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This week we will be reading Act 4 of Macbeth.  Below are the week’s activities.

Remember the Zoom meeting on Tuesday at 10:30 if you would like to ask questions.

May 12 is the last day to submit classwork for seniors.

Act V   RESOLUTION

NOTE: There are many study guides that you may access free online. I would highly recommend that you find a brief summary of each act and preview it before you read or watch the video. That way you will know what is happening.

1. Read Act 5

Folger Digital Text

Full text of the play   https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/html/Mac.html

2. Watch Act 5 Video  

Video   Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts     Stage Production

Video Act 5   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMFhGqpOBto&t=34s

3. Email a response to this question by Thursday.

Explore how Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s evil deeds result in negative emotional and physical consequences.

This week we will be reading Act 4 of Macbeth.  Below are the week’s activities.

Remember the Zoom meeting on Tuesday at 10:30 if you would like to ask questions.

May 12 is the last day to submit classwork for seniors.

Act IV FALLING ACTION

NOTE: There are many study guides that you may access free online. I would highly recommend that you find a brief summary of each act and preview it before you read or watch the video. That way you will know what is happening.

1. Read Act 4

Folger Digital Text

Full text of the play   https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/html/Mac.html

2. Watch Act 4 Video  

Video   Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts     Stage Production

Video Act IV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTdNttx6Kaw&t=103s

3. Email a response to this question by Thursday.

What evidence does Shakespeare provide in this act that Macbeth is a tyrant? Be specific and support your response with appropriate references from the text.

This week we will be reading Act 3 of Macbeth.  Below are the week’s activities.

Remember the Zoom meeting on Tuesday at 10:30.

Act III   CLIMAX

NOTE: There are many study guides that you may access free online. I would highly recommend that you find a brief summary of each act and preview it before you read or watch the video. That way you will know what is happening.

1. Read Act 3

Folger Digital Text

Full text of the play   https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/html/Mac.html

2. Watch Act 3 Video  

Video   Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts     Stage Production

Video Act III  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hckmQgkRE1w

3. Email a response to this question by Thursday.

What are some typical human responses to guilt?  Try to list as many as you can think of. How do we typically deal with this emotion? What responses to guilt do we see manifesting in the behavior of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth? How is each character individually dealing with or processing this emotion?

This week we will read Act 2 of Macbeth.  Below are the week’s activities.

Act II   RISING ACTION

NOTE: There are many study guides that you may access free online. I would highly recommend that you find a brief summary of each act and preview it before you read or watch the video. That way you will know what is happening.

1. Read Act 2

Folger Digital Text

Full text of the play   https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/html/Mac.html

2. Watch Act 2 Video  

Video   Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts     Stage Production

Video Act II     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z35Ir1MEE4

3. Email a response to this question by Thursday.

In many Shakespearean plays, one violent act or crime leads to others. In Act 2 of Macbeth, how does the initial act of violence against King Duncan result in more violence or crime?

April 3, 2020

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