Today we are going to review vocabulary and work on your Act 3 projects/presentations.
HW: Study for vocabulary quiz.
Today you are going to begin to work on creating a "reduced Shakespeare" text of Act III. This should be in contemporary language. Remember, do not leave out anything that is important.
Once you have that finished you can start assigning roles and finally practice performing lines.
Today we are going to review Act III and put you into your groups to work on Reader Theater scripts. You will have a quiz on Act III this week.
Today we will finish Act III. Below are your new vocabulary words and study questions for Act III. Study questions are due on Monday. I will also be breaking you up into groups for your Reader Theater assignments.
NEW VOCABULARY
ACT 3 Study Questions
Scene 1
1) What is Banquo’s opening soliloquy about? Please translate it line by line.
2) Why does Macbeth wish Banquo dead (name at least 2 reasons)—look at his speech in lines 50-76?
3) What is significant about the following quote, “For them the gracious
Duncan I have murder;/ Put rancors in the vessel of my peace/ only for
them,”
4) How does Macbeth convince the murders?
Scene 2
1) What is significant about the quote, “We have scotched the snake not
killed it./ She’ll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice/ remains
in danger of the former tooth.” What does Macbeth mean?
2) Why does Macbeth tell his wife, “Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck,/ till thou applaud the deed.”?
3) What is significant in the quote, “Come, seeling night, Scarf up the
tender eye of pitiful day,/ and with bloody and invisible hand/ cancel
and tear to pieces that great bond/ which keeps me pale.” What is
Macbeth saying and what is the great bond?
4) Explain the symbolism of crows, night and sleep in this scene. What does it suggest?
Scene 3
1) What happens in this scene? What is botched?
Scene 4
1) What event is most important in this scene?
2) Why does Macbeth say, “There the grown serpent lies; the worm that’s
fled/ hath nature that in time will venom breed,/ no teeth for the
present.” What is he talking about? Who is he talking about?
3) What is significant about Banquo’s ghost? What does it suggest? How
does Macbeth react to it? Is it real or in Macbeth’s mind?
4) Discuss how blood is used in this scene? What does it symbolize?
5) How does Lady Macbeth react to Macbeth’s visions?
Scene 5
1) Most critics think this scene was placed into Macbeth by a
different/later author (someone other Shakespeare). Do you agree or not?
Why?
Scene 6
1) What does Lennox say in this scene about Fleance and Banquo?
2) What would have happened to Duncan's sons if Macbeth had them under lock and key?
3) Where did MacDuff go?
Today we will continue with Act III. Below are your new vocabulary words and study questions for Act III.
NEW VOCABULARY
Today we will continue with Act III. Below are your new vocabulary words and study questions for Act III.
NEW VOCABULARY
Vocabulary quiz and then work on study questions from Act 2.
MACBETH: ACT II Questions
Scene i
1) Who says the following: “Their candles are all out. Take thee that too. A
heavy summons lies like lead upon me, and yet I would not sleep. Merciful
powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives away in repose.”
What is significant about the quote? How has the atmosphere of the castle been
changed?
2) Why does Banquo mention his dream of the Weird Sisters? Hint: Ironically
this is his last dream.
3) What does Macbeth say he and Banquo will talk about later in private?
4) Reread lines 42-70. Briefly summarize what Macbeth is saying in this
soliloquy.
5) How does the illusion of the dagger play into the mindset of either
witchcraft or Macbeth losing it.
Scene ii
1) What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, “That which hath made them drunk
hath made me bold”?
2) Symbolically what does the fatal bellman toll? More than one thing here. And
who is the fatal bellmen—the one Lady Macbeth hears?
3) How do you read the lines, “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I
had done ‘t.” What does this say about Lady Macbeth?
4) Sleep is an important symbol in this play. Please keep a list of all the
times (with line numbers) that sleep is mentioned in Act II. Attach and turn
this list in with these questions.
5) What is meant when Macbeth says, “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”?
6) Why is Lady Macbeth upset with Macbeth towards the end of scene ii?
7) What is symbolic about the knocking that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hear?
8) What does Lady Macbeth say about washing of hands at the end of the scene?
Do you believe her?
Scene iii
1) How is the Porter a humorous character? What does he say about drink? How
does he metaphorical set the atmosphere of the scene?
2) Who is at the gates? (more than 1 person)
3) What does Macduff mean when he says, “Confusion now hath made his
masterpiece!”?
4) How does Macbeth react to the news of the king’s murder? How does Lady
Macbeth react?
5) Where do Donalbain and Malcolm decide to go? Why?
Scene iv
1) What is meant by the old man when he says, “On Tuesday last, a falcon,
tow’ring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed”?
What is symbolically suggested here? Hint: Relate the birds to scene ii.
2) What does Macduff say about Malcolm and Donalbain?
3) What does Macduff say about Macbeth?
4) What is meant by the line, “Lest our old robes sit easier than our new”?
5) Why doesn’t Macduff go to the coronation?
Today we are going to finish talking about Act 2 scene 3, read Act 2 scene 4 and work on the study questions below:
MACBETH: ACT II Questions
Scene i
1) Who says the following: “Their candles are all out. Take thee that too. A
heavy summons lies like lead upon me, and yet I would not sleep. Merciful
powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives away in repose.”
What is significant about the quote? How has the atmosphere of the castle been
changed?
2) Why does Banquo mention his dream of the Weird Sisters? Hint: Ironically
this is his last dream.
3) What does Macbeth say he and Banquo will talk about later in private?
4) Reread lines 42-70. Briefly summarize what Macbeth is saying in this
soliloquy.
5) How does the illusion of the dagger play into the mindset of either
witchcraft or Macbeth losing it.
Scene ii
1) What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, “That which hath made them drunk
hath made me bold”?
2) Symbolically what does the fatal bellman toll? More than one thing here. And
who is the fatal bellmen—the one Lady Macbeth hears?
3) How do you read the lines, “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I
had done ‘t.” What does this say about Lady Macbeth?
4) Sleep is an important symbol in this play. Please keep a list of all the
times (with line numbers) that sleep is mentioned in Act II. Attach and turn
this list in with these questions.
5) What is meant when Macbeth says, “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”?
6) Why is Lady Macbeth upset with Macbeth towards the end of scene ii?
7) What is symbolic about the knocking that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hear?
8) What does Lady Macbeth say about washing of hands at the end of the scene?
Do you believe her?
Scene iii
1) How is the Porter a humorous character? What does he say about drink? How
does he metaphorical set the atmosphere of the scene?
2) Who is at the gates? (more than 1 person)
3) What does Macduff mean when he says, “Confusion now hath made his
masterpiece!”?
4) How does Macbeth react to the news of the king’s murder? How does Lady
Macbeth react?
5) Where do Donalbain and Malcolm decide to go? Why?
Scene iv
1) What is meant by the old man when he says, “On Tuesday last, a falcon,
tow’ring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed”?
What is symbolically suggested here? Hint: Relate the birds to scene ii.
2) What does Macduff say about Malcolm and Donalbain?
3) What does Macduff say about Macbeth?
4) What is meant by the line, “Lest our old robes sit easier than our new”?
5) Why doesn’t Macduff go to the coronation?
Today we need to review vocabulary words, discuss in-depth Act 2, and work on the study questions below:
MACBETH: ACT II Questions
Scene i
1) Who says the following: “Their candles are all out. Take thee that too. A
heavy summons lies like lead upon me, and yet I would not sleep. Merciful
powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives away in repose.”
What is significant about the quote? How has the atmosphere of the castle been
changed?
2) Why does Banquo mention his dream of the Weird Sisters? Hint: Ironically
this is his last dream.
3) What does Macbeth say he and Banquo will talk about later in private?
4) Reread lines 42-70. Briefly summarize what Macbeth is saying in this
soliloquy.
5) How does the illusion of the dagger play into the mindset of either
witchcraft or Macbeth losing it.
Scene ii
1) What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, “That which hath made them drunk
hath made me bold”?
2) Symbolically what does the fatal bellman toll? More than one thing here. And
who is the fatal bellmen—the one Lady Macbeth hears?
3) How do you read the lines, “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I
had done ‘t.” What does this say about Lady Macbeth?
4) Sleep is an important symbol in this play. Please keep a list of all the
times (with line numbers) that sleep is mentioned in Act II. Attach and turn
this list in with these questions.
5) What is meant when Macbeth says, “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”?
6) Why is Lady Macbeth upset with Macbeth towards the end of scene ii?
7) What is symbolic about the knocking that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hear?
8) What does Lady Macbeth say about washing of hands at the end of the scene?
Do you believe her?
Scene iii
1) How is the Porter a humorous character? What does he say about drink? How
does he metaphorical set the atmosphere of the scene?
2) Who is at the gates? (more than 1 person)
3) What does Macduff mean when he says, “Confusion now hath made his
masterpiece!”?
4) How does Macbeth react to the news of the king’s murder? How does Lady
Macbeth react?
5) Where do Donalbain and Malcolm decide to go? Why?
Scene iv
1) What is meant by the old man when he says, “On Tuesday last, a falcon,
tow’ring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed”?
What is symbolically suggested here? Hint: Relate the birds to scene ii.
2) What does Macduff say about Malcolm and Donalbain?
3) What does Macduff say about Macbeth?
4) What is meant by the line, “Lest our old robes sit easier than our new”?
5) Why doesn’t Macduff go to the coronation?
Today you will read Act 2 of Macbeth. Please mark your books and think about what is happening. We will be discussing Act 2 in detail tomorrow.
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Please watch the video below, work on study questions for scenes 5, 6, and 7, and write sentences with your vocabulary.
Questions for scenes 5
1. After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth, and how does she plan to help him?
2. What is Lady Macbeth’s “prayer” to the spirits after she learns Duncan is missing?
3. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?
Scene 6
1. What do the Marlets represent?
2. Why has Duncan come to Macbeth's castle?
Scene 7
1. Summarize Macbeth's soliloquy. What is he struggling with?
2. What is Lady Macbeth's plan.
VOCABULARY (from Macbeth)
1) Mirth
2) Liege
3) Parricide
4) Verity
5) Avarice
6) Avaunt
7) Posterity
8) Homage
9) Cloistered
10) Equivocator
11) Eminence
12) Avouch
13) Thralls
14) Malevolence
I'm going to give you a few minutes to work on your vocabulary words. There will will discuss Act 1 Scene 5 and finish Act I.
Questions for scenes 5
1. After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth, and how does she plan to help him?
2. What is Lady Macbeth’s “prayer” to the spirits after she learns Duncan is missing?
3. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?
Scene 6
1. What do the Marlets represent?
2. Why has Duncan come to Macbeth's castle?
Scene 7
1. Summarize Macbeth's soliloquy. What is he struggling with?
2. What is Lady Macbeth's plan.
VOCABULARY (from Macbeth)
1) Mirth
2) Liege
3) Parricide
4) Verity
5) Avarice
6) Avaunt
7) Posterity
8) Homage
9) Cloistered
10) Equivocator
11) Eminence
12) Avouch
13) Thralls
14) Malevolence
Today we are going to continue with Act I of Macbeth.
HW: Study questions for scenes 3-5
ACT I
Scene 1:
1)
The play opens with thunder and lightning as the three witches enter.
What does this tell us about the mood of the play? What do the witches
symbolize beyond just superstition? Do you really believe that they
are witches?
2)
What doe the witches mean when they say, “Fair is foul, and foul is
fair”? What does this tell you about what is likely to go on during the
play?
3) How can a battle be “Lost and won”? What foreshadow might this set-up? What is the real battle in this play?
4)
Graymalkin and Paddock are familiars (a cat and a toad). What does
this suggest about the action of the play? What might they symbolize?
Scene ii
1) What does the bloody man report?
2) Why is Macdonwald a worthy rebel?
3)
What similes or metaphors does the captain (the bloody man) use to
describe Macbeth and Banquo? What is significant about these
descriptions?
4)
“Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, or memorize another
Golgotha.” What is the allusion? What is significant about the
statement? What does it suggest? Please keep in mind the
religious/superstitious images/symbols already presented.
5) Who was Scotland fighting?
Scene iii
1) Why do the witches talk in poetry?
2) What do the witches predict for Macbeth? What is the dramatic irony involved?
3) What do they witches predict for Banquo? What irony is involved in this promise?
4) What is your first impression of Macbeth in scenes ii-iii? What is your first impression of Banquo?
5) How do Macbeth and Banquo differ in their reactions to the witches predictions? What does this tell us about their characters?
6) What message does Ross bring?
7) “But
‘tis strange! And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of
darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in
deepest consequence.” Who speaks the above quote? What is the
significance or meaning of the quote?
Scene iv
1) What is Malcolm’s description of Cawdor’s execution?
2) What is the King’s response to this description?
3) Who does the King name as his successor? How does Macbeth react to this information?
4) “Stars hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep
desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, which the eye
fears, when it is done, to see.” Who speaks this quote and what is the
significance of it?
Questions for scenes 5
1. After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth, and how does she plan to help him?
2. What is Lady Macbeth’s “prayer” to the spirits after she learns Duncan is missing?
3. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?
Scene 6
1. What do the Marlets represent?
2. Why has Duncan come to Macbeth's castle?
Scene 7
1. Summarize Macbeth's soliloquy. What is he struggling with?
2. What is Lady Macbeth's plan.
Today we are going to continue with Macbeth.
HW: Study Questions
ACT I
Scene 1:
1)
The play opens with thunder and lightning as the three witches enter.
What does this tell us about the mood of the play? What do the witches
symbolize beyond just superstition? Do you really believe that they
are witches?
2)
What doe the witches mean when they say, “Fair is foul, and foul is
fair”? What does this tell you about what is likely to go on during the
play?
3) How can a battle be “Lost and won”? What foreshadow might this set-up? What is the real battle in this play?
4)
Graymalkin and Paddock are familiars (a cat and a toad). What does
this suggest about the action of the play? What might they symbolize?
Scene ii
1) What does the bloody man report?
2) Why is Macdonwald a worthy rebel?
3)
What similes or metaphors does the captain (the bloody man) use to
describe Macbeth and Banquo? What is significant about these
descriptions?
4)
“Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, or memorize another
Golgotha.” What is the allusion? What is significant about the
statement? What does it suggest? Please keep in mind the
religious/superstitious images/symbols already presented.
5) Who was Scotland fighting?
Scene iii
1) Why do the witches talk in poetry?
2) What do the witches predict for Macbeth? What is the dramatic irony involved?
3) What do they witches predict for Banquo? What irony is involved in this promise?
4) What is your first impression of Macbeth in scenes ii-iii? What is your first impression of Banquo?
5) How do Macbeth and Banquo differ in their reactions to the witches predictions? What does this tell us about their characters?
6) What message does Ross bring?
7) “But
‘tis strange! And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of
darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in
deepest consequence.” Who speaks the above quote? What is the
significance or meaning of the quote?
Scene iv
1) What is Malcolm’s description of Cawdor’s execution?
2) What is the King’s response to this description?
3) Who does the King name as his successor? How does Macbeth react to this information?
4) “Stars hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep
desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, which the eye
fears, when it is done, to see.” Who speaks this quote and what is the
significance of it?
Today we are going to talk about POETRY OUT LOUD (January 22nd) and look at Macbeth.
HW: Look up vocabulary words. Quiz on 1/19.
Shakespeare: Tragedy
“The poem, the song, the picture is only water drawn from the well of people
and it should be given back to them in a cup of beauty so that they may drink—
and in drinking, understand themselves.”
--Lorca
This
unit will give students a chance to look at Shakespeare from a personal
and cultural perspective. The class will break of the structure of the
play Macbeth and discuss how metaphor and symbol, plot and theme work
in conjunction with the development of characters and ideas.
Macbeth
is a play about the corruption of power, about the moralistic failings
of blind ambition, about the difference between appearance and reality
(things are not as they seem), about superstition and how it affects
human behavior, about the individual vs. society (or how an individual
revolts against society for personal gain). Ultimately students will be
asked to relate Macbeth to contemporary times and to write an essay.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this unit students will be able to
Knowledge:
1) List the five elements of tragedy
2) List the five elements of a tragic hero
3)
Define theme, plot, setting, foreshadow, oxymoron, soliloquy,
personification, dramatic foil, metaphor (three types), symbol, simile
Comprehension:
4) Identify a metaphor (direct, implied, extended), simile, pun or symbol within the play
5) Give a brief description of all the characters and their roles in the play
6) Given a line of dialogue identify the speaker
7)
Outline the plot and break in up into exposition, inciting event,
rising action, climax, falling action and catastrophe (or resolution)
8) Summarize each scene into a headline
9) Identify the tragic hero and his/her tragic flaw
10) Discuss the motivations of all major characters (why they do the things they do)
Application
11) Demonstrate an understanding of a scene in a drawing
12) Demonstrate a relation of characters to contemporary times through a simulation
13)
Demonstrate an understanding of characters and acting techniques by
writing out a script (including the lines, subtext, emotion or tone, and
blocking) and acting out the scene from memory
14) Demonstrate an
understanding of the play by writing journal entries and in-class
writing assignments including a Dear Abbey Letter, interviews, diary
entries from characters’ perspective, personal responses, and in-class
presentations on characters.
15) Demonstrate an understanding of parts of the play by translation Shakespeare’s lines into contemporary English
16) Write a poem or a rap about Macbeth
17) Research a character: the different critical views and present findings to class
Analysis
18) Write a analysis paper on some element or question of Macbeth
We will also reread and review scenes 1-3 and discuss plot outline.
Remember - if you have trouble with Shakespeare's lines you can always go to NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE
NOTES:
Dramatic Foil – A foil is a secondary character who contrasts with a major character as a way to bring out personality traits.
In Romeo and Juliet, the Nurse, the Frair, Benvolio, Mercutio are all dramatic foils.
Act A major division in the action of a play. The ends of acts are
typically indicated by lowering the curtain or turning up the
houselights. Playwrights frequently employ acts to accommodate changes
in time, setting, characters onstage, or mood. In many full-length
plays, acts are further divided into scenes, which often mark a point in
the action when the location changes or when a new character enters.
Scene In drama, a scene is a subdivision of an act. In modern plays,
scenes usually consist of units of action in which there are no changes
in the setting or breaks in the continuity of time. According to
traditional conventions, a scene changes when the location of the action
shifts or when a new character enters.
Drama Derived from the Greek word dram, meaning "to do" or "to perform,"
the term drama may refer to a single play, a group of plays ("Jacobean
drama"), or to all plays ("world drama"). Drama is designed for
performance in a theater; actors take on the roles of characters,
perform indicated actions, and speak the dialogue written in the script.
Play is a general term for a work of dramatic literature, and a
playwright is a writer who makes plays
FIVE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY:
1) Play must have a tragic hero
2) The hero must be fated to fall
3) The hero must have dramatic foils
4) The hero must have internal and external conflicts
5) The play raised some question about the nature of existence
ELEMENTS OF A TRAGIC HERO:
1) The tragic hero is a man of noble stature. Usually he is of noble birth
2) The tragic hero is good, though not perfect, and his fall results
from his committing what Aristoltle calls “an act of injustice” either
through ignorance or from a conviction that some greater good will be
served. This act is, never-the-less, a criminal one ad the good hero is
responsible for it even if he is totally unaware. Translated: the hero
is usually virtuous in many ways, loyal to friends and family, has high
moral standards, but some flaw in personality and it is this flaw that
causes his downfall.
3) The hero’s misfortunate is not wholly deserved and the punishment far
exceeds the crime. The audience leaves saddened by the sense of waste
of human potential.
4) Though the hero may be defeated, he has dared greatly, and he gains
understanding from his defeat and must become an example for others.
(Simplified: 1) Noble birth and of noble character; 2) Virtuous and
loyal; 3) Has a tragic flaw; 4) Tragic flaw causes downfall; 5) The
audience learns something through the characters failing).