PPT-Macbeth

Learning goals Try strategies for reading Shakespearean language Get familiar with the characters and themes in Macbeth Macbeth Homework Read the intro material Have you ever heard the saying. By William Shakespeare. Meet the dramatis personae. The Three Weird Sisters. http://theplaymaker.wordpress.com/2008/05/. schoolworkhelper.net. Meet the dramatis personae:. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. prestonopera.org.uk. Characters Guide and Introduction. Take your paper and fold it long ways.. Take the folded paper and on the outside make 16 sections.. Make the same sections on the inner fold just beneath. . You will flip up the name of the character and see the important characteristics beneath. . The Three Fates. Greek Mythology. Known as the “. Moirai. ”. They decide the individual fates of the ancient Greeks. Clotho. – “the spinner”. Lachesis. – “drawer of lots”. Atropos. – “inevitable”. Will the winners lose? Rules. I will ask a question.. Whoever writes their answer first and raises their board first wins.. I will check if it’s right. If not, they are disqualified from that question and the remaining groups can have a chance to answer.. Act 1: scene ii, iv & vii. . Act 2: scene I, ii & iv. . Act 3: scene ii, iii, & iv. . Act 4: scene . i. , ii. . & iii. . Act 5: scene . i. , v & viii. Macbeth Revision. 2012. Begin Act 1.. Our play begins near a battlefield. Three witches enter and help set the spooky mood of the play. Then, they notice someone coming. They say:. Witches:. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Macbeth Haiku. Short Essay Assignment. So, TP that tree . up ahaed?. 3. 2/4/2014 Lesson 2 Vocabulary 1-3 . 1. . Virtuoso. (n) a person who is supremely skilled in a fine art. . 2. . Aboveboard. (. adj. Ambiguities. Many . of Shakespeare’s characters say things which are . ambiguous. . This means that you can interpret them in different . ways.. For . example: . "Fair is foul, and foul is fair". . Why does Shakespeare open the play by showing the witches? Why is it good for Macbeth not to appear first?. How does Duncan reward Macbeth for his bravery in defeating the rebels? Comment on the order in which Duncan announces it and Macbeth finds out.. . Act . 2 . Scene 1. To . explore Macbeth’s thoughts and feelings. The Tragic Hero?. “A.  . tragic hero.  is a literary character who makes a . judgment error . that inevitably leads to his/her own . 5. th. Years. Essay Question. ‘Responsibility . for Macbeth’s downfall does not lie with Macbeth . alone.’. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your answer with reference to the text. . Sparks his ambition. LM is using her husbands desires to achieve her own ambition as well.. Macduff and Malcolm care more about Scotland than their desires... Macbeth. : Ambitious, brutal, but seemingly loyal . Act 2. Macbeth sees a dagger reflecting his doubts about the murder- but kills Duncan with Lady Macbeth’s help. Malcolm flees and Macbeth chosen to be king.. Act 3 . Banquo suspects Macbeth – Macbeth murders Banquo but his son . Duncan – King of Scotland, evidently a mild-mannered king, murdered by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.. Malcolm- son of Duncan. When Duncan is murdered, Malcolm, fearful of meeting the same fate, flies to England. .