Macbeth

Macbeth **DAY __ONE__: (April 10, 2012)** media type="custom" key="14426058" **Background:**
 * For the plot of Macbeth, Shakespeare truned to Raphael Holinshed's //Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland//. In the collection of historical essays, Shakespeare read about the real [|Macbeth], who reigned as king of Scotland from 1040-1057.


 * The real Macbeth gained the throne with the __help__ of other noblemen who were dissatisfied with King Duncan, a young and ineffective ruler.


 * Shakespeare also read about King Duff, who was murdered by a young couple in whom he trusted.


 * Similar events to King Duff: [|The Gunpowder Plot of 1605]: extremists of the Catholic Church planned to blow up England's King James and his Protestant Parliament

Drama Terminology : Drama: Tragedy: Tragic Hero: Conflict: Plot: Stage Directions: Aside: Dialogue: Monologue: Soliloquy: media type="custom" key="14061196"

__**Allusion**__: A reference in a __work__ of literature to a well-known person, place, event, written __work__, or __work__ of art. Discovering the meaning of an allusion can often be essential to the understanding of a __work__.

**[|The Fates:]** **[|Three Witches]**

**Witchcraft:**
 * “ Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,” reads 1 Samuel 15.23.


 * Shakespeare’s __play__ is about the rebellion of Macbeth and opens with the spectacle of the three witches.


 * To modern audiences, the witches are a familiarpart of folklore, but for Elizabethan audiences, many believed witches were real, a part of the structure of the order of good and evil, heaven and hell.


 * Both Queen Elizabeth and King James before her were targets of those who practiced “the dark arts.”
 * In fact,almost all of the conspiracies to murder James involved witchcraft.


 * Furthermore, persons involved in witchcraft often did forage through graves for body parts needed for their spells -“necromancy”). Grave robbing became such a problem that a law was passed in an attempt to stop the vile practice. But graveyards were not the only source of body parts for necromancers. Even better sources for were shipwrecks, battlefields, gallows, and brothels. These locations were especially attractive because the bodies had not been laid in consecrated ground.


 * King James had even more to say about witchcraft. In his treatise //Daemonologie,// James warned that the witches are the servants of the devil, who sends them out “to joint dead corpses and to __make__ powders thereof, mixing such other things there-amongst as he gives unto him.”

· **[|Golgotha](1.2)**

**[|Bellona]:(1.2)**

**[|Croesus:] (1.3)**

**[|Hecate]: (2.1)** **Danielle Pohland** Aunyae Gustus Amara Canfield

**[|Tarquin] (2.1)** **DJ Kee** **John Lewis**  **Berkeley Hoffman**

**[|Neptune] (2.2)** **Kirsten P** **Paige Torpey**  **Brandee Hartz** **[|Pontius Pilate](2.2)** **Elizabeth Anderson** Steven Ruggiere **[|Gorgon] (2.3)** **Brittany Martin** **Tyler Kennedy**  **Danny Cericola** **Mark Antony (3.1)**  **Spencer Jones**      **Santina Owens** **Augustus Caesar (3.1)**  **Mickey Carboni** **[|Cain and Abel] (3.4)** **Abby** Moose  Annie **[|Ghosts (3.4])** **Katie Blosveren** **Kelly Colbert**

[|King James] Caleb Howard [|Queen Elizabeth] Cassie Warford **[|Acheron (3.5)]** **Sydney Vencil** **Tate Redding**   **[|Lucifer] (4.3)**  **Mackenzie Lane**  **Imani Fooks**  Tevin Snead
 * Tevin Andrews **
 * Xanthe Vuolo **
 * Becca Esham **

**King Edward VI (4.3)** **Mike Merritt**

** Sleepwalking (Shakespeare's __time__ ) (5.1)** **Ben Astarb** **Hallee Carr** **Bear-baiting (5.7)**  David Gault Corey Hardesty Maura Smith

** Ancient Roman suicide ** ** Billy **   ** Emma **     Stevie Rinkus

**[|Some Movie Clips:]** **DAY ONE**: ** ACT I - Scene 1 ** First WitchSecond WitchThird Witch

** Act I - Scene 2 - Part 1 ** CaptainMalcolmDuncan

** Act I - Scene 2 - Part 2 ** DuncanMalcolmLennox__Ross__

** Act I -Scene 3 - Part I ** First WitchSecond WitchThird Witch

** Act 1 - Scene 3 - Part 2 ** MacbethBanquoFirst WitchSecond WitchThird Witch

** Act 1 - Scene 3- Part 3 ** __Ross__AngusBanquoMacbeth

// Can you imagine having everything you ever wanted…but you would have to harm someone to get it? If you were assured that you could get away with it, can you imagine doing it? //

1. Whom do the three witches plan to meet?

2. What __news__ comes to King Duncan?

3. What order does Duncan give?

4. What news are the messengers to deliver to Macbeth?

5. What three greetings do the witches give to Macbeth?

6. What news do __Ross__ and Angus deliver to Macbeth?

7. Macbeth believes that one of the witches’ prophecies has already come true (i.e., that he has been named Thane of Cawdor). How does he contemplate making the final one come true?

**Day Two: April 11, 2012** __**Warm Up**__: a. You are at a restaurant and have already eaten a wonderful meal. The waiter asks you if you want desert and shows you a tray with the most delicious looking piece of chocolate cake you have ever seen. You are full and the cake is expensive. But, you decide to order then to consume a piece.
 * How did you rationalize eating the cake?
 * Do you think you were predestined to eat the cake?
 * Do you think you were exercising free will in your decision to eat the cake?

b. What does it mean to have free will?

**Act I - Scenes 3-7: Roles**


 * Day Two:**
 * Act I: Scene 3: (4 characters)**
 * **Character:** || **Actor:** ||
 * Ross ||  ||
 * Angus ||  ||
 * Banquo ||  ||
 * Macbeth ||  ||


 * Act I: Scene 4: (4 characters)**
 * **Character:** || **Actor:** ||
 * King Duncan ||  ||
 * Malcolm -sm ||  ||
 * Macbeth ||  ||
 * Banquo-sm ||  ||


 * Act I – Scene 5: (3 characters)`**
 * **Character:** || **Actor:** ||
 * Servant-sm ||  ||
 * Lady Macbeth ||  ||
 * Macbeth - sm ||  ||


 * Act I – Scene 6: (3 characters)**
 * **Character** || **Actor:** ||
 * Lady Macbeth: ||  ||
 * Duncan: ||  ||
 * Banquo: sm ||  ||

** Comprehension Questions: Acts I - Scenes 4-7 ** 1. What does Duncan say his plans are in Act 1.4?
 * Act I – Scene 7 (2 characters)**
 * **Character:** || **Actor:** ||
 * Lady Macbeth ||  ||
 * Macbeth ||  ||

2. What does Macbeth contemplate doing about Duncan’s decision?

3. What does Lady Macbeth learn in the letter she reads?

4. Why does Lady Macbeth fear her husband will not be able to fulfill the second prophecy?

5. How does Lady Macbeth take matters into her own hands?

**Soliloquies**

Long speeches given by a single character that often __reveal true thoughts and feelings__. These speeches are given by the character while alone on the stage.


 * There are three soliloquies in Act 1 of Macbeth.
 * Two are by Lady Macbeth in 1.5 and one is by Macbeth in 1.7.

An __inward soliloquy__ will have the actor pretending to be completely alone with his/her thoughts. He or she make no eye contact or acknowledge the audience members in any way.

An __outward soliloquy__ will address the audience. The actor will make eye contact with and can gesture specifically at the audience.


 * DAY 3 April 12, 2012 **
 * [|Act One Quiz] **

[|Act II: Scenes 1 and 2 Questions] 1. What are Banquo’s feelings about his own prophecy?
 * Comprehension Questions: Act 2: Scenes 1-2 **

2. What does Macbeth claim about his recollection of the prophecies?

3. What does Macbeth imagine he sees leading him to Duncan’s room?

4. How does Lady Macbeth alert her husband that the time has come to carry out the murder?

**DO DISCUSSION QUESTION ABOVE**

Scene 2:

1. What is Macbeth’s state of mind following Duncan’s murder?

2. What happens to the daggers?

3. What does Lady Macbeth tell her husband to do at the end of the scene?


 * Characterization : ** The methods used to reveal the **personality of the character to** the reader**.**
 * Direct Characterization: ** The author directly describes the character's personality traits

Example: "There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck." - D.H. Lawrence - "The Rocking Horse Winner"

**Indirect Characterization**: The author suggests a character's personality traits in a variety of ways.
 * A character's words
 * A character's actions
 * A character's appearance
 * A character's thoughts
 * The reaction/opinion of other characters to the person being portrayed

[|Character Traits:]

[|Period 2: Link to Macbeth Character Chart]

[|Period 2: Link to Lady Macbeth Character Chart]

[|Period 4: Link to Macbeth Character Chart]

[|Period 4 :Link to Lady Macbeth Character Char]t

[|Period 5: Link to Macbeth Character Chart]

[|Period 5: Link to Lady Macbeth Character Chart]

** Day Four: April 13, 2012 **

**1. Warm Up:** media type="custom" key="14187738"
 * **Discussion Question: Click into the Forum Above: (NEXT TO THE EDIT BUTTON) Complete the Discussion Question.**
 * **We will share one point made by someone that you found surprising or interesting when we have completed the discussion.**

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 * **Collaborate with your partner (online) to complete a thorough analysis of your specified act and scene using the categories present on the Google Docs**
 * ** Use complete sentences and proper punctuation, as it will be graded. **
 * ** Using my desktop, print your analysis. **
 * [|Act I Scene 2] **
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 * [|Act I Scene 3] **
 * [|Act I Scene 4] **
 * [|Act I Scene 5] **
 * [|Act I Scene 7] **
 * [|Act II Scene 1] **
 * [|Act II Scene 2] **
 * [|Act I Scene 2] **
 * [|Act I Scene 3] **
 * [|Act I Scene 4] **
 * [|Act I Scene 5] **
 * [|Act I Scene 7] **
 * [|Act II Scene 1] **
 * [|Act II Scene 2] **
 * [|Act I Scene 2] **
 * [|Act I Scene 3] **
 * [|Act I Scene 4] **
 * [|Act I Scene 5] **
 * [|Act I Scene 7] **
 * [|Act II Scene 1] **
 * [|Act II Scene 2] **
 * **[|Voki Link]**
 * **Register for the Voki**
 * **Create the Voki to share your act and scene analysis**
 * **Customize your character - Must represent your scene in some way**
 * **Select a background reflective of either the setting or the mood**
 * *Add sound using the headset ( This is your character analysis read into the *** microphone!) 60 seconds is all you have.**


 * COPY EMBED CODE: PASTE IT INTO YOUR GOOGLE DOC

4. RUBRIC FOR VOKI EVALUATION AND RUBRIC FOR ALLUSION POWER POINT

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 * DAY FIVE: April 17, 2012 **


 * [|Peer Evaluation of Voki Creations] **

Act II - Scenes 3 & 4 Comprehension Check: 1. What game is the porter (doorkeeper) playing? How is this an example of dramatic irony? 2. What does Lennox say to Macbeth about the previous night? How does Shakespeare use setting to reflect the [|mood] of this scene? 3.Who discovers that Duncan has been murdered? 4. Why does Macbeth say he has murdered the guards? 5. Why do Donalbain and Malcolm leave? Where do they say they are going? 6. Why are Malcolm and Donalbain prime suspects according to Macduff? 7. How has their absence impacted Macbeth's quest to fulfill the prophecies of the witches?


 * __Scene 3:__**
 * Porter:**
 * Macduff**
 * Lennox**
 * Macbeth**
 * Lady Macbeth**
 * Banquo**
 * Donalbain**
 * Malcolm**


 * __Scene 4:__**
 * Old Man**
 * __Ross__**
 * Macduff**

Day SIx (April 18, 2012)




 * Day 8 _ April 19, 2012 **
 * 3.1 HW Review **
 * 3.2 Annotation **


 * Day 9 - April 20, 2012 **

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 * 1. Answer Discussion Question: Do you believe in ghosts. Let's say you and a friend are together. Your trusted friend says she or he sees a ghost. You do not see anything at all. Would you believe him or her and what would you do? **
 * 2. Reading of 3.4 in groups **
 * You Tube video of 3.4 - Ian McClennan - 1979 Shakespeare Company **
 * You Tube video of 3.4 - Ian McClennan - 1979 Shakespeare Company **


 * 3. Write your Macbeth diary entry . Directions are in the following document. Use Microsoft word and email the finished product to mrsstevenson162@gmail.com **


 * Day Ten - April 23, 2012 **
 * WARM UP: Does Macbeth have a conscience? Explain why or why not, using details from the play to support your opinion. **


 * 1. Read the summaries of 3.5 and 3.6. **
 * [|Enotes summary of Act III] **
 * [|SparkNotes Act III - Scenes 1-3] **
 * [|SparkNotes Act III - Scenes 4-6] **


 * 2. Answer the following questions : **

1. Why is Hecate suddenly introduced into the play?

Many scholars do not believe Shakespeare wrote Act 3.5. They say that the sudden reappearance of the witches and the sudden introduction of the new character Hecate, the Queen of Evil, is distracting and inconsistent. However, one scholar believes that Shakespeare did indeed write the scene. Gary Wills, in // Witches and Jesuits//: Shakespeare’s Macbeth, claims that the play is not all just psychological, as many critics contend. Rather, it also functions as a reflection of the Elizabethan belief in the structures of heaven and hell. There were lower and higher angels, lower and higher devils. An angel has a ruler, God; conversely, demonic forces have a leader, Satan. There are gradations of leadership and responsibility from the lowest being to the highest. Wills argues that “(o)nce a structure of belief, with an order of forces, is called up, then (the scene) does not seem odd – it seems inevitable – that an opening into that world involves its higher potentate .” 2. Who is suspected for the death of Banquo? How does this relate to other events in the play?

3. Why does Lennox respond sarcastically to Macbeth’s version of events?

4. What is Macduff planning? What importance might Macduff have in in acts 4 & 5?

5. A foil is a minor character whose attitude, beliefs, and behavior differ significantly from those of a main character. The foil serves two main purposes: 1: To highlight the flaws in the main character's personality, and 2: To suggest what the main character might have been like if these flaws had not been present. Banquo serves as a foil to Macbeth in the first three acts.

A. In what significant ways is Banquo similar to Macbeth? In what significant ways is he different?

B. What flaws in Macbeth's character do these differences help reveal?
 * 3. Take the quiz on Act III. **
 * [|Chapter 3 Quiz] **


 * 4. Act 4: Scene 1 **

** Based upon your vision of Act 4 Scene 1, which of the paintings is similar to your interpretation? Explain. Remember to consider the mood/imagery selected. **
 * Act 4: Scene 1 **
 * First Witch **
 * Second Witch **
 * Third Witch **
 * Macbeth **
 * Hecate **
 * First Apparition **
 * Second Apparition **
 * Third Appartion **
 * Lennox **





A symbol is any person, animal, place, object, or event that exists on a literal level within a work but also represents something on a figurative level.


 * All of the visions Macbeth are subjected to are symbolic. To what/whom does each apparition refer? **
 * __First Apparition__: An armored head of a warrior **


 * __Second Apparition__: a bloody child **


 * __Third Apparition:__ A crowned child with a tree in his hand **


 * __ Pantomime of eight kings __**
 * [|Explanation of the apparations] **
 * [|More explanations of the apparitions] **

DAY ELEVEN: April 24, 2012

1. Match the explanations in the colored boxes with the word it describes on the Plot chart.

2. Take the events of Acts 1-4 in Macbeth and place them in order on self-created Plot chart.

3.**Read Act V Scenes 1-8. Answer the following questions.

Act 5 Scene 1 Doctor: Gentlewoman Lady Macbeth

Act 5 Scene 2 Menteith Angus Caithness Lennox

Act 5 Scene 3 Macbeth Servant Seyton Doctor

Act 5 Scene 4: Malcolm Mentieth Siward Macduff

Act 5 Scene 5 Macbeth Seyton Messenger

Act 5 Scene 6 Malcolm Siward Macduff

Act 5 Scene 7 Macbeth Young Siward Macduff Siward

Act 5 Scene 8 Macbeth Macduff Siward Malcolm Ross