Macbeth-Essay

Students will be given an essay topic dealing with Lady Macbeth on Wednesday of this week. Today I covered the structure of the essay and how to incorporate textual support.

We then began reading Act III of Macbeth and working on the following assignment:

Macbeth
Act III
Scenes 1-3

Use the book and respond to each of the following in complete sentences.

Scene 1
Pg 81
Provide a line that shows Banquo’s suspicion of Macbeth.

Pg 91
Provide a line that explains that Macbeth wants Fleance dead.

Scene 2
Pg 95
Explain the line “Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applauded the deed”

Scene 3
Pg 97
Explain the line “we have lost best half of our affair

Macbeth

Today we finished reading and completed the worksheet for Act II scenes 3 & 4. We then watched the film.

Scenes 3 & 4

Use the book to answer the following questions:

Pg 65
Lines 61-69
Explain what Lennox is telling Macbeth. What is the significance?

pg 67
Provide an example of irony.

Pgs 69-71
Lines 127-137
What is Macbeth’s excuse for killing the servants? What is his real reason?

Pg 75
Provide a line explaining why Malcolm and Donalbain are suspects in their father’s murder.

Macbeth Act II, scenes 1-2

We finished reading scene 2 today and then watched the film. The students completed and turned in the following assignment:

Macbeth
Act II
scenes 1-2
20pts

Use the book to answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Pgs 51-53
Why does Macbeth have the vision of the dagger? What does it represent? Provide a line supporting your response.



Pg 59
Compare Macbeth’s response to the murder to Lady Macbeth’s. Do they react differently? Explain.

What does Macbeth mean when he says “Will all great Neptune’s oceans wash this blood clean from my hand…”?

What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says “a little water clears us of this deed”?

Macbeth Act II

Today we read Act II, scene 1 and almost finished scene 2. We also began a worksheet which we will complete in class tomorrow. I will post this tomorrow. We will also continue viewing the film tomorrow.

Macbeth

Today we finished the worksheet for scene 7 and watched up to this point in the film. I also read an article about Rod Blagojevich and his wife drawing comparisons to Macbeth. This truly is a story that continues to be told through the ages.

Macbeth Act I, scenes 6 & 7

Today we viewed scene 5 of the film and read scenes 6 & 7. We discussed just how determined Lady Macbeth is. The students began working on the following assignment:
Macbeth
Act I, scene 7


This is another scene featuring interaction between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. For each of the items below you must find a line that represents it.

Lines 1-28
Macbeth contemplates the reasons why it is a terrible thing to kill Duncan.


Lines 39-49
Lady Macbeth mocks Macbeth for being afraid and weak.


Lines 53-67
-Lady Macbeth mocks her husband again.
-She explains how determined she is. (what is her example?)

Lines 69-82
Lady Macbeth reassures him that everything will go smoothly as long as he is dedicated to it.


We will finish this assignment tomorrow in class.

Macbeth Act I, scene 5

Today we viewed 2 scenes from the film. Macbeth receives the title Thane of Cawdor and the execution of the traitor Cawdor. We then read scene 5 which is the first appearance of Lady Macbeth. We will view this scene tomorrow.

We completed the following assignment in class:

Macbeth
Act I, scene 5

This is the first scene in which Lady Macbeth appears. In your notes it says that she is overly ambitious. For each of the items below you must find a line that represents it.


Lines 15-31
Lady Macbeth is worried that Macbeth lacks the ruthlessness to kill Duncan.




Lines 45-54
Lady Macbeth talks herself into being as cold and cruel as possible.




Lines 70-82
Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to put on a friendly exterior concealing his evil intentions.