Classwork...
In class today, we had some great speaking and listening going on. Remember that the procedure for such is for you to prepare BEFORE CLASS by drilling deeply into the text, composing thoughtful questions, and figuring out a way to both make literary judgments (claims) and provide support for your claims from the text (evidence).
We finished the play Macbeth - (tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...it all comes to nothing). We saw that Macbeth, before his timely demise, seems not to appreciate the power and the position he sacrificed everything to attain--everything...including his wife, his best friend, his honor, and the truth.
With the events, characters, and outcomes of the play, Shakespeare seems to be making a statement about the world. What is this statement? Does it seem reasonable to conclude that Shakespeare thought that roles that men and women naturally fit into can or should be abandoned? Does it seem reasonable to argue that Shakespeare believed people shouldn't violate the moral order of the universe? Is there a moral order to the universe?
We finished the play Macbeth - (tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...it all comes to nothing). We saw that Macbeth, before his timely demise, seems not to appreciate the power and the position he sacrificed everything to attain--everything...including his wife, his best friend, his honor, and the truth.
With the events, characters, and outcomes of the play, Shakespeare seems to be making a statement about the world. What is this statement? Does it seem reasonable to conclude that Shakespeare thought that roles that men and women naturally fit into can or should be abandoned? Does it seem reasonable to argue that Shakespeare believed people shouldn't violate the moral order of the universe? Is there a moral order to the universe?
Homework...
| Your homework tonight is to complete this chart. Be sure to use your text book for accuracy of citation information. (Remember that the text book is online under the resources page.) |