Max has been assigned an online web- based project on the play ,"Macbeth". We quickly viewed the material on Macbeth and the related assignment which requires short answer responses to questions identifying plot, characters, and Shakespeare's use of language. Interestingly , the assignment does not require reading any of the play . As such, I asked Max to relate his understanding of the plot and of the relationships between the major characters . I then placed on the board the major characters along with a broad outline of the plot to clarify any misconceptions. Further, I discussed Macbeth as a tragedy premised on the main character meeting his downfall due to a character flaw, in this case ambition or a craving for power. I distinguished this form of tragedy from a tragedy of" Fortune " or bad luck such as "Romeo and Juliet" . As one of the assignment's exercises focuses on language, I last explained Shakespeare's use of iambic pentameter or five stressed syllables per line and distinguished the iambic from the use of plain prose. We then looked at the character identification exercise which Max completed. In this regard, we also viewed from the assigned website the scene wherein Macbeth, already overwhelmed by remorse, returns bloody to his chambers after killing Duncan .