Haley 1 Gio 2 Brandon 3 New Historicism by Haley Esser https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi en-us 2020-03-10 19:12:01 UTC 2026-01-27 13:04:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Person 3: hesser2 https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886203 "Besides, this Duncan / Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels" (1.7.16-19).

Answer the following:
  • the speaker and the one spoken to (could be himself/herself) 
- Macbeth is the one who is talking and he is talking to Lady Macbeth about his plans.
  • the context (what was happening at this point in the play)  
- Macbeth is talking to Lady Macbeth about his plans to kill Duncan. He is giving her his ideas that would be the most successful in killing Duncan and taking the crown.
  • Analyze this passage from the New Historicist perspective. (Hint: Why would Shakespeare emphasize that the King is good in this play?)
- The meaning behind this passage is tat of a need and want for power. Macbeth wants power from the good king and there is no real way he can 100% know he is going to get this power. He is skeptical about his ideas and needs to talk to other for support. This want for power but not knowing how to obtain it is a New Historicist way of looking at this passage.
]]> 2020-03-10 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886203 Person 2: Answer the following 2 questions: hesser2 https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886204
  • How did the time period in which the work was written affect how and why it was written? (Think: who was in power at the time Shakespeare wrote this?)  In the time that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth queen Elizabeth just died and King James the I just got in power.This effects on why it was written because he wants to get on the good side of the new king and showing the people how committing treason like Macbeth will eventually lead to their own downfall.
  • How does placing the piece in the context of our time period affect its meaning and how it is perceived?
    • Placing this piece in the context of our time period would affect its meaning because people are now more worried about political corruption and if we can really trust them it is one of the greatest concern in 2020
    ]]>     2020-03-10 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886204     Person 3: Post an image that symbolizes the New Historicist perspective. hesser2 https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886205 2020-03-10 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886205 Person 2: Locate the speaker's main claim and paraphrase this main idea. hesser2 https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886207 Power does not come from a specific person but it comes from other people willing to give it to you,people like the sense of protection and a set of rules so they are willing to give power to a specific individual although they are not that different from themselves.]]> 2020-03-10 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886207 Person 1: What are the 3 most effective pieces of textual evidence paraphrased in your own words? hesser2 https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886208 Power is not within a person, it's all around us all the time.

    People are submissive to the idea of power, and not the person in power. 

    People want to be associated with power like Shakespeare with King James.]]>     2020-03-10 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886208     Person 1: hesser2 https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886209 Person 1: Why bother viewing literature through the New Historicist perspective?  Why should we still use it to analyze literature?

    New historicism brings into account the deeper, often unthought of meaning of Macbeth, not just the facts. New historicism allows you to see or think of the deeper meanings hidden inside texts or plays. Those deeper meanings could live on into different time periods, but still be relevant. The idea that people are submissive to power is seen in the world today whether it's in the classroom with teachers and students or the government and the people who reside in the country. New historicicsm allows us to connect art from different time periods to current events in the world today that old historicism wouldn't allow us to do.]]>     2020-03-10 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hesser2/n8vqh6n4qofi/wish/457886209