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MACBETH UNIT
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SHAKESPEARE'S BACKGROUND


WAS THERE A REAL MACBETH?

SETTING: MACBETH'S SCOTLAND

PLOT SUMMARY

FORGOT YOUR TEXT IN YOUR LOCKER?

CHAIN OF BEING THEORY

MACBETH SOLILOQUYS:

BELOW ARE SPEECHES FROM WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE. The first words and last words of the speech are quoted.
MACBETH SOLILOQUY CHOICES:

Instructions:
 

  • you will be expected to MEMORIZE a soliloquy and "perform" it for me

  • soliloquies with extra lines will not be worth any more in terms of marks

  • an unemotional recitation may earn you a 70%

  • full marks can be gained by conveying appropriate emotions

  • in addition, appropriate costumes and props may enhance your performance

  • Value: 10 marks

  • the speech by Macbeth in Act V is the shortest speech out of the bunch. Consider it the "default" soliloquy.


I.v.16-31 Lady Macbeth: "Glamis thou art...crowned withal."
I.v.39-54 Lady Macbeth: "The raven himself is hoarse...To cry "Hold, hold!"
I.vii.1-28 Macbeth: "If it were done...and falls on th'other--"
II.i.33-64 Macbeth: "Is this a dagger which I see...That summons thee to heaven, or to hell."
II.iii.1-22 Porter: "Here's a knocking indeed!...I pray you, remember the porter."
V.v.19-28 Macbeth: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...Signifying nothing."

STUDENT SKITS: WHOLE CLASS SKITS OF THE ENTIRE PLAY

2016-17 CW11

2012 En11

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