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A Story Of Progression

With the current state of the world and the lifestyle we have all felt, I finally have an excuse for that feeling of time passing at strange speeds. On one hand, its ridiculous to think Im headed in to grade 12, my final year at high school, but on the other hand, my god does…

Macbeth Meets the 50s

6 months later and let me just say that this isn’t the way I expected this unit to come to a close. From scheduling issues to equipment failure, a global pandemic was last on the list of things I would have bet on ruining our film. It has now been 3 months since we ground…

Making The First Move

Over the past week, we have focused more on Macbeth than the 1950s, so for this third and final TWIL post, I will be connecting Macbeth to 1950s related-themes I have discovered myself. We have made a lot of progress in Macbeth, and are approaching the end of the play. This week we have reached…

As The Great Alex Russo Once Said…

…Everything is not what it seems! In this weeks learning, we continued our reading through Act 2 of Shakespeares Macbeth as well as our learning on the 50s society of the US. As we moved on from the first act of the play, we began to see the plot thicken. More and more was starting…

From Inverness To Berlin

Right from the beginning of our studies on Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the 1950s, the underlying theme of ‘Appearance vs. Reality’ has been abundantly clear in both these topics. Making connections between Macbeth’s thickening plot and the rising global tensions of the 50s seems almost too easy. As of right now, we have completed reading and…