Class Minutes, March 5th

Today, we started off by going over Act 1, Scene 2 of Macbeth, and we talked abouthe similes found in it, which show Macbeth's initial bravery. Then wrote in our Macbeth Logs, under the literary devices section : [Characters: Macbeth is introduced as a war hero: valiant, noble, strong. It is important that he starts on a pedestal so that he can be a tragic hero, and fall. Tragedy depends on the fall of an already great man. Simile and metaphor are used to reveal his bravery: a) "Like valour's minion, carved out his passage" (I.ii.20)
b) "Till that Bellona's bridegroom.." (I.ii.62)
c) "Dismayed not...our captains...Yes, as sparrows eagles or the hare the lion." (I.ii.38-39) ]
That was what we wrote a paragraph based on. We spent around 20 minutes writing a paragraph response on William Shakespeare's use of metaphor to develop Macbeth's character. At the end of class, we got a hand out about how Macbeth is a tragic hero and literary devices which commonly appear in Macbeth.