1. Warm-up
Take an anticipation guide from the front table and complete it for your warm-up today.

2. By William Shakespeare
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare

3. The History

4. The Gunpowder Plot
1605: Conspirators plan to blow up the English Parliament.
All members & the royal family were inside.
English Catholics lost hope for religious freedom under King James I.
Restricted religious freedom.
Catholics skipping church were fined.
Plotters held “Black Mass”
Called upon Satan to ensure success of plot.

5. The Gunpowder Plot (cont.)
Warning letter fell into King’s hands.
Guy Fawkes (the assassin) captured.
Found in the cellar waiting to ignite a barrel of gunpowder.
Captured conspirators were “hanged, drawn, and quartered.”
Punishment for high treason in England.

6. How the Gunpowder Plot Relates to Macbeth
James wanted recognition.
Hoped to become popular through this “victory.”
Considered hero for thwarting the plot.
Macbeth makes many flattering references to James.
Banquo is king’s direct ancestor in the play.
Never really existed.

7. History Continued…
The Legend of Macbeth

8. The Real Macbeth Macbeth ruled Scotland. Prosperous and able king.
Killed his predecessor Duncan.
Duncan actually was not a great ruler.
Macbeth was a sign of hope.
Many made Macbeth appear murderous.
Duncan’s family was restored to power.
Not safe to paint Macbeth in a good light.
King James related to Duncan.

9. Witches Shakespeare concerned with evil
Witches sees as worse than rebels
European Witch Craze, mass murder of women
Political and spiritual traitors
Witch hunting was respectable
Border between supernatural and natural
Spiritual forces vs. free will
Are they controlling Macbeth or are they merely agents in his own demise?

10. “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.
He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.”
King Duncan, Act 1, scene 4

17. Jeffrey Dahmer

18. Timothy McVeigh

19. Lee Harvey Oswald

20. Ted Bundy