Wednesday March 11 - Macbeth Act 2

Objective: Analyze interpret and evaluate how authors use elements of fiction to effectively communicate an idea or concept.

L.F.1.1.3

Explain / evaluate theme in a variety of fiction. L.F2.3.4

DO NOW - write down in notebooks

A SYMBOL = a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

Motif - a distinctive feature or dominant idea in a literary work (similar to a symbol except a symbol is usually a tangible "thing" and a motif can be an "idea.")

Direct Instruction

Emojis as symbols

Motifs introduced in Act 2, Scene 2 -

Lack of Sleep

Blood on Hands

Both symbolize the theme of GUILT.

Guided Instruction

FOR "A" day - finish ACT 1.....
Read together ACT 2 - scenes 1-2

View film through Act 2

review macbeth

Independent

Answer these questions in your notebooks.

1. Page 35 - "Look like the innocent flower, but be like the snake that hides underneath the flower." What does Lady Macbeth mean when she uses this simile?

2. Page 41 - List three reasons Macbeth thinks that he should NOT kill King Duncan.

3. Use page 45 to describe the type of woman Lady Macbeth is. Provide textual evidence.

4. Lack of sleep is a symbol of guilt. Find evidence on page 59.

5. "Blood on hands" is also a symbol of guilt. Explain and provide two examples from the text (pages 59 and 61).

6. What is Lady Macbeth's excuse for not killing the King herself? (page 55).

7. How does Lady Macbeth intend to get away with murder? (pages 45 and 47)

8. Describe Lady Macbeth's style of arguing with her husband. Why is she effective in getting what she wants?