Gabby+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 humor and puns. 6. Shakespeare wrote history plays, which chronicle the lives of the British Kings, but they are not always historically accurate. 7. Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet are tragedies. 8. Shakespeare's plays contain truths of human nature that are still relevant today.

Context of Shakespeare (150 words): Shakespeare was born in 1564, and died in 1616. His works lives on till this day. Shakespeare is famous of his time for writing numerous sonnets, poems and plays. His plays were mostly made up of comedies and tragedies. Sonnets are poems with 14 lines using Iambic Pentameter, meaning 10 syllables per line. Sonnets then end in a couplet that sum up the meaning and message of the poem. He is renowned for the beauty of his language and the complexity of his characters. Shakespeare has a lot of history plays that are made up of chronicles and he is subsequently regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.

Queen Elizabeth I When did Queen Elizabeth 1 live? She was born on 7 September 1533 and then died on the 24 Marc﻿h 1603.

Who was Queen Elizabeth's rival for the throne? Describe the similarities and differences between them. Her rival for the throne was Queen Mary of Scots. Similarities between them is that they can both be linked back to Henry VIII, they both are said to be beautiful and since they were both fighting for the throne they always asked after one another. Differences are that Elizabeth never married but Mary married Darnley who's lineage could be taken back to Henry VIII as well, so that gave Mary an even bigger claim to the throne.

Who was Macbeth? Macbeth is a general in the army of King Duncan.

Who was Malcolm? Malcolm is King Duncan's eldest son.

Who was Duncan? Duncan is the King of Scotland.

Who was James VI of Scotland and what was his relationship to James I of England? James VI was the King of Scotland and then later became known as James I being the King of England.

What is meant by the divine right of kings? The divine right of kings is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy.

Timeline: Divine Rights of Kings (rise and fall): Rulers that reigned during the time of Elizabeth and Macbeth: Birth/death of Malcolm, Duncan, Macbeth, James VI: Birth/death of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare:

Act 2 Scene 1 Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Thou marshall’st me the way that I was going, And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o' th' other senses, Or else worth all the rest. I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before. There’s no such thing. It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one half-world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtained sleep. Witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate’s offerings, and withered murder, Alarumed by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin’s ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives. Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. I go, and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. '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" ||  || "It is the bloody business which informs" ||  || " Thou sure and firm-set earth" "Thy very stones prate of my whereabout" ||  || "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" ||  ||
 * Sleep || "The curtained sleep" ||  ||
 * Wolf || "Alarumed by his sentinel, the wolf"