Year 10 - March 9th

Year 10 - March 9th

Agenda + HW

• Checking in

• Recap of Act 2, Scene 1

• Act 2, Scene 2

• Who is the main villain here?

• HW: Analysis pictures - due March 19th

• HW: If not finished in class, complete Act 2, Scene 2 + Edpuzzle assignment

Act 1 + 2 Recap

Just to make sure we are on the right track before moving forward!

Multiple Choice

Who said, "When Duncan is asleep,/Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey/Soundly invite him, his two chamberlains/Will I with wine and wassail so convince."

• Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth

• Weird Sisters

• Banquo

Multiple Choice

Who said, "We will proceed no further in this business. /He hath honored me of late, and I have bought/Golden opinions from all sorts of people,/Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, /No cast aside so soon."

• Banquo

• Lady Macbeth

• Duncan

• Macbeth

Open Ended

In your own words, summarize Act 2 Scene 1:

Open Ended

At this point, do you feel that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are villains? Why or why not? Consider the idea of free will and the prophecy.

Act 2, Scene 2

The first murders!

Macbeth + Lady Macbeth

Open Ended

Whats up with the owl's cry at the start? It is purposeful stage direction, so it must symbolize or alert to something....

Open Ended

Similar, whats up with the knocking at the end of the scene? Think about what knocking on a door means in daily life, and what it could mean or feel like for these two who just committed treason....

Open Ended

That final line where Macbeth says, "Wake Duncan with thy knocking. I would thou couldst." - Considering this and the rest of the scene how is Macbeth feeling about murdering Duncan?