DATE:
BLOCK:
Friday, March 27, 2015
1 (AP Lit & Comp)
WORK COLLECTED/CHECKED/DUE:
1. Class Participation #8 (10 points)
2. Daily Edits Set #8 (5 points)
3. Question of the Day sheet for the week of March 23, 2015 (25 points)
CLASSWORK:
1. Because everyone is doing so well and we’ve been having great conversations about
the play, the multiple-choice portion of the test will be on the TUESDAY we get back
from break (and it will count on Q3). The essay will either be a take-home essay or it
will be done in class on Wednesday or Thursday after we get back.
2. Question of the Day sheet for the week of March 23, 2015 (#58)
 List ONE of the second round of predictions
3. Daily Edits Set #8 , sentence #5 (#60)
 Pronoun-antecedent agreement: singular pronouns go with singular nouns, and
plural pronouns go with plural nouns
 “Everyone,” “everybody,” “someone,” and “somebody” are ALL singular words
 “None of us are going to the party tonight.”
 “None” is a contraction for “Not one”
 “us” is NOT the subject of the sentence, as it is the object of the preposition
“of.”
 Therefore, this sentence is WRONG.
 “None of us is going to the party tonight.”
4. Macbeth performances
 I.i (three witches: Rebecca, Mark, and Julia M)
 I.ii.1-78 (Emily as Duncan, Paige as Malcolm, Mr. Reiff as Captain, Danielle as
Lennox, and Katie as Ross)
 I.iii.1-92 (First Witch, Second Witch, Third Witch, Mr. Reiff as Macbeth, and
Meagan as Banquo)
 I.v.1-86 (Abbey as Lady Macbeth (soliloquy), Messenger, and Macbeth)
 I.vi (Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macbeth): not performed
 I.vii.1-96 (Mr. Reiff as Macbeth and Abbey as Lady Macbeth
 II.iii.1-172 (DVD of the Porter Scene!) (Porter, Macduff, Macbeth, Lennox, Lady
Macbeth, Banquo, Malcolm, and Donalbain)
 III.i.1-162 (Mr. Reiff as Macbeth, Abbey as Lady Macbeth, Meagan as
Banquo, Jake S as First Murderer, and Jake W as Second Murderer
 III.ii.1-63 (Abbey as Lady Macbeth, Servant, Mr. Reiff as Macbeth)
 III.iii.1-33 (First Murderer, Second Murderer, Third Murderer, and Banquo) (not
performed but viewed)
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Handout of Polanski version of III.iv.1-176 (#61) (Macbeth, Joe as First
Murderer, Abbey as Lady Macbeth, and Jamila as Guest, Ross, Lennox, AND
Lords)
 Motifs
 Meet with your GLAMIS partner for 20 minutes and identify as many
motifs as you can from III.iv (NOTE: Line numbers are not exact, as they
refer to line numbers from a different publication of Macbeth)
 In addition, examine III.iv.23-27: to what is Macbeth comparing
himself (cabined, cribbed, confined, and bound). In other words, what
is the metaphor?
 Appearances can be deceiving: 108-111 (the toast)
 Blood equals Guilt: 91-99 (people used to stay dead) and 168-170
 Darkness
 Sleeplessness: 173 (you’re acting this way because you haven’t slept)
 Masculinity vs. Femininity
 Blood equals guilt:
 III.iv.168-170: Starred Quotation #15. This one is HUGE!! In a
wonderful piece of imagery, Macbeth imagines himself in an ocean of
blood. Imagine Mr. Reiff standing in the middle of the classroom and
the classroom is filled with blood. Macbeth is saying that the
beginning of this ordeal (battlefield, witches, Thane of Cawdor,
murder of Duncan, ascension to king, and murder of Banquo) is as far
away from him as his ultimate goal (which he’s going to find out from
the witches when he goes to see them the next day).
 Ambition
 III.iv.164-168: Macbeth decides that he MUST speak with the witches
and that they MUST tell him what’s going to happen to him
 In addition, examine III.iv.23-27: to what is Macbeth comparing himself
(cabined, cribbed, confined, and bound). In other words, what is the
metaphor?
 Good answers: baby (helpless), prisoner (trapped), slave (not in
control, as FATE is pulling the strings)
 Macbeth is comparing himself to the bear being attacked by the dogs
 Morgan Druce S13 AP: “Much like the bear, Macbeth is
entertainment for the witches.”
 Who are the dogs? Everyone who is a threat (Macduff, Fleance,
Malcolm, Donalbain, Macbeth’s guilty conscience, and Lady
Macbeth)
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III.v.1-36 (First Witch, Hecate) (discussed)
 III.v.15 Acheron is a river in hell
 This scene rhymes the whole time. However, Shakespeare used rhyme to
indicate something important or to indicate the end of a scene. This whole
scene is not important. What could that mean?
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Scholars believe that Shakespeare did NOT write this. Remember, his plays
were published AFTER his death. Many different versions of his plays exist.
This scene was probably added in order to make the play even more enjoyable
(remember: the common people and the King LOVED witches!!!)
III.vi.1-56 (Lennox, Lord)
 Lennox is being sarcastic! He doesn’t really believe this stuff!
 Banquo was out too late so he deserved to die. It’s like the people who say
that a woman should have expected to be raped because she was out late alone
or because she was wearing a sexy outfit
 Lennox is the first person to have suspicions of Macbeth
 Macduff went to England to see Malcolm and the King of England. Macduff
is going to ask for help to take out Macbeth
5. Macbeth Act IV prompt
 Meet with your DUNSINANE partner and discuss only the second question.
 Images of blood from the play
 Report from bloody captain about Macbeth on the battlefield
 The bloody dagger that leads Macbeth to Duncan’s chambers
 Macbeth brings bloody daggers back with him
 All the blood in Neptune’s oceans
 Lady Macbeth’s hands
 Blood smeared on guards
 Macbeth kills the guards
 Murder of Banquo
 Blood on faces of murderers who killed Banquo
 Banquo’s ghost
 Macbeth in blood so deep that it would be the same distance to return as it
would be to finish it
 “It is so real that we see, feel, and smell it on everything. And it sticks.”
 Agree:
 Blood is a character in the play (Reiff)
 Emphasizes something important (the severity of the situation)
 Kills cousin and friend (the GUILT sticks)
 Lessens the importance of murder (sickening!). Murder as the only
solution
 Sickening to those AROUND Macbeth (like Lennox)
 Don’t WANT to believe that all of this comes from one person
 Macbeth and his guilt
 It’s in almost EVERY scene
 Abundance of blood (even on the hands) and the imagery
 Blood follows Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Caitlin Ball)
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Disagree:
 DESENSITIZED!!! (Jeff Hosan with the three gold stars)
 Students who did NOT agree with this statement might have been
DESENSITIZED by all of the horror films and video games on the
market! Things like “Grand Theft Auto,” “Bully,” Hostel, and Saw.
 It’s not completely described
 More of a symbol or motif for guilt
 A lot of it happens off-stage
 In Shakespeare’s time, this was bloody
Why do you think Shakespeare made this play so bloody? [not discussed;
notes from previous sections of the course]
 Blood provokes interest (keeps people entertained)
 Supernatural (witches): blood makes it realistic
 Shakespeare wanted to make the statement that power can be deadly. To
get to the top, people are going to be hurt along the way.
 Wanted to make it more of a show for King James
 Going for historical accuracy
 Wouldn’t be interesting if audience didn’t have to think about it. Blood
represents meaning behind actions (guilt, betrayal, etc.)
 Used blood to show his disgust for politics; shaking his head in
amazement
 To show the power of guilty conscience and sins
6. Macbeth: “The Lair Witch Scene”
 Students watched the scene once
 Images after Macbeth drinks from the chalice [includes notes from previous
sections of the course]
 Mirrors (first held by Banquo): Fleance and Banquo’s descendants will STILL
become king
 Sees himself: Beware Macduff (Thane of Fife)
 Banquo with ax in back: blood guilt OR Banquo’s out of the way!
 Macbeth’s head: Macduff’s plan for defeating Macbeth?
 Baby’s birth: turns into little boy, then a knight, then Macbeth? Signifies
Macbeth’s rebirth? The birth could also mean that Lady Macbeth will have a
child. After the baby is born, there is an old lady. One of the witches?
 A child in armor: maybe Macbeth?
 Malcolm and Donalbain (Duncan’s sons): Birnam Wood prediction. Well,
THAT’S unlikely!
7. Act IV Starred Quotations (#52) (the second round of predictions)
 Beware Macduff
 No man born of woman shall harm Macbeth
 Macbeth will not be defeated until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane
8. Macbeth performances
 IV.ii (discussed, not shown or performed) Lady Macduff, Ross, Son, Messenger,
First Murderer
 IV.ii.11-13 Masculinity vs. Femininity: Lady Macduff questions Macduff’s
manhood for having left her and their children alone. Even smallest bird
fights back against owl when owl attacks bird’s nest!
 First Murderer: Macbeth sent murderers to take out Macduff and everyone at
his castle. Macbeth’s AMBITION drives him to this!
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IV.iii (not performed, but shown)
 Malcolm, Macduff, Doctor, Ross
 Malcolm tests Macduff’s loyalty
 King of England offers 10,000 soldiers to fight against Macbeth
 Ross informs Macduff that Macduff’s wife and children were slaughtered
 Malcolm tells Macduff to use his anger in the fight against Macbeth
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Act V roles:
 Julian as Doctor
 Julia B as Gentlewoman
 Reiff as Lady Macbeth
 Joe as Menteith
 Gabrielle as Angus
 Steph as Caithness
 Kevin as Lennox
 Seul as Servant, Soldiers, Messenger
 Meagan as Seyton and Siward
 Mark as Young Siward
 Katie as Ross
 Jake Savitz as Macduff
 Paige as Malcolm
 Macbeth (Mr. Reiff)
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V.i.1-84
 Doctor, Gentlewoman, Lady Macbeth
 IV.i.36-42: Blood equals guilt
 V.i: Sleeplessness
 V.i.24-25 Darkness
 V.i.53-55 Blood equals guilt
 Personalities switched
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V.ii.1-37
 Menteith, Angus, Caithness, Lennox
 V.ii.23-25: The THIRD mention of Macbeth’s “loose-fitting robes”: he’s
not FIT to be king!
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V.iii.1-76
 Macbeth, Servant, Seyton, Doctor
 V.iii.46-48 Sleeplessness
 Macbeth is undecided about how to act
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V.iv.1-27
 Malcolm, Menteith, Siward, Soldiers, Macduff
 Soldiers are marching against Macbeth…using large branches from the
trees of Birnam Wood to camouflage their numbers!!
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V.v.1-59
 Macbeth, Seyton, Messenger
 V.v.11-17: “I have almost forgot the taste of fears. The time has been, my
senses would have cooled to hear a night-shriek, and my fell of hair would
at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were in ‘t. I have supped full with
horrors; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts cannot once start
me.”
 V.v.22-31 “tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow”
 V.v.55: Darkness

Nikki Finnochio S10 Block Three: “He’s become…DENSITIZED!”
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V.vi.1-11
 Malcolm, Siward, Macduff
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V.vii.1-36
 Macbeth, Young Siward, Macduff, Siward, Malcolm
 V.vii.1-4: Think about the movie version we’ve been watching. Prior to
the murderers reporting the killing of Banquo, audience sees a bear
trapped in a cage. Macbeth likens himself to that bear: trapped, yet
dangerous.
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V.viii.1-88
 Macbeth, Macduff, Malcolm, Siward, Ross
 Macduff is victorious
 Malcolm is crowned king and gives his “inauguration speech,” unifying
the country
HANDOUTS/NOTEBOOK UPDATE:
1. Sample AP exam (#5)
2. Method to the Madness of Metaphors (#47)
3. Elements of a Sonnet (#48)
4. Sonnet 18 (#49)
5. Sonnet I (#50)
6. Macbeth Study Guide (#55)
7. Tone (#56)
8. Macbeth tragedy, internal conflict, and other important items (#57)
9. Question of the Day sheet for the week of March 23, 2015 (#58)
10. Daily Edits Set #7 review paragraph (#59)
11. Daily Edits Set #8 (#60)
12. Handout of Polanski version of III.iv.1-176 (#61)
ASSIGNMENTS/REMINDERS:
1. Monday, March 23, 2015 through Friday, April 10, 2015: Standardized mid-term
window
2. Tuesday, April 7, 2015: First day back from spring break
3. Tuesday, April 7, 2015: multiple-choice section of Macbeth test. Will count on Q3
and be recorded in PowerSchool as 3/27/15. Essay will be in class on the 8th or 9th, or
it will be a take-home essay
4. Friday, April 10, 2015: Rockin’ the Schoolhouse show in HHS auditorium at 7:00
PM
5. Friday, May 1, 2015: Act 80 day (students out at 11:00 AM). Senior Prom night.
6. Monday, May 4, 2015: Surrrrrrrrrrre, you’ll be here.
7. Monday, May 4, 2015 through Friday, May 15, 2015: AP testing window
8. Wednesday, May 6, 2015: English Literature & Composition AP exam (morning
session)
9. Monday, May 11, 2015 through Friday, May 22, 2015: Standardized Quiz #2 window
10. Wednesday, May 13, 2015 through Wednesday, May 27, 2015: Keystone Testing
window
11. Tuesday, May 19, 2015: No school (in-service day for teachers)
12. Friday, May 22, 2015: Final deadline for SLO essay revisions (more details later)
13. Monday, May 25, 2015: No school (Memorial Day)
14. Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 1 & 2 (regular school day)
15. Thursday, June 4, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 3 & 4 (regular school day)
16. Monday, June 8, 2015: Graduation at Villanova at 7:30 PM!