Celtic: Mac Vah-ha

Purpose: Introduction

Major themesKey ConceptsTermsSome interesting information behind the

play itself…

This PowerPoint is not a lecture, but a discussion. Please participate, but also, please make notes.

Why Study Shakespeare?Why Study Shakespeare?Why Study Shakespeare?

10. Theaters are built in his honor all over the world- even here in Montgomery, Alabama.

8. His characters live and breathe as 8. His characters live and breathe as actual human beings. They are believable.actual human beings. They are believable.

9. He dealt with universal issues. His 9. He dealt with universal issues. His topical issues were treated in such a way topical issues were treated in such a way that they go beyond the topic and become that they go beyond the topic and become universal. He wrote about fundamental universal. He wrote about fundamental matters that concern all of us.matters that concern all of us.

4. 4. Of all the writers in the world, Of all the writers in the world, Shakespeare has received the most Shakespeare has received the most attention and acceptance.attention and acceptance.

5.His plays are performed in almost all 5.His plays are performed in almost all languages throughout the world.languages throughout the world.

6. More criticism has been written about 6. More criticism has been written about his words than any other writer in history.his words than any other writer in history.

7. Shakespeare endures because of his 7. Shakespeare endures because of his knowledge of the characteristics of human knowledge of the characteristics of human beings, his close observations of the beings, his close observations of the world, and his ability to transmute words world, and his ability to transmute words into music.into music.

1.1. Shakespeare understood human Shakespeare understood human nature.nature.

2.2. Critics say that no one better Critics say that no one better understood human nature than understood human nature than Shakespeare. He saw humans Shakespeare. He saw humans clearly both within and without.clearly both within and without.

3.3. Shakespeare tells us who and Shakespeare tells us who and what we are and reminds us what we are and reminds us that man’s actions are capable that man’s actions are capable of integrity and grace.of integrity and grace.

Did you know that there is a horrible curse on the play?

There are many strange accidents and incidents that have occurred during productions.

Follow along on page 266 in your literature book.

1272-1305 : Every man dies, not every man lives.

Rob Roy

Kilts and tartans

William Wallace

What are Scottish clans?

Map of Scotland and Glamis

Nessie the Loch Ness Monster- a neighbor of Macbeth.

Rhymed couplet

Fair is foul, foul is fair, Hover through the fog and filthy air.

Fate and Other Things Strange: “Something wicked this way comes.”

Can you define Fate? Is witchcraft still thriving today?

Have you ever had your fortune told?

Have you ever seen a ghost?

Common Themes

Corruption of power Blind ambition Appearance vs. reality Superstition and its effect on human

behavior What are the characteristics of an evil

person? Are temptation, desire, ambition evil

traits? Effects of concealed guilt

Common Repeated Images

Sleep Blood Disease Clothing Light and Darkness

Some familiar terms

Tragic hero Aristotle’s concept of tragedy Hubris Hamartia Allusion Simile Metaphor Personification Alliteration

Terms again

Foreshadowing Dramatic irony Aside Soliloquy Blank verse Iambic pentameter Rhymed couplet Tanistry

More stuff

The Great Chain of Being

G re at C ha in o f B e ing

R o cks

P la n ts

A n im a ls

M an

A n g e ls

G od

Framework of a Tragedy

E xp os it ionA c t I

In it ia l In cid e n tA c t I

R is in g A c tionA c t II

D e no ue m e nta n d R eso lu tion

A c t VC a s ta stro p e (2 n d C lim a x)

F a llin g A c tionA c t IV

C lim a xA c t III

C ris is -P ivo t-C o u n te rs tro ke

Holy Trinity ChurchHoly Trinity Church

These lines are written on Shakespeare’s These lines are written on Shakespeare’s tomb in the Holy Trinity Churchtomb in the Holy Trinity Church. .

Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbearGood friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear

To dig the dust enclosed here.To dig the dust enclosed here.

Blessed be the man that spares these Blessed be the man that spares these stones,stones,

And cursed be he that moves my bonesAnd cursed be he that moves my bones..

Holy Trinity Church in Stratford upon Avon, England

Shakespeare: The Greatest of the Greats

Shakespeare: The Greatest of the Greats: Let’s Review

A Final Thought

What’s on for Today?

Denotation Connotation Stress Inflection

So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

List synonyms for the words “foul” and “fair.”

This statement is called a paradox. What others have you noticed?

Stress He was a gentleman on whom I built

an absolute trust.

Stress a different word each time you read the line.

How does the meaning change?

Inflection Is execution done on

Cawdor? Rise and fall of your voice… How does the meaning change?

Nonverbal communication

What meaning is implied without words?

How does Banquo feel about the witches’ predictions?

How does Macbeth feel? Who is the topic of conversation at the

start of scene 4? How might Duncan’s words to Macbeth,

as Macbeth enters, seem ironic? How does Macbeth feel now that

Malcolm has been named Price of Cumberland?

Do we have any clues about how he will behave in the future?

Sonnet- Elizabethan or Shakespearean

14 line poem Contains 3 quatrains and a rhymed

couplet 10 syllable line of unstressed /

stressed syllables. Divided into five feet Rhyme pattern: abab cdcd efef gg

Example

If you can look into the seeds of time,

And say which grain will grown and which will not,

Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear

Your favors nor your hate

Quote analysis

Speaker To whom the character is speaking Situation: its significance to the plot Interpretation: literary devices,

symbols

Analysis

1. Banquo 2. To the witches 3. The witches have given Macbeth

the news that he will be king 4. Banquo expresses curiosity to

hear his future (seeds of time) but shows no great desire to receive special help from the women.

Quiz –Globe Theater Discussion Globe Theater Make notes on the drawing and add

the parts of the theater.

These are the things I will talk about today.

Listen and make notes Dates: 1613, 1642, 1599 Seating areas: galleries, Lord’s rooms Standing area: Pit People: groundlings Price of admission People in attendance

Quiz- Act 1:1,2,3

New terms1. Rhymed couplet2. Cue3. Anachronism4. Paradox

Discussion1. Who is Macdonwald?2. Who is the Thane of Cawdor?3. Scene iii4. What is a tragic hero?5. What is the meaning of fate?

1. How can Banquo be lesser , but greater?

2. How does Macbeth react to the prophecies?

3. How does Macbeth reveal his deceptiveness in scene iii?

4. What is an aside?5. Hw. Act 1, scenes 4,56. Activity in class

In class

Illustrate a line showing Shakespeare’s visual word imagery

Example: “make my seated heart knock at my ribs”

Use microshop paint

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Quiz 4,5 Discuss 4,5 Do you feel you can judge a person’s

character by his face? For discussion today Tannistry

What decision has Macbeth reached in scene iv?

Inverness How does Lady Mac feel about her

husband

What conclusions can you draw about their relationship?

Quiz- 6,7 Act I study questions due Hw. Act II, Scenes 1,2 For discussion What are several reasons Mac does

not want to kill Duncan? What is a soliloquy?

According to Lady M. , what makes a man?

What arguments does Lady M use to convince Mac to carry out the murder?

Debate today.

ACT II

Inverness, Court of Macbeth Who is Fleance? Blank verse? Some new words: Augment, palpable, stealthy,

equivocate Thoughts become deeds.

ACT II

Scene 3,4 discussion Porter-What is a porter? Comic relief? What is the difference in the porter’s

speech and other characters? Equivocator Who are Macduff and Lennox?

Act III

Hw-Act III, Scenes 1,2 Literary terms external conflict, internal

conflict,climax Vocabulary Indissoluble Dauntless Jocund Infirmity

Malevolence Parricide

“To be thus is nothing…”

Nature of Evil

Write: Does evil come from within people or from outside? Have you done something you knew was wrong and knew you would regret it? Why did you do it?

Name events in history that you consider as evil.

Draw a conclusion.

Terms and vocabulary Imagery Pernicious Judicious Sundry Intemperance Avarice Credulous

Points of discussion

Number 3 Describe the concoction the witches

are brewing.- sound, smell, consistency, color

Bird imagery Shakespearean plot diagram

Questions for you

Why does Shakespeare show the witches at work at this point in the play?

How does each apparition relate to specific elements that have occurred so far?

Apparition= Why do you think Macduff fled Scotland

without telling his wife? Why is the child’s murder on stage?