Macbeth Powerpoint
Macbeth Powerpoint
Macbeth Powerpoint
o Aristocrats
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When in a play...
1 shilling to stand
2 shillings to sit in the
balcony
1 shilling was 10% of
their weekly income
Broadway Today:
$85 Orchestra
$60 Balcony
10% of a teachers
weekly salary
Set in Scotland
Written for King James I
(formerly of Scotland,
now England)
Queen of Denmark
(Jamess sister) was
visiting
Shakespeare researched
The Chronicles - Banquo
is an ancestor of King
James I
Macbeth
Duncans most courageous general
Ambition to become king corrupts him
causing him to murder Duncan
Banquo
General and Macbeths best friend
Suspects Macbeth in Duncans murder
An actual ancestor of King James I
Lady Macbeth
As ambitious as her husband
A dark force behind his evil deeds
Macduff
Scottish general, suspects Macbeth of
murdering the king
Macbeth has his family murdered
Swears vengeance
So what really
happens?
Good guy goes
bad