Alina Geng #7-9 1/9/2018

Aim: How does Act III, scenes iv and v function as essential plot movement to structure Macbeth's ultimate fate?

Do Now: Who, When and Why

1. If it were done when 'tis done, then 'tower well/ It were done quickly.

A. Macbeth's soliloquy before killing Duncan, double guessing himself. He says Duncan is a good king who was loved by his people. There is no reason to kill Duncan besides his own ambition

B. Act 1 Scene 7

2. Fair is Foul, and foul is Fair

a. The witches discussing the Macbeth's prophecy. This introduced the whole theme of the play.

b. Act 1 Scene 1

3. The raven himself is hoarse

a. Lady Macbeth's soliloquy after hearing of Macbeth's prophecy. She calls on evil spirits to give her       masculinity and cruelty to kill Duncan.

b. Act 1 Scene 5

4. Macbeth killed sleep; the innocent sleep 

a. Macbeth, while he was hallucinating. He is unable to sleep due to his guilt of killing Duncan.

b. Act 2 Scene 2

1. And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ The instruments of darkness tell us  truths,/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray's

a. Banquo, telling Macbeth to be cautious with the prophecy. The witches only told him part of the prophecy. Macbeth was carried away with the possibility of being King. 

b. Act 1 Scene 3

1. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, truths

a. Macbeth, calling Lady Macbeth a "chicken." This is a departure from the former Macbeth who was feminine and doubtful. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth switched gender roles. This is a dynamic character shift and an example of a paralipsis.

b. Act 3 Scene 3

Literary Elements:

- Symbolism: Symbol to represent a greater idea 

- Pathetic Fallacy: Form of personification where human emotion is attributed to inanimate objects. Nature responding to events in the play. 

- Paralipsis: To draw attention by claiming it is unimportant

- Juxtapose: To compare two things

- Aside: When a character is either talking to just themselves or a specific character

- Soliloquy: A long speech given by a character 

- Theme: A central idea that the whole work is based around

- Round Character: A character that is well developed

- Flat Character: A character that is not well developed (generic, stereotypical)

- Dynamic Character: A character that goes through some change 

- Static Character: A character that stays the same throughout the story

- Motif: A re-occurring symbol (dagger, conch, blood, milk)

Significance of the following Factors:

- The Dagger: Symbol of his motivation (he wants to kill Duncan)

- Sleep: Innocence, mini-death (He can't sleep because of guilt)

- Gender Roles: Lady Macbeth says she wants to be unsexed for the harshness and cruelty associated with masculinity. She says Macbeth is more feminine because he's too full of the milk of human kindness. Their gender roles are reversed later

- The Supernatural: The number three, cults, pathetic fallacy

- Divine Right: Duncan had the right to the throne because of god. Macbeth had to kill Duncan so he did not have a right to the throne. 

- Unchecked Ambition: Macbeth does everything he can to be king. He kills everyone in his way like Duncan, his guards and Banquo   

- Promises: To show how far Lady Macbeth will go to get her way 

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