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William Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves"
*That do you think this quote means? Explain the quote in your own words and be specific
*How does it relate to an experience in your own life or outside of your life? Give specific examples from your life, literature, a movie or history
William Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves" I think this quote means that we hold our own destiny and no one else does. Only we control what we do and how we act. An example from my life is I can do things on my own and i used to think that everyone was right when they said something. I used to think that i was always wrong and I need to be someone im not to have friends. But, I relize that if a friend is really a friend they like you for who u really r.:):):)
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare once said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves." What I think that this quote means is that no one can hold you back from what you want to do with yourself. What I also think that that this quote means is, if you want to be bad no one can stop you but yourself because you mostly have all of the power inside of you not anyone else in this world. This quote reminds me of my parents into stopping me into doing something like me wanting to play video games becauseI am grounded but if it is a really long punishment I play 2 times a week. Another great example is like if I am mad with my brothers and we were fighting mom and dad can stop us from doing that but can not take away on what I am feeling inside and what I want to do to them. My last and probably second best is when I want to spend my money on something that I am not going to use as much as I plan to but I can buy it because it is my money and I deserved it or it was given to me for a holiday or birthday. So this is what I think of William Shakespeare's quote "It is not he stars that hold our destiny, but is in ourselves."
ReplyDeleteI think Nick did a great job on his response. He had few errors in his response. He had great points about the quote and vivid points. All in all Nick did very well in his writing.
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare once said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves." What I think this quote means in my own words is that we do not have our own set destiny but we need to make it for ourselves. It means that you can not just sit around and wait for something exciting or amazing to happen in your life. You need to make something exciting happen. An experience I had that was very similar or close to this quote was when I was about 11 or 12 years old. It was the middle of August and I was laying on the couch wondering why my summer had been so boring so far when it had hit me. I had to get up and go out and make something exciting happen I couldn't just lay there and wait for exciting things to happen I had to do them myself. I use to think that all the excitement would just come flowing in through the front door and I would be there to soak up all the fun. But, now I know that I must do my own thing and let the world find out how good I am and how I can do my own thing. How I can express that I can make things exciting happen and That im not some boring stick in the love. An example of this in any form of popular culture is in the television show known as "The Amazing World of Gumball" the main character named Gumball has to try and overcome his lazy personality and get physical or be faced with failing gym class. One other example of this quote is when in an episode of a show called "Chowder" the main character Chowder is wondering why nothing ever happens in his town. What he dosn't realize is that he has to go out and make exciting things to happen instead of sitting around slothing it up. That is what I think of the quote "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves" by William Shakespeare.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alex. You have to make something happen and not just sit around. I like how he says you have to make something exciting happen. You can't sit around and wait for life to throw something cool at you. You have to get up and make a difference yourself.
DeleteI completely agree with Alex’s response to the blog. He had A good introduction sentence with an incredibly sized amount of typed work. He applied the quote to many experiences, some in his life and some with T.V. He realises that he needed to do something and not just be lazy. He knows you needed to apply yourself to things to achieve them. And with the relation to the television show, he shows that the character’s destiny is achieved by him, not set in stone or stars. This is why I agree with Alex so much.
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves" I really do enjoy reading Shakespeare. I very much enjoy learning about him hes a very interesting man and has a lot of talents. I wish i could go back in time and meet him. This quote means we can see our future right now but we can make our future by doing good today. This quote really means a lot too me. It basically means what you do now can really affect your future so basically do good now to keep your future bright. Also i think this quote affects many kids in the present day. It affects my age group because we are in high school and this is a very good start to pick our future and see what we want to be when we grow up. Also it can tell me and my peers to not mess up and to do right or there can be a mass affect on our future by the time we grow up. All in all I really think Shakespeare nailed this quote. He got into great points in how to grow up and how to do good now to make you happy and successful later in life.
ReplyDeleteI think Stephen did a really good job. He explains why he thinks it and how we all realize it over time. I like when Stephen said " It basically means what you do now can really affect your future so basically do good now to keep your future bright." all in all I think Stephen did a really good job.
DeleteI think Stephen did a great job on his essay. He made some good explanations on why the quote means that. Overall, he did a really good job and answered all parts correctly.
DeleteI think that Stephen had explained the quote very well. I also think that his example on how to the quote is related to his life is spectacular. In otherwise Stephen did very well on describing on what it meant and how it is related to his life.
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves." I think this quote means that we have to make our own life and no one can choose it for us. We as people can't blame anyone but ourselves. No one can plan our futures, it is our choice and we make it the way we want it. We have the power to make them and not let people walk over us. We have to make our destiny because the stars are not going to come down and hand it to us. All the stars hold is gases, but not anyones future. It's like when we have to make our own path, but we have to make our destiny instead. This quote is a good life lesson for me because I make my own destiny the way I want it. It may have it's up and downs but I will reach it one day. I don't want anyone telling me what to do. It is my life and my rules. Deep down inside my soul wants to be released into the world to do what it wants because nothing is going to hold it down. LIke I think now i am experiencing it more because i am learning who I am and no one can change that. I have noticed that we all have different destinies and follow our own paths. All in all this quote is very meaningful, which could help us think of who we are and what we will become.
ReplyDeleteI think sandy did a really good job in her writing. She explained everything really well. Also I like the part where she says we as people cant blame anyone by ourselves because it is true and after she said that she explained everything really well after that.
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare once said,”It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but is in ourselves.”This quote to me is a symbol have my life.It means that you hold you're own destiny,not something else.The inner you has all you're answers and what you need to succeed in life.The stars just hold a beautiful light that shines at night,not you're destiny.This quote can relate to me in a lot have ways.One way is when i think that i don't have any fate in my future i get upset.But when I think about it more i figure out i hold my own destiny.I also figured out that i am the only one that can hold my destiny and no one else can.This quote is a good boost in self esteem because you figure out you're future.Also that you know what you're capable have in you're future.This can relate in history too,because have all have these famous people. They might have thought that someone else held their destiny but didn't realize they had their own destiny.After a while they eventually figured out that they have their destiny.So they started their future and they were starting a whole knew life.Eventually they beame famous and well known for what they do.But also they have found their destiny and fullfilled it.All in all, Shakespeare was a well known man that fullfilled his destiny and he decided to make it clear that people hold their own destiny.I'm glad to say i have used this qoute to help me in life for my future.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare once said “It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves. I think this quote means that we can’t wish upon a star and hope that what we want will happen. We have to actually do it ourselves. Just sitting around and helping isn't going to get you anywhere. We actually have to do what we need to do when wanting to reach our destiny. In the movie pursuit of happiness it’s will smiths destiny to find a well paying job, a home, and to be a good father for his kid. His wife chose to leave will smith and their son by themselves. Will smith then tries to find a well paying job to find a home for him and his son . Also, its will smiths destiny to teach his son never to let anybody tell you, you can’t do it. Not even his own father. Will smith slept at a hotel, and a church after getting kicked out of their home. Will smith works as an intern for a man. After hard work will smith lands a job in the company. At the end of the movie will smith went on to own his own investment company and make millions of dollars. In conclusion, william shakespeare quote is very true and I think everyone should take this quote as motivation to fulfill their destiny. William shakespeare's quote, not only his quote but his talent, motivates me to be a better writer when doing essays. Also, being creative and just having fun and pride in my writing and what I do.
ReplyDeleteI agree with elenas statement.She is right about having to do things our selves and not let others do it for us.the way she described will smith and his family was a great example.But tshe didnt say how it related to her life at all.The last statement about creativity and having fun is what people can do to find their destiny themselves
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves." I think this quote means that by the way you act, you determine where you are going in life. No one else should make you change the way you act. You and only you have to decide where you want to go and what you want to be. Other people can’t and shouldn’t decide for you. Other people shouldn’t determine where you want to go in life. Sometimes people will try and make that decision for you and you can’t let that happen. I can relate this quote to my life. I decided what I wanted to be without any input from anyone else. I want to be an architect. I love building things online. No one else decided that I have to be an architect. Only I decided that I want to be that. Another example of this quote can be found in Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson. In this book Kaitlin Malone was born to hate a certain family. She decided she wasn’t going to let her family feud stop her from being with a guy. She decided on her own she wanted to be with him and ignored what her family told her about his family. Sometimes you have to decide things for yourself. Your family shouldn’t say you have to hate another family. The other family could actually be good people and not at all bad. This is a great quote from Shakespeare. I think everyone should follow this quote.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with Laura. When I wrote mine I didn't mention about how its the way you act. so I believe that was very creative. I also liked the way you described some of your sentences. and I also agree with how you said we have to make our own decisions our self.
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare once said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves" In my own words i believe that it means that you can't just sit around and expect everything good to happen in your life but to go out there and make something great and memorable of it. Life is to short and it goes by fast when you look back at it. When you're older you don't want to have any regrets so live your life to the fullest. There is only one of you so nobody can do you better than you. You can make the best out of everything not someone else so live your life because its your destiny that is held within you. This quote relates to me remarkably. There was a time in 5th grade when i wasnt doing so great, grade wise. So i told myself those grades aren't going to change themselves. So I knew it was about time to step up to the plate and finally get some good grades. I knew nobody can do this besides me. I began to study a lot more, make flash cards, and I made my mom and sister study me as well. While doing that i began to see an improvement in my grade average. I began realizing that doing these things actually make a difference and I also told myself i will be doing this for now on. I didn't do this for just me but to make my parents proud of me. I ended up getting high honor roll for that marking period for the first time in my life. It was my destiny and it was within me to find it.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves" I think this quote can really relate to most of us and I think it means that you can set your own life goals/ destiny and don’t do something that you don’t want to do. For example, if your parents want you to become a lawyer and get payed alot of money but you don’t want to do that. You want to do something else. That is what he means by it is in ourselves so it is up to you what you wanna be. Another example that relates more to me is that I used to play baseball and I wanted to quit and stop playing because I didn’t think I was good enough. Then I realized that I could do this so next time I went up to plate , I hit a inside the park grand-slam and that was probably the best moment of my childhood. This quote can also mean what that example just told. It told to don’t give up and reach to the stars but realize that you have what is inside of you and you can achieve it. William Shakespeare's quotes can really mean alot to people and change how people's actions make their life better. This quote can really be a good example on how actions change. As you can see that is what I think William’s quote means and how it relates to my life.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves" to me this quote means that it is in you to figure out what destiny takes you it doesn't just appear. it take your hard work and anticipation to deicide what happens in your life. whether you graduate college and complete what you wanted to do and achieve your dream job it is all up to you. no one else can decide it for you. it like me I though i wouldn't pass 8th grade so I gave up and started to slack on my work and started to fail some classes. but when I realize that im not just giving up on a grade im giving up my chance to actually achieve something better then I expect. so when I realize that im not messing up just a grade but also might be messing up on my future I decided that it wasn't worth it. and by pushing myself to fix the mistake that I made I felt like I gave myself another chance into recreating my future. William Shakespeare said "It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves"
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To me this means that nothing else or no one else can hold our destiny or have control over it. Only YOU can change your destiny. Every action you take no matter how small or how large has an impact on your life and what happens. Each event can make either a large or a small impact but it will all eventually fall into place and create your future life. You must be so careful when choosing each next step because if you make the wrong move it may be your last or it could be the greatest choice of your life and your future. You need to know everything you are doing and think before you choose each path. No one else has the power to choose your destiny. They have no control over what you choose or what you like. They will never know either until you choose it. Every event is so crucial in each persons life, it might even be a life or death situation. You need to think 10 steps ahead before you ever choose something and think about all of the possible outcomes and effects of what you choose.
A wise man, William shakespeare once said that “It is not the stars that hold our destiny, but it is in ourselves". He could have meant something completely different, but, I think that he means that our destiny is not set for us. In order to achieve what we believe in, we have to set our own goals and we require to push harder and harder for the things we constantly strive for. We could lay back and not care at all, but what is the point in that? In order to have a successful life, we must put our effort out there and make ourselves recognized to have those things. For example, many celebrities haven’t just laid back and awaited fame. The ones that did obviously aren’t doing or going to do so well. Some try and fail, but some will try and try again until they succeed to achieve amazing things. Celebrities, The President, maybe even infamous locals that have their dream job. They are the ones who tried and tried again to get where they are today. Being lazy gets you no where. This relates to me because I have pushed myself time and time again after failing in MMA and I will never quit. I used to be horrible at it, but, I put so much effort and time into it, it eventually became a huge part of me. My destiny is not set in the stars, It was all me. I pushed myself to the limits and I was never lazy with it. I’ve earned the privilege to say I have a good life. Why? Because I don’t give up. I don’t quit. I achieve my own goals and set my destiny.
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