Introduction
30 process points!!! Read these directions ....
1. Get out a piece of paper, so you can begin your quest for information on Shakespeare's MACBETH and LITERARY ELEMENTS in the play.
2. Completing this webquest will help you learn information for your SEMESTER EXAM !!
3. Write your name, and write all your answers on a piece of notebook paper
4. Turn it in at the end of class for some PROCESS POINTS ! Or, if you need more time, take it with you and finish by Friday's class. Be prepared to turn it in. There won't be additional time on Friday during class, but you can finish it at home if you need to tonight.
THANKS, STUDENTS !!
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Task
TASK 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/macbeth.shtml
Read the brief article,“The True Story of Macbeth.” Write your answers to the questions on a piece of paper.
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When was Mac Bethad mac Findláich, known in English as Macbeth born?
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What country did Mac Bethad mac Findláich, known in English as Macbeth rule?
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How did Mac Bethad mac Findláich, known in English as Macbeth take the throne?
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What religion did King Macbeth promote?
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What kind of a King was Macbeth? (How did he rule?)
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How did King Macbeth die?
TASK 2
Scroll down to the section about Macbeth - you'll be looking for symbolism.
7. When darkness occurs in the play, what does it mean is going to happen?
8. What does light represent in the play?
9. What does imagined blood begin to represent for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?
10. Dead children are symbols in Macbeth. Why is Macbeth fixated on not letting the children of his enemies live?
TASK 3
http://paradoxoftheday.com/6-paradoxes-in-macbeth-a-study-guide/
11. What does the author say really stands out in Macbeth? (second paragraph) Write the direct quote that will answer the question.
12. Paradox 1 from the witches - “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” - what is this paradox claiming about words and actions?
13. How does “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” set the tone for the rest of the play? (Tone is the feeling created by the language of the play for the reader. What could readers expect to happen in the play?)
TASK 4
https://penandthepad.com/differences-between-monologue-soliloquy-8353295.html
SCROLL DOWN to find the answers about MONOLOGUE?
14. What does the Latin root MONO mean?
15. What does the Latin root LOGUE mean?
16. What is the definition of a DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE?
17. What is the definition of a SOLILOQUY in drama?
TASK 5
http://www.lcurve.org/writings/Tragedy.htm
Scroll past the italicized portion at the top to the content paragraphs. Read the first five paragraphs.
18. "A Shakespearean tragedy is a __________ act play ending in the _______________ of most of the major _____________________."
19. What is the great paradox of disappointment according to the author, David Chandler? (Paragraph two)
20. In each of Shakespeare's plays the tragic hero is of what gender?
21. The protagonist (the story's main character/hero) is said to be portrayed how? as a ___________________ _______________________ ______________________.
22. The trait of _____________________________ is found in Macbeth.
23. Each play contains an element of hope that is _____________________ or ambition that is frustrated. Here is the acting out of the disappointment paradox. Macbeth is the most straightforward example. Macbeth murders Duncan with the assurance of _____________ __________________. He then enters battle with what again seems to be positive assurance. Only when it is too late does he realize that he is being led to his _____________________________.
TASK 6
https://macbeth1516dblock.wordpress.com/the-porter/
24. WRITE DOWN THIS DEFINITION - Comic Relief happens in Shakespeare's plays when scene or passage inserted into a serious work, used to provide relief from tension, or the further heightening of tension.
25. What character provides COMIC RELIEF during the play, Macbeth?
26. In Macbeth, what happened right before the scene where the Porter came in?
27. On a more serious side, the Porter’s __________________ state gives rise to one of the second act’s main metaphors – the house of Macbeth as the gates of __________________. The Porter’s soliloquy contains satanic images, and he views himself as _____________________________.
TASK 7
https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Macbeths-Tragic-Flaw-PKJWAYYVJ
28. What does the author say is Macbeth's main tragic Flaw? _____________ And what does Macbeth's tragic flaw ultimately lead to? His ______________________________ and ultimate _______________ .
29. Macbeth is introduced as what kind of guy in the beginning of the play? (How do the people mainly feel about him?)
TASK 8
http://www.k12reader.com/term/aside/ (Paragraph one)
30. What is an ASIDE (in drama) and why are ASIDES necessary and important in drama?