Journal Prompt: Find three words in the play and consider how that play would be radically different if they were changed. Explain what words that you would change and specifically explain what this would change within the plot of the play. 1 page
I assigned the Macbeth Final Projects:
1.Macbeth Part II: Shakespeare, like many good storyteller’s
sometimes left a spot for a sequel.
Please write the sequel in script form to Macbeth. Min. 3-4 pages. Must include examples of: Personification, simile, metaphor, reverse
words/sent./thought. You must deal with
the loose ends as the basis for the sequel.
2.Essay: Think of some of the core themes in the play:
power, loyalty, morality, tyranny, fate or any other theme of your own
creation. In a five paragraph essay,
explain how one of these themes is demonstrated in the play and how it serves
the writer’s purpose in including it. You
must support your writing by backing up your observations and statements with
textual evidence.
3. Movie: Think of a different setting for the plot
line of Macbeth: the Old West,
Chicago/NY/Boston gangland, Appalachian backwoods, California surfers, Star
Wars. Take a scene from the play and
rewrite it to fit the modern context, supplying character/directors notes as
well as blocking. This will then be
filmed and edited into a short movie. Your
modern characters and their setting should reflect similar traits/themes that
were found in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (lust
for power, manipulative lords, fiefdoms, treachery, brutality ect.). You may use comedy for this.
4. Art: Pick an “epic” moment from the play (the
witches approaching Macbeth, the apparitions, Macbeth’s death, Banquo’s ghost)
and create an artistic representation of the scene. The artistic representation must show serious
effort. Some past ideas: interpretive dance,
an oil painting, or a mural.
5. Graphic Novel: Create a graphic comic depicting an entire
scene from the play. This must be done in color and contain at
least twelve frames. Conversation
bubbles must be used to contain quotes from the play and you must supply your
own commentary in text boxes to explain what is going on in your comic strips. This will be graded on how well your graphic
novel follows the story, and your effort.
6. Traditional essay test. You may use all notes on this.
We finished notes on act IV
We read Act V, sc 1-3.
We took a quiz on the Shakespeare language terms.
I gave out permission forms for anyone that would like to see real live Shakespeare. Please see me if you need a form.
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