Shakespeare at Its best.

Last Friday, our teacher Mdm Sawaran checked our works on our William Shakespeare project. All of us have done a very excellent and a good job. We worked very very hard on this project ! And here are lists of tasks to do during our Shakespeare project :

• Do a flyer or a brochure about William Shakespeare play
  
• Do a montage on William Shakespeare
• Do a graphic organiser on Macbeth ( cause and effect of GREED )
  
• Do a webpage or a blog on William Shakespeare ( optional )
• Fill up the research log, KWL Assesment sheet and the response journal given

And finally, after three weeks we've been working hard to finish this, and here they are some of our works that we have done ! :)

our flyer
done by : Fitri and Yusry

our montage
done by : Dayang Ayuni and Nurul Athirah


our graphic organiser on Macbeth ( cause and effect of GREED )
done by : Fitri and Yusry

Sorry if its not clear to see ^_^

We can't post our assessment sheets here because I bet it's going to be a very long post. Hehe :D
You can leave a comment about our flyer,montage and the graphic organiser that we've made. I hope you like it ! Once again, sorry if you can't see the picture clearly

Macbeth

'If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.'
- Macbeth, Act 1, scene iii-

Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest tragedy, Macbeth tells the story of a brave Scottish general (Macbeth) who receives a prophecy from a trio of sinister witches that one day he will become king of Scotland. Consumed with ambitious thoughts and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and seizes the throne for himself. He begins his reign wracked with guilt and fear and soon becomes a tyrannical ruler, as he is forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion. The bloodbath swiftly propels Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to arrogance, madness, and death.

About the Characters

Macbeth - Macbeth is a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis who is led to wicked thoughts by the prophecies of the three witches, especially after their prophecy that he will be made thane of Cawdor comes true. Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not a virtuous one. He is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne, and once he commits his first crime and is crowned king of Scotland, he embarks on further atrocities with increasing ease. Ultimately, Macbeth proves himself better suited to the battlefield than to political intrigue, because he lacks the skills necessary to rule without being a tyrant. His response to every problem is violence and murder

Lady Macbeth - Macbeth’s wife, a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. Early in the play she seems to be the stronger and more ruthless of the two, as she urges her husband to kill Duncan and seize the crown. After the bloodshed begins, however, Lady Macbeth falls victim to guilt and madness to an even greater degree than her husband. Her conscience affects her to such an extent that she eventually commits suicide

The Three Witches - Three “black and midnight hags” who plot mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies. Their predictions prompt him to murder Duncan, to order the deaths of Banquo and his son, and to blindly believe in his own immortality.

Banquo - The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne

King Duncan - The good king of Scotland whom Macbeth, in his ambition for the crown, murders. Duncan is the model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler.

Macduff - A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start. He eventually becomes a leader of the crusade to unseat Macbeth.

Lady Macduff - Macduff’s wife. The scene in her castle provides our only glimpse of a domestic realm other than that of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. She and her home serve as contrasts to Lady Macbeth and the hellish world of Inverness.

the three witches

Other characters
Lennox - the Scottish lord
Ross - the Scottish lord
Angus - the Scottish lord
Mentieth - the Scottish lord
Caithness - the Scottish lord
Hecate - Chief witch/ the goddess of witchcraft

macbeth and lady macbeth

lady macbeth sleepwalking

Research from websites :
http://www.literary-quotations.com/m/macbeth.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/

A Midsummer Night's Dream

About the play ?
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by ''The Knight's Tale'' from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures if four yound Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest.

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Characters ?

The men and women in the play of high social class:

• Lysander, beloved of Hermia
• Hermia, beloved of Lysander, engaged to Demetrius
• Helena, in love with Demetrius
• Demetrius, in love with Hermia but then falls in love with Helena later on. Engaged to Hermia
• Egeus, father of Hermia, wants to force Hermia to wed Demetrius
• Theseus, Duke of Athens, good friend of Egeus
• Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and betrothed of Theseus

The lower-class citizens in the play :

• Philostrate, Master of the Revels for Theseus
• The acting troupe (otherwise known as The Mechanicals):
  • Peter Quince, carpenter, who leads the troupe
  • Nick Bottom, weaver; he plays Pyramus in the troupe's production of "Pyramus and Thisbe," and gets a donkey head put on him by Puck so that Titania will magically fall in love with a monster.
  • Francis Flute, the bellows-mender who plays Thisbe.
  • Robin Starveling, the tailor who plays Moonshine.
  • Tom Snout, the tinker who plays the wall.
  • Snug, the joiner who plays the lion.

The supernatural characters :

• Puck, a.k.a. Hobgoblin or Robin Goodfellow; a faun, servant to Oberon
• Oberon, King of Fairies
• Titania, Queen of Fairies
• Titania's fairy servants (her "train"):
  • First Fairy
  • Peaseblossom, fairy
  • Cobweb, fairy
  • Moth (sometimes rendered as 'Mote'), fairy
  • Mustardseed, fairy

Storyline
Theseus (the Duke of Athens) announces he will marry Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons in four days. He hears Egeus' complaint that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry his chosen suitor, Demetrius, since she's in love with Lysander, who Egeus dislikes. Theseus declares Hermia must marry Demetrius, or choose between death or joining a nunnery. Lysander instructs Hermia to flee to the forest with him, so that they can travel to his aunt's house to marry. Hermia's friend, Helena, learns of this and decides to inform Demetrius, whom she likes (and has slept with). Demetrius, though, loves Hermia. Helena hopes they will all meet in the forest. Meanwhile, Quince, Bottom, Flute, Starveling, Snug, and Snout organize a play to be performed at Theseus' wedding.

In the forest, Oberon (the King of the Fairies) argues with Titania (the Fairy Queen) that he should have her orphan child as his page. Titania objects, asserting she is queen. The bicker that Oberon loves Hippolyta and Titania loves Theseus. To obtain the boy, Oberon orders the fairy Puck (aka Robin Goodfellow) to obtain a flower from Cupid that causes on to love the first person a person sees. Oberon plans to give it to Titania, so she'll love a vile thing and give him the child. Demetrius and Helena appear, Helena pursuing him, and he fleeing her. Puck arrives with the flower, and Oberon orders Puck to anoint Demetrius with it so he'll love Helena rather than Hermia. Oberon then anoints Titania with the flower. In the forest, Lysander and Hermia lie down to rest. Puck, thinking Lysander is Demetrius, anoints him with the flower. Helena appears and awakes Lysander, who immediately falls in love with her.

In the forest, the troupe of players discuss the logistics of their play. Puck appears and transforms Bottom to have an ass' (donkey's) head. The actors flee, but Titania awakes and falls in love with Bottom and orders her fairy servants to attend to him. Puck observes that Demetrius chases Hermia, yet she accuses him of murdering Lysander, and realizes he gave the flower to the wrong man. Oberon tries to remedy this by anointing Lysander with the flower so he'll fall in love with Helena, and he does. However, now both men love Helena, while she believes both are false. Hermia arrives and Helena accuses her of conspiring with the men to tease her. Oberon, realizing Puck has caused these problems, orders him to make a thick fog to separate the four people and force them into a deep sleep, so the spell can wear off.

Oberon awakes Titania and transforms Bottom back to a human. Oberon and Titania then make up and love each other again. In the woods, Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus appear and awake the four. Demetrius and Lysander inform the men of their love for Helena and Hermia (respectively). The lords agree to let them marry. Separately, Bottom awakes and remember's the night's occurrences.

At dinner, they all hear Quince's ten word, tedious, brief, tragical play. In it, Thisby (played by Flute) and Pyramus (played by Bottom) whisper their love through a chink in a wall (played by Snout). They vow to meet at Ninny's tomb, but a lion (played by Snug) attacks Thisby. Pyramus arrives and finds her scarf, assumes she's dead, and kills himself Thisby arrives to find him dead, and kills herself. After the play, at midnight, all go to bed, then the fairies appear and frolic


Find out more about the play by log on into these websites :

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/
http://www.globe-theatre.org.uk/summary-of-midsummer-nights-dream-and-characters.htm

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

What is it all about ?
Shakespeare's tragic drama of the "star-crossed" young lovers Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet is best remembered for the famous balcony scene. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are teenagers who fall deeply in love but their families are bitter enemies. They seize the moment and marry in secret, they make every effort to conceal their actions but these end in tragedy when Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio and Paris all die. The themes running through the play address the issues of the consequences of immature blind passion, hatred and prejudice.

Characters in Romeo and Juliet

Ruling House of Verona

• Prince Escalus: Prince of Verona
• Count Paris: Kinsman of Prince Escalus; desires to marry Juliet.
• Mercutio: Another kinsman of Prince Escalus; a friend of Romeo.

Capulets

• Lord Capulet: Patriarch of the house of Capulet.
• Lady Capulet: Matriarch of the house of Capulet.
• Juliet: Daughter of the Capulets; the female protagonist.
• Tybalt: Cousin of Juliet, nephew of Lady Capulet.

Capulet Servants

• Nurse: Juliet's personal attendant and confidante.
• Peter: Capulet servant, assistant to the nurse.
• Samson and Gregory: Capulet servants.

Montagues

• Lord Montague: Patriarch of the house of Montague.
• Lady Montague: Matriarch of the house of Montague.
• Romeo: Son of the Montagues; the male protagonist.
• Benvolio: Cousin and friend of Romeo.

Others

• Friar Lawrence: a Franciscan friar and Romeo's confidant.
• Chorus, who gives the opening prologue and one other speech.
• Friar John: Another friar who is sent to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo.
• Apothecary: Druggist who reluctantly sells Romeo poison.
• Rosaline: unseen character with whom Romeo is in love before meeting Juliet.

For more information , please log on into these websites :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet#Synopsis
http://www.romeoandjuliet.com/
http://www.allgreatquotes.com/shakespearequotes_romeo_juliet.shtml

An 1870 oil painting by Ford Madox Brown depicting Romeo and Juliet's famous balcony scene

Who is William Shakespeare ?

Of course many people knows about William Shakespeare. He is a legend ! William Shakespeare was baptised on the 26th of April and died on 23rd of April 1616. He was and English poet and a playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's most pre-eminent dramatist. His surviving works consists of 38 plays , 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare's plays are divided into three categories which are tragedies, histories and comedies.

Tragedies : Antony and Cleopatra , Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth,
Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus

Histories : Henry IV Part I , Henry IV Part II, Henry V, Henry V Part I, Henry V Part II,
Henry V Part III, Henry VIII, King John, Richard II, Richard III

Comedies : All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Cymbeline,
Love's Labours Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merry Wives of Windsor,
The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing,
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Troilus and
Cressida, Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter's Tale

* Among the most famous and critically acclaimed of Shakespeare's plays are Romeo and Juliet, King lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice and Richard III

Shakespeare is an English man. He was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. At the age of 18, he was desired to marry a young girl named Anne who bore him three children ; Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith.

Nowadays, many of his poems and his plays have been translated to many languages. And his several of his poems are used for studies like English language and History. William Shakespeare is a very wonderful poet. Till now, people knows him and respect and admire his work.
Two thumbs up for you Shakespeare ! :D