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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!​

IMPORTANT DATES

28/4: Test Folder 6 (see overview Smartschool)

5/05: Presentation scientific articles (explanation later)

19/5: Hand in Quotes Project + reflection letter + all portfolio documents

10/5: class by trainee (Folder 2)
17/5: class by trainee (Folder 2)

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MACBETH continues ...

You will learn more about the story of Macbeth, using:​

- fake text messages (What would the characters say if they lived now?)​

- the original Shakespearean text + a modern-day translation​

- video excerpts

Read this short summary (slightly abridged from sparknotes.com).​

The witches vanish, and Macbeth and Banquo treat their prophecies skeptically until some of King Duncan’s men come to thank the two generals for their victories in battle and to tell Macbeth that he has indeed been named thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is intrigued by the possibility that the remainder of the witches’ prophecy—that he will be crowned king—might be true, but he is uncertain what to expect. He visits with King Duncan, and they plan to dine together at Inverness, Macbeth’s castle, that night. Macbeth writes a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, telling her all that has happened. ​

When Macbeth arrives at Inverness, he and his wife decide to help fate a litte. ​

They come up with a plan ...

The plan 

Read Excerpt Act 1 – scene 5 p. 4 (Google Classroom) +

Read ex. 5.1 and do 5.2 wb p. 277 +

Watch the clip of Lady Macbeth's soliloquy (Google Classroom).

Answer the questions: 

What exactly is the plan?

Who is most eager to go on with the plan, M or LM?

Excerpt Act 1 - scene 5

Q1: What exactly is the plan?​

​Q2: Who is most eager to go on with the plan: Macbeth or Lady Macbeth?

5.2 Rephrase in your own words

Answer - ex 5.2 wb p. 277

Lady Macbeth prays the spirits of evil to make her cruel like a man ("And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty"), and to remove any feelings of remorse ("unsex me here").

How is Macbeth feeling right before the murder?

Q3: What would the second part of the plan be?

Q4: Thinking back to the witches’ first prophecy, what would the third and final step of their plan be?

p. 5.

Q5: What do you think are the results of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s actions? Are they happy now?

Q6: What do the witches (the apparitions) prophesy this time?​

What does that mean?

Check out the clip "Macbeth summary" on Google Classroom.

Q7: What does the second prophecy mean?

Q8: Can you prove that you understand the story and apply the definition of ‘a tragedy’ to Shakespeare’s Macbeth?​

What do you need to know?

- You know the plot of the story.​

- You can understand and interpret an excerpt from the story written in Shakespearean English.​

- You can situate a new excerpt in the story (What happened before? What happens next?)

Extra help?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks2-macbeth/zdt42sg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/teach/shakespeare-songs-macbeth/z686scw

https://wordwall.net/resource/3270986/macbeth-wheel-questions