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Illuminated Texts: Shakespeare's Macbeth
Lessons and projects by students and teachers on the works of Ernest Hemingway, especially his first collection of short stories, In Our Time.
Bloody Resolve: A Macbeth Illuminated Text by Elizabeth Mucha and Renee Leber
The first Shakespeare Illuminated Text on our site and one of the best. The students use Macbeth's own words to indict his bloody intentions -- the movement of the words, the letters, and the music create a masterful impression of Shakespeare's words. [We now have a Flash Video version of this presentation - if you've had any trouble hearing the sound and/or video choose that version.] Shakespeare works wonderfully for these Illuminated Texts -
Irreconcilable Differences- An Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Macbeth
For our Illuminated text we pulled from 2 soliloquies: one by Lady Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 5) and one from Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 7). They were meant to contrast each other by showing how desperately Lady Macbeth craved to do the deed of killing Duncan and Macbeth is voicing his apprehension to the action. For being husband and wife they could not have two more different opinions (hence our title). [They did a great job here - and that starts with their concentration on the actual text - the choice of font - and the animations that they use that explicate Shakespeare's words. JRS]
Be Innocent - An Illuminated Text from Shakespeare's Macbeth - "Be Innocent of the Knowledge"
This Illuminated Text particularly highlights Macbeth, and the darkness. This passage was chosen because it emphasized themes that related to death and life, and the somberness of their relationship. The music emphasizes that theme, using an organ sounds and a haunting chorusing. It was taken from Macbeth, 3.3.51-60. The last three lines were excluded because it didn't fit the theme that was drawn from the chosen passages.
Life is a Tale told with Stephen Booth Moments: An Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Macbeth
For this soliloquie I choose to do the one from Act 5 Sc 5. In this one Macbeth finds about his wife's death and is remembering the reasons for him becoming king. There is a specific reason why I choose the song that is played in this illuminated text and that is because my piano teacher talked about this song and told a story on how the theme of the song is always reoccuring.
It is a tale told by an idiot
This is an illuminated text from Act 5 Scene 5, when Macbeth talks about how Lady Macbeth should have died later, because everything he is doing is for her. She should be there to see his victories, and to celebrate with him and not him alone. Now that Lady Macbeth is dead, Macbeth feels as if life is meaningless, and there's no reason to do what he has been doing. WIthout a purpose, life becomes meaningless.
Lady Macbeth: How to Kill a Duncan
Act 3 Scene 7 This is an illuminated text of Lady Macbeth's speech to Macbeth when they are plotting to kill Duncan. Throughtout the speech she uses questions to answerthe questions that Macbeth is thinking about. Although she has not went through her character change yet shakespeare foreshadows her future change in morals at the end of the speech.
This Meaning-less life - An Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Macbeth - "Life is a Tale..."
This Illuminated texts takes you through the motions and thoughts of Macbeth's final soliloquy after the announcement of Lady Macbeth’s death. In this speech Macbeth comes to his deepest understanding of the insignificance of his life. Which he describes as being controlled by someone or something beyond us and that we play parts scripted in this “drama” called life.
