Welcome to the Renaissance and World of Shakespeare!
Textbook Pages of Macbeth:
Opening Textbook Pages
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Support Resources for Macbeth:
Literary Devices Handout
Rhythm and Beat (Poetics) of Pop and Rap
Textbook Pages of Macbeth:
Opening Textbook Pages
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Support Resources for Macbeth:
Literary Devices Handout
Rhythm and Beat (Poetics) of Pop and Rap
Full Macbeth play (WWII version): http://video.pbs.org/video/1604122998/
Below: TED Talk about Shakespeare, Rap, and Iambic Pentameter
Below: Let me introduce you to Lady Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 5)
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Act 2, Scene 2 ("Is this a dagger?")
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Below: Act 3 Scenes
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Below: Macbeth Act 4- "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble"
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Below: Lady Macbeth Hand-Washing
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Below: End of Macbeth
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Below: Check out how English changed from Old English to Middle English to Early Modern English (at Shakespearian times). Listen to the videos of the Lord's Prayer read in the 3 distinct eras, from left to right. This makes Shakespeare's language sound much more familiar than the other two! His English isn't as "old-fashioned" as you thought.
Translations of each era's "Lord's Prayer:" http://www.oocities.org/athens/olympus/2961/lprayer.htm
Translations of each era's "Lord's Prayer:" http://www.oocities.org/athens/olympus/2961/lprayer.htm
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<-- English during Shakespeare's time
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Below: Full Length Performances of Macbeth
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