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Discussion Prompts, 3.18.15:
Please select **only one** and answer in a well-organized paragraph or two, using lines from the play to support your thinking. Also, please RESPOND to another student's posting, preferably to a different prompt/question. 1. Why do you think that Macbeth decides to go and commit murder? Choose one of the reasons below and defend it with evidence from the text and your ideas. • He really is an evil man. • He is so mixed up he cannot sort out the difference between right and wrong. • He is under the power of the witches and his wife 2. What is the purpose of the Porter scene? Look back over the scene and explore how it functions in the context of the play, at least as far as we've read. 3. What is the significance of Act II, scene 4, in the larger action of the play?

Discussion Prompts, 10.7.14:
Please select **only one** and respond in a well-organized paragraph or two. 1. Discuss both the limitations and benefits of applying an archetypal lens to a reading of literature. How might this archetypal framework help or hinder your own understanding of and engagement with the text? Use examples to support, please. 2. Select a contemporary hero from film, literature, or TV and answer one of the following: It has been said that a hero and his quest personify the dreams and desires of the society that spawned this hero. Given that premise, what values seem to be important to the society reflected in your example? //Please push to explore new examples of contemporary heroes; we don't want to read 25 responses discussing Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter. Strive for originality.// 3. How might heroes be considered harmful to a society? To our society?