Literature Review Macbeth - Southwest Licking Local School District
Literature Review Macbeth - Southwest Licking Local School District
Literature Review Macbeth - Southwest Licking Local School District
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<strong>Southwest</strong> <strong>Licking</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />
<strong>Literature</strong> Selection <strong>Review</strong><br />
Teacher: Paula Ball<br />
Title: <strong>Macbeth</strong>: No Fear<br />
Author: William Shakespeare<br />
<strong>School</strong>: Watkins Memorial High <strong>School</strong><br />
Genre: Fiction<br />
Publisher: Sparknotes<br />
Book Summary and summary citation:<br />
From Amazon:<br />
The Tragedy of <strong>Macbeth</strong> is a winding and whimsical tale that puts into play humanity<br />
against heroism, dependence in the midst of deceit, and the mundane under the<br />
influence of the magical. The toil and trouble in this story arises not only from the<br />
classical Shakespearian fight for a throne, but also in the psychological dramas of his<br />
protagonists. The essential story of <strong>Macbeth</strong> brews and boils in the strengths and<br />
frailties of human reactions to relationships and temptation.<br />
Instructional Rationale/Objectives:<br />
Read and comprehend literature at grade level.<br />
Determine figurative and connotative meaning. Analyze impact on tone.<br />
<strong>Review</strong> #1:<br />
From Barnes & Noble<br />
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of<br />
study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know,<br />
SparkNotes provides chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs,<br />
and symbols; and a review quiz and essay topics. Lively and accessible, these guides<br />
are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers.<br />
<strong>Review</strong> #2:<br />
From Amazon:<br />
Among the tragedies of Shakespeare, "<strong>Macbeth</strong>" is noted for the exceptional simplicity<br />
of the plot and the directness of the action. Here is no underplot to complicate or enrich,<br />
hardly more than a glimpse of humor to relieve the dark picture of criminal ambition,<br />
only the steady march toward an inevitable catastrophe. This tragedy illustrates in its<br />
close the conventional poetic justice that demands the triumph of the righteous cause
and the downfall of the wicked. But there is not lacking that more subtle justice, so<br />
impressive in "Lear" because unaccompanied by the temporal reward of the good,<br />
which reveals itself in the subduing of character to what it works in. Far more terrible<br />
than the defeat and death of <strong>Macbeth</strong> is the picture of the degradation of his nature,<br />
when he appears in the scene before the battle like a beast at bay.<br />
What alternate text(s) could also fulfill the instructional requirements<br />
Title: Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad<br />
Document any potentially controversial content:<br />
Violence, multiple murders and battle sceens, witches, and insanity<br />
GRADE LEVEL(S): 9 and 10<br />
Reading level of this title (if applicable): high school<br />
Date Submitted to website: August 1, 2011<br />
Suggested Professional Literary <strong>Review</strong> Sources:<br />
<strong>School</strong> Library Journal<br />
Horn Book<br />
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br />
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)<br />
Library Journal<br />
Book Links<br />
Publisher's Weekly<br />
Booklist<br />
Kirkus <strong>Review</strong><br />
Wilson Library Catalog<br />
English Journal (and other resources of the National Council of Teachers of English)<br />
The Reading Teacher (International Reading Association)<br />
<strong>Literature</strong> for Today’s Young Adults
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