Macbeth--Act 3 Summarized, Act 4 and on

Macbeth--Act 3 Summarized, Act 4 and on

Summarizing Act 3, skimming the rest before break!

Multiple Choice

Review: Who are Lady Macbeth and Macbeth planning to murder now?

• Banquo

• Duncan

• Malcom, Donalbain

• None of the above.

Poll

Do you think the "hit" on Banquo will be successful?

• Yes

• No

Standard

LAFS.910.RL.1.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 

LAFS.910.RL.1.1: Cite strong and thorough evidence to support what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

Multiple Select

Select our objectives for the day! (Hint: it is all of them)

• Cite evidence used to support explicit/implicit ideas

• Make an inference based upon prior knowledge

• Finish Macbeth!

Essential Question!

After reading "Macbeth," what inferences can be made on how Shakespeare views the issue of power? Cite evidence of what the text says explicitly as well as implicitly to support your analysis.

Multiple Choice

True or false: Shakespeare EXPLICITLY tells readers that power leads to corruption

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: One can INFER based upon the information explicitly given to us throughout the play that Macbeth has a negative viewpoint towards Power/Corruption

• True

• False

Today's Lesson

• I need you to put on your crowns, because we are about to skim a lot and summarize a lot and it may seem like a lot but WE GOT THIS. <3

• We will be switching between videos, text summaries, reading, etc.

Summary Act IV, Scene 3

• Macduff seeks Malcolm's support for war against Macbeth.

• Ross tells of Scotland's suffering under Macbeth and how Macduff's wife was slaughtered.

• Everyone is now ready to make war against Macbeth.

Our reading begins here. Act V, Scene 3

• Characters:

• Doctor

• Gentlewoman

• Lady Macbeth

• Macbeth

• Servant

• Seyton

Open Ended

Make an inference! In the text, Lady Macbeth is said to be acting strange. She says "There is still a spot here."

What do you think she is talking about?

Multiple Choice

Select the best choice for why Lady Macbeth is acting strange?

• Lady Macbeth is thrilled to be queen and feels little to no remorse

• Lady Macbeth is overwhelmed with good emotions

• Lady Macbeth is overwhelmed with a guilty conscience

• All of the above

Multiple Select

Select two pieces of evidence that best convey the idea that Lady Macbeth regrets killing King Duncan.

• "What's done cannot be undone".

• "Nonsense, my lord, nonsense!"

• "But who would have thought the old man would have had so much blood in him?"

• "Will my hands never be clean?"

Act V, Scene V

Macbeth

Seyton

Messenger

Multiple Choice

Select evidence that supports the idea that Macbeth is not impacted by Lady Macbeth's demise.

• "She should have died hereafter"

• "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow"

• "Out, out, brief candle!"

• "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage"

Time to watch the end of the movie!

We will be watching what we read/summarized along with what we have not read. Pay attention to how things begin to unravel.

Begin the movie around 2:05.

Open Ended

After reading "Macbeth," what inferences can be made on how Shakespeare views the issue of power? Cite evidence of what the text says explicitly as well as implicitly to support your analysis.