The text of Macbeth
Should you miss a lesson where the play is read, or if you would like to go back and re-read sections of the play, you are encouraged to use these two sources. There is a No Fear Shakespeare version of the play online which includes a somewhat over-simplified modern English version and then there’s a great Shakespeare resource that offers you an annotated complete text.
Macbeth Timeline
We’ve finally started reading Macbeth – and with it comes this simple tracking task of noting down key characters and events so we can keep our heads straight as events get more complicated. Here’s todays example, which everyone will follow as we read – and which we will be able to add more detailed information to later.
RESEARCH: Macbeth and Jacobean England
To fully appreciate Macbeth, we need to make sure we understand the context of the play. This means looking into society at the time Shakespeare was writing and performing in this play, as well as any historical references it might contain. Today we explored a few possible research questions to pursue. It was interesting to note that some of the questions were able to be answered easily with an internet search, whereas others required...
MACBETH: Personification
As part of the introduction to our Year 8 Macbeth Study, we’re looking, in acute detail, at some small excerpts from the main play. Before we start reading – before we know the plot – we’re putting the microscope on the language of Shakespeare and what this might reveal. My proposition with this presentation is that Shakespeare has Macbeth use personification to reveal the extent to which Macbeth is blaming...
Is this a dagger I see?
Macbeth by William Shakespeare After exploring Macbeth and the sound of the language today, your next task is to translate your assigned lines into modern English. We will combine these translations next period to explore further what effects Shakespeare was trying to achieve and to give us some clues to the whole play. A copy of the text is attached. Download (PDF,...
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