The Layer Cake of Literature: Making complex connections with every bite.
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Transcript of The Layer Cake of Literature: Making complex connections with every bite.
The Layer Cake of Literature:
Making complex connections with every bite.
a.k.a.Close Reading
Unlock your
memories and
associations
Find symbols in the text
Light = Goodness
Darkness = Evil
See Patterns in words and actions
Blood
Night
BloodBlood
It
Blood
It
Night
Nature
Fair
Foul
Memory Symbol+ Pattern_________Meaning
Memory
and
Meaning in Macbeth
Symbol Pattern
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A Close Look at Banquo
“Good
buddies...’
till the
end?”
And
Macbeth
“Wherever we go...it’s together”
Every complex character needs sidekick, foil, partner...an opposite...
Symbols and BanquoAct 2 Scene 1Enter Banquo, and Fleance bearing a torch (II.1.19)
Banquo: Hold, take my sword. There’s husbandry in heaven,/Their candles are all out. Take thee that too.A heavy summons lies like lead upon me,And yet I would not sleep. (II.1.19)
After a brief exchange, Banquo, Fleance and servant—all torch-bearers exit—leaving Macbeth in the dark—to see a dagger.
Where there is Banquo; there is Light.
Where there is Light; there is goodness.
Banquo = Goodness
Patterns & BanquoThe Pattern within Banquo’s words:
“Why do you start and seem to fear/Things that do sound so fair? (I.III.6)
“...have we eaten on the insane root...?” (I. III.8)
“The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/Win us with honest trifles...” (I.III.8)
Time to
Frost...
Your Layer Cake...
Make new meaningfrom complex connections
Memory: Mac & Banquo are good buds
+ Symbol: Banquo is goodness through light
+ Pattern:Banquo speaks of truth and is not afraid
Banquo represents Macbeth’s “good” side. The killing of Banquo by Macbeth leaves Macbeth alone and in total darkness...to be consumed by evil.
Add it up...
Works CitedFoster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like
a Professor. New York: Harper, 2003.
Do your equations 2x in your journal
Memory __________________________________
Symbol ___________________________________
Pattern_____________________________________
New Meaning from Complex Connections: