Macbeth Pp

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Shakespeares Macbeth

The Scottish Play

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Shakespeare the playwright

1564-1616 (Michelangelo died the year Shakespeare was born.)

William Shakespeare married AnneHathaway.

They had three children Susanne, andtwins Judith and Hamnet

(Hamnet drowned as a child.)


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Few FACTS...

We know few facts about WilliamShakespeares life, in fact, there are someunproven theories that WilliamShakespeare was someone else. But,not enough evidence exists to support thattheory. WE BELIEVE that he is

responsible for many plays and poems...


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Shakespeares work

He is a writer of the English Renaissance.Two British monarchs rules during his

lifetime namely Queen Elizabeth Iand James I.

Elizabeth ruled from 1558 1603.James ruled from 1603 - 1625.


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Shakespeares work...

37 plays: history plays comedies

tragedies

Some of the most well-known tragedies

include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet,Macbeth, King Lear, Othello...


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Shakespeares work...

Some of the most well-known comediesinclude: As You Like It, The TwelfthNight, A Midsummer Nights Dream, A

Comedy of Errors ...Shakespeare also wrote 154 sonnets.Some of these were written to a dark lady.

Some were written to a young man.(Someone he was possibly mentoring.)We dont know the identity of either.


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Macbeth...

Themes: ambition, greed, political power Conflicts: man vs. man

man vs. society man vs. the unknown man vs. self


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Memorization work You will be required to memorize Macbeths

soliloquy.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, creepsin this petty pace from day to day, to the lastsyllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdayshave lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out,out brief candle- life is but a walking shadow. A

poor player that struts and frets his hour uponthe stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale,told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifyingnothing.


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The PLOT of Macbeth...

Macbeth and Banquo are foil characters. (Look up the definition in the back of your

book, put it in your notes, memorize it.) BOTH of these men are generals in the

Scottish army. They are powerful andrespected men who serve DUNCAN, their king.


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PLOT continued...

Macbeth opens with a scene that depictswitches and set the mood.

The witches agree to meet again at theend of the day.

Macbeth is a HERO on the battlefield onthis day. (He saves the day when one of the Scottish soldiers turns traitor andtries to sell out his fellow Scots.)


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PLOT continued...

King Duncan (the old, well-loved King of Scotland) decides to reward Macbeth witha new title. Duncan decides to visitMacbeths castle and honor Macbeth for his great deeds on the battlefield.

ON THE WAY HOME from the battle onthat same day, Macbeth and Banquo meetthe witches (three weird sisters) and...


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PLOT continued...

...the witches predict some futurehappenings for Macbeth and some other things for Banquo...

THE WITCHES PREDICTION IS THECATALYST for Macbeths future choices.

He begins to ponder what it would take for the prediction you shall be King to cometrue!


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PLOT continued...

Enter Lady Macbeth... The ambition of Macbeth and Lady

Macbeth combine to bring about someviolent, greedy choices. // Macbeth, actingupon the words of the witches and theencouragement of his wife, MAKESSOME GREEDY, AMBITIOUS, VIOLENTCHOICES.


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Characters...

Macbeth general in the Scottish army Banquo general in the Scottish army

Lady Macbeth Macbeths wife Duncan King of Scotland as the

play begins

Malcolm and Donalbain sons of Duncan


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Characters continued...

Macduff a Scottish nobleman Lady Macduff Macduffs wife

Hecate goddess of witchcraft 3 witches the 3 weird sisters who make

predictions to Macbeth

Fleance son of Banquomore... Check page 179 in the textbook.


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Setting

11 th century ScotlandMacbeths castle(s)

a brief scene in Englandback to Scotland...

place names: Inverness WhereMacbeth lives at the beginning of the play.


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Setting continued...

Forres place where Duncans castle is Dunsinane place where Macbeth moves

to Scone place where Scottish kings are

crowned

England Malcolm and Macduff go thereto borrow soldiers from King Edward of England


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Concepts...

Tragic flaw ... This is hamartiaaccording to the ancient Greeks. Aristotleintroduced this terms in Poetics ,suggesting that the tragic hero was aperson of noble rank wand nature whosemisfortune is not brought about by villainy

but by some error of judgment.


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Macbeth exam...

In the Macbeth exam, you need to knowall the important quotes , the characters ,the setting , the themes , and thememorization work . Start memorizingNOW. Its on the study guide, and its inthe book on pages 244-245. Memorize it

with punctuation and line breaks.


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Macbeth exam...

For the exam, you will need to identify andanalyze Macbeths tragic flaw.

For the exam, you will need to identify thesymbols (and give examples) of light/dark,blood/water, ill-fitting garments, andthings not being as they seem.

For the exam, you will need to know theapparitions and the predictions frompages 184-185, 226- 227.


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Macbeth exam...

For the exam, you will need to know howirony is used throughout this play.

For the exam, you will need to know whyMacduff cannot get full revenge onMacbeth.

For the exam, you will need to knowexactly what happens to Macbeth andLady Macbeth.


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Concepts continued...

In other words, the hero has a tragic flaw,some weakness which might causehim/her to commit a tragic deed(sometimes unwittingly or unknowingly.)

Sometimes, the flaw is hubris (too muchpride.)

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