Transcript English Literature: Day 15

English Literature Day 16
1. Test today
2. Lit Terms- monologue, soliloquy, aside, comic relief
3. After Test:
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4.
Discuss Monologue
Intro to Shakespeare
Intro to Macbeth
Check out Moodle for information on Macbeth
4. Look ahead for Friday
1. In class reading Act I Scene 1,2,3 (pg. 319
SHAKESPEARE’S FAMILY
• Baptized on
• Mother came
April 26, 1564
from affluent
family and had
• Father was
an excellent
glove maker
education
and later bailiff
of Stratford
• Dies April 26,
1616
• 1592- Robert Greene
wrote negatively
about Shakespeare
• 1582-Married Anne
• Winter of 1616,
Hathaway
Shakespeare amends
• Had 3 children:
will and “gyve(s)
• 1583: Susana born
unto my wief my
six months after
second best bed with
wedding.
the furniture”
TIMELINE
• 1585 twins Hamnet
and Judith born
Post-Mortem
• April 26, 1616, Shakespeare
dies
• Not until after his death was
there any attempt to collect his
works into a single volume
• First Folio appeared in 1623.
The Man That Would Be Shakespeare
• Born April 23rd, 1564
• Started out performing
(playing) with “The Lord
Chamberlain’s Men”
• Gave him a chance to
write a play
• Henry IV, Pt. 1- It stunk
but they gave him
another shot
• Many playwrights and
players with nowhere to
“play”
• Barn turned into theatre
(Yeah!)
• Puritans burn it down
(Evil theatre! Boo!)
• Globe built! (Yeah!)
• Globe burns (sniff, darn
cannon!)
• Globe rebuilt! (Yeah!) Reconstructed in the 1990’s
• Globe burns (Dang that
Fire of London!)
A View of the Globe
o Aristocrats
o The Queen/King
o The Groundlings!
o The Players
When in a play...
• Only men were permitted
to perform
• Boys or effeminate men
were used to play the
women
• Costumes were often the
company’s most valuable
asset
• Costumes were made by
the company, bought in
London, or donated by
courtiers
The Cost of a Show
• 1 shilling to stand
• 2 shillings to sit in the
balcony
• 1 shilling was 10% of
their weekly income
• Broadway Today:
– $85 Orchestra
– $60 Balcony
– 10% of a teacher’s
weekly salary
• Set in Scotland
• Written for King James I
(formerly of Scotland, now
England)
• Queen of Denmark (James’s
sister) was visiting
• Shakespeare researched The
Chronicles - Banquo is an
ancestor of King James I
• Macbeth was a real Scottish
king
• Definition:
– “Man of high
standard who falls
from that high because
of a flaw that has
affected many” Aristotle
• Macbeth is one of the
most famous examples
of the tragic hero.
Tragedy
• Not necessarily sad, but sometimes
• When hero neither good or bad guy
• Audience relates with him/her
• Has TRAGIC FLAW—
something that will lead to
character’s downfall or destruction
3’s
• The number 3 is very important
in this work!!!!!
3’s
• There are 3:
–Prophecies for Banquo
–Prophecies for Macbeth
–Witches
–Old man’s observations
–Countries
–Reasons Malcolm won’t be king
Themes/Main ideas
• Death
• Bad people
that rhyme
• Justice /
injustice
• Christianity
• Good vs. evil
• Day vs. night
• Fate/wyrd
• Deceit
The Scottish Play
• It is believed to be bad luck to
even squeak the word ‘Macbeth’
in a theatre
• Legend has it you will lose all
your friends involved in the
production--horribly
Locations in Macbeth
Inverness
Macbeth’s
1st Castle
Forres –
King’s Palace
Moray/heath
Dunsinane, Macbeth’s 2nd
Castle
Where witches
meet.
Scone –
Macduff goes
here after
Duncan’s
death
Fife –
Macduff’s Castle
Donalbain
flees
to Ireland
Malcolm flees
to England
(D-I)
(M-E)
Macbeth: Act I
• Read and discuss:
–Act I, scene i: p. 319
–Act I, scene ii: p. 319-321
–Act I, scene iii: p. 321-327