Friday, September 27, 2013

September 27th and 30th

Today we read Act I scenes i-iii of Macbeth. Your homework is to respond to the text via a blog post.

comments
connections
questions
close reading
analysis

Make sure your response is organized.

Period 4 Blue notes and predictions:

Witches
  • curse?
  • revenge
  • fair is foul and foul is fair
  • Is Macbeth working with them? No, but they are going to find him.
  • fog and filthy air...does that mean deception
  • Storm: dark, eerie, evil, dramatic, menacing
Scotland is at war with Norway.
Macdonwald is an Irish mercenary.
Macbeth is "brave" but his execution of Macdonwald is merciless.
The first Thane of Cawdor (in the play) was a traitor.

Predictions made by the witches are as follows
  1. Macbeth will be Thane of Glamis
  2. Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor
  3. Macbeth will be King
  4. Banquo will not be king, but his sons will
Macbeth starts thinking murderous thoughts.



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