Monday

 Today we are going to see some of your presentations and answer any questions you might have on tomorrow's final. Make sure you review Macbeth.

MACBETH

 

1)    Outline the plot according the six elements (make sure you list each) and please give three scenes for the rising action and falling action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)    Define monologue and soliloquy and give an example of each from Macbeth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)    What is Macbeth’s Tragic Flaw?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)    Explain how the following themes work in Macbeth and give two examples of each:  BLIND AMBITION and APPEARANCE VS. REALITY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)    Discuss the following allusion and motifs/symbols and what they represent: the washing of hands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6)    What do the following represent:

Eagles

 

Sparrows

 

Owl

 

Martlet

 

Falcon

 

Crows

 

Geese

 

Wren

7)    Identify the following characters (who they are, what they do, why they do what they do):

 

Seyton:

 

Doctor:

 

Banquo:

 

The Witches:

 

Ross:

 

The Bloody Captian:

 

Lennox:

 

Fleance:

 

8)    Who is knocking at the gates in Act II?  What does this foreshadow?

 

 

 

 

 

 

9)    List one irony from the play.

 

 

10) How does Lady Macbeth lose power in this play?

 

 

11) Who tells Macbeth that Lady Macbeth is dead? Why is this important?

 

 

 

12) Why is Lady Macbeth upset with Macbeth after he kills Duncan?

 

 

 

13) What three things does the Porter say about drink?

 

 

 

14)  Who invites evil spirits to the castle?   How and why?

 

15) Set up with a thesis a short answer that explains who wins in Macbeth and why?  Make sure you use examples from the text to back up your ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the following quotes identify the speaker and the significance of the quote:

 

 

16) “Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!”

 

 

 

17) “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”

 

 

 

18) “Doubtful it stood as two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their art”

 

 

 

19) “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it”

 

 

 

20) “Out, out, brief candle!  Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.  It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

 

 

Odyssey FINAL (each question is worth 8 points)

 

For the following themes give and explain two specific scenes/examples for the text to back up each:

 

1)    Loyalty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)    Forgetting and the Dangers of Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motifs – explain the following, how they are used, why they are important, think about major themes.

 

3)    Storytelling

 

 

 

 

 

 

Epic Elements – explain where these elements fit and why they are important:

 

4)    Sports

 

 

 

 

 

Symbols – Explain how the following symbols work and how they connect to major ideas and/or where they appear

 

5)    Hades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6)    Odyssey’s Wound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characters – give a detailed description of the following characters and their roles in the story. 

 

7)    Agamemnon

 

 

 

 

8)    Achilles

 

 

 

 

9)    Orestes

 

 

 

 

10)Nausicaa

 

 

 

 

11)Amphinomos

 

12)Eurymachos

 

 

 

13)Emaios

 

 

 

 

14)Theoclymenos

 

 

 

15)Arnaios

 

 

 

 

16)Sisyphus

 

 

 

 

 

17) Tantalus

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the following Books give a detailed summary and connect the episode to a major theme.

 

18) Books 9-12