April

Welcome back! Please take out your journals and write down at least 2 problems that Macbeths faces now that he has been crowned King. Predict how he might solve these problems.

Activities  Review Macbeth Act 1 & 2  Begin Act 3  HW: read Booktalk book (due 4/21) Targets  Recall and Review  Analyze the Arc the Macbeth’s relationship with others

1-Duncan 2- Macbeth, 3-Banquo and Fleance, 4-Macduff, 5-Lady Macbeth, 6-the three witches, 7-Malcolm and Donaldbain, 8-Lennox and Ross. (some have more than one character as these have relatively few spoken roles or naturally go together)

 Assign a scribe to record your committees findings.  Review Acts 1 and 2. Collect from the first 2 acts at least 4 lines said by your character or about your character that reveal something about their appearance or personality and explain what they show about your character. Remember to cite Act, Scene and Line number.  Explain what the lines show about your character For example: Macbeth “if chance will have me king, why, chance will crown me / Without my stir” ( ) This passage shows Macbeth in the first stages of ambition. It is possible that his caution shows loyalty, but a second interpretation is that it shows he fears acting on his desires.

 Assign a scribe to record your committees findings.  Collect from the first 2 acts lines said by your character or about your character that reveal something about their appearance or personality. Cite Act, Scene and Line number.  For example: Macbeth “if chance will have me king, why, chance will crown me / Without my stir” ( ) This passage shows Macbeth in the first stages of ambition. It is possible that his caution shows loyalty, but a second interpretation is that it shows he fears acting on his desires.

Act 3 scene 1 Lines 1-76  What is Banquo thinking in his soliloquy? Is he becoming more obsessed with the prophecy or no?  What is Macbeth’s goal in your opinion in his discussion with Banquo?  In Macbeth’s soliloquy, what are his feelings regarding Banquo? Is he being rational or not? Why? Act 3 Scene 1 Lines 77- end  How is Macbeth manipulating the murderers? Is this similar to or different from the way Lady Macbeth tried to manipulate him in the past?  Do you believe that Macbeth is telling the truth about Banquo? (Was Banquo truly the Murderers‘ enemy?) Why or why not?  Why won’t Macbeth kill Banquo himself?

 Act 3 Scene 2 (This activity counts for your Act 3 Scene 2 questions) Has Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship changed? With a partner, discuss and answer these questions and create a chart that analyzes the changes in their relationship from act 1 to now. Consider the following:  Has Lady M changed? Look at the brief soliloquy on lines 6- 9…What is she revealing about herself/her character? Is this the same woman we saw in 1.5 and 1.7?  Has Macbeth changed? In Macbeth’s lines which finish the scene, how are his words similar to things we have heard before? Why have things changed?  How are Macbeth and Lady M’s position’s different from the discussion of murdering Duncan? Why have things changed?

ActQuotesState of their relationship Act 1 Act 2 Act 3