Transcript Macbeth - excessive violence

Should an essay be more like
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
Or
Frankenstein’?
Write a series of paragraphs on:
“The violence in Macbeth is so excessive that it ceases
to have any effect on the audience” To what extent do
you think violence in the play is excessive”?
AO3
Focus =
Considering Different Interpretations
Aim =
Write a considered interpretation
Perceptive Consideration
• Evaluates key readings and comes to conclusions
• May suggest that a combined reading is needed – as
opposing forces fused together is a Gothic idea.
• Uses critical / historical / staging perspectives.
Considered Consideration
• Consistently discuss key multiple readings in depth
• Makes reference to different Gothic elements.
Clear Understanding
• Discusses two different readings
• Uses textual evidence to back up each
Read Barney’s Essay on Violence ...
-Take 10 min to read.
Remember what
we did with AO$
last week?
Does Barney do it?
Reflect ...
-Is it clear, considered or perceptive?
Discuss...
-With a partner – where would you place it? – what
does he need to do?
Violence in Macbeth
What types of violence are
there in Macbeth?
Can you find any suitable
quotations?
Do Gothic texts HAVE to be
violent?
What Gothic Terms will help
us to consider this?
Could we argue that
Macbeth isn’t
excessively violent?
What do we actually SEE on stage?
What role does a director play?
What effect should it have
on the audience?
How could we argue that the
FORM / LANGUAGE / STRUCTURE
is violent?
Write a series of paragraphs on:
“The violence in Macbeth is so excessive that it ceases
to have any effect on the audience” To what extent do
you think violence in the play is excessive”?
AO3
Focus =
Considering Different Interpretations
Aim =
Write a considered interpretation