Macbeth by William Skakespeare
Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it. - Lady Macbeth
There 's daggers in men's smiles - Donalbain
Concepts to Consider as you read:
Tragedy - what is a tragedy? Who is the tragic hero in this story?
Shakespeare/Theater in the Round/Elizabethan England
The Power of Words
The Quest for Power
A character's FATAL FLAW
The role of nature in the play
The role of the witches/supernatural
Morality/Conscience/Guilt
Gender Roles
Blog Posts re: Macbeth and Shakespeare (ie. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Shakespeare as an author)
Literary Devices used in the tragedy:
- Allusions
- Figurative Language
- Personification
- Alliteration
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Hyperbole
- Symbol
- Foreshadowing
- Dramatic Irony
Check out the Class GLOG for links to BBC Videos: http://rmacvay.edu.glogster.com/macbeth/
Shakespeare's Sonnets (details in our literature book starting on page 543)
14 lines = 3 quatrains and 1 rhyming couplet (abab, cdcd, efef, gg)
10 syllables per line, iambic pentameter rhyme (ba BOOM ba BOOM ba BOOM ba BOOM ba BOOM)
Quatrain 1: Present a problem
Quatrain 2: Complicate problem
Quatrain 3: Complicate problem
Rhyming Couplet: Answer to riddle, problem solved
Themes: Brevity of life, beauty fades, desire
BBC Animated Tales