Macbeth+Class+Notes


 * //Weekly class notes are due online by 7 am the following Tuesday//**

Week of Nov. 19 - 24
__The House of Tudor:__

Tudor was a ruling family. Henry the 8th ruled from 1509-1547 and had six wives. They consisted of:
 * 1) Catherine of Aragon- married in 1509. Together they had Mary who was Catholic, however, they divorced in 1533. But, Catholics do not approve of divorce, so Henry started The Church of England inorder to divorce Catherine.
 * 2) Anne Boleyn- Together they had Elizabeth who was Protestant. Anne was executed for infidelity in 1536.
 * 3) Jane Seymour- Together they had Henry's first and only son Edward who was Protestant, but when giving birth Jane died (1537).
 * 4) Anne of Cleves- Henry divorced her in 1540.
 * 5) Kathryn Howard- was executed for infidelity in 1542.
 * 6) Katherine Parr- his last wife.

Edward the 6th was Protestant and ruled from 1547-1553. Jane- ruled July 6- July 15 1553. Mary- ruled from 1553-1558. They nicknamed her "Bloody Mary" because she was violent toward Protestant. Mary put together a small "army" and overthrew "Lady" Jane Grey.

__Queen Elizabeth I__
 * Ascended throne in 1558
 * Cultivate "Virgin Queen" image-never married
 * Played suitors against one another for political gain
 * Mature, intelligent, multilingual
 * excellent diplomatic skills
 * Maintained a Protestant state
 * Died in 1603
 * Ruled for forty five years- brought political stability to England.

__Defeat the Spanish Armada__

Improved: more direct trade roots---> Business thrived, English economy grew ---> More people opened businesses---> Middle class begins to form/grow---> More people have money and leisure time to spare---> Spent it at: "The Theatre" (built 1576) & "The City" (Commercial and government center)

James Burbech- built "The Theatre" in 1576 The "Lord Chamberlage Men"- Shakspear's group of performers. They moved The Theatre accross the Themas River and named it The Globe in 1598.

__The Globe Theatre__ The original capacity of the theatre was 2000 people with admission between one and two pennies. The theatre contained four sections. The Musician's gallery which was located on the third floor, the Inner Sanctum which was located on the second floor, and was six to eight feet tall and served as an acting area, the Main Stage which was three to four feet tall and forty feet across, and the Heavens which was the underside of the canopy. There were three globes. Globe one- 1598-1613 Globe two- 1615/1616- 1642, 1644 Globe three- 1993,1997- today

__Ambition- an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction__ In class we made a list of ambitions. The list consisted of money, power, love, good grades, winning records, graduation, college acceptance, parking spot, positions of authority, and friendship.

__Tragic Hero__
 * 1) exceptional person (high status)
 * 2) 1a. their downfall impacts many people
 * 3) Cause own downfall
 * 4) Tragic Flaw- personality

__Macbeth__ Expositioin ~ background information
 * Good Guys (Scotland) || Bad Guys (Norway) ||
 * King Duncan || MacDonwald ||
 * Macbeth || Thane of Cawdor ||
 * Ross ||  ||
 * Captain ||  ||
 * Bonquo ||  ||

Thane was captured and Macbeth would take his place.

Macbeth

Act 1 Scene 1: Three old witch women appear out of a storm and make plans to meet Macbeth.

Act 1 Scene 2: During this section Duncan, King of Scotland asks a captain for news about Scotlands battle with the Irish invaders, led by MacDonwald. The captain then goes on and tell him that the Scottish generals Macbeth and Banquo fought with courage and violence. Later on in the section the Thane of Ross tells Duncan that the Thane of Cawdor has been defeated. Therefore, Duncan orders the execution of the Thane of Cawdor, and sends messangers to inform Macbeth he has been given the title, Thane of Cawdor.

Act 1 Scene 3: Macbeth and Banquo are on their way to the king's court at Forres and come accross the three witches. The three witches hail to Macbeth as Thane of Glamis and as Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth was bewildered when the witches said he was Thane of Cawdor as he had not yet heard the king's ruling. The witches also tell Macbeth that he will become king one day. However, when Macbeth wants more information, the witches turn their focus on Banquo. The three of them tell Banquo that he will never be king, but he will have children that will have great power. Before getting anymore information, the three witches vanish. Ross then encounters Macbeth and Banquo and tells Macbeth that the king has made him Thane of Cawdor.

Act 1 Scene 4: Malcolm, Duncan's son, assures that the Thane of Cawdor was executed. When Macbeth, Banquo, Ross, and Angus enter the room the king announces that Malcolm will become the heir to his throne. Macbeth now knows that Malcolm stands in the way of him becoming king in the future. Macbeth now realizes that the only way he can become king, before Malcolm takes the throne, is to kill Duncan.

Act 1 Scene 5: Lady Macbeth reads a letter sent to her from her husband which informs her on him becoming the Thane of Cawdor. The letter also tells her about the meeting he had with the three witches. He tells her his thoughts of killing Duncan. However, Lady Macbeth feels that he does not have what it takes to kill Duncan and seize the throne. When Macbeth comes to the castle, Lady Macbeth tells him that she will do what it takes to to murder Duncan.

Act 1 Scene 6: Duncan and his attendants arrive at Inverness and Lady Macbeth welcomes them.

Act 1 Scene 7: Macbeth is contimplating whether or not he should kill Duncan. While thinking about killing him or not, he sees that there is no reason to kill the king other than for his own ambition or gain. When he informs Lady Macbeth on his decission she is outraged and begins to question his manhood. Lady Macbeth then tells her husband that they will succeed and that she has a plan. Lady Macbeth's plan was to give the chamberlains wine to become intoxicated and while Duncan was fast asleep Macbeth would kill him. Then they would smear the blood of Duncan on the chamberlains to blame them for his murder. He then agrees to go through with the murder.

Week of Nov. 26 - 30
__**Slideshow Critiques**__


 * Positives || Negatives ||
 * legible font size || too many slides ||
 * all info is on topic || a lot of empty space ||
 * decent definition/examples || distracting/inappropriate pictures ||
 * good contrast in colors || not having transitions ||
 * organized/chronological layout || overloading slides with text ||

__Act 2 Scene 1__ The King really likes Macbeth, and he sent Macbeth and his servants gifts.
 * How does Duncan feel about Macbeth?**

The thought of killing King Duncan and the king's son Malcolm.
 * What is on Macbeth's mind?**

Macbeth is so worked up about how he has to kill the King that he is starting to see things that aren't really there.
 * What is the deal with the dagger?**

Allusion ~ a reference to another work (movie, book, music, etc.)


 * Before Duncan's murder:** Macbeth sees a floating dagger, which he tries to grab but it turns out that it is only image or 'ghost' which leads him to Duncans' room. This leads us to believe that Macbeth is a little crazy. As well as the floating dagger, Macbeth talks to the floor saying, //"Thou (sure) and firm-set earth, hear not my steps, which (way they) walk, for fear thy very stones prate of my whereabouts..."// (pg 53, lines 69-71). By this strange conversation with the floor, Macbeth means to walk quietly and so that his footsteps won't wake Duncan.

__Act 2 Scene 2__ King Duncan looked like her father, so she couldn't get herself to do it.
 * Why didn't Lady Macbeth kill the King herself?**

-->Lady Macbeth doesn't hear any of this and since Macbeth hasn't slept in a while, he appears to be going crazy. And after the murder, Macbeth seems very paranoid, regretful, and he feels some guilt.
 * After Duncan's murder:** When Macbeth has commited the murder of Duncan, he returns horrified. Some what paranoid, Macbeth asks Lady Macbeth if she had heard anything during the murder. She only respondes with owls and crickets; Macbeth believes that he has heard words and phrases like:
 * //"Murder!"//
 * //"Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep"//
 * prayers such as //"Amen"// & //"God bless us"//
 * //"Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more"//

Lady Macbeth seems satisfied with the job until she learns that Macbeth did not leave the daggers behind, and doing her part, takes them back to the room. Then there is knocking on one of their doors, so Macbeth has to quickly try to wash the King's blood off his hands.

Week of 3-7
__Comic Relief__
 * **People** || **Sin/Crime** ||
 * 1) Farmer || Hanged himself ||
 * 2) Equivocator || Treason ||
 * 3) Tailor || Cheat/Steal ||
 * Relief after lots of negative activity
 * Foreshadowing?
 * Moral Instruction

__Elizabethan Order of the Universe__ God Angels Man - - - - King Church Officials Nobaility Merchants Peasants Animals Plants Matter/Rocks
 * Lady Macbeth || Macbeth ||
 * * Faints || * Killed the guards ||

1) Pitch Black in the middle of the day 2) Duncan's horses got out - ate each other (well trained horses) 3) Owl went after a falcon and killed it

Duncan dead Malcolm- feld Macbeth- King

Slide number one.
 * **Positive** || **Negative** ||
 * simple || a little confusing when you tried to explain things ||
 * Not too many words on each slide || the end slide was a little weird ||
 * good background || grammar errors ||
 * good examples ||  ||

Slide number two.
 * **Positive** || **Negative** ||
 * Good pictures || Talked to fast ||
 * Good info || To much per slide ||
 * Good labeling || Voice stayed same in volume ||
 * || No emotion in voice ||

Slide number three. __Design__ for Mr.B's slideshow (class said)


 * **Positive** || **Negative** ||
 * Easy to see || Sliders to hard to read ||
 * Good timing for change || Too bright ||
 * Fun, entertaning, attention || Needs more contrast ||
 * Pictures || Too self - depressing ||
 * Good detail || Distraction from content ||
 * Well drawn || Talk slower ||
 * Easy to understand info ||  ||
 * Comedy (not to much) ||  ||
 * Windows/QT pop culture reference ||  ||

__Content__ for Mr.B's slideshow (class said)
 * **Positive** || **Negative** ||
 * Picture related to info || More detail ||
 * Just right(or less) || Some slides too long ||
 * Can understand without much background || More words on slides ||
 * Presented is true || Connect to contract ||
 * || Remember this first ||
 * || Stumbled when talking ||

Slide number four.


 * **Positive** || **Negative** ||
 * Casual converstaional is true || Don't use cliffed notes ||
 * Allusion to movie ||  ||

=Dec 10-14=

__Compliments__
 * Men, not dogs
 * No need to insult someone that you need something from
 * Pumping them up for the murder

__Put Downs__
 * Examples of bad things- "mongrels" Mr. B's thoughts **They are technically men according to Macbeth.**
 * There is lots of different types of men
 * Backhanded complement

Murderer 1 - Has lots of problems Murderer 2 - Wants to spite the world

they are in a position to "Get rich or die trying"

Macbeth is king of the hill now......he has to watch his back

Murderers kill Banquo by ambushing him 1 mile from Macbeth's castle where most people get off of their horses.(easier to kill him there)

Hecate is devising a plan to have Macbeth commit suicide
 * 1) Spurn Fate - Denied/Rejected
 * 2) Scorn Death - Disbelieved
 * 3) High hopes with no regard for possible consequences.

Security against the enemies.

Self Satisfaction - Overconfident

__Shakespeare is believed not to have written Act 3 Scene 5__.


 * There is a noticeable rhyme - The rhyme scheme being AABBCC
 * Shakespeare begins to discuss politics in Scotland at the time; Lennox comments sarcastically on Macbeth's official versions of the many recent violent deaths.

__**Sarcastic or Serious?**__

__**Current Events in Scotland**__
 * Famine
 * Sleeplessness

Week of Dec. 17 - 21

 * Malcolm's Refusal || Macduff's Rebuttal ||
 * * Lusty, wants sex
 * Very Greedy, will take land and jewels.
 * Has no good qualifications of a king. || -->That's okay, we've got plenty of women.

-->That's okay, we've got enough to make you happy.

-->You're right, you shouldn't be king. I give up. ||

Malcolm believe Macduff was sent by Macbeth to come back to Scotland so Macbeth could kill him, so Malcolm put him through a test to see if he could trust him. If Macduff finally decided to give up on trying to get Malcolm back, that would mean Macduff really wasn't sent by Macbeth. Malcolm was not anything of the things he listed. He's a virgin, barely wants anything, and has never lied about anything, except about himself right there.

Macbeth decides to send out a murderer to kill Macduff's family because he thinks Macduff went to England to get forces to over throw Macbeth. However, Macduff does not tell his wife why he is leaving, so Lady Macduff thinks he's being cowardly by leaving the family in a time of need. Ross warns Lady Macduff to leave but she replies with "Whither should I fly? I have done no harm". She believes she shouldn't have to leave because she has done nothing wrong. Right after that, murderers enter and murder Macduff's family. Ross, then, has to deliver the news to Macduff.

Lines 1 - 159
 * Part I

Macduff Convinces Malcolm to come back to Scotland || Bridge Lines 160 - 181

It is discussed that the king has "god- like" healing powers. || Part II Lines 182 - 281

Ross delivers the bad news to Macduff about his family. ||

Malcolm encourages Macduff to use his anger to overthrow Macbeth. Macduff recruits forces from the surrounding areas to conquer Macbeth. Macduff's army camouflages themselves with branches from Birnam wood. Meanwhile, Macbeth is in his castle when women scream. He asks Seyton why and Seyton told him Lady Macbeth was killed. Macbeth simply responds with something along the lines of "Oh, it would've happened anyway". A servant enters the room and tells Macbeth that the Forest is moving closer and closer to Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth remembers the prophecies, Beware Macduff, No man born of a woman can harm you, and Don't worry until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill. Let's look how the prophecy is being fulfilled...


 * Beware Macduff || Macduff kills Macbeth. ||
 * No man born of a woman can harm you || Macduff is a C-section baby. ||
 * Don't worry until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill || Macduff's army camouflaged in branches are making their way closer to Macbeth's Castle. ||

Macduff finds Macbeth in the castle and they begin to brawl. Macbeth is provoking the fight between then, telling Macduff to fight harder because he believes Macduff can't harm him if he's born of a woman. Soon after, Macduff announces that he was "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb, meaning he wasn't born naturally. Macbeth immediately tries to settle down the fight and reason with Macduff. Macduff slaughters him and cuts his head off. Malcolm becomes king, after all he was the rightful king after his father died.