  You will choose a group of 3-4 to work with. I will give you ONE topic! You will need Macbeth books. You will brainstorm your topic like you are writing an essay. Be prepared to share with the class! A.How does Shakespeare use the “unnatural” or “supernatural” to develop one key theme of the play? B.Show how the image/symbol of the blood-stained hand contributes to the character development of either Lady Macbeth or Macbeth. C.Darkness and blackness are recurring images and motifs in Macbeth. Explain how darkness is used as a symbol in the play. Final Exam Review

  Every time murder happens – supernatural events take place  Act II, sc. Iv—day physically and emotionally portrays how dark the day was Duncan died; Horses, constantly dark  Witches—raining, stormy = weather symbolic; used witches to show Macbeth’s future-not possible  Irony and foreshadowing  Don’t let ambitions get best of you  Good vs. Evil=theme  Example: prophecies gave him ability to turn from good to evil; witches showed Mac his future and started his evil streak; hallucinations—guilty, scare him, kill more people & cover up what he did  Quote from when Banquo is murdered; Mac sees Banquo’s ghost during feast; Shows regret, guilty.  Paradoxes—to show evil  Foreshadowing—weather—dark—evil—Duncan’s murder How does Shakespeare use the “unnatural” or “supernatural” to develop one key theme of the play?

  Show that Macbeth’s guilt overtime of killing others makes him goes crazy  Good to bad person = tragic character  Example: Banquo’s ghost  Lady Mac = wanted Mac to kill then became afraid;  Example = washing blood off her hands after Duncan’s murder easily; “washing” imaginary blood from hand/sleepwalking  Roles of Lady Mac and Mac are reversed  Reveals true guilt Lady Mac and Mac feel all along.  Lady Mac stages the murder of Duncan—she “washes” her hands of murder and doesn’t feel guilt; washes hands while sleepwalking—shows her guilt  Daggar  Good to bad = tragic character Show how the image/symbol of the blood-stained hand contributes to the character development of either Lady Macbeth or Macbeth.

  Darkness = main characters = Lady and Mac  Example = Killing Duncan, Fleance and Banquo; Lady Mac = doesn’t show darkness physically but tells him to kill; Portrays personality flaws (aka tragic flaws)-guilt causes Mac to go “haywire” and killed for power.  Weather—thunder, lightening= dark  Murders – Once Mac does one bad, or murders one person, his ambition for power makes him more evil ex. Cont. to kill others.  Witches, blood, daggard  HIS SOUL IS BECOMING DARK! Tragic character. Darkness and blackness are recurring images and motifs in Macbeth. Explain how darkness is used as a symbol in the play.