Macbeth by William Shakespeare Omne trium perfectum Three Witches, Three Titles, One Essay Peer Editing: Thursday, 10/15 (Upload to Turnitin by 3:00 p.m.) Essay Due: Monday, 10/19 (Upload to Turnitin by 3:00 p.m.) For this assignment, I would like you to select three passages from the play that are related by any standard of your choice and write a response in the form of a thesis essay that deeply discusses the relationship between these lines. You could select three passages that convey a specific theme, share a common rhetorical or literary device, or utilize reoccurring diction. • If you select passages that are thematically related, then your thesis should analyze how that specific theme is presented and how it enriches the overall effect of the play. o There are many themes to choose from: ambition, fatalism and free will, femininity and masculinity, guilt, treachery, etc. • If you decide to track Shakespeare’s use of a specific literary device, then your thesis should analyze the effect of this device. o Consider what Shakespeare wanted to emphasize when using this device. • If you decide to focus on diction, then your thesis should discuss the how the repetition of this word(s) affects the meaning of the play. o Consider how this word or phrase resonates within the play. o Consider what character, ideas, or transformations are illuminated. o Consider how the meaning of this word or phrase changes over time. • If you have another idea, let me know! Guidelines: • Each passage should be taken from a different act (if possible) and be limited to three consecutive lines in length. • You will be using these three passages as textual evidence. o Be sure to structure your paragraphs so as to provide context for your evidence. Mention who is speaking and to whom. Briefly describe the situation in which these lines are spoken. o Be sure to analyze your evidence and thoroughly discuss how it relates to your thesis. • Avoid plot summary. • Include your own insights. o You can use your introduction and conclusion to philosophically consider the implications of your topic. o You can make comparative references to the modern world. • include a creative and thoughtful title. • upload your completed essay to Turnitin.com and submit a hard copy to me.

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Omne trium perfectum

Three Witches, Three Titles, One Essay

Peer Editing: Thursday, 10/15 (Upload to Turnitin by 3:00 p.m.)

Essay Due: Monday, 10/19 (Upload to Turnitin by 3:00 p.m.)

For this assignment, I would like you to select three passages from the play that are related by any standard of your choice and write a response in the form of a thesis essay that deeply discusses the relationship between these lines. You could select three passages that convey a specific theme, share a common rhetorical or literary device, or utilize reoccurring diction.

•If you select passages that are thematically related, then your thesis should analyze how that specific theme is presented and how it enriches the overall effect of the play.

oThere are many themes to choose from: ambition, fatalism and free will, femininity and masculinity, guilt, treachery, etc.

•If you decide to track Shakespeare’s use of a specific literary device, then your thesis should analyze the effect of this device.

oConsider what Shakespeare wanted to emphasize when using this device.

•If you decide to focus on diction, then your thesis should discuss the how the repetition of this word(s) affects the meaning of the play.

oConsider how this word or phrase resonates within the play.

oConsider what character, ideas, or transformations are illuminated.

oConsider how the meaning of this word or phrase changes over time.

•If you have another idea, let me know!

Guidelines:

•Each passage should be taken from a different act (if possible) and be limited to three consecutive lines in length.

•You will be using these three passages as textual evidence.

oBe sure to structure your paragraphs so as to provide context for your evidence.

Mention who is speaking and to whom.

Briefly describe the situation in which these lines are spoken.

oBe sure to analyze your evidence and thoroughly discuss how it relates to your thesis.

•Avoid plot summary.

•Include your own insights.

oYou can use your introduction and conclusion to philosophically consider the implications of your topic.

oYou can make comparative references to the modern world.

•include a creative and thoughtful title.

•upload your completed essay to Turnitin.com and submit a hard copy to me.