Macbeth Notes
September 8-12, 2014
Monday September 8th, 2014.
In Medias Res: In the middle of things.
Epic Stories are often like this.
Classic examples: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Game of Thrones.
In the video below K.M. Weiland explains how In Medias Res operates in Golding's Lord of the Flies.
Epic Stories are often like this.
Classic examples: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Game of Thrones.
In the video below K.M. Weiland explains how In Medias Res operates in Golding's Lord of the Flies.
Dramatic Irony
Tuesday, September 10th, 2014.
When the audience is aware of something the characters are not.
The Weird Sisters
- Clotho – "spinner") spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle.
- Lachesis – "allotter" or drawer of lots) measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod.
- Atropos – "inexorable" or "inevitable", literally "unturning", was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person's death; and when their time was come, she cut their life-thread with "her abhorred shears".
Thursday September 11, 2014
Friday Sept 12, 2014
House of Cards Episode 1 ...edited for classroom version
Characteristics that Frank Underwood shares with Macbeth:
"I love that woman. I love her more than sharks love blood" "For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: hunt or be hunted." |
Characteristics that Claire Underwood shares with Lady Macbeth
"My husband doesn't apologize...even to me." "I like irons, but I love fire" |