Macbeth Anticipation Guide

Macbeth Anticipation Guide These questions will help introduce you to the conflicts and topics you may confront in your reading. They are also designed to encourage you to think about these issues and to build expectancy for the play. 1. Have you ever given in to temptation? Yes No 2.Do you believe in prophecies? If you are unsure of the meaning, look it up in a dictionary. Yes No 3. Do you believe everyone is in a personal battle of good versus evil? Yes No 4. How do you decide what is good and what is evil? 5. Do you believe in witches? Yes No 6. What is the difference between greed and ambition? 7. Do you believe the saying, "You reap what you sow?" Yes No 8. Do you believe that fate directs our lives or that our actions alone determine our circumstances? 9. You probably would not break your moral code for a stranger, but what about for a loved one? Yes No 10. If someone prophesied you would become someone of importance (i.e.-President, Homecoming King/Queen, etc), would you wait for it to happen or would you try to make it happen? Explain. 11. Do you listen to your conscience? Yes No 12. Have you ever experienced the feeling of guilt? Yes No If so, explain how it made you feel.

13. Use the word web to explore one or more of the following concepts: fate, honor, ambition, guilt. You will need to: (1) Define the concept (2) Give examples that illustrate it (3) List some of the consequences associated with it, and (4) Show your reaction to the concept (what do you think about this concept? Any personal stories to relate? Is this an important concept to you? Why or why not?).