Macbeth Project

You are to select one of the following options. For whichever you choose, you are to write either an Elizabethan sonnet or a 14 line (or more) poem entirely in couplets. For each, remember poetic devices such as alliteration, sense imagery, figures of speech, consistent rhythm, elevated language. After your poem has been revised, you will create an illustrative background to accompany it, and you will record it as a podcast.

Elizabethan sonnet format:
14 lines of iambic pentameter
3 quatrains (abab, cdcd, efef) and a couplet (gg)

A. RECIPE. Create a witch’s brew.

1. Explain the purpose for which your brew is to be used. Your purpose must have some connection to a theme or motif of the play (e.g., chicken soup cures a deranged mind).
2. Include ingredients and measurements but don’t get too bizarre (please!)
3. Detailed instructions should be included in a step-by-step format. 

B. ANNIVERSARY CARD. From Lady Macbeth or Lady Macduff to her husband or vice versa.

1. Capture the personalities of the characters involved.
2. Consider the time period and action of the play.

C. LADY MACBETH’S LOST MISSIVE. In Act V, Scene I, Lady Macbeth’s gentlewoman reveals that the queen has been “sleep writing.” Write Lady Macbeth’s never before read letter. 

1. Capture Lady Macbeth’s character and state of mind at this point in the play.
2. What might she be writing? To whom? Why?

D. INVITATION TO A BANQUET. The Macbeths are holding a feast and sending out invitations.

1. Decide on an appropriate occasion.
2. Include the important details: purpose, where, when, entertainment, menu, attire, gifts, invitees, etc.