Act I packet: pages 47-48 "Mood"

Part A
1.Brave, courageous, hostile fearless
2.Fear, anxiety, uneasiness
3.Regret, sorrow, distress
4.Fear, revenge, evil
5.Evil, unnatural, insane
6.Happy, comfortable, airy, light
Part B:
There seems to be a dark and foreboding sense of evil and unnaturalness
2. The witches make predictions for MB—he accepts his fate, but then thinks evil when Malcolm is appointed. Lady MB receives his letter and only thinks of murder so MB can be king.
3. They are changed. When MB is hailed a hero in Sc. 2 we respect him. The mood goes back to dark and evil until Duncan arrives at Mb’s house; it is comfortable and safe. It changes again to dark and evil (suspense) which gives you the idea everything will get “dark” and “evil” as the play goes on.

Please copy into your notes when you are done with your quiz...

When you use a line/quote from the play (or another text), you don't necessarily have to use the whole thing; you can just use the words that you want and add them to your sentence.
For example:
"I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th' other."

*Macbeth says he doesn't have any "spur" or reason to keep his plan going (line ).
*Macbeth says the only reason he has to kill Duncan is if his "vaulting ambition" leads him to do it (line ).
*I believe Macbeth is debating whether or not he wants his ambition to "o'erleap itself" and outweigh his reasons not to commit murder (line ).

Please refer to the OWL at Purdue link on the left for further examples and ways to cite passages.

Copy the following sentence into your notes--let's go over how to break up a line like this apart to find some meaning.

Macbeth:
I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th' other.

1. Look for any words that are shortened or not "modern" and see if you can determine what they are.
2. Look for any nouns that you recognize or try to figure them out using prior knowledge.
3. Look at the verbs and see if you know what they mean.
4. Put the sentence together to get some meaning. (I think he's saying something like....)

Let's look at a student model on the characterization of Lady Macbeth--why did this person receive full credit?

student model

Notes to add to your packet/ Dialogue, Monologue and more....

on page 44 add at the top:
Dramatic irony--when we in the audience know things other characters in the play do not.

*Next to aside write, leads to dramatic irony.
*Let's go through the examples and sample passages together.

Why might an author use dramatic irony?

Example Paragraph

In the beginning of Act I, Macbeth is shown as a brave character. In line 16 he is referred to as “brave Macbeth” and he is also called “valor’s minion” (ln. 19) for his actions in the war. He is also described as being noble. King Duncan gives Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor for his nobility, stating, “What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won” (ln. 67).
Later on in scene 3, he is shown as

HW/NOTES #2

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.