Thursday, October 9, 2008

A thousand apologies for not getting this entry up sooner; I'm really not feeling that well.

Underclass: If you are interested in Picture Retake day, pick up a form from the table in the front of the room. Picture retakes will be 10/14, all day.

Sophys: Count of Monte-Cristo Check-Reading test, part I.

APees: Three goals for our learning today: 1. To discuss the AC Bradley piece from yesterday; 2. To go over the focus points listed below; 3. To review for the Mactest tomorrow. If we have time left over, a short scene from the terrible-yet-brilliant Orson Welles classic version of Macbeth, starring very few people from Scotland and filmed nowhere near Scotland. (And featuring a very festive hat that looks for all the world like a cooking funnel with fur hot-glued around its base. One must do what one must do with a limited budget.)

Focus points:

Ambition, both denotation and connotation
How does this play react to/related to The Gunpowder Plot (Remember, remember the fifth of November. . .) and what does it suggest about monarchical rights, governance, and the rights of a responsible citizenry?
What implications might this play have for a modern readership?