Blog 14: The MacBeths

Act I, scenes vi & vii; Act II, scenes i & ii - The Macbeths

Pretend that you are a marriage counselor and that the Macbeths have sought your advice.

1. What problems do you think they have in their relationship,and what solutions do you propose?

2. Write out a list of steps they could take to prevent any more marriage problems.

In their relationship, they should firstly removed the pressure they have on one another. Lady Macbeth should not intimidate her husband into doing terrible things so that she can move up in social statuses.

A list would include compassion, consideration, and seeing therapists to realize killing kings is not a healthy lifestyle.

Blog 13: Why Shakespeare and Macbeth?

1. React to the documentary, Why Shakespeare?, from class. What surprised you the most/ least in the actors' discussions? State one lingering question about Shakespeare you have.
I was surprised most by the actors forgetting their lines. I was least surprised by the teenagers leaving gangs for acting.

2. Shakespeare: Life, Times, and Works. Research these three areas of Shakespeare's life. Use shakespeare.palomar.edu to help you. Three paragraph requirement.
Shakespeare was born in 1564. He passed away on his birthday in 1616. He named one of his children Hamnet. Hamnet passed away at age eleven. His other children were Susanna and Judith. Hamnet and Judith were twins. At age eighteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. She was a much older woman.

During this time, women were not allowed to act. Younger men would play the women in the plays. Also, the groundlings were the poorer citizens who would stand on the ground in order to watch the shows in the Globe. The wealthier audience members had seats in the balcony areas. There was no roof over the globe theater, so when it rained the stage got rained on as well.

Shakespeare wrote three types of genres: tragedies,comedies, and dramas. He has done "38 plays,^[c] 154 sonnets, two longnarrative poems, and several other poems" (Wikipedia). Some of his most famous works are "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "A Midsummer's Night Dream," "Julius Caesar," and "The Taming of the Shrew." The latter has been maid into a modern-themed movie called "Ten Things I Hate About You."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare

3. Construct a list of the characters in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Be sure to include a short description for each character. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth#Characters

Duncan – King of Scotland Malcolm – Duncan's eldest son Donalbain – Duncan's youngest son Macbeth – A general in the army of King Duncan, originally Thaneof Glamis, then Thane of Cawdor and later King of Scotland Lady Macbeth – Macbeth's wife, and later Queen of Scotland Banquo – Macbeth's friend and a general in the army of King Duncan Fleance – Banquo's son Macduff – The Thane of Fife Lady Macduff – Macduff's wife Macduff's son

Ross, Lennox, Angus, Menteith, Caithness – Scottish Thanes Siward – Earl of Northumberland, General of the English forces Young Siward – Siward's son Seyton – Macbeth's servant and attendant Hecate – Chief witch/Goddess of Witchcraft Three Witches Three Murderers Porter (or Messenger) – Gatekeeper at Macbeth's home Scottish Doctor – Lady Macbeth's doctor The Gentlewoman : Lady Macbeth's caretaker

Blog 12: Magnet Poetry

Use a creative word scramble/ magnet word website [see below] to put together your own poem! Challenge yourself to use three poetic devices, such as metaphor, imagery, etc., in its construction. This poem should be at least ten lines in length, and you should feel free to add additional words, appropriate for school writing, to the mix! Retype your finished product into a blog posting on your own blog.

Have fun creating your magnet poetry!!!! Students will be asked to share their work in Monday's class.

See through glass

Suffer her rhythm

Song of masterpiece

Metal metaphor perform

Mad sculpture shimmer

Dry stroke subject

Would question miasma

Young hear and try to ink

There is nothing to say.

Just watch. Just listen.