Folder 6 - Macbeth (part 1)

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MACBETH

Today

- you know the plot and the main characters;

- you know the content of the first scene and of the first prophecy.

Where does the story take place?

1. Norway
2. Cumberland
3. Scotland
4. New Regal

MACBETH

"The Scottish play"

Watch the trailer of the 2015 film adaptation.

What do you think the story will be about?

Start of the play

                                                             Ex. 4.2 wb. p. 275​

Watch and interpret the first scene (text in workbook).​

Answer the topical questions:​

• Who?​
• Where?​
• What?​
• When?​
• Why?​

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MACBETH PLOT

                                  Take a sheet of paper (note pad).

                Watch and listen (link Google Classroom 'Plot Macbeth').

Answer the questions:

1) Who are important characters in the play?

2) Write down a short summary of the plot (+/- 6 short sentences).

Who are important characters?

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS

PLOT SUMMARY

PLOT SUMMARY

or see more complete summary on p. 275 (ex. 4.3)

ex. 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 - wb. p. 276​

Watch the clip 'Witches' prophecy'.

Read the entire excerpt (Google Classroom - Act 1, s 3).

- you don’t need to translate the underlined words in your workbook​ (p. 216).

Answer the additional* questions on the next slide.

* not in workbook BUT subject matter.

Questions - 1st prophecy

                              Answer the additional* questions:​

• What does the phrase “fair and foul” mean?​
• What do the witches look like?​
• What is the title of Macbeth and Banquo now?​
• What is the witches’ prophecy?​
• How do Macbeth and Banquo react after the witches disappeared?​

What does the phrase “fair and foul” mean?​

What do the witches look like?​

What is the title of Macbeth and Banquo now?​

What is the witches’ prophecy?​

How do Macbeth and Banquo react after the witches disappeared?​

IMPORTANT NOTE!

(!) “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” will become the leitmotif (= recurrent theme) of the play.​

(!) The witches act as the embodiment
(= personification) of fate,
similar to the ‘Fates’ in Greek tragedies.

Immediately after the witches are vanished, a messenger tells Macbeth he is now Thane of Cawdor. 

The witches were right!​