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Shakespeare Unlocked: Macbeth
Dana Lorelle, Writing, Vocabulary, Essays
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Treachery, murder, and equivocation: All these themes make Macbeth one of the most memorable of Shakespeare's plays! In this six-week course, we'll unlock the language, themes, and characters of this renowned tragedy.
Class Experience
US Grade 7 - 10
"Fair is foul/ And foul is fair!" proclaim the witches in Act I of William Shakespeare's Macbeth -- a drama that is full of double meanings and equivocation! Likewise, this engaging six-week class on Shakespeare's tragedy of mayhem, murder, and the supernatural will focus on not just the overall plot (parental guidance: there's a lot of killing!), but on the in-depth meaning of the plot twists and famous lines. When the witches proclaim that Macbeth will be king of Scotland, are they saying...
My passions are writing and poetry, and it's my great joy that my five kids can quote Shakespeare and Longfellow. So many students claim to "hate" poetry, but that's often because poetry is difficult to understand. My goal is to give students the tools they need to unlock poems and also Shakespeare. Like John Keats suddenly understanding Homer once he read the English translation, I want my students to look "...at each other with a wild surmise/ Silent, upon a peak in Darien."
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Homework
Frequency: includedFeedback: includedDetails: Students are expected to read one Act and complete the questions and guide each week. This should take 1-2 hours.
Macbeth involves lots of murder, first of all. There are also incidents of cursing ("Out, damned spot!" yells Lady Macbeth).
Additionally, parents should be aware that there is a minimal amount of sexual language, specifically when Lady Macbeth urges the spirits to "Unsex me here!" (ie, make me a man!), and when Malcolm says he is "unknown to woman" (translated as "I'm still a virgin"). Joined February, 2019
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Bachelor's Degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
***Use coupon code LORELLE20245 for $5 off any class.*** Welcome! I'm here because I love writing, reading, and teaching, and through Outschool I'm able to blend all three. I offer classes in writing and literature analysis (especially poetry),...
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Group Class
$17
weekly or $100 for 6 classes1x per week, 6 weeks
55 min
Completed by 24 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-16
3-10 learners per class
