Explore the ways women are presented in Macbeth and Of Mice and Men
A central theme of both John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Shakespeare’s Macbeth, is the role of women and their representation. Lady Macbeth and the witches in Macbeth, and Curley’s Wife all play key roles in the texts- arguably resulting in the demise of central characters- Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Steinbeck’s Lennie. This essay will explore the ways women are presented in these two texts, focusing on Lady Macbeth…
Homework
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Research Aunt Clara
What stereotype does she fall into?
What is her importance?
Fine THREE quotations that can be used as evidence.
Why do you think George reacts the way he does?
She should have died hereafter
PEER ASSESS
MACBETH
She should have died hereafter.
There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
She would have died eventually anyway
MACBETH
She would have died later anyway. That news was bound to come someday. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. The days creep slowly along until the end of time. And every day that’s already happened has taken fools that much closer to their deaths. Out, out, brief candle. Life is nothing more than an illusion. It’s like a poor actor who struts and worries for his hour on the stage and then is never heard from again. Life is a story told by an idiot, full of noise and emotional disturbance but devoid of meaning.
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Compared throughout
Used VCOP
Used sophisticated language
Linked points back to context
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