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 * Unit One: Australian Cultural Perspectives**
 * Background information:**
 * Australian Cultural Perspectives**
 * Example Wiki:**
 * Example Student Page**
 * Student Pages:**
 * James Barker**





__**Unit Two: The Power and the Passion**__ James Barker's Journal Jules Bradley's Journal Kay Ho Janan's Journal Chelsi Cook's Journal Anya Dhariwal-Coutts' Journal Natasha El Khoury's Journal Cate Falconer's Journal Maddie Killer's Journal Daniel Paterson's Journal Tim Yauta Tulete's Journal Kathryn Shaw's Journal Adrian Song's Journal Walter Soon Yaw Wong's Journal Lauren Pilling's Journal Rigel Shea's Journal Chan Martin's Journal Daryl Jing Wei Ong's Journal
 * Primary Text: Macbeth**
 * Student Pages:**
 * Tiffany Yuet Ting's Journal**
 * Melissa McMillan's Journal**



**__ Act One: Journal Response Questions: __** 1. Who says, “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair” and what does it mean? (Scene 1) 2. What is the significance of Macbeth’s line: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen? (Scene 3) 3. What does Banquo mean when he says, “The instruments of darkness tell us truths,win us with honest trifles, only to betray’s in deepest consequence”? (Scene 3) 4. What reaction does Macbeth have when King Duncan names his eldest son Malcolm as the Prince of Cumberland? (Scene 4) 5. Lady Macbeth describes her husband’s character: “Yet do I fear he is too full o’ the milk of human kindness…” What does she mean? (Scene 5) 6. Read carefully Lady Macbeth’s speech “Come you spirits…” Does it suggest a difference between Macbeth and his wife? (Scene 5) 7. Read carefully Lady Macbeth’s speech “I have given suck…” What does this say about Lady Macbeth’s character? (Scene 7) 8. What does Macbeth say which suggests he has second thought about murdering Duncan? (Scene 7) 9. The theme that ‘appearances are deceptive’ is recurring throughout this Act. Find four quotations which broach this theme (include the Act, Scene and Line numbers). 10. Describe Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship after reading Act 1.

**__ Act 2 Journal Response Questions __**

1. How does Shakespeare contrast the characters of Banquo and Macbeth in this scene? (Scene 1) 2. Compare Lady Macbeth’s opening comments in this scene to Macbeth’s soliloquy. What can you say about the difference between the two characters? (Scene 2) 3. Sleep is a very important image in the play. What is the significance of Macbeth saying, ‘Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more: Macbeth does murder sleep’? (Scene 2) 4. Why is it ironic that Macduff should say to Lady Macbeth, “O gentle lady/ ‘Tis not for you to hear what I can speak’? (Scene 3) 5. What is significant about the description of Duncan’s horses eating each other? (Scene 4)

**//Due to the exam, we will work on Act 3 questions this week not Act 4! The due date for Act 3 questions has been extended! Please see due dates in document attached above.//**
** Act 3 Journal Questions ** 1. What does Banquo say at the beginning of this scene which suggests that he is suspicious of Macbeth? (Scene 1) 2. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “We have scorched the snake, not killed it”? (Scene 2) 3. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “Things bad begun, make strong themselves by ill.” (Scene 2). 4. Why do you think Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo? In terms of the theme of this play, why is this apparition important? (Scene 4) 5. Why does Hecate look angry? (Scene 5) 6. Read Lennox’s speech. Is he suspicious of Macbeth? (Scene 6)

**__Act 4 Journal Questions __** 1. Why does Macbeth seek out the witches? (Scene 1) 2. What three warnings do the apparitions give Macbeth? (Scene 1) 3. Why has Macduff fled to England? (Scene 1) 4. Why does Malcolm say he doesn’t have what it takes to be king? (Scene 3) 5. How does Macduff react to the news that his wife, children and servants have been slaughtered? (Scene 3)

**__Act 5 Journal Questions__**

 * 1) ===Read Lady Macbeth’s speech: ‘Out damn spot! Out I say!” What is Lady Macbeth talking about? How has her character changed from her last appearance in the play?===
 * 2) ===In scene 2 what are some of the images used to describe Macbeth?===
 * 3) ===What type of camouflage does Malcolm suggest they use in their attack on Dunsinane castle? How does this relate the prophecy of the apparition?===
 * 4) ===How does Macbeth react to this wife’s death?===
 * 5) ===Macbeth is confident in his battle with young Siward. Why does he think he shall not be killed?===
 * 6) ===Malcolm calls Macbeth ‘this dead butcher’ and Lady Macbeth ‘his fiendlike Queen’. How does Malcolm say that Lady Macbeth died?===