Friday, January 22, 2021

A Brief Journey through the Quotes of Shakespeare's Macbeth

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During our oldest son's sophomore year of homeschooled high school, he read William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. We had the chance to review Shakespeare's Tragedies from Hewitt Homeschooling Resources. This resource examines four tragedies of Shakespeare and several sonnets: 

We read Julius Caesar using this paperback book as our resource for questions and lessons. Originally, I had planned on asking our son to read Hamlet during his junior year, but we spent the year reading works by Tolkien using a wonderful course at SchoolhouseTeachers.com. I do hope to read Hamlet with him this year, but he has already read Macbeth as part of his British Literature course. 

A good place to start prior to reading Shakespeare is with the famous quotes from the plays and references in other works of entertainment. From the witches trying to bring about confusion to order finally being restored at the end of the play when English customs are introduced with the crowning of Malcolm, there are many famous quotes and memorable lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth.   

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Hover through the fog and filthy air." 
All the witches from Act I Scene I 

"This supernatural soliciting, 
Cannot be ill, cannot be good" 
Macbeth from Act I Scene III

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly." 
Macbeth from Act I Scene VII

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."  Macbeth from Act I Scene VII; A Mom's Quest to Teach; background clipart deer


"What's done is done." 
Lady Macbeth from Act III Scene II 

"Double, double, toil and trouble;  Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."  Witches from Act IV Scene I ; A Mom's Quest to Teach; background clip art of witches cauldron


"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" 
Lady Macbeth from Act V Scene I 

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 
Signifying nothing." 
Macbeth from Act V Scene V 

Do you have a favorite Shakespeare play? 

1 comment:

  1. I love how homeschooling allows us to teach based on our kids interests. I also love the idea of adding in Shakespeare

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