IB Language and Literature

My List The Crown is a series that focuses on Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 25. At the time, the British Empire is in decline and it is her time to take the throne. She is a very confident and powerful woman who reigns with grace and confidence. This is in Lady Macbeth's Netflix queue because she uses Claire Foy, the actress who plays Queen Elizabeth II, as a role model. When she takes the throne this is how she strives to be.  Pretty Little Liars is a tv series about a group of 5 friends. One summer, one of the girls, Ali, went missing. The other 4, Spencer, Aria, Hanna, and Emily, grew apart but came back together when they started getting mysterious texts from someone by the name of A. A knows all of their secrets; secrets that they only ever told Ali. They try and figure out who A is and why they are blackmailing them. Lady Macbeth finds this show very interesting. Her favorite character is A and she thinks its incredible how A has done so much without getting cau...

People who are not "evil" take the first step into evil because of the situations they are in and the people who influence them. In Macbeth's case, he had a chance to become King of Cawdor by killing Duncan. While Macbeth did want to be king, he didn't know he wanted to be king until the witches put the idea in his head. Then, once Lady Macbeth heard the prophecy, she wanted him to be king as well. Although, she selfishly wanted this so that she could have power, so she influenced Macbeth to carry out a plan to kill Duncan. What is involved in taking that first step "down the primrose path to the everlasting bonfire", is the influence of the people whom you turn to for guidance. For example, Macbeth had the witches convincing him that killing Duncan would allow him to be king, and Lady Macbeth, his wife, wanted power as well so she supported this plan. Therefore, Macbeth was persuaded to turn into an evil-doer. After he took this "first step", he...