New Prefix, Root Word, and Suffix

Notes: Connotation/Denotation

Denotation--a word's literal meaning (slim,scrawny=thin)
Connotation--the feelings associated with it (scrawny=insult, slim=compliment)

Practice:
Describe a day like today using words with a positive connotation.
Describe a day like today using words with a negative connotation.

(You can write about weather, back to school, etc.)

Have a Wonderful Holiday Break!

You are almost done with the first half of your senior year! Can you believe how quickly the time has passed? I just wanted to take a minute and let all of you know that I have really enjoyed working with you for the first two marking periods and expect great things in the second two! I hope the coming weeks will make you feel prepared for your life's journey whatever it may be! Enjoy your break!
Mrs. C

Notes on Foil

def. -- a character who provides a striking contrast to another character. By using a foil, a writer can call attention to certain traits possessed by a main character of simply enhance a character by contrast.

Who would be a foil for Macbeth? Give textual examples for each character to support your answer.

Things to Study or Have for Your Macbeth Test on Monday

Soliloquies/asides
Adjectives to describe Lady MB and MB throughout the play
The witches’ prophecies Act I
The effect of Lady MB on Macbeth
Double-entry journals for specific quotes
Macbeth’s hallucination/murder of Duncan
Tragic flaw--- AMBITION
Verbal and Dramatic Irony
Chart on the 2nd of the witches’ prophecies
Foreshadowing
Characteristics of tragic hero/tragedy
Cause/Effect chart

Final Homework Responses Macbeth--- 25 pts. PLEASE ANSWER COMPLETELY!

1. Were you surprised with the outcome of events for Macbeth? Why or why not? Support your answer.
2. Do you think Macbeth's downfall is more a result of his actions or fate? Is he a victim or villain? Support your answer.
3. What do you believe is Macbeth's tragic flaw (character flaw that causes all of his problems)? Support your answer with textual examples.
4. Look at your definition of tragic hero and explain how Macbeth fills the criteria of one. Support your answer.
5. What aspects of Macbeth make it relevant to readers and audiences today? Support your answer.

Themes in Macbeth

Theme--the central idea conveyed by a work of literature (not the subject--what it is generally about). It is more a general perception about life or human nature.

Some themes in Macbeth:
*ambition
*impulses and desires
*fate and our efforts to control it
*appearance vs. reality
*loyalty
*the supernatural
*violation of the natural order
*reason and mental stability
*marriage