MONDAY
Today in Class
Vocabulary Unit 5--stamped and checked; quiz on Wednesday

Looked at clothing imagery as a key to Macbeth's character deterioration, from someone who was aghast that he was being given a title that didn't belong to him--"Why do you dress me/ In borrowed robes?"(1.3.114-115--to a tyrant who "cannot buckle his distempered cause / Within the belt of rule" (5.2.17-18. Rather than someone whose new titles are "Like our strange garments" which take some getting used to before they can be worn comfortably (1.4.160-162), Macbeth's stolen kingship "Hang[s] loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief" (5.2.23-25). He has become a morally shrunken man.

Discussed comic relief ("Porter scene" for its connections to theme

For tomorrow
Write out 2 negative character traits and two positive traits (personality characteristics) for Macbeth. Provide a brief justification/explanation for each one. No quotes required for this homework--just explain.