Shakespeare/Macbeth/Review

Extension activities
These activities are designed to extend your understanding of the text. To make the most of them, you need to know the material covered elsewhere in this resource.

The parallel curriculum
In order to extend our understanding of a text, it is sometimes necessary to look beyond it. Looking at factors such as the society within which a play was written, or the career of the author at the time of writing might help you to understand the play itself. The parallel curriculum is useful in this because it helps you to look beyond the 'core curriculum' (which is what you will spend most of your time on in class) to the curriculums of connections, practice and identity.

Review

 * This section requires you to demonstrate your understanding of the text as a whole by pulling together ideas across the whole text.
 * eg: "How is blood used to develop character across the play?", or
 * "What are the main symbols in the play and what does Shakespeare achieve through them?"