Macbeth online searchable text
English 10 Your name:
Mrs. Bailey
Macbeth Final Project
For your final work with this play, you will complete a
project that assesses your overall understanding of the play through work with
a single thematic element. While this
project does not involve writing an essay, it will require you to
use skills that you would use in creating an essay. NOTE: THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT – 2 students only per
group. (However, if you’d like to work independently, please
speak to me).
Step 1: First,
you must select one of the words (or word-pairs) listed below to be the focus
of your work with this prompt:
How does Shakespeare use this word – both in the text and in allusion –
to create paradox within the development of imagery and/or characterization in
the play?
Word choices: blood night
fear sleep
hand(s) thought(s)
heart time
look/see
After selecting your word, start by brainstorming ways that
the word is used paradoxically in the play.
You may want to try brainstorming with 2-3 different word choices, to
see which one generates the most interesting ideas in your mind.
Step 2: Now, you
will work to find actual evidence from the play to support and possibly to
expand the ideas you created in your brainstorming. You may do this in several
ways:
a)
Look back through the text of the play to
quotes/sections you remember that feature your word. Write down each passage that contains your
word, including the citations for each passage you quote. (Correct citations are (ACT.scene.lines) –
for example, (IV.iii.108-109)
b)
Use the searchable e-text of Macbeth on my
Sharepoint site to find passages that utilize your word. The site is at the
University of Virginia: http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MobMacb.html
Once you have found the passage on
the e-text, you’ll need to locate it in your book in order to create your
citation. Write down the relevant passages, including citations for the lines
that involve your word.
NOTE: When selecting quotations, make sure to
capture a complete sentence, not just a fragmented line. For example:
BAD: That look
not like the inhabitants o’ the earth (I.iii.42)
GOOD: What
are these
So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,
And yet are on't? (I.iii.40-43)
So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,
And yet are on't? (I.iii.40-43)
Step 3: Once
you have collected lots of examples about how your word is used progressively
throughout the play, you can develop some theories about how the use of your
word changes as the play progresses.
Write a thesis that poses one of these theories, perhaps about:
q the
ways Shakespeare used your word to create a paradox in imagery – and perhaps how his use of that imagery changes as
the play progresses;
q the
ways the word is used to show something paradoxical about the development of a character as the play progresses;
q or
some other interesting paradox that is shown in the use of your word from the
beginning to the end of the play.
The thesis statement you create will
become the central focus of your final project, so be sure to take time and
care in developing it. Make sure it
meets all the requirements of good thesis statements! (It must be arguable, provable, and
important!)
Step 4: Based
upon the thesis that you have composed, select a minimum of 10 quotes
from your quote collection that you would use to support your thesis. These
will be the quotes you will use on your project. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using
more than 10 quotes on your project.
Step 5: Construct a visual representation of your
thesis idea about the word you have chosen.
You may create either a 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, or virtual project
based upon your thesis. Your job is to
try to represent what you state in your thesis in a visual way. Incorporated into that visual should be
colors and images that are important, your 10 quotations, and 2+ sentence
explanations of how each of your quotations help to prove your thesis about the
paradoxical purpose of the word. Your
brainstorming and full quote collection will be turned in with your project.
Some possible ideas:
·
build a multi-sided structure and show various
elements of the paradox in imagery or character development of your word on
each side. Quotes with citations are
incorporated on each side.
·
paint a “progressive” picture showing the paradoxical
change in a character or in use of imagery based on your word. Quotes with citations are painted in or
attached to each section of the progression.
·
draw/paint a multi-sided image of a character
incorporating many details associated with the paradoxical use of the word in
developing that character. Quotes with
citations are incorporated with those details.
·
create an image diary where each page shows the
progression of the word’s paradoxical use accompanied by quotations with
citations.
·
develop a Glog or Prezi in which you demonstrate
the paradoxical development of an image or character. Use quotations with
citations throughout the presentation.
Since this is your last project
of this school year, it should be creative, attractive, and done with care and
attention to detail. Ideally, it should
be the best work you have done for English all year!
Suggested timeline: □ Th-Fri., 6/13-14 Select word/ brainstorm/collect quotations
□ Mon, 6/17 Create thesis statement; select
quotations for
project
□ Tue-Wed., 6/18-19 Assemble project; check requirements
□ Thurs. 6/20
Project due C & D periods
English 10
Mrs. Bailey
Assessment for Macbeth Final
Project
Project Preparation/Brainstorming out of 10 Brainstorming
done for 2+ words
All quotations using your assigned
word are collected
All citations are correct
Project
Concept/Structure out
of 30
Project displays meaningful
visual representation the word’s paradoxical use in the
play
Colors, images, and structures all have purpose toward
proving thesis/conveying message
Thesis statement is
well-developed, meets all thesis requirements, and shows good understanding of
the play
Visual elements show
insight into the word’s paradoxical meanings in the play
10 or more quotations are
placed in meaningful locations on the project
All quotations include
proper citations in correct format
Explanations of quotations
help to support the thesis statement
Presentation
out of 20
Final product is attractive, carefully constructed, shows
pride
Students
are well-prepared to present the product with pride in 3-4 minute explanation
_______/60
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