MACBETH



REVIEW: " The hero of //Macbeth,// however, is not a good man who commits a tragic error, but an ambitious man who knowingly turns great gifts to evil purposes and therefore, although he retains something of our sympathy by his courage and self- insight, deserves his destruction at the hands of his morally superior antagonists"

adapted with all due acknowledgement from Abrams, //A Glossary of Literary Terms //

Macbeth Debrief Activity

10 point paragraph rubric

Vocabulary


 * SOLILOQUY ASSIGNMENT - DUE MARCH 14, 2013!! **

PAPER 2 PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT

 * MACBETH - RESOURCES!! **

SHAKESPEARE'S SOURCES FOR MACBETH

Witches video: http://youtu.be/clG8ha2D26g

DAILY HOMEWORK/ CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENTS:

"HW Feb 18 - March 1"

1.Bill Bryson - "In Search of William Shakespeare"



[[file:Macbeth Vocab.docx]]
=I,1 How do the witches function in the play?=

witches = "weird sisters" "wyrd" = fate (Old English)

=I,2 ** How does Macbeth´s status change? **=

I, 3 Explain the witches prophecies. What do Macbeth and Banquo talk about at the end of this scene?

I, 4 One sentence summary: Duncan tells Macbeth he is Thane of Cawdor and reflects on Banquo's valor.

I, 5 Describe Lady Macbeth's character - **with evidence**

I, 6 Who escorts Duncan into Mac's castle?

I, 7 How do LM and M plan to murder Duncan - **specifically**!

DEFINE **TRAGIC HERO**


 * DUE on Monday, March 4: **


 * II, 1 Describe Macbeth's hallucination . **


 * p.208 "For Study and analysis" questions. #1 **


 * II, 2 How does Lady Macbeth take control in this scene? **


 * II, 3 What is a porter? What is the purpose of this comic interlude with the drunken porter ? **


 * II, 4 Why do Duncan´s sons decide to leave Scotland? **


 * III, 1 What prophecy does Banquo recall at the opening of the scene? Macbeth hires murderers to do what? **


 * III, 2 Why does Macbeth have scorpions in his mind? **


 * III, 3 How do the murders go down? **


 * III, 4 How many times does the Ghost of Banquo appear to Macbeth at the banquet and how does Macbeth react? **


 * III, 5 What does Macbeth hope to learn from the weird sisters? **


 * III, 6 Why has Macduff left for England? **


 * IV, 1 What do the three apparitions say to Macbeth and how does he react? **


 * IV, 2 Describe Lady Macduff and her son. How does this lively, intimate exchange affect our response to the brutal killing with which the scene ends? **


 * IV, 3 Why does Malcolm at first suspect Macduff of treachery? **


 * V, 1 Which murders does Lady Macbeth refer to in the sleepwalking scene? **


 * V, 2 Who is gathered near Dunsinane? What do they decide to do? **


 * V, 3 What news does Seyton bring to Macbeth? **


 * V, 4 What plan does Malcolm propose to conceal the soldiers? **


 * Who leads the rebellion against Macbeth? **


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source: wikipedia, File:Shakespeare Portrait Comparisons 2.JPG
 * SHAKESPEARE PORTRAITS **

intro to Shakespeare powerpoint:

You have read Shakespeare before, last year I told you our Shakespeare was F. Scott Fitzgerald because of his technique of using weather to mirror the plot. According to our Brit. Lit. anthology, you need to understand THREE TOPICS to understand Shakespeare:

characterization diction plot

We will follow the following agenda while reading through and studying the ** context ** of one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, //Macbeth.//

=Complete Text:= http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/

=I. Over the break, do a mini-context hunt for //Macbeth!! DUE JANUARY 3rd, 2013 (or before)//=

1. Choose a topic from the list below. 2. Answer the following questions in a 200-400 word commentary (or photo essay or prezi or powerpoint or ? - but be prepared to EXPLAIN)

Who or What is your topic? How does your topic relate to the life of Shakespeare? Why is it important? How could it effect our reading of //Macbeth//?

TOPICS:

the globe theater the missing years wife and lovers King James the First Queen Elizabeth London Bard of Avon the question of authorship the King's Men Anne Hathaway questionable sexuality the sonnets iambic pentameter other

=II. Complete these three questions and post your answers here: before January 8th, 2013=

What do you find most challenging about reading a Shakespearean play and why? What do you most enjoy about reading a Shakespearean play and why? List three things you already know about Shakespeare: 1. 2. 3.

=FURTHER ACTIVITIES=

borrowing from other TEXTS: context :

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sources/macbethsources.html

**Shakespeare's Sources for //Macbeth//**
Shakespeare's chief source for [|//Macbeth//]  was Holinshed's //Chronicles (Macbeth) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, who based his account of Scotland's history, and Macbeth's in particular, on the //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Scotorum Historiae //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, written in 1527 by Hector Boece. Other minor sources contributed to Shakespeare's dramatic version of history, including Reginald Scot's //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Discovery of Witchcraft //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, and //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Daemonologie //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, written in 1599 by <span style="color: #003399; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium; text-decoration: initial;">[|King James I] <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">. Macbeth's words on dogs and men in Act 3, scene 1, (91-100), likely came from //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Colloquia //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, the memoirs of Erasmus (edition circa 1500). The plays of Seneca seem to have had great influence on Shakespeare, and, although no direct similarities to the work of <span style="color: #003399; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium; text-decoration: initial;">[|Seneca] <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;"> can be seen in //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Macbeth //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, the overall atmosphere of the play and the depiction of <span style="color: #003399; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium; text-decoration: initial;">[|Lady Macbeth] <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;"> can be attributed to the Latin author.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">...

<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">In Holinshed’s //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Chronicles //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, Macbeth is introduced as a valiant gentleman, and, as in Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is sent by King Duncan to crush the rebellion led by Mackdonwald. However, to ensure Macbeth is viewed early in the play as extraordinarily courageous, Shakespeare changes Macbeth’s role in the demise of Mackdonwald as presented in the //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Chronicles //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">: > ... [Mackdonwald] slue his wife and children, and lastlie himself, least if he had yeelded simplie, he should have beene executed in most cruell wise for an example to other. Macbeth entering into the castell by the gates, found the carcasse of Mackdonwald lieng dead there amongst the residue of the slaine bodies, which when he beheld, remitting no peece of his cruell nature with that pitiful sight, he caused the head to be cut off, and set upon a poles end, and so sent it as a present to the king. <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Contrasting with the above passage, in the drama Macbeth has not simply stumbled upon the body of the rebel, he has instead heroically killed Mackdonwald in battle: > || __//Captain//__: ... For brave Macbeth – well he || > || deserves that name – Disdaining Fortune, with his || > || brandish’d steel, || > || Which smok’d with bloody execution, || > || Like Valor’s minion carv’d out his passage || > || Till he faced the slave; || > || Which nev’r shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, || > || Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’ chops, || > || And fix’d his head upon our battlements (I.i.15-23). || <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">In addition to the dramatic effect of making the report from the Captain more exciting, enhancing the bravery of Macbeth by altering his part in the defeat of Mackdonwald aids Shakespeare’s construction of Macbeth as a tragic hero. Our first impression of Macbeth must be one of grandeur; he must command our attention at once for what occurs in the rest of the play to be significant. As a brave warrior and leader, Macbeth is capable of taking others’ burdens upon himself. Our awareness of the strength and assuredness Macbeth possesses early in the drama is important when we later witness his downfall and mental decay to the point where he is not capable of handling even his own burdens.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">To assist in his more complex interpretation of Macbeth, Shakespeare had to move outside of Holinshed’s account which gives no real analysis of Macbeth’s character or motivation. Shakespeare turned to George Buchanan’s //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">Rerum Scoticarum Historia //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Tahoma; font-size: medium;">, and to other previous passages in Holinshed’s own work. Buchanan relays the following: > Macbeth was a man of penetrating genius, a high spirit, unbounded ambition, and, if he had possessed moderation, was worthy of any command however great; but in punishing crimes he exercised a severity, which, exceeding the bounds of the laws, appeared apt to degenerate into cruelty.

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