Tuesday, February 12, 2013

All Boys, All Blogged: February 13, 2013

Focus: Can we argue that Macbeth is a tragic hero?  Why or why not?

1. Handing in your word traces

2. Acting out the last few pages of Macbeth: Who receives a noble death?  Who doesn't?

3. Viewing the film version of Act 5

As you watch, please identify TWO symbolic choices the film makes and analyze their larger significance (costumes, setting, movement, etc.).

4. Forming a thesis statement on the blog that responds to today's focus question.  Remember to lay out two or three specific reasons in your thesis.

Ex: Macbeth is a compelling tragic hero because his guilt reveals his sense of morality but his actions reveal his capacity for evil.

OR

The word "hero" fails to apply to Macbeth because he displays extraordinary violence from the beginning and his selfishness keeps the audience from sympathizing with him.

HW:
1. Finish item #4 on today's agenda if you did not do so in class.
2. Complete the green grammar packet on adjectives.
3. Read your banned book and bring it to class tomorrow.
4. You will have a timed writing on Macbeth tomorrow that will relate to your word trace.

20 comments:

  1. In Shakespeare's Macbeth,Macbeth reveals that be is a tragic hero as he dies while he is cocky.

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  2. Macbeth was a tragic hero because he didn't know what he did until he did it and his actions disallow the audience to sympathize with him.

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  3. Macbeth cannot be described as a tragic hero because his actions are out of greed and he is focused on himself and not on anyone else.

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  4. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the character Macbeth is a tragic hero because he is seduced by what he believes to be his fate and even when he knows that he is going to die, he still fights to the end.

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  5. Macbeth is a tragic hero because he expresses guilt for the bad he has done, he shows morality by expressing some mercy, but he shows his ability to commit horrible deeds.

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  6. Macbeth is a tragic hero because his dark thoughts reveal his troubled mind, yet his actions reveal his will to finish what he has started.

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  7. Macbeth did die tragically but not as a hero because of his greed for power, the violence to get to it, and the many persons blood he had on his hand.

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  8. I feel as Macbeth comes up short to the word hero because he cheated his way in life and was always failing to tell the truth.

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  9. Macbeth demonstrates his heroic traits throughout the play, including courage and trust that are hidden by his greed and desires of the ones close to him.

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  10. Macbeth is far from a hero because his violence and selfishness throughout the play reveal that he is evil.

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  11. In Shakespeare's Macbeth is a compelling tragic hero because his beliefs reveals his trust but his actions reveals him not trusting them.

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  12. I think that Macbeth is not a hero because a hero is someone who helps people and makes peoples lives better and thinks of others and all Macbeth did was think about himself.

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  13. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is a tragic hero because he shows signs of his morality and humanity during the play, but he also undergoes a struggle within that make his actions prove his ability to be evil.

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  14. In William Shakespeare i think the character Macbeth is not a hero he shows that he lets greed overcome him and kills many people in doing so.

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  15. Macbeth lacks the traits to be considered a hero because he neither helps or saves others nor does he sacrifice himself for the better of his people.

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  16. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, we can argue that Macbeth is a tragic hero because he was still fight even without anyone else on his side

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  17. In Shakespear's play Macbeth, Macbeth is not a tragic hero because he killed his best friend in cold blood, and obtained his crown through dishonorable means.

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  18. In the Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we can argue that Macbeth is not a tragic hero because he demonstrates greed and susceptibility to evil.

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  19. In Macbeth by Shakespeare, Macbeth is not a hero because he only thought of himself and he cheated his way to be king.

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  20. In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, We can fight that Macbeth is not a tragic hero because he only follows what he believes in and he will cheat his way to get what he want.

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