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Thursday, 22 September 2011

A2S1 - Is this a dagger?


Today we had people read out the dagger soliloquy, then re wrote the soliloquay in our own words..
we then read Act 2 scene 1 and 2.
Then we planned the homework which was....WHAT DO THE LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR OF MACBETH AND LADY MACBETH TELL US ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN ACT 2-SCENE 1 & 2
Things you could add for this essay are split into 2:

Gothic themes:


  • supernatural

  • ambiguity

  • wolf

  • great chain of being

  • visions

  • stormy/dark setting

  • women/men

  • powerful figures

  • opposition

  • horror/terror

  • exaggeration

  • blood

  • God/religion/amen

Language Structure Form:



  • foreshadow

  • soliloquay

  • verse/prose

  • adjacency pairs

  • pathetic fallacy

  • dramatic irony
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4 comments:

  1. Chris. 张22 September 2011 at 13:29

    for those of us who are unsure of what great chain of being is the hierarchy of peoples status

    http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/images/HierarchicalScale.gif

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  2. London Academy Students26 September 2011 at 01:03

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  3. London Academy Students26 September 2011 at 01:11

    If we look at the two scenes in question, we can see that Shakespeare breaks the social norms of a man in charge with a submissive wife.
    Instead we have a dominent wife and a submissive husband; this change can possibly seen as going against the great chain of being - a common theme throughout the play.

    Roman A.

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  4. London Academy Students26 September 2011 at 01:13

    I think there relationship reflects Adam and Eve and her control and influence on her husband can be evident for this.

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