Welcome back to school. I am going to include all of your assignments here, but there is a separate entry for an overview for Macbeth. It is very general, and may be subject to change.
I am also going to add to your vocabulary list for Macbeth during September. You will have a the first vocab quiz on Monday, September 5th.
It begins as follows:
1. hautboy- a slender, double-reed instrument
2. thane- a feudal lord or baron
3. fife- a small, high pitched flute similar to a piccolo
4. tyrant- a cruel and oppressive dictator
5. apparition- ghostly appearing figure
6. owlet- young bird
7. unsanctified- not holy, unconsecrated
8. gash- a wound made by cutting
9. knell- the sound of a bell ringing slowly to announce a death or funeral
10. cyme- flat-topped flowers in which the central flower opens first
Read Act 1 of Macbeth and also read the Macbeth account by Holinshed at
www.library.upenn.edu/etext/furness.holinshed/239.html
After reading this account, be ready to discuss Shakespeare's change from prose to poetry.
How do you feel about Shakespeare's abilities after reading Holinshed?
Tucker, you may want to so a little bit of research on the real Macbeth. We talked briefly about him in class.
*Don't forget to make mental notes about references of time, blood and bloodstains.
Western Civ: Read Pages 373-392 for Thursday.
Read the questions at the beginning of the chapter. You will answer them soon.
Nice to have you all back.
God bless.
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