MACBETH SCHEDULE ACT i Together ACT ii Small

MACBETH SCHEDULE ACT i: Together ACT ii: Small groups *Act I-II Quiz & Journal Entry ACT iii: Listen to recording ACT iv: Comic book (*& partially summarized) ACT v: Performed *Act III-V Journal Entry

Shakespeare & The Renaissance

The Life of Bill ~ April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616 ~

The Life of Bill: Family PARENTS: Understood all walks of life and social classes - Father was a glover and a leather merchant, mother was a land heiress, which put them in the working class, but with benefits and respect. FAMILY: ○ Married Anne Hathaway in 1582. (He was 18 while she was 26 and pregnant) ○ 3 kids: Susanna & twins – Hamnet and Judith

The Life of Bill: Career ACTING CAREER: 1594 – actor, writer, and a managing partner for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men’s Company

The Life of Bill: Works Wrote 154 sonnets, 2 epic narratives, and 38 plays including: Comedies: 12 th Night, Measure for Measure, Taming of the Shrew Histories: Henry’s and Richard’s Tragedies: Hamlet, King Lear, Othello Late Romances: Tempest

The Life of Bill: Language Known for prose, witty poetry, and blank verse No dictionaries or grammar books = learned from other educated writers Credited with introducing 3, 000+ words/phrases into the language: EXAMPLES: Bedroom, dawn, gossip, gloomy, fashionable, bump, cold-blooded, Break the ice, breathed his last, dog will have his day, good-riddance, sent packing, seen better days, heart of gold

The Life of Bill: Language Only one generation from what we speak today OTHER HINT: Reading Hints: Thee/Thou = you Thy/Thine = your Art = Are T’is = it is Alas = unfortunately Don’t pronounce the apostrophe at the end of words; apostrophes are for other vowels Ex. cat I’ th’ adage = cat in the adage

The Life of Bill: Language The only thing that is different from modern time is the WORD ORDER in which the characters speak. For example: ○ YODA: “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by size, do you? ” ○ TRANSLATION: “Size doesn’t matter. Do you judge me by size? DON’T STRESS…WE will work on this specifically before we start reading!

PG. 4 IN PACKET The Globe Theater:

The Globe Theater: History ○ 1576 – Known as “The Theater” - 1594 – closed briefly for the plague… ugh. ○ 1599 – Tore down and drug across the Thames river after a legal dispute. ○ 1613 – Burnt down from a fire started by a canon shot during a Henry VIII performance.

The Globe Theater: History ○ 1642 – Officially closed by Puritan regime ○ *Overall: Run predominately by Shakespeare’s group the Lord Chamberlain’s Men Company

The Globe Theater: Construction Open octagon, 3 stories high, 100 ft. in diameter Fits 3, 000 spectators Microcosm of London ○ Pit– (1 pence) Groundlings/Peasants; standing room only, fruit and nuts sold ○ 3 tiers – (2 pence) upper class seating ○ Behind stage – royalty (so everyone could see them )

The Globe Theater: Construction ○ No real scenery: - audience goes off of exaggerated language and movement ○ SPECIAL EFFECTS: - Trap doors, balcony entrances, rope riggings, etc. - Fireworks (lightning), rolled canon balls (thunder)

The Globe Theater: Plays performed during the day for lighting (2 -5 pm) Actors were ONLY men. Young boys played the roles of women.

PG. 5 IN PACKET Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Macbeth: Writing Patronage THE PLAY WAS WRITTEN FOR KING JAMES I: (1) He was obsessed with demonology, the idea of magic and witches. (2) He experienced the Gun Powder Plot, an assassination attempt. (3) Banquo was written as a “good guy” since King James was his descendant. (4) The play was short because he liked short plays

Macbeth: The Curse Supposedly, saying "Macbeth" inside a theater will bring bad luck to the play and anyone acting in it. People actually refer to the play as “The Scottish Play” or “Mac. B” when at theater

WHY IT STARTED: Macbeth: The Curse Used an authentic 17 th century black-magic ritual for the opening scene of Macbeth's Act IV (a sort of “howto” for budding witches. ) That means he provided his audience with step-by-step instructions of how to create a real spell! As punishment, the witches supposedly cursed the play and its actors.

Macbeth: REVERSE The Curse 1) Exit theater, 2) Spin around three times saying a profanity 3) And then ask for permission to return inside *OR 4) Some believe that you can repeat the words "Thrice around the circle bound, Evil sink into the ground, "

THINGS TO CONSIDER l. Do you believe in prophecies or predicting the future? l. If yes… –would someone’s prediction about you make you change what you’re doing now or how you currently live your life?

Macbeth: Setting *Scotland Inverness (Macbeth’s Castle near Dunsinane and Birnahm Woods) Fife (Mac. Duff’s Castle) Cawdor & Glamis (territories in Scotland) England Ireland Norway

Macbeth: Setting Macbeth!

Macbeth: WHO’S WHO? SCOTLAND KING DUNCAN Malcolm & Donalbain (Malcolm is the eldest) MACBETH LADY MACBETH (Commander & Thane of Glamis) *Thane = baron, lord BANQUO (Commander under Macbeth; Macbeth’s BFF) Fleance AT WAR WITH NORWAY: -Macdonwald -King Sweno