Here are Some Great Sources!

Macbeth Navigator

Phillip Weller does a nice job of collecting some rather reliable and engaging sources while explaining many of the subtle nuances of Macbeth.  http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/macbeth/index.htm

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Folger Shakespeare Library- 

The online source of Shakespeare. http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/

Shakespeare Online: 
A series of  essays and a good breakdown of the play
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth/macbethresources.html

Macbeth Questions with Hyperlinks

Macbeth Final Questions:

1.) The fantastical and grotesque witches are among the most memorable figures in the play. How does Shakespeare characterize the witches? What is their thematic significance?  (Scenes to peruse: 1.1; 1.3;3.5;4.1)

2.)  Compare and contrast Macbeth, Macduff, and Banquo. How are they alike? How are they different? Is it possible to argue that Macbeth is the play’s villain and Macduff or Banquo its hero, or is the matter more complicated than that?  (Scenes to peruse:  1.3, 2.1, 2.3,  3.1, 4.3, 5.7, 5.8 )

3.)  Discuss the role that blood plays in Macbeth, particularly immediately following Duncan’s murder and late in the play. What does it symbolize for Macbeth and his wife? (Scenes to peruse: 1.7;2.2;3.4;5.1)

4.)  Discuss Macbeth’s visions and hallucinations. What role do they play in the development of his character?  (Scenes to peruse: 1.3; 2.1;3.4.3.5;4.1;5.1)

5.)  Is Macbeth a moral play? Is justice served at the end of the play? Defend your answer.   (Scenes to peruse: 2.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.3-9)

6.) Choose two of the minor characters in Macbeth and examine how they contribute to the play's action.  (Scenes to peruse: 1.3, 2.3, 4.3, 5.2, 5.4, 5.7)

7.) The witches tell Banquo that he will be the father of future kings. How does Banquo's reaction reveal his true character? (Scenes to peruse: 1.3, 1.6, 2.1 )

8.)  The theme of “Fair is foul, foul is fair” permeates throughout the play.  Explain what it means, providing examples from the play to support your answer.  (Scenes to peruse: 1.1; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5; 2.1; 3.1; 3.3)

9*.)   Discuss the use of clothing as a metaphor in Macbeth.  (Scenes to peruse:1.3; 1.7, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5,5)

10*.)     Examine to what extent Lady Macbeth is to blame for her husband's downfall. Discuss the relationship between the couple as the play develops. (Scenes to peruse: 1.5; 1.7; 3.4; 5.5)

11.)   Discuss whether Macbeth is truly a tragic figure.

Metaphors in Macbeth- Check you sef and see if you can add them to your ryhmes

http://www.novelguide.com/macbeth/metaphor-analysis

Watch Macbeth on Your Own Sweet Sweet Time

Sick?  Suffering from early senioritis? Watch Macbeth on your own sweet, sweet, time.  

The Largest Vocabulary in Hip-Hop

Matt Daniels Article Here 

Matt Daniels is a designer, coder, and data scientist at Undercurrent in New York City. His past works include the Etymology of "Shorty" and Outkast, in graphs and charts. He decided to examine the vocabulary of hip hop artists, and this is what he found. – May 2014

Wu Tang Clan and Shakespeare

In this TEDx talk, Akala examines the correlation between hip-hop and "Shakespeare" and how these two seemingly different genres of language have become the custodians of both language and knowledge.

Please answer the following questions:

            1.)   What is iambic pentameter based on?
            2.)   What is Hip-Hop short for?   What is its word derivation?
            3.)   What are the five elements of hip-hop?
            4.)   How are hip-hop artists similar to the Shakespeare regarding their position of being custodians                       of language and knowledge?
             

Master Harold and the Boys

Here are the videos for "Master Harold and the Boys".  Each section is 15 minutes long.   Please finish viewing these clips by Friday, April 19th.   You will have to respond to two of the questions below.   (these questions are from Ms. Butler's class  in Springfield, PA.  Go Cougars!

Master Harold Part 1

Master Harold Part 2

Master Harold Part 3

Master Harold Part 4

Master Harold Part 5

Master Harold Part 6

1.  How is Hally’s character shaped by his father’s inadequacies and imperfections?  In what sense is he his father’s son?  In what sense does he try to compensate for his father’s shortcomings?

2.  In what ways is the relationship between Hally and Sam like and unlike a father-son relationship?

3.  The play uses a personal relationship to make a statement about a social and political situation. In what respect can it be seen as also using political tensions to make a point about personal relationships?

4.  Is the background of apartheid in South African social and cultural mores/society essential to the play, or could you imagine other settings and contexts in which Sam might be vulnerable to Hally’s mistreatment?  Do you think the play is ‘dated’ now that apartheid has been abolished?

5.  Is Sam’s failure to react with violence realistic?  What their options are available to him?

6.  What is Willie’s function in the play?  Does his presence affect the dynamics between Hally and Sam?  Does it give the audience any essential information about the other two characters?  How would the play be different without him?

7.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of the play’s focusing only on three characters and using a single setting?  What could Fugard have gained by showing Hally, Sam and Willie in other contexts?  By having them interact with other characters?

8.  Is the play’s ending hopeful?  Pessimistic?  Cynical?  How do you think the playwright could have improved the ending?  What were you still left wondering?

9.  Hally seems obsessed with past events.  What comment do you think Fugard is making through Hally about the past and its impact on the present?

10.  What do Sam and Hally learn during the course of the play?  How do you think this knowledge might affect their future lives?

11.  How does Master Harold deal with the following:

Ø  Intense relationships and the impediments to them

Ø  Happy memories giving way to the recovery of the past through vivid recreation

Ø  Important offstage characters precipitating onstage action

Ø  Hopes and dreams entertained, then shattered