Wednesday, January 9, 2013

All Boys, All Blogged: January 10, 2013

Focus: How do the witches infect Act 1, scenes 2 and 3?

1. Warm-up: Performing a close reading of a witchy, witchy picture

2. Turning in signed class policies

3. Introducing the Macbeth word trace (handout and example given in class)

4. Performing Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3

Directions: Each time you find a speech, a line, or even a word that responds to any of the questions below, please mark it with a sticky note.

The basics:
  • What do we learn about Macbeth?  What kind of guy are we dealing with here?
  • What do we learn about the other characters?
  • Which things happen by chance, and which things happen by choice?  In other words, what is determined by the characters' actions, and what seems out of their control?

The big, deep question:
  • Respond to the focus question: How do the witches infect Act 1, scenes 2 and 3?  Try to find at least three specific moments in which you see the infection spreading.

HW:

1. If your word has appeared in the first three scenes of Act 1, complete a word trace entry for each time it has appeared. Be sure to follow the directions and the example very closely.

2. Complete the rest of your green grammar packet.  You will have a short quiz on it tomorrow.

3. Respond to today's focus question on the class blog if you did not finish doing so in class.



35 comments:

  1. I think that the play Macbeth starts out with a dark scene to you know what the rest of the play is going to be like. It also shows that there will will be some weird things happening because there is three witches doing a ritual of some kind. and i think there will be death because they barry a are and a knife and and poor blood in the sand. The scene was also dark which might be foreshadowing what is going to come.

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  2. The witches infect scene 1, 2 and 3 by the fact that they meet Macbeth and its an obstacle in his journey. He's going to be the new king of Scotland and the witches are out to kill him an put a curse on him. I think the witches are just going to be the main problem for Macbeth.

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  3. For scenes 1, 2 and 3, the witches set the scene for the story. I think from what we saw from the opening scene, the witches maybe created a prophecy. The prophecy has partly came true already and Macbeth is even considering killing the king in order to fulfill the prophecy. The witches have played a major roll, almost controlling Macbeth and making him their puppet.

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  4. The witches infect act 1 scenes 2 and 3 because at the beginning when they had their part they named everything that happened in the battle. When they told Macbeth he would be king then he later found out he was he beloved the prophecy and thought about killing the king of all the land so that he would be king. The witches prophecy had made Macbeth have thought of murder towards the king an possibly changed the way he thinks. The witches in that scene are way Macbeth will turn against the king.

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  5. The witches infect scenes 1,2 and 3 by when they meet Macbeth. This happens because the witches tell Macbeth his future and how will someday become king. When they tell him this he gets the idea of killing to fulfill this prophecy.

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  6. The witches infect act 1 scenes 2 and 3 because they tell Macbeth that he will become king. He then finds out about the prophecy and starts believing he will become king. The witches make Macbeth think about killing the king to become the king.

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  7. The Witch's "infect" act 1 scenes 2 and 3 because they tell Macbeth he will be king of Scotland which gave him idea of killing the current king. Based on the real person who was king of midevil Scotland, he will become and will kill to get there but then will die.

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  8. In scenes 1, 2 and 3 the witches infect the story by telling Macbeth in scene 3 line 56 that he will be king after the battle. This makes Macbeth believe in the whole profecy that they present and therefore makes him persue further goals, including killing the present king.
    Another point the witches infect the play is act 1 scene 3 lines 4-25. In this section witch 1 claims she will be torturing a man and the other two witches agree and will be helping out in the process by providing objects that she needs. This infects the play by making it dark, disturbing, scary, violent and unhappy.
    Along with telling Macbeth he will be a king, the witches also tell Banquo that he will be a father to other kings in the future. This part makes Macbeth and Banquo different people because they have different intentions than before the witches told them.

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  9. The witches infect act 1 scenes 2 and 3 because they tell Macbeth that he will become king of Scotland. After they tell him this he becomes aware of the fact that if he kills the current king, he will be that much closer to taking the crown.

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  10. The witches infect Act 1 scene 2 and 3 because when they say "...When the battle's lost and won" (1.1. 4). This idea reappears when they take about Macbeth's success and how he defeated Macdonwald and they say, "What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won" (1.2. 77). They also tell Macbeth that he will become the Thane of Cawdor and then the king. He doesn't believe them but when he is told that he is now the Thane of Cawdor, he believes them and decides that he must take his future into to his own hands and fulfill the prophecy.

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    1. The witches say, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (1.1. 12) and Macbeth's first line of the play is, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (1.2. 40). This shows how crucial and important those words are because they are included in the main character's first line.

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  11. They tell Macbeth that be will become king after battle. And by that they also make the play seem dark creepy and demonic. Along with putting the image of him killing into his head.

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  12. The witches infect not only the play, but also the minds of the audience/reader. Shakespeare used this scene as the opener because, not only does it reveal certain aspects of the play, but during the rest of act 1, the audience will be continually thinking of the witches and what they said. Besides controlling what the audience thinks, the witches also plant a seed in Macbeth. The witches, in act 1.1, line 4 say "when the battle's lost and won", and later, Duncan says "what he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won" (1.2, 77). The witches then hail Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor and king, two things which he is not, during a meeting that they predicted would happen. After his meeting with the witches, Macbeth learns he has been granted one title, and begins to corrupt in a new plot.

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  13. The witches infect act 1 scenes 2 and 3 by saying the battle is lost and won and say that he is the Thane of Cawdor and will become king. When the witches say lost and won it meant that Macbeth had won the war but made his enemy lose. For the Thane of Cawdor and the king prediction, it came true for being the Thane of Cawdor but has to kill the king to be king. If i connect this with the movie when they buried a hand and a dagger with rope. By killing the king there will be consequences.

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  14. Scenes one, two and three are infected by the witches because even before Macbeth sees any witches, he has already won the war that was lost by others, and declared the day to be both foul and fair. These are things that the witches predicted, showing their infectious power and foresight. The witches have already planted the idea in Macbeth's mind that he must kill the king in order to fulfill his prophesy, infecting his mind.

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  15. The three witches that are in the opening scene of macbeth infect the rest of the play, because they give the audience the plot line. This line, follows the character Macbeth who starts the play as a fierce general, that eventually rises to become king of Scotland. Although there is debate on weather or not the witches influence the outcome of Macbeth's life.

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  16. The witches infect act 1 scenes 2 and 3 but say the war is lost and won and they war is literally lost and won. Macbeth won the war and the Traitor lost his life in the war. The witches also infect the scenes by saying that he is the Thane of Cawdor and he hasn't found out about it yet.

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  17. I feel like the three witches really infect the other characters in the beggining of the play, in acts 1, 2 and 3. I didn't feel the sense that they were using physical hurt on Macbeth and the others rather than being clever with their words and the way they would say them.

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  18. The 3 witches have already greatly impacted act 1; scenes 2 and 3 and in a way set the tone for macbeth. One way they have infected act 1 is the witches state, " when the battle's lost and won" which means that Macbeth had won the war but made his enemy lose. Lastly, i feel that the three witches took a turn into the readers mind to keep us thinking about what they and what it means.

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  19. The witches infect act 1, scenes 2 and 3 by telling Macbeth that he is going to be king of Cawdor. He finds out about the profecy and starts to think he will become the king and starts to think he should kill the current king.

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  20. The witches infect Act 1, scenes 2, and 3 by how they prophesied that Macbeth would become thane and king of Scotland. The witches plant a seed of power that is feed by ego and pride. He contemplates killing the king in order to fulfill the witches fortune. The witches represent evil and temptation. Macbeth is a gruesome warrior that is waiting to be set off. When these two forces combine, it creates utter chaos that ravages the land.

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  21. The witches infect Act 1, Scenes 2, and 3 by telling Macbeth that he has a prophecy that he will fulfill and they tell him one part of the prophecy that ends up happening so Macbeth truly believes that the witches know his future and somehow have control over it so he starts thinking about what the witches say and wanting to fulfill the prophecy that they told him of.
    -Matt Myers.

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  22. The wishes infect Act 1,2 and 3 because they are talking about Macbeth and hailing him, they are predicting the future about him, and what's going to happen. They infect us because they give the reader an advantage to the book, we know stuff that Macbeth doesn't,

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  23. Post for January 9th. The play reveals that the witches are going to be a big part of this play. That we are going to see them throughout it. They are going to have many lines, they will have impacts on Macbeth and his actions

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  24. The witches infect Act 1, scenes 2 and 3 because they go and have some kind of sacrament in the beginning of the book mentioning Macbeth's name multiply times. In addition they go and seek him out to talk to him. These witches are some how tied to Macbeth and mostly likely will stay around for most of the book and effect Macbeth somehow.

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  25. The witches infect act1 scenes 1 2 3 by the fact that they in scene one they say foulis fiar and fair is foul and in seens 2 3 you here them talk how macbeth brutal soldier is fair and foul and in scene 3 you here make beth enter saying foul is fair and fair is foul. they semm connected to macbeth and they plague his mind causing him to do the most foul act and kill the king they will be around for most of the play

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  26. I really feel like the witches infect the first three scenes because they are placing a curse of some sort trying to kill macbeth. The witches will have a roll through out the whole play.

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  27. The witches' effect the play during scenes 1,2,3 by placing a curse on Macbeth and laying a path for the near future.

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  28. The witches infect act 1, scenes 2 and 3 because they set the tone and introduce the audience to what the story is going to be about. The fact that the play opened with the way it did with the 3 witches talking shows that not only do the witches know what is going to happen but it kind of gives off a sense to the audience that they control the future. This is portrayed in act 1.1, line 4 when the witches say, "when the battles lost and won." This doesn't only impact our audience, but also reveals to Macbeth what is to come in his future. Later, the witches hail Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor and King during a meeting that they predicted would take place, showing that they are in fact "deciding" Macbeth's future.

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  29. The witches have infected the first 3 acts by foreshadowing what happens, even when they aren't prophecizing. They opened the play and they have been the underlying focus with all of their prophecies. The witches are some of the main characters, but more importantly, they give us the future of the real main character, Macbeth.

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  30. The witches have infected the first 3 acts by foreshadowing what happens, even when they aren't prophecizing. They opened the play and they have been the underlying focus with all of their prophecies. The witches are some of the main characters, but more importantly, they give us the future of the real main character, Macbeth.

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  31. The three witches infect scenes 1,2 and 3 in the way that you see that heir prophecies come true in most ways, and in some ways exactly to the 't'. you see this in their prediction of Macbeth becoming the thane of Cawdor. you see the king make this happen as if on cue. it is almost as if the witches have already seen the future and are just writing it in a book!!

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  32. The three witches affect scenes 1,2 and three by showing what kind of play this is going to be, you now right off the back that the play is going to be dark and a little weird. Because they dig a hole and but blood and a hand with a knife. And also it looks like the witches now what is going to happen to the people in the future.

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  33. The three witches infect scenes 1,2 and 3 by telling the future. They predict what will happen and then it actually happens. Its like they have looked through their crystal ball and its all coming real. Also they show their creepy and scariness that sets the mood of the play.

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  34. the three witches infect in the first three scenes act in telling the future. The go to Macbeth and tell him his future which sounds crazy but then ends up happening to him and the others that had there futures told. Macbeth this point really dose not know how to act from these non human predictions coming true so his mind starts to fill with thought of whats to come ahead.

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