Agenda 1/19 Vocab 13 Quarter 3 Overview Intro to Macbeth

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Vocabulary 13 1.Winnie the Pooh tried to climb through Rabbit’s door, but he was too stout from the honey he ate and got stuck. 2.Rabbit tried to make light of this misfortune, so she placed a tablecloth and a vase over Winnie the Pooh’s stuck rump. 3.Since he was obstructing Rabbit’s way in and out of her house, she was very mad. 4.This is one of Winnie the Pooh’s zanier adventures. 5.Once Pooh was free, his friends were all happy, and no one made him the object of scorn.

Definitions 1.Stout- adj. thick and strong (or fat,solid, and round) 2.Misfortune- noun an unlucky condition or event; an unhappy situation 3.Obstruct- verb to block or to slow down 4.Zany- adj. very strange and silly 5.Scorn- noun a feeling that someone or something is not worthy of any respect or approval Orverb to express a feeling that someone or something isn’t worth respect or approval

Literary Term of the Week Paradox: A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow. Example: This sentence is false.

Example from Macbeth No, this quote doesn’t have anything to do with baseball. But it IS a line from the first pages of Macbeth. 1.What do you think it means? 2. If you were to translate it so that you and your friends understand—what would it say? 1/2 page MINIMUM Use complete sentences “Fair is foul and foul is fair.”

Quarter 3 Overview Macbeth FSA prep Literary Analysis VLT #3 (LAST ONE!)

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Macbeth

Macbeth: An Introduction Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy. Believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606.

Macbeth: An Introduction Tthe play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends.

The Real Macbeth He succeeded his father as governor of the province of Moray c.1031 And was a military commander for Duncan I. (Right: portrait of Macbeth)

The Real Macbeth In 1040, Macbeth killed Duncan in battle and seized the throne. Possibly of royal descent himself, he acquired a direct claim to the throne through his wife, Gruoch; she was a granddaughter of Kenneth III, who had been overthrown by Duncan's ancestor Malcolm II. (Right: portrait of Duncan I)

The Real Macbeth Macbeth was defeated in 1054 by Siward, earl of Northumbria, who regained the southern part of Scotland on behalf of Malcolm Canmore, Duncan's son. Malcolm himself regained the rest of the kingdom after defeating and killing Macbeth in the battle of Lumphanan. He then succeeded to the throne as Malcolm III.

Holinshed’s Chronicles Raphael Holinshed (d. 1580) was an English chronicler. He was given the ambitious project of chronicling British history from the time of the Great Flood (approx BC) to Queen Elizabeth (reigning ).

Hector Boece Lived A Scottish philosopher Wrote Historia Gentis Scotorum (1527) Shakespeare used this text as a basis for the character of Macbeth

“The Scottish Play” There are many superstitions centered on the belief that the play is somehow “cursed.” King James, who was king of England when Macbeth was first produced, firmly believed in witches…

“The Scottish Play” Explanation #1 Shakespeare is said to have used the spells of real witches in his text, purportedly angering the witches and causing them to curse the play.

“The Scottish Play” Explanation #2 S truggling theaters would put on this popular 'blockbuster' trying to save their dying businesses. However, it is a tall order for any single production to reverse a long-running trend of poor business. Therefore, the last play performed before a theater shut down was often Macbeth, and thus the growth of the idea that it was an 'unlucky' play.

“The Scottish Play” Explanation #3 Theater companies may have used Macbeth as a back-up play if they were to lose an actor and were not able to perform the production originally planned for the performance. Macbeth requires fewer actors (when doubling of characters for actors occurs) and has the least amount of text for the actors to memorize. Macbeth may have been the play kept in theatre companies' back pockets, just in case some bad luck were to occur prior to any planning of a performance.

“The Scottish Play” A large mythology has built up surrounding this superstition, with countless stories of accidents, misfortunes and even deaths, all mysteriously taking place during runs of Macbeth (or by actors who had uttered the name). Many actors will not mention the name of the play aloud, referring to it instead as "The Scottish play".

“The Scottish Play”: A Chronology of Misfortunes Here are some of the gory particulars:

“The Scottish Play”: A Chronology of Misfortunes During its 1849 performance at New York's Astor Place, a riot broke out in which 31 people were trampled to death.

“The Scottish Play”: A Chronology of Misfortunes In 1934, British actor Malcolm Keen turned mute onstage, and his replacement, Alister Sim, like Hal Berridge before him, developed a high fever and had to be hospitalized.

“The Scottish Play”: A Chronology of Misfortunes In the 1942 Macbeth production headed by John Gielgud, three actors -- Duncan and two witches -- died, and the costume and set designer committed suicide amidst his devilish Macbeth creations.

“The Scottish Play”: A Chronology of Misfortunes The indestructible Charlton Heston, in an outdoor production in Bermuda in 1953, suffered severe burns in his groin and leg area from tights that were accidentally soaked in kerosene.

“The Scottish Play” Several methods exist to dispel the curse, depending on the actor. One is to immediately leave the building the stage is in with the person who uttered the name, walk around it three times, spit over their left shoulders, say an obscenity then wait to be invited back into the building. Another popular "ritual" is to leave the room, knock three times, be invited in, and then quote a line from Hamlet. Yet another is to recite one of Shylock's monologues from The Merchant of Venice.

“The Scottish Play” Superstition of Characters’ Names MacBee Macker’s Mr. and Mrs. M. The Scottish King MacWhat’s-his-face

The Witches AKA the Weird Sisters Painting by William Rimmer depicting the witches’ conjuration of an apparition (Act IV, scene i) Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches (Act I, scene iii) by Johann Heinrich Fussli Portrayal in the 2006 film version of Macbeth

The Witches They tell Macbeth that he is destined to be king, and urge him to do bloody things.

The Witches Their character is modeled after Norse mythology- the Norns (three Fates) the name Urðr (Wyrd, Weird) means "fate" or simply "future", The norns- by Arthur Rackham

The Witches The witches were also modeled after the Three Fates of Greek and Roman mythology They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal and immortal from birth to death. The names of the three Parcae (Roman Fates) were: Nona - spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Greek equivalent was Clotho; Decima - measured the thread of life with her rod. Her Greek equivalent was Lachesis; Morta - was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of a person's death. When she cut the thread with "her abhorrèd shears", someone on Earth died. Her Greek equivalent was Atropos.

The Witches Represent darkness, chaos and confusion. “Fair is foul and foul is fair”- a contradiction. Evil is good, while good is evil.

The Witches “Double, double toil and trouble” – they cause more grief for the mortals around them. The witches never actually tell Macbeth to kill Duncan, but merely tempt him with the idea of becoming king. What theme of temptation might Shakespeare be representing here?