Find an allusion to Macbeth that we did not review in class today. Attach the link to the blog, and write a short summary of what the allusion is and how it connects to the play. (It can be a video, a song, a movie clip, a news article, a speech, etc…)
One Macbeth allusion that is seen in today's pop culture is in a scene in one of Phineas and Ferb's episodes named "One Good Scare Ought to Do It". In this episode there is a particular scene where Buford quotes one of Lady Macbeth's famous lines, "Wash away the horror." In the play Lady Macbeth says this as she imagines the blood of those she and her husband have murdered, and in the episode Buford wants to wash away the evil that comes from Jeremy's little sister, Suzy.
One Macbeth allusion that is seen in today's pop culture is in a scene in the episode,"Donald Ducks Halloween". In this episode there is a detailed scene where witch Hazel quotes one of the witches famous lines from Macbeth, "Double, bouble, toil and trouble". In the play the witches are casting a spell while saying these words and in the episode Hazel as well repeats these lines having to make a potion with Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie in order to prank Donald Duck on Halloween night.
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Jason Zepeda
2/19/2014 02:01:09 pm
In the Disney movie The Black Cauldron, there are three witches.I haven't seen the movie myself, but I know it has something to do with this "Horned King." I believe he is summoned by the cauldron or sucked into it or something, but it got me thinking that a cauldron--a black one at that-- is usually associated with witches. I looked it up, and sure enough, there are three witches that seem to be messing with the protagonist. I don't know their role, but their appearance and there being three of them can mean they are based off of the witches of Macbeth. Then again, maybe the witches of Macbeth are based off the three fates or those three hags that share an eye and a tooth from Greek mythology. A double allusion?
I found a Macbeth plot line illusion in a movie called Throne of Blood, which is like a Japanese version of Macbeth. Almost everything happens as it does in Macbeth except some changes like character's names and one "creepy lady" instead of three witches and an emperor instead of a king. Their is also a Lady Macbeth but she has a different name but she does the same thing, bully her husband and convince him to kill the emperor to be rulers. However ambition does get the best of both of them and it ends up being their fatal flaw that kills them eventually.
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Oscar Torres-Soria
2/20/2014 11:19:55 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI2hiQNiyW4
The allusion shown in this video is that Peter Griffin feels betrayed like how Lady Macbeth betrayed King Duncan. It connects to the play since it shows how Lady Macbeth planned to murder King Duncan.
One Macbeth allusion in pop culture is an episode of Star Trek called "Catspaw" where captain Kirt, Spock, and the doctor arrive to a planet and are encountered by three witches that appear out of the fog from the planet. This represents the three witches of the play and give Kirt a message in which they recite a line of the witches. "Winds shall rise/ and fog descend/ So leave here all / or meet your end.
I managed to find an allusion from Macbeth in a episode of Star Trek called "Catspaw." Well, since I have never seen an episode of Star Trek, I do not know the character's names. All I know is that three men are walking around and it looks like they're lost and it is foggy. All of a sudden, they here noises and these three witches appear. The witches said, "Winds shall rise/ and fog descend/ So leave here all/ or meet your end." This is said from 0:55 to 1:14 and you really need to pay attention in order to hear it. What the three witches said was a direct quote from Macbeth and it was also said by the three witches in the play too. So, the allusion or reference to Macbeth is seen in this episode with the three witches and the quote they said.
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Felix Arambula
2/20/2014 11:26:26 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDiC_oFUIgs
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Leticia Diaz
2/20/2014 11:33:51 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ykC5Sv4YU
in the website posted above it demonstrates how Cleveland and his wife Loreda are in the park. this shows an illusion to Shakespeare because in the background you can hear how a Shakespearean play is being performed and how the audience is looking at him. We can hear the way they used to speak during the Shakespearean time.
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Brian Vidal
2/20/2014 12:00:55 pm
An allusion from Macbeth that I found, was in the TV Show called Breaking Bad. Throughout all five seasons of Breaking Bad, there have been references to Macbeth. As a comic artist suggested, he believes that, "Walter White’s cancer stood in for the three witches that spurred him to embark on a life of crime." There is a ton of other references to Macbeth in Breaking Bad, which you can read in the article posted below.
I think an allusion that is similar to the play Macbeth is from the movie Hocus Pocus because in the movie there are three witches that make a spell to turn the teenager into a cat. The main thing that the witches want to do is to capture all the young kids or teenagers to take away their souls so they can become young. In the beginning they were really old and ugly but With the souls they turned into young witches.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qvL1eju7UaU
In the movie Camp Rock we are able to hear a quote from Macbeth which is “something wicked this way comes" which is stated by the witches right before Macbeth goes visits them to find out how to protect his kingdom. In the movie Camp rock, this quote is use to describe the mean girls that are approaching.
In the video game Borderlands 2, there are many allusions in the game that references many things. One of the missions in Borderlands 2 has the title, "Toil and Trouble," a reference to the lines of the witches in Macbeth when they were making a spell in the play.
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Tania Celestino
2/20/2014 12:28:31 pm
One of the movies that I found Macbeth-ish was the Disney movie Mulan, the song "I'll make a man out of you." This reminded me of how Lady Macbeth bullied Macbeth for not being a man enough to kill Duncan. In the movie, Shang is determine to make all his soldiers become men to be able to put up a fight against Shan-Yu's army.
In the first link, it is a scene from Mulan where the Caption sings about making a man out of his soldiers, especially Mulan. It can be an allusion because it reminds you of Lady Macbeth thinking that Macbeth is lady-like and teased him into being a "man" and killing Duncan. For her, it was the only way to make a man out of Macbeth. The second link is a scene from The Lion King where young Simba was singing about not being able to wait to being king. It's an allusion because it compares to Macbeth's ambition of the power with Simba's ambition of being king.
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Michael Ponce
2/20/2014 12:34:22 pm
In-N-Out!!! What this is related to Macbeth you might say? Well yes the famous double-double In-N-Out Burger were named after the 3 weird sister. In todays pop culture we might see many allusions to famous literature.
In the poem "Out,Out" the author titled it like that because of the line from Macbeth "out out brief candle." The phrase "damned spot, out, I say!" Is sill used in this modern culture when we refer to pimples.
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Ashley Guerrero
2/20/2014 12:58:09 pm
There was a reference made in the movie, Camp Rock. There was a line used from Shakespeare's Macbeth: "Something wicked this way comes".
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Yesenia Ramirez
2/20/2014 01:24:03 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR3LxIc2AIs
This shows a quote allusion from Macbeth. In Jimmy Neutron, Bolbi says a quote from Macbeth when he tries out for a play. However, the guy says " yeah sorry do not see it ." The episode talks about them acting the play. I thought it was funny. I thought Bolbi would have a small squeaky voice.
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Yesenia Ramirez
2/20/2014 01:32:58 pm
The quote is" Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that strikes and frights his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing."
In this episode of family guy we see an allusion to Macbeth in this pop culture. We see how in this clip Lady Macbeth is eager to kill King Duncan. We also see because Peter mentions that he feels betrayed like when Lady Macbeth told Macbeth to kill King Duncan.
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Alexander Trujillo
2/20/2014 01:45:36 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywjX6AF6oVc
In the song, The King Must Die, by Elton John is an allusion towards the play Macbeth. The reason why it is an allusion is because in the play Macbeth, Macbeth had a prophecy for him to be king from the witches. The witches prophecy can true when Macbeth became Thane of Cawdor. After that, Macbeth said to him self that he has to become king and the only way to do so is to kill King Duncan.
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Christian Marquez
2/20/2014 02:07:05 pm
The article that I found mentions various sources in which quotes of Macbeth are used. The mention that was very surprising to me was an episode in Star Trek titled "Catspaw". Supposedly, some characters in the series visit a planet where they find witches that directly quote a line in Macbeth.
The allusion I found on Macbeth was on the popular sci-fi show Star Trek. In this episode Spock, Bones, and Captain Kirk land on the planet of scary things. There they are met by three witches just like Macbeth and Banquo did in the tragedy Macbeth.
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Edgar Giron
2/20/2014 03:04:57 pm
I swear I know how to spell my name.
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Jennifer Chupin
2/20/2014 03:34:15 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fI2hiQNiyW4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
In this episode of family guy, Peter was betrayed by someone and then makes the connection to Lady Macbeth & Duncans relationship. Also excuse the beginning of what Peter says.
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Heidi Ramos
2/20/2014 11:59:40 pm
http://www.kgbanswers.com/what-is-the-allusion-in-...
The allusion of macbeth that this website has is a book is using the three witches and using their quote, double one and just how they look like witches from Macbeth. It is very intesreting and also showing how Macbeth is used alot in books, music. etc
I am a 12th grade english student in Nova Scotia, Canada and this site and all of the Pop-Culture references you all tied to Macbeth helped alot, thanks!