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The Layer Cake of Literature:

The Layer Cake of Literature:. Making complex connections with every bite. a.k.a. Close Reading. Unlock your memories and associations. Find symbols in the text. Light = Goodness. Darkness = Evil. Blood. Blood. See Patterns in words and actions. Night. Foul. Fair. Blood. Blood. It.

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The Layer Cake of Literature:

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  1. The Layer Cake of Literature: Making complex connections with every bite.

  2. a.k.a.Close Reading

  3. Unlock your memories and associations

  4. Find symbols in the text Light = Goodness Darkness = Evil

  5. Blood Blood See Patterns in words and actions Night Foul Fair Blood Blood It Night It Nature

  6. Memory Symbol+ Pattern_________Meaning

  7. Pattern Symbol Memory + + and Meaning in Macbeth

  8. A Close Look at Banquo “Good buddies...’till the end?” And “Wherever we go...it’s together” Macbeth Every complex character needs sidekick, foil, partner...an opposite...

  9. Symbols and Banquo Act 2 Scene 1 Enter Banquo, and Fleancebearing a torch (II.1.19) Banquo: Hold, take my sword. There’s husbandry in heaven,/Their candles are all out. Take thee that too. A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I would not sleep. (II.1.19) After a brief exchange, Banquo, Fleance and servant—all torch-bearers exit—leaving Macbeth in the dark—to see a dagger. Where there is Banquo; there is Light. Where there is Light; there is goodness. Banquo = Goodness

  10. Patterns & Banquo The Pattern within Banquo’s words: “Why do you start and seem to fear/Things that do sound so fair? (I.III.6) “...have we eaten on the insane root...?” (I. III.8) “The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/Win us with honest trifles...” (I.III.8)

  11. Time to Frost... Make new meaning from complex connections Your Layer Cake...

  12. Memory: • Mac & Banquo are good buds+ Symbol: Banquo is goodness through light+ Pattern: Banquo speaks of truth and is not afraid Add it up... Banquo represents Macbeth’s “good” side. The killing of Banquo by Macbeth leaves Macbeth alone and in total darkness...to be consumed by evil.

  13. Works Cited Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor. New York: Harper, 2003.

  14. Do your equations 2x in your journal • Memory __________________________________ • Symbol ___________________________________ • Pattern_____________________________________ • New Meaning from Complex Connections:

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