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__________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________/ 15 Watch the following video on the explanation of Aristotle’s Tragic Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz5qaTeDC6s -­‐ The purpose of the tragedy is to __________________________________ pity and ______________________________ within an audience to _______________________________________ them of these emotions , to ________________________________________ their ___________________________________ of _________________________________ and men. -­‐ A tragic hero is neither completely ________________________________ nor is he completely ______________________________________________. -­‐ He has great _____________________________ but he is _____________________________________ to ______________________________________. -­‐ To arouse _____________________________, the tragic hero must ______________________________ basic ______________________________________ flaws. -­‐ This characteristic is called a __________________________________ _____________________________ or ______________________________________________________. A common flaw is ______________________________________ which means ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________. -­‐ This leads them to disregard __________________________________________ warnings or violate ___________________________________________. -­‐ Tragic heroes are _________________________________________________________ for their own ___________________________________________________. -­‐ They typically meet a __________________________________________ death. ________________________/ 25 Look at the development of either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth. Pick one and analyze how they change throughout the play. Document textual evidence that shows the major shifts in their development and how it affected the outcome of the play. Discuss your character in the beginning, middle and end of the play. ______________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________/ 30 Now compare the soliloquy that you analyzed to a famous speech. Be sure to use text from both the soliloquy and the speech you chose to support your comparison. What are the similarities as compared using the rhetorical triangle? What are the differences? Speech chosen: ____________________________________________________________ (suggestions for speeches include but are not limited to Martin Luther King Jr. I have a Dream, Queen Elizabeth I’s Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, John F Kennedy's Inaugural Address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, etc. this website will help finding these speeches along with others http://www.toptenz.net/top-­‐10-­‐greatest-­‐speeches.php) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________/ 50 Define (make sure use the literary term definition) and find examples of each in the play Macbeth, use both the graphic novel and play on No Fear Shakespeare to find your examples. Iambic Pentameter-­‐ example: Soliloquy-­‐ example: Aside-­‐ example: Couplet-­‐ example: Dramatic Irony-­‐ example: Pathetic Fallacy-­‐ example: Equivocation-­‐ example: Simile-­‐ example: Metaphor-­‐ example: Personification-­‐ example: Apostrophe-­‐ example: ___________________/ 33 Use the following websites to help in your understanding of the play and for developing your arguments in your writing: Cliffnotes Macbeth: Follow the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkBp-­‐2fAbiU Thug Notes Summary and Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-­‐PKotyoxys No Fear Shakespeare-­‐ Macbeth: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/ Macbeth Sparknotes: http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/