future that he will become Thane Of Cawdor and king; Although there is a big flaw with being Thane Of Cawdor: The present one must die for another Thane Of Cawdor to rise meaning MacBeth with face many obstacles if the witches do speak the truth.

QUOTE: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” Said by Macbeth, when he said this he could sense the witches presence. In the first act of the play one of the witches said “fair is foul and foul is fair” which is related to Macbeth sensing their presence.

TIME: Afternoon

PLACE: A camp near Forres

CHARACTERS: Captain, Duncan, Malcom, Lenox, Rosse, Donalbain, Angus

Capitan spoke about MacBeth on how he was a legendary warrior. He also reported to king Duncan how the battle went. Due to the captain being wounded from the battle, he had to be taken away by segons before giving more important information.

QUOTE: “As Sparrows Eagles, or the hare the lion” Said by Captain, he was comparing MacBeth and soldiers as predators and prey.

TIME: Unknown

PLACE: Open Area

CHARACTERS: Witch 1, Witch 2, Witch 3

At the very beginning of the play, three witches were huddled together planning on when next they would meet. They plan to meet when the next battle is either lost or won. Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter in his plays; So what makes this act unique is the fact that the witches don’t speak in the same metre, they speak in trochaic tetrameter, making them inhumane. That is how Shakespeare informs the audience inhumane characters.

QUOTE: “When the hurlyburly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won” Said by witch 2, it means they’ll meet when the next battle has concluded. No matter where or when it is.

It all started in the early 1990’s. At first text messaging had more in common with writing than speech; But as years went by text messaging evolved more and more, soon becoming the most convenient way to message. As text messaging became more popular, new language features began to form; Such as abbreviations, omissions, homophones, the list goes on. Now in the present, text messaging has come so far compared to what it once was. It is now closer to speech than writing. In this new age we live in, text messaging is a different language in comparison to formal writing.

Text messaging has introduced many language features. All of these features were created to primarily increase the speed of messaging. One of these language features didn’t actually introduce anything, but took some features away; Omissions. This feature is used in texting all the time mainly to transmit messages quicker. An Omission is something being left out or excluded, when it comes to text messaging it is punctuation that is being excluded; This is one of the first features used to make text messaging different from formal writing. In formal writing punctuation is being used on a constant basis whereas text messaging has evolved to leave punctuation out.

Another feature created by text messaging are homophones. These are words that sound identical to shorten words or even just one alphabetical letter. An example of this is “u” That is a homophone of “you”. There are many homophones out there and they are also used to speed up text messaging. The next feature text messaging introduced are abbreviations. These are words or phrases that are cut down to the minimum. Like with homophones and omissions, this is also done to make text messaging faster. All abbreviations start with the first letter of a word. An example is “LOL” it is an abbreviation of “Laugh Out Loud” Another example is “YOLO” the abbreviation for that is “You Only Live Once” As time went by some of these features eased out into speech, meaning text messaging evolved spoken language too.

The idea of text messaging has developed so far that it now has almost all features of spoken language. Text messaging has advanced so that things like “emojis” can be implemented into text. Emojis are a variety of small pictures conveying emotion. They were created to make messaging more understandable. Another way text messaging has similarity to spoken language is caps. Caps is a feature in technology that converts all letters to capitals, making the words appear bigger therefore giving off the element of shouting which is used in spoken language.

Formal writing is actually further away from speech than text now. Decades ago writing was used mainly to get a message over a long distance; It would take days to weeks for a handwritten letter to arrive to the recipient. In the present, it takes less than a split second for a text to be sent, no matter the distance. Like with speech, text messaging too can have conversations. Back in the early to middle 1900’s it was impossible to have a conversation over a long distance. Text messaging is a different language compared to formal writing because so many language features have been introduced. in the current age of texting, there is omissions, homophones, abbreviations, and more. All of these features being implemented into text make it vastly different from the traditional formal writing.

Text messaging isn’t always as straightforward. Sometimes text messaging actually requires to be done in a formal manner; This mainly occurs when communicating to a new person over text for the first time. This is because you don’t know their style of texting yet, and they don’t know yours. So when communicating with new people over text for the first time, formal writing is the best approach as everyone is familiar with this style of texting. By doing correct spelling and adding punctuation, it ultimately makes messages easier to read, even though it is far less efficient. An example of this is text conversations between Hayden and I. Hayden is my boss so we need to have good communication. At first, I messaged him formally, he did the same. As time went on we eased into our preferred style of texting, now we can understand each other through far shorter text, making communication more efficient.

Text messaging is also extremely versatile. With texting people you know, you and them can create small features between each other based off other features created by text messaging. A prime example of this is abbreviations. Abbreviations are one of the most flexible and adaptable text messaging features. When conveying text between one another, you and them can create abbreviations to make text messaging more efficient for the both of you; An example of this is communicating with a good friend. by turning words you use the most into abbreviations, it can make text messaging more efficient whilst maintaining the same communication. Text messaging is so flexible it also allows you to add character/ style to your texts. In the real world, everyone has their own style of speech. Whether it’s accent or words they like to consistently use; In this era of texting you can implement your style of speech into text messaging.

As text messaging continues to advance, it will proceed further and further away from formal writing. Text messaging has already introduced many features such as abbreviations, omissions, homophones and the list is still going up. It will continue to become a closer version of speech. It already has paralinguistics and artificial tone; And those features alone are still progressing. The idea of text messaging was introduced about three decades ago, there is countless possibilities on how text messaging will evolve. The question is, how far can text messaging progress until it is at its peak? It has already evolved so far. Only time will tell how much further text messaging can advance. It’s already a different language in comparison to formal language.

Hypothesis: Text messaging is a different language in comparison to formal writing

Introduction: State hypothesis and summarise features by summarising how text messaging is different in comparison to formal writing

Paragraph 1: State how text messaging introduced abbreviations, homophones (you and u, ect) and omissions

Paragraph 2: Explain ways text messaging can give off elements of speech (tone = caps/ exclamation marks, paralinguistics = emojis, ect. At the end “therefore text messaging is closer to speech than formal writing” use that to go on to next paragraph

Paragraph 3: State how formal writing is further away from speech than text messaging

Conclusion: Summarise the essay and give some reasons to why text messaging is different to formal writing

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