Today we will set the day for the Macbeth test (which will happen next week).
Here’s what I need to know you understand and can do for the Macbeth test:
- understand the plot of Macbeth
- understand who the major characters are and what motivates each of them
- understand and be able to identify ways Shakespeare develops themes and big ideas such as power and corruption, appearance vs reality, gender roles,
- identify how Shakespeare uses blood imagery to emphasize violence and guilt
- Explain what each of the following critical lenses reveal about the implicit meaning of Macbeth: psychoanalysis, archetypal, feminist, Marxist.
- Provide evidence from the text that supports your opinion about whether or not power inevitably leads to corruption.
- Explain how Macbeth does or does not fit the criteria for a tragic hero.
- Use quotations effectively to support your ideas.