Week of February 27th--Macbeth

1. What three things does Macbeth learn from the witches and apparitions, and how does he react to them?

2. How does Macbeth react to Macduff's departure? (use concrete details)

3. What action is taken by Macduff and Malcolm in Act IV? (use concrete details)

Week of February 21st--Macbeth

1. As Act III begins, Banquo is reflecting on what has happened to Macbeth. What 3 events does he state and what does he hope for himself ? (Use concrete details)

2. What reason does Macbeth give the murderers for wanting Banquo killed? What reason does he give for not doing it himself? (Use concrete details)

3. Why do you think Macbeth does not tell Lady Macbeth about his plan to murder Banquo and Fleance? (Use concrete details)

4. When Banquo's ghost enters the banquet, what is Macbeth's reaction? (Use concrete details)

5. What does Lady Macbeth say to the guests is the reason for his behavior? What can you say about their relationship at this point in the play? (Use concrete details)

Week of February 7th--Macbeth

1. With what words does Banquo reaffirm his loyalty to King Duncan?

2. What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo and why?

3. How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth differ in their reactions to the murder?

4. Who are Macbeth's other victims? Why does he commit more murders?

5. Considering journal entry number 3, what are some recurring motifs in Act 2?

Week of January 31st--Macbeth

Dear Honor Students,


Please analyze the following quotes from Macebeth; identify the speaker, provide context for the meaning, and interpret the meaning.


1.   

Yet do I fear they nature;

It is too full o'th' milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,

Art not without ambition, but without

The illness should attend to it.

2.  

The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step

On which I must fall down or else o'erleap,

For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.

3.

Hie thee hither,

That I may pour my spirits in thine ear

And chastise with the valour of my tongue

All that impedes thee from the golden round.

Week of January 24th--Macbeth

1. What are the witches planning at the beginning of the act?

2. What happened to the original Thane of Cawdor and why did he lose his title?

3. How do the witches greet Macbeth after the battle? Why?

4. What is the significance of Lady Macbeth's "unsex me" scene?

Week of January 9th--Native Son

1. What are some of the reasons that Bigger begins to trust Jan and Boris Max?

2. Why does Bigger attack Reverend Hammond and discard the cross Hammond has given to him?

3. What two incidents in the novel indicate that the author believes that the psychiatric profession has contributed to racism?

Week of December 5th--Native Son

1. Describe some of the many ways in which Bessie Mears, Bigger's girlfriend, is trapped in a life that is not of her own choosing (use concrete details).

2. Describe the way Bigger is hunted down after he has fled the Dalton home. How would this manhunt have been different if Bigger were white?

3. Mr. Dalton's private investigator, Mr. Britten, alternately expresses his hatred of African Americans and of Communists. After he interrogates Bigger, Bigger thinks to himself that "Mr. Britten was familiar to him; he had met a thousand Brittens in his life." What is it about Mr. Britten's thinking that makes him so easy for Bigger to understand, and how does Bigger intend to use Mr. Britten's prejudices to his own advantage?