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Macbeth…
Today we're beginning our study of Shakespeare's "historic tragedy", Macbeth.
Questions & teamwork.

2. Questions IV Question 1: Question 2: Question 3:
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Questions IV
Question 1:
What is signified by each of the three figures that rises from the cauldron to speak to Macbeth?
Question 2:
How is Macbeth’s decision to murder Macduff’s family consistent with his developing character?
Question 3:
How does the third major crime of Macbeth differ from the first (King Duncan) and second crimes (Banquo)?
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . .

3. Questions – Act IV Question 1: Answer 1:
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Questions – Act IV
Question 1:
What is signified by each of the three figures that rises from the cauldron to speak to Macbeth (armed head, bloody child, the crowned child)?
Answer 1:
The armed head represents Macbeth, whose head is to be cut off by Macduff; the bloody child represents Macduff and foreshadows the statement later of his unnatural birth; the crowed child with the tree in his hand represents Malcom’s order that his soldiers carry branches of Birnam Wood as camouflage for their numbers, and his being crowned .
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . .

4. Questions – Act IV Question 2: Answer 2:
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Questions – Act IV
Question 2:
How is Macbeth’s decision to murder Macduff’s family consistent with his developing character?
Answer 2:
Shakespeare wishes to paint a character that exhibits progressive deterioration as the play proceeds. Macbeth had intended to commit one crime and then stop, but he is driven on to commit others. There was some evil logic behind the murder of Banquo; there is no point to the murder of the Macduff family. There is also no attempt at concealment. As there had been earlier. (see next page)
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . .

5. Questions – Act IV Question 2: Answer 2 (cont’d):
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Questions – Act IV
Question 2:
How is Macbeth’s decision to murder Macduff’s family consistent with his developing character?
Answer 2 (cont’d):
Murder for its own sake has come to dominate the actions of Macbeth, and, obviously, the tragedy of the breakdown of his character near the end.
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . .

6. Questions – Act IV Question 3: Answer 3 :
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Questions – Act IV
Question 3:
How does the third major crime of Macbeth differ from the first (King Duncan) and second crimes (Banquo)?
Answer 3 :
No thought is given to this murder. For the first murder, Macbeth carefully weighed whether he should commit the crime. For the second murder, he spent time in careful planning. But not so in this third murder. Macbeth committed the first murder himself and was closely involved in the second, but, in this case, he simply sent murderers to do the job.
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . .

7. Videos Soliloquy: “Tomorrow, and tomorrow”
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Videos
Soliloquy: “Tomorrow, and tomorrow”
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . . 7

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Macbeth Themes
Equivocation: to equivocate is to lie by saying something that sounds fair, but which has a hidden, foul meaning.
Corrupting power of unchecked ambition (ambition leading to one’s downfall)
The relationship between masculinity and cruelty
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . . 8

9. Soliloquies Thoughts, feelings, personality mindset and
motivations of the central character

10. Soliloquies
The raven himself is hoarse - Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5 (king coming to the castle)
If it were done when 'tis done -Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7 (thinking about the killing the king)
Is this a dagger which I see before me -Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1 (magical dagger)
To be thus is nothing -Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 1 (has killed the king, now the menace is Banquo)
She should have died hereafter (Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, after Lady Macbeth dies) -Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5

11. Soliloquies
She should have died hereafter (Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow) -Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5
Four possible meanings are:
(1) she should have died after the battle when there would be time to mourn properly;
(2) she should have waited for me, seeing that my death is so near;
(3) she would have died at sometime, either now or later;
(4) she should have died after the battle for now, with her gone, I know I shall not win

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Macbeth motifs
Definition: Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
Examples:
-sleep
-blood
-animals
-clothing,
-light and dark,
-disease and decay
-appearance versus reality
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . . 12

13. Film codes/techniques (media)
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Film codes/techniques (media)
Examples:
Costumes
Camera work (angles)
Lighting
Sound (audio)
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . . 13

14. Film codes/techniques (media)
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Film codes/techniques (media)
- Out Damned spot!
What differences can you draw from each scene? (staging, lighting, characters, juxtapose, etc)
Which film version did you enjoy the most? Analyze it critically and explain why.
You would think that these "witches" would be pretty powerful people . . .
. . . but it was mostly single, old women who kept cats that were in danger of being accused of witchcraft. Remember, in 1604 an Act of Parliament decreed that if you were convicted, you were to be executed - and with the methods of "information extraction" used by the interrogators, people were likely to "spill their guts" (literally - know where that term comes from?)..
CHECK - does the group want to get into women's rights in the Seventeenth Century?
. . . here's another idea for your project: maybe you could examine Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth - very interesting topic . . . 14