1. Tues. April 23 rd Warm Up: 449 th Anniversary - Happy Birthday Shakespeare! Agenda/Objective: -Take notes on background information -Begin reading Macbeth -Watch Class of 2014 video http://youtu.be/hUvNuvaArHc http://youtu.be/hUvNuvaArHc Homework: Finish reading Act 1. Scenes 1- 2

2. Shakespeare & Macbeth “The Scottish Play” Background Information & Introduction

3. Shakespeare Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 One of 8 children

4. Shakespeare in His Time Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 Today is his 449 th Birthday Three types of plays: – Tragedies – Comedies – Histories 37-plus plays, sonnets Did Shakespeare write all of his plays?

5. Shakespeare Today Why are we still reading Shakespeare today? Invented and/or introduced THOUSANDS of words and phrases to the English language Still Culturally relevant – Plots – Allusions – Idioms

6. Heard Any of These Phrases? "It’s Greek to me" (Julius Caesar() "Fair play" (The Tempest) "All that glitters isn’t gold" (Merchant of Venice) "Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve" (Othello) "Break the ice" (The Taming of the Shrew) "The lady doth protest too much" (Hamlet) "Clothes make the man" (Hamlet) "A laughing stock" (The Merry Wives of Windsor) "Too much of a good thing" (As You Like It) "In a pickle" (The Tempest)

7. Elizabethan Era Queen Elizabeth I Bubonic Plague Fires Entertainment

8. The Theater: Then & Now

9. Elizabethan Theater Globe Theatre, London Theater set-up was different All-male actors A day at the theater

10. The Globe Theatre, UK

11. Blackfriars Playhouse – Staunton, VA

12. Shakespearian Structure in Five Acts: 1.A disorder or complication leads to two sides 2.Development of rivalry and disorder 3.Climax – Point of no return, leading to final tragedy 4.Reflective Act - beginnings of self-realization, setting up the finale 5.Final Climax – understanding, restoration of order, resolution.

13. Conventions of Tragedy Death of innocents Death of the tragic hero Death of those deserving death Predictive elements: – Soliloquies, asides, dramatic irony, symbolism, foreshadowing, imagery “To be, or not to be? That is the question!”

14. Macbeth Superstitions There are many superstitions surrounding performances of Macbeth… Euphemism: “The Scottish Play” Avoid reciting the incantations of the witches before a performance! Ritual: leave the theatre building, spin around three times, spit, curse, and then knock to be allowed back in Or: quote from Hamlet, (Act 1, Sc. 4): “Angels and ministers of grace defend us!”

15. Origins of Superstition: More sword-fighting than other plays = more chances for injury Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Macbeth (wrong – Henry VIII) Legend has it that the first actor to play Macbeth died shortly after the first performance The play is cursed because Shakespeare used actual witch spells

16. Characters Macbeth

17. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble! (Act 4. Sc.1) Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble! (Act 4. Sc.1) Macbeth & Banquo

18. The Three Witches

19. Lady Macbeth

20. Why is Macbeth so Good? Ambition & Power Masculinity Murder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8bUdevCXeA&list=PLF03FFCFE3C861A5B

21. Macbeth in 90 seconds - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5nlx2XzP-4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5nlx2XzP-4 Rupert Goold PBS adaptation of Macbeth (WWII theme) - 2½ Hours long http://video.pbs.org/video/1604122998/ http://video.pbs.org/video/1604122998/ Lecture/history of theatre - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfM0RFZ5cshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfM0RFZ5cs