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Macbeth Study

While completing the assignments in this booklet, you will need to focus on developing/honing your skills in the following areas:

understanding Shakespearean drama (diction, meaning) identifying theme and motif identifying and understanding how various dramatic elements, devices, and techniques contribute to the

development of theme identifying figurative language understanding how devices and language contributes to meaning in Shakespearean drama discerning and analyzing context evaluating and comparing how various themes, symbols, and literary techniques occur in related texts

Be sure to use your yellow Shakespearean Tragedy Genre Notes and Poetry Genre Notes to review literary terms connected to the assignments for Macbeth.

Whole Class Activities Background information for the play Reading segments of the play (students’ roles) Viewing segments of the play Class discussions and questions arising from the play

Assignments Passage Identification Assignment /10 Act Questions /10 Chart—Apparitions’ Prophecies 10 Passage Analysis Assignment /10 Structure of the Classical Tragic Play as Seen in Shakespeare's Work /10 Creative Assignment /20 Exam / 30

Evaluation Rubric for Macbeth Assignments PackageTo what degree do you… Complete the required assignments in depth? 0 1 2 3 4 Interact with text? 0 1 2 3 4 Explore meaning, connotations, and connections? 0 1 2 3 4 Show evidence of understanding—theme? 0 1 2 3 4 Show evidence of understanding—dramatic devices, elements, and techniques? 0 1 2 3 4

ELA 201—Macbeth Study

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NOTESImplicit Metaphor: Metonymy

The use of a slightly associated object to represent a more general idea

Example of metonymy:

“All that impedes thee from the golden round” (1.5.27)“the golden round” refers not only to the crown, but to the kingship with all in includes

Implicit Metaphor: Synecdoche (so-neck-toe-key)

The use of a PART of a physical object to represent the whole (or, rarely, a whole is used to signify a part).

Example of synecdoche:

“Many hands make light work”“hands” refers to people helping in order to make a task easier

Pathetic Fallacy

Where the outer world, personified, equals or imitates the characters’ actions or inner turmoil.

Examples of PATHETIC FALLACY:

“It was the owl that shriek’d, the fatal bellman,Which gives the stern’st good night.” (Macbeth 2.2.5)

“I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.” (Macbeth 2.2.20)


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Paradox

A statement that seems, at first glance, to be self-contradictory or absurd, yet turns out to make good sense.

Example of PARADOX:

“Not so happy, yet much happier” (Macbeth 1.3.69)

Oxymoron

Combining two words that in ordinary use are contradictions or opposites (a two-word paradox).

Examples of OXYMORON:

“heavy lightness” (Romeo & Juliet 1.1.175)“cold fire” (Romeo & Juliet 1.1.177)

Antithesis

Combining phrases or clauses that are opposite or contrasting. This contrast is emphasized by parallel grammatical structure (a two-phrase paradox).

Examples of ANTITHESIS:

“Fair is foul and foul is fair” (Macbeth 1.1.11)“To beguile the time, look like the time” (Macbeth 1.5.70)

Example of ANTITHESIS, CONTRAST, AND INVERSION:

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this bloodClean from my hand? No; this my hand will ratherThe multitudinous seas incarnadine,Making the green one red.” (Macbeth 2.2.77-80)


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Assignments

Macbeth Act One

Act 1 Questions

1. What is the point of the first scene literally and in reference to the whole play?

2. What does Duncan call Macbeth when he hears Macbeth has defeated Macdonwald?

3. Who is sentenced to death?

4. What do the witches predict in ACT 1, Scene 3 for Macbeth? For Banquo?

5. What news does Ross bring Macbeth?

6. Banquo, like Macbeth, is surprised that the witches have predicted Macbeth's new title. He is, however, leery. What does he say about the motives of the "instruments of darkness"?

7. Malcolm describes Cawdor's last moments before execution. What is Duncan's reply?

8. Macbeth says, "Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires." What are Macbeth's desires?


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9. After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth, and how does she plan to help him?

10. What is Lady Macbeth's "prayer" to the spirits after she learns Duncan is coming"?

11. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?

12. What are Macbeth's arguments to himself against killing Duncan? Complete attached chart for this one.

13. What arguments does Lady Macbeth use to convince Macbeth to commit the murder?

14. What is Lady Macbeth's plan?


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Passage Identification Assignment Look at the passage on the page below. This passage was written by Shakespeare in Iambic Pentameter. Go through the passage line by line and translate the phrases into modern-day English. Write in full sentences and make sure I can understand it. Use the lines provided on the page or a blank sheet of lined paper, attached to the back of this booklet with your name and assignment title on it.

Iambic Pentameter: a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accentedsyllable.


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Macbeth Act Two

Act 2 Questions

1. What is Macbeth's lie to Banquo about the witches' predictions?

2. What is the signal Lady Macbeth is to give Macbeth to let him know that she has taken care of the guards (grooms)?

3. What excuse does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?

4. After Macbeth kills Duncan, he goes to Lady Macbeth and is concerned about not being able to say "Amen." What is her advice to him?

5. Then, Macbeth is worried about hearing a voice saying, "Macbeth does murder sleep." What does Lady Macbeth then tell him to do?

6. Why won't Macbeth take the daggers back to the scene of the crime?

7. Who was knocking?

8. What three things does drinking provoke?

9. How does Lennox describe the night, and what is Macbeth's response?

10. What did Macduff discover?

11. Macduff says, "Oh, gentle lady, 'Tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition, in a woman's ear, Would murder as it fell." What is ironic about this?

12. What excuse or explanation did Macbeth give for killing the guards (grooms)? What is his real reason?


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13. Why do Malcolm and Donalbain leave?

14. Why does Ross not believe Malcolm and Donalbain were responsible for Duncan's murder?


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ACT II, Scene 4

The Great Chain of Being: An Elizabethan View

Elizabethans believed in an absolutely ordered universe in which all things could be clearly ranked in order of superiority. This "common sense" view corresponded with their religious beliefs, political system, and limited scientific understanding. General Being could be divided and ranked as shown in the column at the right.

Within these individual categories, further subdivisions could also be made. For example, the sun was the superior planet, the lion the highest animal, gold the chief metal, and men were superior to women. "Humans" could be subdivided and ranked as shown in the column at the left, and each subdivision could be further subdivided.

Macbeth reflects the Elizabethan concern with seeing and maintaining order. In Act I. the universe is clearly ordered:

When Macbeth kills Duncan between scenes 1 and 2 of Act II, he violates this order, which is not restored until the end of the play. Thus, killing the king is not just a personal nor just a social action; it is a cosmic crime, and the universe reflects the disorder Macbeth initiates.

Instructions: On a separate sheet list examples of disorder reported by The Old Man, Ross, and Macduff in Act III, Scene 4.Remember to staple to your material to the back of the booklet.

Bullock, Daniel. Macbeth Act II Assignment. ELA 201. November 2004.


GodAngels

HumansAnimalsPlants

Inorganic matterChaos

King or QueenNobilityKnights

GentlemenProfessions and Trades

Peasants

GodAngelsDuncanMalcolm

DonalbainOther Nobles

(including Macbeth, Macduff & Banquo)Knights

GentlemenPeasantsAnimalsPlants

Inorganic matterChaos

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Macbeth Act Three

Act 3 Questions

1. Why does Macbeth want Banquo and Fleance dead?

2. What is Macbeth's plan for killing Banquo and Fleance? Does it work?

3. Macbeth says, "The worm that's fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed, No teeth for the present." What does that mean?

4. Who (what) did Macbeth see at the banquet table?

5. How does Lady Macbeth cover for Macbeth at the banquet? What excuses does she give for his wild talk?

6. Who else was missing from the banquet table (besides Banquo)?

7. Macbeth says, "I am in blood Stepped in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er." What does he mean?

8. What does Hecate want the witches to do?

9. What does Lennox think about Macbeth, Fleance, and Duncan's sons?

Vocabulary: Acts 1-3abhor abjure augment blanched brandishbounteous chalice chastise cistern clamorousconsort corporal dauntless desolate diminutivedireness discern entreat gibbet impedesincensed jocund judicious malevolence murky


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Macbeth Act 4

Act 4 Questions

1. Witch 2 says, "By the pricking of my thumb,/Something wicked this way comes.” Who comes?

2. What is Macbeth's attitude towards the witches this time?

3. What four things did the witches show Macbeth? What does each show/say? What is Macbeth's reaction?

4. Macbeth says (about the witches), "Infected be the air whereon they ride,/And damned all those that trust them!" What is Macbeth, in effect, saying about himself?

5. Where is Macduff?

6. Why does Macbeth have Macduff's family and servants killed?

7. Why does Lady Macduff's son say liars and swearers are fools?

8. Malcolm says, "Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet grace must still look so." What does that mean?

9. Macduff says, "Oh, Scotland, Scotland!" Why?

10. What news does Ross bring to Macduff?


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Review: Prophesies made by the witches – 1.3

Promises for Macbeth: Translate these into your own words and explain how these have been shown in the play so far

"All hail, Macbeth? hail to thee, thane of Glamis!"

"All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of / Cawdor!"

"All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter"

Promises for Banquo: Translate these into your own words and explain how these have been shown in the play so far:

"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater."

"Not so happy, yet much happier."

"Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none . . ."


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Prophesies made through the apparitions – 4.1

Image Prophesy Your own translation/ explanation of it at this point…

Armed head "beware Macduff; / Beware the thane of Fife" (4.1.77-78)

Bloody child ". . . none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth" (4.1.86-87)

A child crowned with a tree in his hand

"Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnham Wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him." (4.1.100-103)

Eight kings, the last with a mirror in his hand; banquo following

"What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?" (4.1.127)


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Passage Analysis Assignment


During class time you will be given two specific passages from Macbeth. Your job is to go through both passages and tell me:

1. What act it occurs in2. What event happened in the play before the passage3. What event happened in the play after the passage4. Which character is speaking and who are they speaking too5. Anything significant about the passage that pertains to the play. Keep in mind the

terms that we have learned: Symbolism Foreshadowing Character foil Theme Irony Motif Antithesis Oxymoron Paradox Metonymy/ Synecdoche Synecdoche Pathetic Fallacy The Great Chain of Being Climax/Turning Point Tragic Flaw

On a blank sheet of paper write answer all the above questions in a paragraph form and staple it AND THE PASSAGES to the back on this booklet. Remember that not all terms will apply to your passage.

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Macbeth—Act Five

Act 5 Questions

1. What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing? What do they decide to do about it?

2. What does Macbeth want the doctor to do for his wife?

3. What trick does Malcolm use to hide the number of men in his army?

4. Malcolm says, "And none serve with him but constrained things/Whose hearts are absent, too." What does that mean?

5. What is Macbeth's reaction to Lady Macbeth's death?

6. What is Macbeth's reaction to the news that Birnam Wood is moving?

7. Who first fights Macbeth? What happens?

8. Macbeth says to Macduff, "But get thee back, my soul is too much charged/With blood of thine already." To what is he referring?

9. When does Macbeth know he's in trouble?

10. How does Macbeth die?

11. Who will be King of Scotland?


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Chrono Log

ACT 11. Macbeth and Banquo aid in

2. The witches predict Macbeth

3. They also say that Banquo

4. Macbeth is rewarded for

5. Lady Macbeth urges her husband

ACT 21. Macbeth murders

2. Duncan’s son Malcolm

3. Macbeth, as next of kin, becomes

ACT 31. Macbeth has Banquo killed but

2. Banquo’s ghost

3. Macbeth’s brutality

ACT 41. The witches show Macbeth

2. Macbeth thinks that he is

3. Macbeth orders the deaths of

ACT 51. Malcolm leads an army

2. Lady Macbeth’s remorse ends

3. Macbeth learns that the prophecies

4. Macbeth hates living but

5. Macbeth is killed by

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Shakespeare's Tragedies--Theme and Structure

Part One: Structure of the Classical Tragic Play as seen in Shakespeare's Work

(How does the structure of the play help us understand the content?)

Shakespeare’s five act tragedies follow a pattern:

Part One: Structure… Complete the questions below to analyze how the above five-act structure is followed in the play you have studied in class. Use SPECIFIC details and/or quotations to make your answers complete.

1. Act I introduces several important elements of the play. What are they?

2. Act II develops several important aspects of the plot. What are they?


ACT 1 = INTRODUCTION / PROBLEM ACT 2 = DEVELOPMENTACT 3 = CRISIS / CLIMAX / TURNING POINT / ERRORACT 4 = SUSPENSE / RESOLUTIONACT 5 = CATASTROPHE (DEATH) / SOLUTION

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3. Act III brings matters to a crisis. What occurs or is revealed that builds up to a dramatic peak in the action or the moment when there is usually a decisive change in the fortunes of the hero so the outcome can be foreseen?

4. Act IV usually introduces complications as the hero attempts to resolve his problem. As the "tide has turned" with the crisis, we now see the opposing forces beginning to overpower those of the major character. How did this occur in the play you studied?

5. Act V resolves all the difficulties within the play and brings catastrophe to the hero. What was the process of this stage in the play you studied?


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Part Two: Theme and Structure of the Classical Tragedy(How can I use what I know about the elements of Classical

Tragedy to help me understand Shakespeare’s plays?)

THE CLASSICAL CONCEPT OF TRAGIC DRAMA CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: ACHIEVES TRAGIC JUSTICE (NEMESIS) ENDS IN CATASTROPHE FOR THE TRAGIC HERO CONTAINS TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL HERO HAS TRAGIC WEAKNESS (HAMARTIA) WHICH LEADS TO DOWNFALL

Part Two: Theme and Structure… Complete the questions below to explore how the elements of a classical tragedy are present in the play you have studied in class. Use SPECIFIC details and/or quotations to make your answers complete.

Nemesis: is a literary device that refers to a situation of poetic justice where the good characters are rewarded for their virtues and the evil characters are punished for their vices. In a general sense, nemesis refers to an unbeatable rival or an inescapable situation that causes misery and death for a “bad” character.

6. Use the definition above to help you answer this question. Classical tragedy achieves poetic justice (NEMESIS) or retributive justice. Identify five instances of nemesis in the play you have studied. Ensure each example shows cause and effect.

Cause Effect


http://literarydevices.net/poetic-justice/

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Classical tragic drama ends in a catastrophe which has come about as the logical result of the hero's own actions. Explain why this catastrophe is inevitable in the play you have studied.

7. Classical tragedy results in the triumph of good over evil. How does this happen in the play studied in class?

8. Tragic drama proves that the hero, although essentially person of outstanding ability and accomplishments, had within himself a tragic weakness which brought about his downfall. What was the hero's tragic weakness?


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