Thursday & Friday - ANALYSIS of Lady Macbeth

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Write a short paragraph about one of the themes of Macbeth (your choice). Evaluate how that theme carried through the drama. 

Direct Instruction

Lady Macbeth - PTSD? OCD? 

lady macbeth - descent into insanity


GUIDED / Independent

You can work in pairs for the following assignment. 

Lady Macbeth descends rapidly into madness after the murder of Duncan. She is overcome with guilt not only from the murder, but for creating the monster that Macbeth has become. 
Lady Macbeth shows symptoms of:
1. Sleepwalking 
2. PTSD 
3. OCD
USE the handout to complete the graphic organizer. Most, if not all of your evidence can be found in Act 5, scene 1.


On the back of the graphic organizer, in prose form, evaluate Lady Macbeth and her descent into madness. 

You can start by explaining how she was in the beginning of the play ( manipulative, ruthless, etc) and show her descent by Act 5 scene 1 due to her guilt).
(evaluate means you should analyze but also provide your opinion. So tell me what you think of her after you analyze her behavior).



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