Instructions: Discuss the statements below with a small group. Write "A" next to statements with which your group agrees. If you disagree with the statement, write "D". If your group can not come to a consensus, write "NC."
_____ 1. People who are striving to get ahead often step on other people.
_____ 2. You shouldn't put too much faith in fortune-tellers and other who claim to be able to predict the future.
_____ 3. Being powerful usually is the same thing being happy.
_____ 4. People who are involved in criminal activities can still feel love, fear, and concern for other people.
_____ 5. Everyone is capable of murder under the right circumstances.
_____ 6. If you commit a crime and don't get caught, it doesn't really matter because your guilt over what you have done will destroy you in the end.
_____ 7. In feudal times, power over a kingdom usually passed peacefully from father to son.
_____ 8. One mistake can often lead to another.
_____ 9. The forces of good and evil are always locked in a struggle and probably always will be.
_____ 10. Witches have always existed; they still do today.
Macbeth, the play you are preparing to read, is one of Shakespeare's famous tragedies. From what members of your group know about tragedy as a literary form, what are some things which you might expect to find in this play?
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