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Macbeth

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Introductory Power Point: http://www.box.net/shared/flb1mrnku4

 

Iambic pentameter:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AdO1wSQ9FImjZGNucWN2NjRfMTExY24ycjRqZGI&hl=en

 

Macbeth Full Text: http://www.bartleby.com/70/index41.html

 

Open Source Shakespeare (highly recommended): http://www.opensourceshakespeare.com/

 

Emblems

 http://www.box.net/shared/rybygsev1s

 

"The Ambassadors," an emblematic painting by Holbein (1497-1543), Henry VIII's court painter.

 

Alciato's Book of Emblems: http://www.mun.ca/alciato/

 

Macbeth character analysis based on emblem analysis: Macbeth character analysis

 

Study Guide http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/

 

No Fear Shakespeare: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/

 

 

Freud on Macbeth; Sigmund Freud's famous essay that subjects Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to some good old-fashioned psychoanalysis

 

Macbeth Acts 1-2 quiz

 

Macbeth Seminar

How does the phrase "restless ecstasy" (3.2) describe Macbeth as a character? Consider connotations, metaphor, and oxymoron.

 

Macbeth Quiz Alternatives for Acts 3-5

 

Medieval Bestiary: http://bestiary.ca/

 

Act 4 stunts:

Chatham: Perform Act 4 in less than 5 minutes. No talking. Use items around the room as props and costumes.

 

Lynnewood: Sing a synopsis of Act 4 to the tune of 'Old McDonald"-- at least three verses.

 

Coopertown: Perform a short scene that could be logically inserted in to Act 4. (Meanwhile, back at the ranch...)

 

Manoa: Make up a 5-question bonus point quiz on Act 4. Every one Mullen gets wrong, the class gets a bonus point.

 

Oakmont: Perform a 30-second commercial with Macbeth or Lady Macbeth as the celebrity spokesman. Allude to the play to make your pitch.  


Animated Macbeth:

 

Part I

 

Part 2

 

Part 3


 

 

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