Macbeth essay

Today the students began their essay in class. They will be given time to complete it tomorrow.

Macbeth
Essay-50pts
1. Some believe that Lady Macbeth acted as a man (according to what she thought a man was). Support or refute this statement with examples.

Macbeth Act III, scenes 1-3

Today we read through Act 3 scene 3 of Macbeth. We began watching these scenes in the film.



Tomorrow students need to be prepared to write an essay dealing with Lady Macbeth. It will take the entire period.

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.