English 10R-Monday, 4/3/17

Homework: 

Discuss a central idea from today’s reading.  Include text evidence in your response.

Classwork:

Act 1, Scene 3 (page-25)-Reread.

1.  Refer to lines 157–159: “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me / Without my stir.” What is the meaning of stir in these lines?

2.  What does Macbeth mean in lines 157–159 that “chance may / crown me / Without my stir”?

3.  What has been achieved dramatically by the end of Scene 3? 

Identify the speaker and explain each quote for Act I.

1.   “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.”  (Act I, 3-page 19)

2.   “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion/Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair/And make my seated heart knock at my ribs.” (Act I, 3-Bottom of page 23)

  

II.          Scene 4 (pages 25-29)-Post it and discuss significant sections of this scene.

Scene 4

1.   To whom does King Duncan give the title Prince of Cumberland?

2.   What does Macbeth think about this?  Find a quote on page 29, lines 55-60 to support your answer.

Scene 5-(Pages 31-39)

1.   How is the format of Macbeth’s letter different from the format of the other lines in the play?

2.   What can you infer about the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth based on the contents of this letter?