Make-up for quiz #1 Macbeth

quiz make-up sheet--IS HERE.

Act 1 begins on pg. 328 and you should go back to find your answers NOT just ask someone else.

Comic Relief in Macbeth---please copy in your notes or on your Act II packet

def.---a humorous scene, incident, or speech that is included in serious drama to provide a break from emotional intensity. Because it breaks the tension, it allows the audience to think about the plot events before, and prepare for emotional events after. The sharp contrasts provided by comic relief intensify the themes of the work. The drunken porter in Act II, Scene 3 provides this comic relief.

Example from Rush Hour

Act II Scenes 1 and 2 Compare and Contrast-- 10 pts.

•Compare and contrast the attitudes of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth towards Duncan’s murder. In other words, how does it affect each of them?
•Have we learned anything new about the character of either at this point?

PLEASE WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN PARAGRAPHS USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE AS SUPPORT (SPECIFIC LINES FROM THE STORY)

Hw #2 Macbeth

"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps(overleaps) itself and falls on the other."--Macbeth (Act I, Scene 7, lines 25-28)

1)Put this sentence into your own words.(What is he trying to say?)
2)Why is it important for the audience to know this is a soliloquy? What if it were not?
3)Based on this quote, what can you predict MAY happen in Act II and WHY?

(Hint: look at vocabulary you do not know and interpret the sentence piece by piece)

Notes for Tuesday 11/27 and homework assign.

PG.44 IN Act I packet:
ADD NEXT TO SOLILOQUY/ASIDE: LEADS TO DRAMATIC IRONY---WHEN WE KNOW THINGS SOME CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY DO NOT!!
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Homework: Pages 47-48 in the Act I packet on MOOD—READ THE DIRECTIONS AND TRY YOUR BEST.

Characterization of Lady MacBeth--Due Today

In plays, characters are defined by their appearance, actions, and words. Examine Lady Macbeth:
1. How would you describe Lady Macbeth?
2. What seems to motivate her?
3. Does Shakespeare describe her with a traditional feminine role/ideas/behavior?
4. How would/or would the play be different if she did not exist or know about her husband's plans?
5. Do you think her way of pushing Macbeth to do something he may not have done otherwise is something that is common or uncommon of husbands and wives?

Write your answer IN PARAGRAPH FORM, NOT AS NUMBERED ANSWERS. YOU MUST USE AT LEAST 2 SPECIFIC LINES FROM THE TEXT IN YOUR ANSWER AS WELL AS A MINIMUM OF 3 ADJECTIVES.

Notes on Paradox

A statement that seems to contradict itself but, in fact, reveals some element of truth.

Ex:
You can save money by spending it.
"What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young."
I'm a compulsive liar- am I lying when I say that?
You shouldn't go in the water until you know how to swim.
The beginning of the end

"fair is foul, foul is fair"
"When the battle's lost and won" ---who says these lines and what do they mean?---write something in your notes here: