Shakespeare - Macbeth 1

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In deze les zitten 32 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 13 videos.

time-iconLesduur is: 120 min

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Slide 1 - Tekstslide

What do you remember from last week?

Slide 2 - Open vraag

Objectives
After today's class you will have a better understanding of:
- how to read a Shakespeare play, in particular MacBeth;
- you will have read Act 1 and have watched some adaptations of some of the scenes;
- you will have an idea of which theme's there are within the play and how they are portrayed.

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Strategies
page 1 - 6

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Slide 5 - Video

Slide 6 - Video

Trouble understanding?
1. always read out loud or listen to a recording/adaptation
2. have a good look at the separate thoughts (use the punctuation
3. analyse: subject-verb-object + pronouns --> inversion might help here
4. is there an ellipsis, metaphor or an allusion
5. find out what unknow words mean - the notes in the hand-out might help
6. word jokes
--> read the modern 'translation' next to the original version
--> take notes, highlight words, translate

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Macbeth - The scottish play
"The Scottish Play"

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Macbeth
  • History of the scottish kings
  • Play "fit for a king"
  • Blank verse (in iambic pentameter) - poetic language, no rhyme
  • Theme 1: Fate and Free Will
  • Theme 2: Various Types of Rulers
  • Theme 3: Ambition as Evil
  • Theme 4: Guilt and Fear as a Single Emotion

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Things to keep track of during reading
  • Themes (previous slide)
  • The role of Lady Macbeth
  • Symbols (blood, owls, martins, birds of prey, sleep, night, snakes and weather)
  • Style of speaking/writing
  • allusions, pun, comic relief, tragic hero

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Macbeth: Act 1

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Procedure
1. read the Modern English version 
2. then watch the fragment(s) from Acts I.3, I.5, I.7
3. finally, discuss what we have seen.
- aspects:
characters, themes, language

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Slide 13 - Link

Act 1 scene 3
Macbeth meets the witches

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Slide 15 - Video

What do we learn here about
- the Witches?
- MacBeth?
- Banquo?
- Themes related to them?

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Act 1 scene 5: enter Lady MacBeth ...
Imagine you are a police profiler. 
1. What disturbing traits of character do you notice in Lady MacBeth that make her a likely killer?
2. What is her opinion of MacBeth? Is she right? Let's see.

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Slide 18 - Video

"unsex me here,"
why does Lady MacBeth say this?

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

Who is more ambitious in Act  I scene 7?

Viewing question:


How does this character persuade the other to 'play along' and lose innocence?



Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Slide 21 - Video

persuasive technique
a. flattery
b. reassurance
c. putting someone down
d. emphasising determination

sometimes Lady Macbeth combines techniques!!

fragment
1. when you durst do it ...
2. I have given suck ...
3. but screw your courage to the sticking-place...

Slide 22 - Tekstslide

Theme: ambition
Can you explain why Lady MacBeth is more ambitious and evil than MacBeth at  this stage of the play?

Slide 23 - Tekstslide

Exit ticket!

Ik begrijp Act 1 van Macbeth nu...
A
Supergoed, cijfer 9
B
Best goed, cijfer 7
C
Niet helemaal, cijfer 5
D
Helemaal niet, cijfer 3

Slide 24 - Quizvraag

Slide 25 - Video

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Slide 32 - Video