Macbeth EssaysIntroduction Paragraph:

Don’t need “support” here – just intro and support in the rest of the paper

ABSOLUTELY NO: “I’m going to tell you about” or “My paper will be about”

If you start out with a statistic, make sure it is real! And cite where you got it.

Macbeth EssaysQuotes:

Citation goes at the very END of the sentence: Macbeth said “blah blah” and he went crazy

(Shakespeare 26). If you start in the middle of a quote, or don’t finish the entire thing, use … either before or after.

Paraphrasing quotes longer than 4-5 lines.Your entire paper should not be made up of JUST quotes!

Transition into quotes – Macbeth said, “blah blah…”

Your own commentary between quotes.

Macbeth EssaysWriting:

Play-by-play…. I already read the play, don’t just give me a play-by-play of what happened! I want to hear what you think about it, not just a summary!

“Well” and “So” weaken your paper

Macbeth EssaysGrammar:

Which witch is which?Capitalize Proper Nouns!

Lady Macbeth, King DuncanMacbeth is a play – Needs to be either

underlined or italicized if you are referring to the play itself.

The title of your essay should be capitalized“Macbeth should have” not “Macbeth should

of”No SLANG

“Till” should be “Until” “cause” should be “because”