MACBETH IMAGE TRACE
STEP 1 – CHOOSE an image to find examples of throughout the play:
Blood
Clothing
Animals
Sickness and Medicine
Sleep
Stars and Heavenly Bodies
STEP 2 – Find 2 quotes per act which use this image and record them, including the Act
and scene
STEP 3 – Make a booklet, poster etc.
In your booklet, you will have
a. The quote: “It is the East and Juliet is the sun” ( Act 2, scene 3)
b. An illustration : A sun rising
c. An explanation of the symbolic meaning of the image: Sun = the centre of
Romeo’s universe.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO TRANSLATE THE QUOTE.
THE QUALITY OF YOUR BOOKLET WILL BE EVALUATED AS WELL AS THE
CONTENT. NEATNESS AND AESTHETIC APPEAL ARE PARAMOUNT.
MARKING RUBRIC:
1
2
Quotes
Fewer than 4 Quotes missing
quotes
and not at all
relevant to
imagery
Illustrations
Image as
symbol
3
Not all 10
quotes
present and
some not
clear
examples of
imagery
A visual
Some
Illustrations
mess
illustrations do
relate to
Questionable not relate to
quote but
relationship imagery
could be
to quote
Lacks neatness
neater
Translation
Gross
Some
not symbolic misunderstanding images
meaning
of symbolic
incorrectly
meaning
explained
4
All quotes
present but
some
quotes are
not clear
examples
of imagery
Neat and
relevant
5
Excellent
quotes
which
clearly
indicate
imagery
General
and lacks
precision.
Corrected
and
precisely
identified
Eye candy