Brigidine College Library

Pathfinder

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Year 12

Macbeth

 

 

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Making oral presentations

Giving a presentation

http://library.curtin.edu.au/studytrekk/trek7.html

 

Giving an oral presentation

http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/learning/oral

Getting started - audio



Excellent. 60 Seconds Shakespeare.
Very helpful for all aspects of your presentation

 

Writing your script



Academic writing. What is an expository piece of writing?
http://www.amarris.homestead.com/files/Academic_Writing.htm

 

Macbeth Essay

http://www.gcseguide.co.uk/macbeth.htm

 

Children’s stories

 

Tips on how to write children’s stories
http://www.aaronshep.com/kidwriter/Tips.html

 

Guidelines for writing a children’s story
http://www.amlib.ch/lieww_assignment.pdf

How to write children’s stories
http://www.writetoinspire.com/article1012.html

Tales from Shakespeare. Macbeth (for children)

Other versions of Macbeth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/macbeth/episode.shtml




 

 

 

general

 

William Shakespeare. A short biography

http://students.roanoke.edu/t/tnunez/shakesdone.html

 

Macbeth. Williams Shakespeare. Content
http://www.bartleby.com/70/index41.html

 

Macbeth an introduction
http://www.enotes.com/macbeth

 

About Macbeth
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/macbeth/about.html

The true story of Mac Beth
http://students.roanoke.edu/t/tnunez/actualstory.html

 

Historic figures. Macbeth  (c.1005-1057)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/macbeth.shtml


Macbeth – the legend

The Scottish Play is based loosely on an episode from history, the death of King Duncan at the hands of his kinsman Macbeth.

http://legends.duelingmodems.com/shakespeare/macbeth.html

MacBeth as a royal play
In fact, his [Shakespeare] very purpose for writing
Macbeth was to honour his new King from Scotland.
http://students.roanoke.edu/t/tnunez/TheRoyalPlay.html


Royal Shakespeare Company. Shakespeare. Macbeth.

Sections on what is a tragedy, plot synopsis and the characters
http://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/home/home.html

 

 

The Key ideas
RSC



Shakespeare. BBC Drama

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare


SparkNotes : Macbeth

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth

 

Wikipedia : Macbeth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth


MacBeth Plugged

An annotated, on-line version of the Shakespearean tragedy

http://library.thinkquest.org/2888

 

Enjoy Macbeth"
A sharp and witty interpretation of the play. Includes the story of the real Macbeth and reflects on a number of themes and images in the play.
http://www.pathguy.com/macbeth.htm

 

 

characters

Characters in the play
http://www.thelandofmacbeth.com/characters.htm

Macbeth players

http://shakespearenet.net/macbeth/macplayers.htm

Macbeth Navigator. Character index

http://www.clicknotes.com/macbeth/Char.html

Analysis of major characters

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/canalysis.html

 

Macbeth – character changes

http://www.cyberessays.com/English/142.htm

Macbeth – tragic hero
http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/essays/Emacbeth3.htm

 

 

 

Lady Macbeth

 

Lady Macbeth’s Speech
http://shakespeare.about.com/library/blmacbeth_1_5.htm

 

The character of Lady Macbeth
BBC



Lady Macbeth. Shakespeare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_(Shakespeare)


Character analysis Lady Macbeth
http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/chrissandy1/caladymacbeth.htm

Women in History of Scots descent

Lady Macbeth was upholding her rights

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/women/wih4.htm

 

Lady Macbeth. Macbeth Navigator

http://www.clicknotes.com/macbeth/Ladym.html

Lady Macbeth. Spark Notes

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/terms/charanal_2.html

Lady Macbeth – character changes though out the play
http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/1646.php


Exploring Shakespeare. Lady Macbeth
RSC



 

 

 

Witches

 

Witchcraft
http://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/teachers/witchcraft.html


Witches influence on Macbeth
UVIC

 

What is the relationship between Macbeth and the witches

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/macbethfaq.html#witches

 

Three witches – the weird sisters

http://www.clicknotes.com/macbeth/Witches.html

The evil witches

http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=7198

 

The witches power over Macbeth
BBC




themes

 

Macbeth Navigator

Guide to the Shakespeare Tragedy

http://www.clicknotes.com/macbeth

 

Index of themes and motifs

http://www.clicknotes.com/macbeth/Themeidx.html

 

Macbeth themes. USQ

Including gender and sexual inversion and power
http://www.usq.edu.au/shakespeare/schools/notes/thmese.htm

 

Macbeth themes

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1824/themes.htm

 

Darkness sign of chaos in Macbeth

http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/essays/Emacbeth4.htm


Something wicked this way comes

http://students.roanoke.edu/t/tnunez/witches.html

Blood imagery in Macbeth
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/macbethfaq.html#blood

 

 

History

 

Renaissance. Elizabethan World

http://elizabethan.org

 

Renaissance. Shakespeare’s contemporaries

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/renaissance.htm


Elizabethan Life

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Elizabethan_life.htm

 

Elizabethan England
http://www.bardweb.net/england.html

Tudors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors

 

Tudorhistory.org
http://www.tudorhistory.org

In search of Scotland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/index.shtml

Land of Macbeth
http://www.thelandofmacbeth.com/menu.htm