Macbeth

Presenter: Lori Peters

Macbeth

Unit Guiding Questions: Does self-fulfilling prophecy exist? Are there degrees? In what ways is killing different from murder? Are culpability and guilt correlative to a crime?

Goals: In what ways was Macbeth relevant to the Elizabethan society? View the text through a historical lens. In what way has the text endured? Create a modern perspective. What linguistic techniques can make the reading easier? Exercise through language and syntax. What guiding questions can help to comprehend through a critical lens? Engage in character and plot based analysis. What gender specific questions can help us to understand the text? Overview of feminist theory. What psychological questions and personality theories can help us to understand the text? Overview of psychoanalytic theory.

Unit Activities Before Reading:

Study Guide and Short Answer Responses:

In class: Culpability Report A Dish for Shakespearese from Enotes: http://www.enotes.com/macbeth/reading-shakespeare#sentences I use these main points and work random warmups from it...

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