Inhalt
Vorwort
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Zu Konzeption und Aufbau der Unterrichtseinheit
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Zur didaktischen Konzeption
Shakespeares Sprache - ein methodisches Problem und ein Lösungsvorschlag
Zur Anlage der Unterrichtseinheit
Zum Aufbau des Buches
Übersicht über die Unterrichtseinheit
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Darstellung der Einzelstunden
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Unit I:
The stage in Shakespeare''s time and the settings in "Macbeth"—a survey
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1.Stunde: The influence ofthe Elizabethan theatre on the drama
Unit II:
The p l o t o f "Macbeth" and itsmainsource—a survey
2. Stunde: The dramatis personae in their feudal context
3.Stunde: Macbeth's life story in Holinshed's Chronicle as compared
to Shakespeare's plotUnit III: I, 1 - 4
"Fair is foul, and foulisfair": the opening scenes and the main theme ofthe play
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Disorder in nature and in the feudal world
The witches creatingdisorder
Macbeth's and Banquo's differing attitudes towards the witches
Macbeth'sincreasingconfusion:partofthepropheciescomes true
Macbeth's double role at court: the loyal vassal
and the potential regicide
9. Stunde: Regicide creating universal chaos; Duncan as a good king
10. Stunde: The king in medieval society and the position of regicide
Unit IV: I, 5 - 7
"Partners o f greatness": theperversion ofmarital love; preparing the regicide
Establishing Macbeth's private character:
his love for his wife and his ambitions
12.Stunde: Lady Macbeth's love for her husband and her ambitions;
the first meeting of husband and wife
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13.Stunde: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as feudal hosts and potential regicides:
Macbeth's arguments against regicide
14. Stunde: Overcoming Macbeth's scruples: Love as a means
of achieving the wrong end
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Unit V: II, 1 - 4
"Confusion's masterpiececommitting the regicide and the immediate consequences . . . .
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Therightconditions; the psychologyofa noblecriminal
Accomplishing and concealing the regicide
The effectofthe crime on the criminal
Inverness Castle as hell onearth: the discoveryof the regicide
19.Stunde: First suspicions and signs o f rising Opposition;
the people's view of the regicide: chaos in nature
Unit VI: III, 1 - 6
"Allisbuttoys": Macbethprovesa tyrant;hisgrowingself-estrangement
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24. Stunde:
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Macbeth acting as a tyrant
Macbeth as the dominant partner
"Most admired disorder": Macbeth gives himselfaway
Macbeth as the tyrant manifest
Unit VII: IV, 1 - 3
" Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill": the Macdufftragedy
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25. Stunde: "To know by the worst means the worst" Macbeth and Macduff as antagonists
26.Stunde: To do "by the worst means the worst" Macbeth kills Macduffs defenceless family
27. Stunde: Macduff as a rebellious baron
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Unit VIII: V, 1 - 8
"Macbeth is ripeforshaking": the tyrant's falland the true king's rise to the throne
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28. Stunde: Macbeth's private tragedy
29.Stunde: Macbeth'snihilism
30. Stunde: Macbeth's death and Malcolm as the new king
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Unit IX:
Thestructureoftheplay
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31. Stunde: Is "Macbeth" a tragedy?
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Vorschläge für Klausuren
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Literatur
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