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Macbeth : Act II- Beware of excessive ambition!

Macbeth : Act II- Beware of excessive ambition!. Review what we know about Macbeth in Act I. New term: Blank Verse Turn in study questions for Act II Discuss scenes 1,2 of Act II Answer questions p. 471, Act II, 1-12. You may work together. Everyone turns in answers.

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Macbeth : Act II- Beware of excessive ambition!

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  1. Macbeth : Act II- Beware of excessive ambition! • Review what we know about Macbeth in Act I. • New term: Blank Verse • Turn in study questions for Act II • Discuss scenes 1,2 of Act II • Answer questions p. 471, Act II, 1-12. You may work together. Everyone turns in answers. • Test Act II on Thursday/ Friday

  2. Objectives • Critical thinking • Analysis • Literary terms • Grammar rules: lie and lay

  3. Review Act I • What was the perfect plan for murder? • Have you read of any perfect crimes?

  4. Blank Verse • Unrhymed iambic pentameter • Iamb= meter foot of unstressed , stressed syllables • Pent=5 • Five feet to a line= every line 10 syllables

  5. Lie and Lay • Lie= lie , lay, lain to rest, recline • Lay= lay, lay, laid to put or place something • The problem lies like lead upon me. • I lay the hammer by the workbench.

  6. Vocabulary • Augment- supplement • Palpable- tangible, physical • Stealthy-silent, quiet, surreptitious • Multitudinous-countless, infinite • Equivocate-prevaricate, be evasive with the truth • Predominance-majority, numerousness,power

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