What do you think about Macbeth?

Near the beginning of the play, when Duncan was killed, I felt sorry for Macbeth because Lady Macbeth pretty much made him do the murder. He even had second thoughts about it but she pushed him to go through with it. Although it was Lady Macbeth's fault that Duncan was murdered, after that happened Macbeth didn't seem to have a problem with killing anyone any more. He was convinced that by killing anyone who was a threat to him, he would succeed in his ambition to become king and make the Witches' prophesy come true. It didn't take me long to realize that Macbeth was an extremely selfish person and only cared about becoming king, no matter what he had to do. You see him slowly become more and more crazy throughout the play as he kills more and more people. He even killed people who weren't a real threat to him. In my opinion, Macbeth was very selfish and it's his own fault that it ended the way it did.

Ambition

How does ambition impact people?  

I think ambition has a positive impact on people as long as it's a healthy ambition (ex.setting a goal for school, having a successful career, etc.). It drives you to make improvements and succeed. Even the idea of having any ambition opposed to not having one at all, it gives a person a purpose and something to work for. If a person has no ambition, they don't have as much of a drive to succeed. Having a goal gives you something to look forward to, and as you get closer to achieving that goal, it gives you a more positive outlook on life. What do you think? Have you found success through ambition?

Aboriginal reserves in Canada

After reading this article about Aboriginal reserves in Canada, I realized how different our lives are than theirs. We have so much more than them, and most of us don't even realize how good we have it. In the article it says it can get as bad as 15 people living in one shack, and kids starting to drink at the age of six years old. They have nothing to do because there are no jobs and most of the time there isn't proper education available either. The people living on these reserves don't have jobs, and as a result they don't have money to provide for their families. Even though some of the information in this article is dated, these things are still happening on our present reserves in Canada. It has improved but not as much as it should have. Reading this article makes me wonder what I can do to help this situation, how I can make a change. Any ideas? I always assumed that the government would help them, but after reading this article it doesn't look like they're doing very much. What do you think the government should be doing to help improve living conditions on reserves?

Cultural costumes

To answer the question " Why should people be careful when selecting Halloween costumes or party themes?": People should be careful when selecting Halloween costumes or party themes because as we read in the article "'We're a culture not a costume' this Halloween", there are so many stereotypes and generalizations about cultures that can be offensive and/or racist. Cultural costumes are becoming more and more common at Halloween. When people wear those costumes they are supporting stereotypes that are sometimes offensive and/or racist. People should put more thought and consideration into who will be seeing them in that costume and if it could be offensive to anyone. If you can think of anyway that the costume could be offensive towards anyone, even if it's something small, it's better to play it safe and choose another costume to wear. Cultures shouldn't have to be generalized as one stereotype or costume. There is so much more to a culture than just the label society has given it. Even though this does answer the question of why people should be careful when selecting Halloween costumes, in my opinion, people are making too big of a deal out of this, I think you should be whatever you want for Halloween, most people are wearing the costume because they like it, not because they're trying to offend anyone. And people shouldn't be personally offended by a Halloween costume. It's just a costume, in my opinion it isn't as big of a deal as a lot of people make it out to be.