Adams Center High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Adams Center, NY)

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SENIOR -XNNLAL ly actxon It mu t be probable and coherent and aboye all 1ts characters should be ty plcal Next the dramat1st begms to outhne h1s plot Th d mands that he d1y1de h1s drama 1nto fiye acts to mclude 1nt1oduct1on growth cllmax fall and catastrophe You may ask whv fiye acts? Why not more or less Because an uneyen number IS essent1al and fundamental Slnce the t1me of the Greeks balance and sy mrnetry are secured by uney en factors ln art productlon The number should be fiye to correspond to the hfe of plants ammals and man whose l1fe resolyes lnto blrth T159 culm1nat1on de cl1ne and fall understand clearly how Shakespeare has applxed the laws of nature and constructlon to h1s works of art let us take Macbeth one of Shakespeare s best works as an example The lntroductlon to a drama must appeal to the QITOLIOHS All necessary 1nc1dents whlch Wlll glV6 the au dlence requlred 1nformat1on should be told here In the mtroductlon to Macbeth the aud1ence IS 9XClll8fl by the appearance of three wltches We learn that the play takes place 1n Scotland that Duncan IS the klng of that country but by the yyltches prophecy that Macbeth IS to be klng hereafter Thxs prophecy makes Macbeth cur1ous and arouses h1s ambltlon for the crown At th1s po1nt the growth of the play begms The ex cltement produced IH the audlence by the mtrodu t1on g1y es way to expectancy ln the groy th 'lhls stage begms when Lady Macbeth Macbeths wus IS mformed that Duncan the kmg and cousln to Macbeth would vxslt the1r castle Then Lady Macbeth who knew her husband had been called by the wltches the klng hereafter set o t to help fulfill the prophecy She at once beglns to plar hoyy Duncan mav be murdered ln the castle for she kney t th1s happened Macbeth would haye the opportunlty to be crowned kmg At first Macbeth opposes her plan but he IS deeply lnfluenced when she says Look hke the mnocent flower But be the serpent under lt he that s comlng Must be proylded for and you shall put Thls n1ght s great buslness 1nto my dlspatch yy hlch shall to all our nlghts and days to come Glye solely soverelgn sway and masterdom After these words Macbeth consents to have Duncan murdered and when the klng comes to the castle he IS ' -' . .'.' l 19 ec 1 3 a . v , . . . . . A . 115 C- f' ' ' , . H . v . 1 1 1 - v u KJ D v v . . . v I ' 1 7 7 ' ' ' 9 1 9 ' To Q V' ' . V., A v , 7 1 x ls . 1 Y . . Y . . . - L . . A v 9 v V. , Y . . . Y . . . . Y v l 4' . . . . R F . , c . . - . . . . . y , . f ' ' . Y , v...x . . 1 , . . , . r x ' 1 l . , l : v . W . I1 N . L , . 1. cl Y. S cl ' . xv .- c cv cl . . 1 ' V Y v ' L x f. -Y ' . 'c .T N S '1 ' v y.- . . . . H . . v v . U , . , . . , c . . . , . . . 1 , . . . . . V . , ,7 ' ' vw ., 4 . c V. ' v v . ' v . n . V Y l cu . K . . c ' K .

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SENIOR -XXXL -XL especlalls the Deul s Co1ksc1ew Th1s sectlon of the t1a1l 1 slx hundred foot d1op down a t9l'I'IfW mg Z1gZ3g of t1a1l IQ not lecommended to people who dont hke mountaln chmbmg The path IS so steep that r1dmg IS unsafe and the descent and ascent must be made on foot qunset IS a Wldely adx ertlsed feature of the G1 and Can xon Exery promontorx that 1uts out OX91 the chasm has 1ts gloup of sun worshlpper A man from Ind1ana w ho gazed at the scene 1n sllent adnnratlon for a half hour shook h1s head and slowls 1em'nked VK ell S11 lt does seem as though the Cre1to1 d1d It 1ust to show what he could do when he tr1ed G M D 2 A DRAMA As the drama gnes to the Ameucan people one of the most UDIXQTQHI and popular folms of enterta1nment let us as Ameucans consldel br1eflK the construct1on and form of 1 well known dmma We w1ll take a work of Shakespeale whose dlamas are unlwersally known and emox ed at home at school and on the stage A drama llke a house IS bullded The laws that gox e1n the constluctxon of a drama ale not the dlctum of man same laws that govern the materlal world the Growth of flowers and hfe of the buds The artlst does not c1eate the materml for h1s maste1p1ece he goes to natule s store hou e for xt In 1ust the same waxs the mus1c1an who creates beautx lmltates f1om n'1tu1e the wmd the watel the s1ng1ng of blrds and the obs of '1 ch1ld To fxpplx thls theorx to the dlama and to Shakespeale as a dramat1st we nfel that Sh-lkespeale d1d not c1eate the storles that he dlamatlzed Howexer w1th the axd of nature and hls wonderful genlus Shakespeare has gnen to us max wolks that seem a reahts The exents chfuactexs and sltu 1t1ons of the Qhakespearmn drama are 111 taken from some IIOIIH ot oldlnarx human llfe Hls creatne gemus md hxs powel of ntxstlc select1on 'ue un excelled and make hls wolk Orlfllll 11 -X ballad a poem a IIISIOIX 01 SIOIX to be dlamfxtmecl hould po sess a theme lt must be such as can be 1m1t3tCCI -18 . . , . . V 7. , 4 Q V . . 1 . ' . 's ' ' v I M 1, . . J . V . 1 v , . . L. s. 7 L. . ' v v Y v ' v 1 L . . , .e c ' . ' 5- ' v O. c.. u , ' V , . . - . ff 7 ' . ' , - L 1 . , , . n 1 . I , w V V . . c ' . . c. , ' H y . . . ., 2 . , . v L 1 I . V v K . K v 1 , , .K . ' , 5 5 , v 7 - ' v I v .e , , . ' 7 1 L ! K 7 ' ' . ' . v v 4 . , . . . K -u . 1 4 . ' are not caprlclous or lmperlal. In fact, they ave the 1 V V . 7 I, K 9 C v ' is ' 4 . . . . , , C n 1 -, I S l l . . ' ', .. D ' Y ' ' 4 n v. v 1 , . L ., c , , c ,S . A s . . . C Lv -Y . , . .Q t , ' 1 ' . 1 I ' ' K . . v v , . L v , k ag uw . 1 ' ' C L A C A k n, I C 2 I . ' h Q l c I' ' A . l. A I n, C n s C ' -1 v 1' ' . I . , K 1 . l nv o 1 nv Q lr A , , . b ., L c s ss 3' 3 : , '

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SENIOR -XXXL AL glxen fl xxalm xx elcome Belng xxealx fIOI'1l thell Io1g oul nex Duncan and hls attendants retlle at an eallx houl -Xll ls Ill IGEICIIIIGNS for the klngs muldel and xxe ltnoxx bx Macbeth s SOIIIOQUQ that hls COIISCICIICQ tloubles hlnl for e xlslon of a daggel looms befole hlm Hc CIILCI Is thlS a dagger xxhlch I see befole me The handle toxx lrd lnx Illllflo Come let nle clutch thee I h lxe thee not lnd stlll I sec thee stlll Alt thou not fatal xlslon 8611811719 To feellng IQ to Slght or alt thou but A daggel of Hlllld a false C1C'1tIOIl Ploceedlng flom the he It opplessed b1'11Il7 I see thee xet ln f01f'll IN p llpablc as thls xxhlch noxx I dlflxx -Xt thls momcnt .1 bell sounded md Illlcbetll helllng It slld Hear It not Dunc ln T01 It IN the knell xxhlch sum mons thee to Heax en O1 to Hell Then he depalted on hls IIIUICIGIOLIS task In the molnlng M lcbeth and Lady Macleth had the appellance of belng deeplx concelned and legletful ox 61 the death of Duncan Duncan s sons the llglltful hells to the thlone dlsappealed alld Mac beth belng next of kln xx as cloxx ned lung of Scotland Shfllxespeale then brlngs the Cl1'1m'1 to lts cllnl IX In the CIIHIQX of the dl flmfl thele 15 gleat concentlatlon and s 110 llt tleof Q,'lLll1lllf'llllX ntlecllvl Sh IQIIQ IJIIIIQS hls helo lll '1 QI lxe QT 0ll0l l CIISIS its xx: tl x the CIIII IX of Nllcbeth x e lnd on helo V161 GI cfllnl nol conlldent The cluse ot' TIIIS unlest IS Blnquc x ho lt one tlnle xx as 'lllcl eth defllcst fllelld The thlee ltchc had told 1hT1Cb64I'1 thlt 0916 flltLI19 1111119 xxoulo lrlng BQIIQUON son to the tIl1OIl9 and thls aloused lealou feellng Ill Macbeth One d x as Banquo and hl on 'lle rldlllg Macbeth hlres tlllee men to murdel them Thex ucceed ln lxllllng Banl llo but h s son escapes -Xfte thls nluldel 'lllcbeth l llled x lth 1 fell th ll no one un derstood Sex GI ll t1lTl9N Blnquo s host secmtd to haun h m lnd lnllxc hlm lll me lol 1 tlnc On one OLCISIOY xx hcn Blllquo s ghost ls IJLIOIQ hlm he QXCIIIUS -Xxaunt md qult mx lgllt Let the ellth hlclc thcc tllx bones ue m llloxxlcss Thx blood IS cold Thou h lst no specul H1011 lll tho e ex es XNIIICII thou dost tale xxlth ' C ' ' ' . ' ' ' l. l '- uv' K L, L . . K. .i '1 , Q I '1 ' y 1 1 v v 1 v . . . . . , A I ,Q . . . 1 Y . c ' . s I . l th I . L. . ' , .' , . 46 1 I v . 1 1 c K c . , Y 2 ' a 2 . l' I .f . . , .. , . . . 2. S , 1 ' I 1 . l Y 1 . A , l c , . . 2 - . sk. .4 i Q U' , ' 23 2 . 1 . , ' ' . , 77 C u . .' A ' .I , 2 .L 2 2 ' , 14 I 45 I I 1 . I 1 v ' 1 .2 , c , . , - 'v v s , 7, As ' 1 1 1 1 I lr ' v A q C 3 2 Q j ' V 1 ' N it .1 -1 . . . , t , . 2 , 4 - ' r l vn 4 v r' , . , . . c V . ' S fc c . 2.'. - ' v 1 1 . 1 a 4 . C4 C K A f C y .'. z s I th S , If , s. , . , 2 1 M . aller- N A ' ' rl .' ' 2 5 .'2 ' . . l 'I ' ' l' .'. . .' ' ' s ld, 1. l z , ,. 1, 1 .1 . th A 1 K 1 l 1 1 v I v A s C n I A , Q . I .A , , C 1 I , 1 1 1. 4 v 2 ' . A c f 5 c x. . IT ' 'IS ' 2 -' . 2 . S I ' ' . ' ,' 0 ' 1 1 1 I 2 , . , . . 2: q s C . - s S . ' , l 3 ' ' ' S ' c I Il' - ,' 'c. . 'C' Q' ' ' A 2 ' 5 I' I V 2 2 ' 2 . .- . , . . . . . . . , , . , , . . , . a . 1 . g. . . ,I I 2 2 ' 3 S2 . ' 2 I X. ' 2.' i . , 2 . .. v , . . ,i X . . 'Z , z ' ' s'f . + z' '2 12, j sz' z 'rug v .W 4 1 'w v A I . - Q A n K 5 A C S ' . S S 2 ' ' .