Week 6 Lesson

Day 1 03/15

Aim: How does Macbeth's character deteriorate after the murder of Banquo?

Do You Know---

• The divine right of kings
  -kings of England
  -origin of such a concept
  
• The story of Macbeth is based on a kernel of historic fact and was familiar to many memebers of Shakespeare's audience.

Do Now :Look up the meaning of the new Vocabulary words
posterity    verities    indissoluble     unlineal sceptre    predominant     bounteous    avouch sundry    bestow     dauntless    utterance contriver    amend     malevolence    ratify homage    exasperate     parricide

Procedures:

• AP Essay #7 (Due 03/22) 2009, Form B. Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political oe social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explazin how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
• Discuss Oscar Wilde's play
• Study and Discuss : Macbeth Act III Scene 2

  1.What does Lady Macbeth's monologue tell you?
  
  Nought's had, all's spent,
  Where our desire is got without content:
  'Tis safer to be that which we destroy
  Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

  2. What is she still trying to do when she says,"Things without all remedy /Should be without regard: what's done is done."?

  3.In what state of mind is Macbeth based on his monologue starting with "We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it:" to Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, /Can touch him further "? Analyze the speech and draw a picture with word how Macbeth feels.

  4. Repond to Macbeth's speech,"And make our faces vizards to our hearts, /Disguising what they are. "

  5. What change do we see in Lady Macbeth when she suggests,"You must leave this"?

  6. What plan is implied to settle Macbeth's fear for Banquo when he responds,"There's comfort yet; they are assailable"?

  7.What change in their relationship have we noticed in this scene?

  Scene 3

  Who was killed and who fled? Can you predict how Macbeth is going to react to this news?

  Scene 4

  Aim: How does Macbeth's character deteriorate after the murder of Banquo?

  Do Now: Write a journal about your understanding of or belief about ghosts.

  Click here to find out the origin of ghosts

  Learning Activities:

  1.Do reseach in this web site and find out what people believe about ghosts in Shakespeare's time?

  2. Do some research on this subject after class. Could you recommend some web sites that have interesting information?

  Based on your research on and reading of the infomation about ghosts, write an essay describing the origin of ghosts, how the idea is perceived differently in diffrerent cultures, and how people of Shakespear's time viewed ghosts. Analyze in your essay the purpose of creating this "Banquo's ghost" scene by Shakespeare; what can you predict will happen to Macbeth as result of this scene.

  3.How should the ghost in the banquet scene be view considering the following:

  • Who sees the ghost?
  • At what points does the ghost enter and leave?
  • Describe the actions and appearance of the ghost.
  • How doe the ghost compare with the "air-drawn dagger" of Act II, Scene 1?

  4. How do the following react to the appearance of the ghost? Macbeth? Lady Macbeth? The lords? The audience of Shakespeare's time?

  5. What is your reaction and explanation of the ghost who appears at the banquet?

  6. How again does Lady Macbeth try to protect Macbeth from his own fears? What evidence can be found at the end of scene 4 to show that Lady Macbeth has been straining her own nerves to remain calm?

  7.What examples of foreshadowing can be found in Macbeth's speech ? What grievance does Macbeth have against Macduff? How does this speech show the further deterioration of Macbeth's character?

  We will skip scene 5.

  Scene 6

  Aim: How does the nobleman of Scotland now feel about Macbeth?

  Learning Activities:

  1. What have been happening in Scotland ?
  2. What is the reader led to expect in the future?
  3. Why haven't the nobleman taken action at this time against Macbeth?

  Assignment:

  Write a speech to your fellow members of the Highland Political Club expressing your thoughts about the events at the castale and what you think should be done.

  Or

  Write a letter to Scotland Gazette commenting on the current situation in the State of Scotland.

  Irony
  Situational Irony- the contrast between waht a reader/character expects and what happenes

  Verbal Irony- the contrast between waht is said and what is meant

  Dramatic Irony- the audience knows more than the characters
  
  IV.Reflection

  1. What is your impression of Macbeth's state of mind at this point?

  2. Compare and contrast the murders of Banquo and Duncan. How does the murder of Banquo illustrate the changes that Macbeth has Undergone?( Think in terms of the method used in each killing; M's attitude before each action; his reaction after the event; the role playeds by Lady Macbeth).

  3.How does the relationship between Macbeth and his wife change after the death of Duncan? Explain your answer with examples from Act Three. (Consider in terms of  Macbeth's refusal to receal his plans regarding Banquo; his "fit" at the banquet and her reaction; their feelings about Duncan's murder and its effect)

  4. What are your predictions about the events of the next act?

  5. How do you think Macbeth and Lady Macbeth would be treated in the press today?