1. Drill What is the overall role of the witches in Macbeth?

2. Objective Students will analyze the representation of a subject or key scene in two different artistic mediums (Macbeth Act 1, Scene 3 and an artistic representation of that same scene)

3. 1.3 Review What is the purpose of the story about the sailor’s wife? What powers do the witches have? What news do they have for Macbeth? How do Macbeth and Banquo react to the witches?

4. Analysis of Shakespeare’s Weird Sisters This is a three-part assignment: 1.Textual analysis (you may complete with a partner, but you must submit your own work) 2.Artist’s representation (you may complete with a partner, but you must submit your own work). Choose ONE of the four paintings. 3.Short essay (independent work)

5. Essay Analyze how the artist draws on and transforms the Weird Sisters from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. What does the artist emphasize or omit in his treatment of the characters from Act 1, Scene 3, and what does this reveal about the artist’s interpretation of this scene? Explain your answer using examples from the painting. How might one organize this essay? You will be graded using the PARCC Explanatory Rubric

6. Henry Fuseli. Macbeth, Banquo and the Witches on the Heath, 1793-4.

7. Joseph Anton Koch. Macbeth and the Witches, 1835.

8. Théodore Chassériau. Macbeth and Banquo Meeting the Witches on the Heath, 1855

9. Clarkson Frederick Stanfield. Macbeth and the Witches, 1850.

10. Closure What is the value of analyzing an artist’s interpretation of the text? What can we learn from this? How is reading an image similar or different from reading a text?