Basics
from Spark Notes
No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth
Can be used for accommodations within the classroom or with younger students
Can be used for accommodations within the classroom or with younger students
from booksshouldbefree.com
Background
From BBC:
Ages of English timeline
From Dr. Wheeler at Carson-Newman College:
Addresses questions concerning the authorship of Shakespeare's playsfrom teachit.co.uk:
Huge collection of resources for subscribers (keep poking around; there is much that is free).
Check out: "Cloze with a twist", which addresses "the textual problems posed by the complicated publishing process of [Shakespeare's] plays," and "Plot: Sequencing with a twist".
First Folio
Check out a first folio copy of The Tragedie of Macbeth
Check out: "Cloze with a twist", which addresses "the textual problems posed by the complicated publishing process of [Shakespeare's] plays," and "Plot: Sequencing with a twist".
From Brandeis University:
Check out a first folio copy of The Tragedie of Macbeth
Excerpt from Aristotle's Poetics:
From tes.co.uk and Xavier Charter School:
“Macbeth Murder Mystery” (ppt)
Great introductory activity. Who killed Macbeth? Students make an initial decision based on a suspect list, then defend or change their position as they read the play.
Macbeth Murder Mystery: Suspects
Macbeth Murder Mystery: Evidence sheet
For fun:
"The Macbeth Murder Mystery"
By James Thurber. First appeared in The New Yorker magazine (October 2, 1937).
Great introductory activity. Who killed Macbeth? Students make an initial decision based on a suspect list, then defend or change their position as they read the play.
Macbeth Murder Mystery: Suspects
Macbeth Murder Mystery: Evidence sheet
For fun:
By James Thurber. First appeared in The New Yorker magazine (October 2, 1937).
On-line texts
From shakespeare-online.com:
From Google Books:
No, not a typo; includes introduction and notes
Macbeth: A Warning Against Superstition
Comments on Macbeth as a cautionary tale
From Project Gutenberg:
Unit content
Historical context, themes, trivia
From Cummings Study Guides:
"Influence of Seneca", "Witchcraft and Superstition", "The Real Banquo"; examples of alliteration, anaphora, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, paradox
Witches' brew (A4s1)
Glossary of ingredients found in the witches' brew
Macbeth: A Warning Against Superstition
Comments on Macbeth as a cautionary tale
From Project Gutenberg:
Unit content
From The Hawaii Theatre:
Historical context, themes, trivia
From Cummings Study Guides:
"Influence of Seneca", "Witchcraft and Superstition", "The Real Banquo"; examples of alliteration, anaphora, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, paradoxWitches' brew (A4s1)
Glossary of ingredients found in the witches' brew
From tes.co.uk:
Each ppt introduces an act and/or scenes from Macbeth. Can pick and choose content according to your own approach to the reading.
Macbeth Act 1, scene 1
Macbeth Act 1, scene 3
Macbeth Act 1, scene 4
Macbeth Act 1, scene 6
Macbeth Act 2, scene 1
Macbeth Act 2, scene 2
Macbeth Act 2, scene 3
Macbeth Act 3, scene 1
Macbeth Act 3, scene 2
Macbeth Act 4, scene 1
Macbeth Act 4, scene 3
Macbeth Act 5, scene 1
Macbeth Act 3 cloze exercise
"Commenting on Language"
From shmoop.com:
Macbeth Act 4 to end
Finishing the Scottish Play in style (ppt)
From Ms. Sheffield at Earlham High School in Earlham, IA:
Macbeth Jeopardy
Test review (ppt)
From Xavier Charter School:
Macbeth summary
Worksheet using quote cards
Macbeth Act 1, scene 3
Macbeth Act 1, scene 4
Macbeth Act 1, scene 6
Macbeth Act 2, scene 1
Macbeth Act 2, scene 2
Macbeth Act 2, scene 3
Macbeth Act 3, scene 1
Macbeth Act 3, scene 2
Macbeth Act 4, scene 1
Macbeth Act 4, scene 3
Macbeth Act 5, scene 1
Macbeth Act 3 cloze exercise
"Commenting on Language"
From shmoop.com:
Macbeth Act 4 to endFinishing the Scottish Play in style (ppt)
Practice Reviews
From Ms. Sheffield at Earlham High School in Earlham, IA:
Macbeth JeopardyTest review (ppt)
From Xavier Charter School:
Macbeth summaryWorksheet using quote cards
From T. Lanning:
Practice questions
Multiple choice
From the Royal Shakespeare Company:
You are invited to use these images to compare productions of Macbeth
Videos
From YouTube:
Opening of Orson Welles' 1948 film adaptation of Macbeth
Images
From shmoop.com:
Download "full-size" images here
From the Royal Shakespeare Company:
You are invited to use these images to compare productions of Macbeth
Videos
From YouTube:
Introductions
Trailer for the Royal Opera House production of Macbeth by Verdi (for those of you so inclined, you can watch the whole 2 hr 25 min production of and Italian production Verdi's Macbeth opera here--bad resolution, but nice music and fun sets)Opening of Orson Welles' 1948 film adaptation of Macbeth
Macbeth Act 1, Scene 7: "I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none."
Ian McKellen , Judi Dench
Sean Connery, Zoe Caldwell
Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan
Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1: "Is this a dagger which I see before me?"
Macbeth Act 3, Scene 1: "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
And put a barren scepter in my grip."
Brian Davies. Shot at Caernarfon Castle, North Wales.
Macbeth Act 3, Scene 4: "Never shake thy gory locks at me!"
Banquet scene from Antonio Bibalo opera. Great take on the the set.
Yikes. But some kids love it.
Macbeth Act 4, Scene 2: "What had he done, to make him fly the land?"
BBC 1979 TV production (Nicol Williamson): clip runs over into Scene 3
BBC 1979 TV production (Nicol Williamson): clip runs over into Scene 3
Macbeth Act 5, Scene 1: "Out damn'd spot!"
Japanese interpretation (1957) -- Skip the commercial at the end
Analyzing Text Through Performance
-- comparison of four performances (heads up: minimal nudity and
minimal dress respectively in Roman Polanski and Rupert Goold scenes)
Superstition: It's not Macbeth; it's the Scottish Play
In this BBC comedy Blackadder clip, Blackadder has fun mentioning Macbeth to two superstitious actors.