Intro to Shakespeare and Macbeth

What is a Tragedy

• a drama that ends in a catastrophe for the main characters
• a drama that begins in a catastrophe for the main characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is a Soliloquy

• a speech given by a character alone on stage
• conversation between characters in a play

What is an aside

• a character's remark either to the audience or to another character that others on the stage do not hear.
• a character's actions to either to the audience or to another character that others on the stage do not hear.

What are two great things Shakespeare is considered

• writer and playwright
• cook and teacher

What is dialogue

• conversation between characters in a play
• conversation between characters to the audience

What is a monologue

• a long speech by one character to one or more characters onstage
• a long speech by one character to one or more characters offstage

What are Stage Directions?

• texts of plays that describes how the characters move and speak
• the arrows on the ground that tell you which way to walk

What is a tragic flaw

• traits which lead a noble hero to make choices which doom him, such as excessive pride & ambition

• traits which lead a hero to make choices which promote him in the story

Who wrote Macbeth?

• Shakespeare
• Chaucer
• Thoreau
• anonymous

What country is the play set in?

• England
• Scotland 
• Belgium
• Austria