sorry for not posting very much lately… I have to write a crap research paper on Macbeth… It only has to be two pages, but for the life of me I cannot think of a thesis.

 See (as Em-uh-lee well knows) I have a problem with coming up with thesis statements. I just do. Every stinking time I need to come up with one it takes me forever. I don’t mind writing the paper- I hate coming up with the thesis. We did a paper on the Elizabethan Era just a month or so ago, and what couldn’t I do? Come up with a thesis statement. I look at the text and just can’t think of anything. Everyone tells me I need to find some articles first. But how can I find an article that will be useful If I don’t even know what I am writing about?? argggg!

Unless I have a clear cut pin point topic that I know I want to talk about- I am useless at it. Like when I wrote my Uglies, Pretties, Specials research report (A Pretty Distopia… I loved that title lol, I was so proud of coming up with it!) I knew I wanted to talk about how what are society is doing now could well end up like the society in those books. I was clear cut and knew exactly what I wanted to talk about. Maybe because I could relate/understand the message, or maybe because I just loved the books.

We have a ginormous research paper coming up soon as well. We have to read three books by one author and write a research paper on that. My author that I choose is Maxine Hong Kingston (I’m reading Woman Warrior, China Men, and the Fifth Book of Peace). I havn’t even read half of my first book and I already have some ideas of what I want to write about. Maybe because I find it intersting- I don’t know.

Anyway, point is I cannot think of a thesis statement for this paper. We need to use one article as evidence along with the text. The article I found was “Tragic Action and Sexual Stereotyping in Macbeth”.. So, my thesis needs to go along with that.

I was originally going to do something with Lady Macbeth, because I thought it was unfair how everyone in the class seemed to hate her and blame her for everything (maybe I simply took offense because I was reading her part in class). I thought that wasn’t right. It was not all her fault- Macbeth had plenty to do with it himself. But, my article doesn’t have much to do with that I am NOT looking for another critical essay, after it took me so long to find that one. But the essay/article I found tends to blame Lady Macbeth for what happens, though maybe in a different and more evidencial sense (evidencial? is that a real word or did I make it up?)

So, I think now I am going to go for something like “How the feminine and masculine stereotypes affect the relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth“

I hope I won’t sound like I am just spewing forth the same stuff as my essay that i am using as my evidencial support. That’s what I am mostly worried about (and getting this done of time, and citing everything right, and rewording my thesis)… I don’t want to be saying the same stuff.

Did I mention this is due Wednesday?

So… Thank god it only has to be two to three pages. That’s one good thing. I want to start working on it tonight and hopefully finish most of it then clean it up tomorrow night.

So, does anyone have any English advice for how to come up with a thesis? My current method isn’t working out too well. (or any Macbeth tips lol- for those who have read it and understand what i am talking about)

And I cannot stop watching Scrubs… dang that show is addicting! And i just keep procrastinating.

Eh-muh-lee, feel free to instruct me in the ways of English if you can (you have already tried like a bazillion times before, so I don’t know if there is much hope left)

I HATE THESIS STATEMENTS!