1. Welcome to Macbeth!

2. Learning Goals Why are we reading this play? Background Information
Characters
Summary
Possible themes, motifs, symbols and imagery
Literary terms (dramatic irony, soliloquy, aside, monologue, allusions, figurative language)
Dramatic Five Act Structure
Tragedy, Tragic Hero
Unit Expectations & Assignments
Schedule
Before reading activity

6. Characters: Overview and Analysis

7. Spoiler alert!! You are about to read what happens in the play…

8. Plot Summary & Analysis

9. Act 1

10. Act 2

11. Act 3

12. Act 4

13. Act 5

14. Themes Motifs Symbols Imagery
Death
Deception
Fate
Ambition
Honor and Morality
Judging by Appearances
Gender Roles
Loyalty
Guilt
Corruption
Manhood/Masculinity
Free Will vs. Destiny
Chaos vs. Order
Things are not what they seem
Political Intrigue and Scheming
Washing of Hands
Blood
The Colors Red and Black
Predicting
Time
Children/Babies
Natural vs. Supernatural
Madness
Water
Dagger (leading to Duncan’s room)
Banquo’s Ghost
Armed Head (first apparition)
Bloody Child (second apparition)
Child with Branch and Crown (third apparition)
Blood (“I will have blood; they say, blood will have blood”)
Darkness and night (“And yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp”)
Hell (“Not in the legions / Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn’d / In evils to top Macbeth”)
Sorcery and supernatural forces (the witches, the apparitions, Banquo’s ghost)
Opposites that are indistinguishable (“Fair is foul and foul is fair”)

15. Themes:
Symbols:
Motifs:

19. Five Act Structure

20. Tragic Hero Five Steps: Hamartia: the flaw or error of judgment
Peripeteia: the reversal of fortune brought about because of the hero’s error in judgment
Anagnorsis: the discovery or recognition that the reversal was brought about by the hero’s own actions
Hubris: excessive pride
The character’s fate must be greater than deserved

21. Hamartia
The Three Witches tell Macbeth a prophecy that causes Macbeth to take matters into his hands (ambition).

22. Hubris
Macbeth’s pride combines with his ambition, and that of his wife. They plot to kill the current King so that he can usurp the throne.

23. Peripeteia
After killing the King and numerous others, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth become suspicious and paranoid.

24. Anagnorisis
Macbeth discovers that the former King's son is planning a rebellion against him.

25. Nemesis
In the end, the witches' final prophecy comes true and Macbeth is killed.​

26. Catharsis
The audience is left with the feeling of pity that Macbeth was tempted by the witches, and fear that they could also do terrible things out of ambition.

27. What will you be evaluated on?
Writing Prompts
Act 2/3 Test
Act 4/5 Test
ISP:
Revision of 4 Writing Prompts and Movie Review; Completion of all Writing Prompts; Oral Presentation; Reflection
Final Exam