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MACBETH

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Today
- you know the plot and the main characters;
- you know the content of the first scene and of the first prophecy.

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Where does the story take place?
A
Norway
B
Cumberland
C
Scotland
D
New Regal

Slide 4 - Quiz

MACBETH
"The Scottish play"

Watch the trailer of the 2015 film adaptation.

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Slide 6 - Video

What do you think the story will be about?

Slide 7 - Mind map

Start of the play
                                                             Ex. 4.2 wb. p. 275​
Watch and interpret the first scene (text in workbook).​
Answer the topical questions:​
  • Who?​
  • Where?​
  • What?​
  • When?​
  • Why?​

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Slide 9 - Video

Slide 10 - Link

MACBETH PLOT
                                  Take a sheet of paper (note pad).
                Watch and listen (link Google Classroom 'Plot Macbeth').

Answer the questions:
1) Who are important characters in the play?
2) Write down a short summary of the plot (+/- 6 short sentences).

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Who are important characters?

Slide 12 - Mind map

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS

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PLOT SUMMARY

Slide 14 - Open question

PLOT SUMMARY
or see more complete summary on p. 275 (ex. 4.3)

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ex. 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 - wb. p. 276​
Watch the clip 'Witches' prophecy'.
Read the entire excerpt (Google Classroom - Act 1, s 3).
- you don’t need to translate the underlined words in your workbook​ (p. 216).
Answer the additional* questions on the next slide.

* not in workbook BUT subject matter.

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Slide 17 - Video

Questions - 1st prophecy
                              Answer the additional* questions:​
  • What does the phrase “fair and foul” mean?​
  • What do the witches look like?​
  • What is the title of Macbeth and Banquo now?​
  • What is the witches’ prophecy?​
  • How do Macbeth and Banquo react after the witches disappeared?​

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What does the phrase “fair and foul” mean?​

Slide 19 - Open question

What do the witches look like?​

Slide 20 - Open question

What is the title of Macbeth and Banquo now?​

Slide 21 - Open question

What is the witches’ prophecy?​

Slide 22 - Open question

How do Macbeth and Banquo react after the witches disappeared?​

Slide 23 - Open question

IMPORTANT NOTE!
(!) “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” will become the leitmotif (= recurrent theme) of the play.​

(!) The witches act as the embodiment
(= personification) of fate,
similar to the ‘Fates’ in Greek tragedies.

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Immediately after the witches are vanished, a messenger tells Macbeth he is now Thane of Cawdor. 

The witches were right!​


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