1.Respond in your journal to the following scenario-
If you were asked to join in a deed by your friend, and all you had
to do was to be quiet and move along, in return, you were promised a great
profit, how would you respond to such an offer?
If I were asked to do a deed for a friend, I would only do it if I
felt that it was worth the profit, reasonable, not against the law, not
incriminating to myself, and if I felt that I benefited from it.
Many times I have been asked to do things for a friend. I also feel
that if the friend is a good friend and they are worth the time then I
would give them my time.
2. Make a double -entry journal and respond to-
Quotations Commentary
M: "If you cleave to my consent, when 'tis/ It shall make honor
for you." In this quote Macbeth asks Banquo for his support, promising
honors in return, when asking "if you cleave to my consent"
B:" So I lose none/In seeking to argument it, but still keep/ My bosom
franchised and allegiance
clear,/ I shall be counseled." In this quote Banquo is willing
to increase his honor provided he can keep a clear conscience and remain
loyal to the King.
3.Vocabulary
Repose - to lay or place for rest
Franchise - any special right or privilege granted by a government
Husbandry - careful, thrifty management
Largess - generous giving
Cleave - to divide by a blow; split; sever
Augment - to make or become greater
Allegiance - the duty of being loyal to one's ruler, country, etc.
Counsel - to give advice to
Ravishing - causing great joy
Alarum -
Suit - a set of clothes; esp. a coat and trousers (or skirt)
Posset -
Confound - to confuse or bewilder
Raveled - to separate into its parts, esp. threads, untwist; fray
Sleave -
Unbent - to release or be released from tension
Gild - to coat with gold leaf or a gold color
Constancy - continual; persistent
Equivocator - having two or more meanings; purposely ambiguous
Carousing - to engage in a noisy drinking party
Lechery - a man given to lewd or lascivious behavior.
Parley - to confer, esp. with an enemy
Countenance - facial expression
4. What parts of the historical story did Shakespeare borrow?
Shakespeare got his story from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles. Holinshed
spends a lot of time on the incident in which Malcolm (who became a popular
king) tests Macduff by pretending to be mean when he is really nice. Holinshed
talks about the murder of King Duff by Donwald in the century before Macbeth.
According to Holinshed, Donwald was nagged by his wife until he did the
evil deed. Shakespeare adapted this for Macbeth.
5.Creative Piece
Who Has the Most Power "you" or "ME"?
I am the decision-maker,
I tell you what the next task is,
I mark off every completed task that you complete to make me have a
higher status.
I want to be Queen, As long as you do what I tell you, you will be
King.
But as of now you shall treat me like I am the present Queen.
For one day I wish to be Queen
I wish to have people knell when I enter a room.
To be pampered with all thee finer things.
But this will only happen when you kill the King.
Although the thought of you being King makes me laugh because you would
only have the name,
and I would have the most power.