Medieval Warfare

      War in medieval times was advancing in creativity. In medieval times warfare was a big part of the culture. Castles were main safe place for higher up people. Castles were also surrounding the settlement or city within. On castle walls guards and defense mechanisms would be easy to find. Guards often patrolled city's too and were harsh with civilians. Rome was a well advanced city in me devil times and its warfare and ways of war were advanced and unique. Siege warfare was also a big part of military forces, ladders, battering rams, siege towers and many kinds of siege towers were used when taking over a fortress. Many weapons were also used like blades, blunt weapons and ranged weapons were used. Armor was a big part too but was very bulky and hard to fight in and if they fell it would bee near impossible to get back up. One type of warfare that neither army could control was Famine and disease, it would wipe out entire army's. The advancement of Pikes showed a great defense against heavily armored cavalry. Naval warfare was used in the Mediterranean during the middle ages but was not really advanced, because gunpowder wasn't used till later the men on ships would have to use longbows, another advancement in the middle ages. Crossbows were a Major advancement, they allowed greater range and could give more of a punch. The blots were armour piercing. The only downside to crossbows was the reload, they would have to put the nose down and crank back the string then load the bolt, and those several seconds could be the difference between life or death.

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In "Night" there is a scene where the Jews are marching in the snow towards there new camp. This scene made me think of a similar scene in the movie "King Arthur" because they are marching away from a Saxon army. In the scene where they are marching there is a pile of dead people much which is how I in visioned the bodies in "Night" In the background they hear the drums of the Saxon army much like how the Jews and Germans could hear the cannons of the approaching Red Army. This scene also reminds me of a movie called "Pathfinder" where Karl Urban's character is leading a viking group on a snowy path. In "King Arthur" when Kiera Nighty's character sees the dead body there is a look on her face of sadness. The same look was on the face of Elizer as he marched on past the many dead bodies along the road.

3 eh?'s of awsome

         Eggers are one of the small great things in life, if there were no eggers I would have to prepare my own food. That would be a hassle and I would not enjoy my egger. They are so great that I get one almost every day! They are so tasty and they are cheap too, 10$ a week will feed me breakfast which is within my 3 hours of work a week budget. The receipt for eggers i beleive fell from heaven and was found by the lunch people and for that I am thankful.

         Computer mouses are one of lives awesome things. they ,are it so much easier to navigate on a computer. Have you ever used one of those little pads on a laptop? yeah i know, they are annoying and it takes much longer to move they arrow around on a page. For computer games that require fast mouse movements, a mouse is very helpful, i cannot use the pad on a laptop for playing computer games because it is much too slow. Mouses are also move able and the clicking buttons are conveniently located at the end of my finger tips. You can also get cool different mouses with designs and also different sizes. You cant Customize laptop mouse pads.

MacBeth Act I

Key points -
-Banquo tells Macbeth he must kill Duncan to be king
-Macbeth has a dream of a dagger floating above him
-Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill Duncan
-Macbeth kills Duncan
-Macbeth returns to lady Macbeth covered in blood
-Macbeth frames the guards for the killing
-Macbeth becomes king

        If I were to direct a Macbeth scene I would do a more modern version with nun chucks and other modern weapons but I would also have a good fight scene with swords in there too. I would make Macbeth chase a dagger in his dream and not just lay there. Macbeth wouldn't just stab Duncan in his sleep, they would have a duel and have Duncan fall down several flights of stairs. Even though Macbeth has a sword I would make him chop Duncan's throat to kill him. Finally Macbeth would have an epic scene of him washing his hands of Duncan's blood.

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