Macbeth Twitter The Assignment 1 Create a Tweet

Macbeth & Twitter

The Assignment 1) Create a "Tweet" from one of the characters in the play for each of the five scenes in Act I. 2) Have "Replies" for your Tweets. You need at least 5 (total) replies to any of your Tweets. 3) Each Tweet MUST be about a key event in the scene AND include a #hashtag. 4) Each Tweet must also specify to WHICH scene it relates. 5) You are responsible for creating a username for the character that clearly relates to who they are. The Tweets may be from ANY character in the play and you can use a character more than once.

In short… • 10 total tweets (5 originals & 5 replies) • At least one from each scene in Act I • Each tweet needs a hashtag • Each character needs a username • You need to label from which scene each tweet comes • I. i – witches • I. ii – soldiers tell Duncan about M. & Macdonwald • I. iii – witches give M & B their prophecies • I. iv – Duncan makes Malcolm the prince, Macbeth becomes super ambitious • I. v – Lady M reads letter, tells M he’s a wimp • I. vi – Duncan goes to Inverness, compliments Lady M. • I. vii – M & Lady M plan to kill Duncan Do 5 of the 7 scenes

Example #1 Act I, scene 3 Macbeth @Blind. Ambition. 2 d @Lady Macbeth I will be KING! Banquo can vouch for me. #Banqs. My. Bro

Example #2 Act 1, scene 5 Lady Macbeth @Manipulative_Mistress. 5 m @Banquo Macbeth wrote to me today and said he saw three witches. Did he fall off his horse and hit his head? #hallucinations