Aaron+Macbeth

Brainpop Activity 1. Shakespeare was born in England in 1564 2. Sonnets are poems which contain 14 lines 3. Shakespeare married at the age of 18 and moved to London in about 1592 4. In 1594 he began performing his plays, with Lord Baltimore's Men 5. His comedies often deal with social life and human flaws and contain slapstick hmor and puns. 6. Shakespeare wrote historical plays, which chronicle the lives of British Kings, but they are not always historically accurate 7. Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet are tragedies 8. Shakespeare's plays conatin truths of human nature that are still relevant today

= Shakespeare = Shakespeare was a world renowned play writer. He had lots of connections and wrote many famous plays that have been recorded in history. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth these are some of plays that he wrote. He was a funny guy and after he died 36 out of his 37 plays were put into a book called the “First Plays” He was loved by Queen Elizabeth and lived in the palace for a certain amount of time

= Queen Elizabeth = Queen Elizabeth was the daughter of Anne Boyelyn and Henry the VII. She was a virgin that didn’t want to marry. Throughout her whole lifetime she fancied no one and not many people got close to her. During her childhood her aunt fancied her and gave her the highest education possible in this she learnt, public speaking, and learning how to make people follow her opinion. Queen Elizabeth was the Queen of England.'

=Timeline= Rise of the Divine Kings: Rulers that reigned during the time of Macbeth and Shakespeare: Birth/ Death of Malcom, Macbeth, Duncan and James VII: Birth/death of Elizabeth I

The life of Elizabethan society is divided into 2 class. Upper class and lower class. People in the upper class acted far superior to the lower class and commanded and ordered them around. The upper class was mainly made of nobles, knights, royal family. The lower class were maid up of doctors,peasants,farmers and workers. In theatre there were special seats for members of the upper class whereas the lower class were only entitled to standing. The people seemed to agree with this for the upper class paid more money then the lower class making it a fair system. Elizabethan Society was a time where theatre plays flourished. They were very popular and very renown play writers such as Shakespeare started there
 * Elizabethan Society**

Soliloquy Act 2

Is this a dagger i see? The handle near me? Come let me hold it i do not have it, yet i see it Art though not, fatal vision, sensible to feelings as to sight, or art thou but a figment of your imagination, its not real proceeding from the heap opressed brain i see her, the form is veryflexible at this is now i draw i was going to look for the marshal and i was using the weapon My eyes are fooled and so are my sense

'A dagger of my mind' 'On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood' || Macbeth is being pointed towards his fate. Macbeth's thoughts are dangerous. The murder will take place. || 'Come, let me clutch thee' 'I have thee not' || Macbeth has dirtied his hands with murder. The dagger that Macbeth uses to kill Duncan. || "I see thee yet" "Mine eyes are made the fools o' th' other senses" || Macbeth will never see the same again. Macbeth is being delusional || "It is the bloody business which informs" || Blood will never be removed from what Macbeth has done. || " Thou sure and firm-set earth" "Thy very stones prate of my whereabout" || Macbeth has become depressed and scared. All signs of life around him are like gone. || "Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace" ||  ||
 * Motif || Associated References || Symbolises ||
 * Dagger || 'The handle toward my hand'
 * Hands || 'The handle toward my hand?'
 * Eyes || "And yet I see thee still"
 * Blood || "And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood"
 * Nature || "Nature seems dead"
 * Dreams || "And wicked dreams abuse" || Macbeth will have bad dreams and like he will be afraid ||
 * Sleep || "The curtained sleep" ||  ||
 * Wolf || "Alarumed by his sentinel, the wolf"