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Information about “MACBETH 1 OF 2 (2201 ALSO)”
Studying Shakespeare can be tedious. Do you really understand
the language? The plot? The characters? This program can help you get
through the play MacBeth, and have fun too.
MACBETH is an easy-to-use program designed as an aid for high school
literature students. Using a simple menu system, students are taught
about the play via quizzes, games, graphics, riddles, and notes on a
wide variety of topics.
The games are designed to be fun and at the same time provide a
painless way to memorize quotations, learn important speeches, and, in
general, to become familiar with the plot, characters, and themes of
the play. Definitely a worthwhile investment for those seeking to get
the most from the play MacBeth.
FILE2200.TXT
Disk No: 2200
Disk Title: Macbeth 1 of 2 (2201 also)
PC-SIG Version: 1
Program Title: MacBeth
Author Version: 4/90
Author Registration: $20.00
Special Requirements: 512K Ram and CGA recommended.
Studying Shakespeare can be tedious. Do you really understand
the language? The plot? The characters? This program can help you
get through the play MacBeth, and have fun too.
MACBETH is an easy-to-use program designed as an aid for high school
literature students. Using a simple menu system, students are taught
about the play via quizzes, games, graphics, riddles, and notes on a
wide variety of topics.
The games are designed to be fun and at the same time provide a
painless way to memorize quotations, learn important speeches, and, in
general, to become familiar with the plot, characters, and themes of
the play. Definitely a worthwhile investment for those seeking to get
the most from the play MacBeth.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
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║ To start the program, type: MACBETH (press enter) ║
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║ To print the documentation, type: COPY MANUAL.TXT PRN (press enter) ║
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MANUAL.TXT
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Activities and Notes for Students
Programme and Notes
by
Steve Herbert
(p1)
Table of Contents
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Introduction to Macbeth ...................................3
Introduction to the Programme..............................3
System Requirements........................................4
Installation...............................................4
How to get Started.........................................5
Using the Menus............................................5
The Main Menu..............................................6
Quizzes and Games Menu.....................................6
Notes Menu.................................................7
Instructions...............................................7
The Competition............................................8
About the Programme........................................9
Registration/Entry Form....................................10
(p2)
INTRODUCTION TO MACBETH
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'Macbeth' is one of Shakespeare's most powerful tragedies, and its elements
of ambition, witchcraft and murder make any performance of it memorable.
The play was written in 1606, three years after King James I ascended to
the throne of England, and it is significant that the play pays tribute to
the King in several ways. King James accounted himself an expert on the
subject of witches, hence a play dealing with the evil influence of black
magic. The King also traced his ancestry back to two of the play's most
morally upright characters, Duncan and Banquo. As well, the play subtly
predicts the continuation of James' family line as monarchs of Great
Britain.
As usual, Shakespeare did not create an original story. His characters are
taken from the history books, and as with others of his plays, he seems to
have relied this time on the well known history which we know as
'Holinshed's Chronicles'.
Although the characters are real historical people, Shakespeare had no
qualms about rewriting history to suit himself, and there is no doubt that
he altered events to suit his own purposes and telescoped the events of the
play into a much shorter time-frame. In fact, one of the noticeable
qualities of the play is that the events rush forward at a great pace,
hardly giving the audience a chance to draw breath.
INTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAMME
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The programme consists of a series of activities to assist high school
students learning Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth'. The student can select the
activity of his choice from a series of menus.
Activities include several quizzes or games, notes on a wide variety of
topics, graphics of the Globe Theatre and even a competition with the
chance to win worthwhile prizes.
The games are designed to be fun and at the same time to provide a fairly
painless way to memorise quotations, learn important speeches, and in
general, to become familiar with the plot, characters and themes of the
play.
(p3)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The programme will run on IBM and Compatible computers with 512Kb of memory
or more. CGA card is required, although it is not necessary to have a
colour monitor. However, colour is recommended, especially for the games.
The programme is normally supplied on two 5.25" floppy disks and the
default set up is for the programme disk to be in Drive A and the data disk
in Drive B. These defaults may be changed, however, from the SETUP option
on the Main Menu, and the programme will also run from a single drive (of
720Kb or more) or from a hard disk.
INSTALLATION
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You are advised to use the DOS DISKCOPY command to back up your disks
before you use them.
If you intend to run the programme from the original disks, or from back-
ups of the originals, no installation is required. If you want to run it
from a hard disk or from a high capacity disk, just follow the simple steps
below to install it successfully.
1. Create a new directory or subdirectory for the programme (if desired)
using the DOS MKDIR or MD command (See your DOS manual).
2. Copy all the files from the Programme Disk and the Data Disk to the
chose directory or sub-directory using the COPY *.* command. You may copy
the data files to a different directory from the programme files if you
wish.
N.B. The Programme Disk (Disk 1) is the one containing the main programme
file MACBETH.EXE
3. When you first run the programme, select SETUP from the Main Menu, and
alter the Drive/Directory setting to the one where you copied the data
files. You must do this before you attempt any of the activities which load
data from the disk. (Most of them do!).
4. Please note that although the files from the data disk may be stored in
a separate directory, ALL the files from the Programme Disk must be kept
together in the same directory.
(p4)
HOW TO GET STARTED
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A. Two 5.25" Floppy Disks
Insert the Programme Disk in Drive A and the Data Disk in Drive B. Now turn
on, or reboot your computer. N.B. You can reboot by pressing the Ctrl key,
the Alt key and the Del key all at once, or by pressing the Reset Button if
there is one.
Alternatively, if your computer is already running and the DOS prompt is on
the screen, insert the disks as above. Now change to Drive A if necessary
by typing A: <<Enter>>
To run the programme, type AUTOEXEC <<Enter>>
B. One 3.5" disk
Insert the disk in your drive and turn on, or reboot your computer.
Alternatively, if your computer is already running and the DOS prompt is on
the screen, make sure you are using the correct drive (Usually Drive A:),
and then type AUTOEXEC <<Enter>>
C. Hard Disk
Make sure you have followed the instructions in the previous section to
make a directory and copy the files to it. Now change to that directory.
(e.g. If your Hard Disk is Drive C and you created a new directory called
LITDISK, then type CD C:\LITDISK) <<Enter>>)
Now type AUTOEXEC <<Enter>>
USING THE MENUS
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You find your way around the different parts of the programme by using a
very simple system of menus.
The choices offered at each level are shown on the screen, with the first
one high-lighted. Use the arrow keys to move the high-light to the
selection you want. Then press the <<Enter>> key to go to that selection.
If your computer has a numeric key-pad, you may use those arrow keys as
well, but remember to turn off the Num Lock function.
To Find A Menu
If a menu is not currently showing on the screen, you can almost always get
to one by pressing the <<Esc>> key. This will halt the current activity,
and display the active menu.
(P5)
THE MAIN MENU
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The Main Menu displays several choices. The main ones are described briefly
below.
Introduction
This is a welcome to the programme and a brief description of its features.
Quizzes And Games
This takes you to another menu where you can choose one of the quizzes and
games available.
Notes
This also leads to another menu, listing the different topics for which
notes are available.
Competition
This reveals details of the competition, and gives the coded message which
makes up Level 1 of the competition.
The Globe
This segment reveals interior and exterior views of Shakespeare's Globe
Theatre, with associated notes.
Riddles
A fairly pathetic collection of silly jokes.
Set-Up
Use this selection to change the colour of the text and the menus, or to
alter the speed at which the programme runs; also to set the drive and
directory in which the data files are stored.
Quit
Return to DOS
QUIZZES AND GAMES MENU
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These are the options available on this menu.
Quotation Quiz
Tests your detailed knowledge of the book by asking you to choose the
correct speaker of each quotation. Over 90 quotations to really test you.
A good score here earns you a clue to the competition code.
Missing Words
Vital passages from the text can be learnt by heart, as you guess the words
missing from the screen. Great revision value!
Witches' Cauldron
An addictive word-guessing game. To save Macbeth from the threatening
situation, you must guess the mystery word in time. Macbeth's life depends
on you!
Save Scotland
A simulated board game in the Snakes and Ladders tradition. Become Macduff
as you follow his changing fortunes through the plot of the text. Try to
beat your own record for completing this game!
(p6)
NOTES MENU
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Major topics are:
Plot Summaries
This leads to another menu allowing you to select summaries of individual
Acts or key scenes.
Character Studies
Another menu to select notes on any of the major characters
Exam Questions
A selection of notes on how to handle different exam questions.
Themes
Discusses the major ideas of the play
Setting/Background
Brief notes on relevant points.
Language/Imagery
A discussion of Shakespeare's language, including his verse.
The Author
Notes about Shakespeare's life and a portrait.
INSTRUCTIONS
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The programme has been designed to be as user-friendly as possible. Most of
the activities have on-screen help. Where more detailed instructions are
necessary, this option has been included in the menu for that particular
activity.
Activities which include their own instructions are:
Quotation Quiz (Games Menu)
Missing Words (Games Menu)
Witches' Cauldron (Games Menu)
Save Scotland (Games Menu)
The Globe (Main Menu)
In addition, you can receive help on any menu by pressing <H>.
(p7)
THE COMPETITION
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One of the unique features of this programme is the on-disk competition. To
take part in the competition, you must first solve a code. To see the coded
message, select COMPETITION from the Main Menu.
Once you have cracked the code, you will be able to confirm your success
with part one of the competition, and this confirmation will be written to
onto the disk. This will gain you access to the next level of the
competition, a treasure hunt in the Globe Theatre.
Once the treasure is discovered, you will be able to answer a series of
questions which make up Part Three of the competition.
Write your solution to the coded message on the Entry Form (Included as
part of the registration form on page 10 of this manual), and also write
the answers to the five Buried Treasure questions. Please note that you
must be a registered user of the programme to be eligible to enter the
competition.
First prize is cash to the value of approximately US$50 plus computer
products. Second prize US$15 plus computer products. Twenty consolation
prizes of computer products. The value of the prizes may vary slightly from
year to year, but should increase rather than decrease (assuming enough of
you lovely people out there in Computer-land buy my programmes).
The competition is an annual one closing at the end of November each year,
and with the winning entries drawn at the beginning of December. All prize-
winners will be notified by post, and all entrants in the competition will
receive a list of results.
(p8)
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
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This programme began its life as a set of quizzes I programmed for my own
Literature students at a High School here in Singapore. Over the last two
years, the programme has grown and developed and gone through a variety of
versions, to become what it is today. It has been quite well-received by
students here who face a compulsory Shakespeare component in their
Cambridge GCE O Level examinations.
Originally, as the new owner of an Apple II clone, I programmed in
Applesoft Basic. The programme fitted easily onto one 5.25" floppy disk,
and consisted mainly of three games and the segment on the Globe Theatre. I
believed then as I believe now, that people do not really want to sit and
read pages of notes from a computer monitor.
However, feedback from users indicated a desire for more notes, so the
programme quickly grew. It also changed direction to become IBM-compatible
to run on the computer of choice of 80% of the student population here in
Singapore. So I put my prejudices aside and picked up a smattering of
GWBasic.
As the programme grew and became more sophisticated, I felt the need for
something a little more powerful and faster than interpreted Basic, so
Microsoft QuickBasic made its appearance. I still see room for improvements
and additions to the programme, and each new version on each different text
is a little more sophisticated than its predecessor. Who knows what the
future will bring.
Currently, available titles are:
MACBETH
ROMEO AND JULIET
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
and next on my hit-list
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
(p9)
REGISTRATION FORM
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To Steve Herbert
154 Sixth Ave.
Avenue Park
Singapore 1027
Please enroll me as a registered user of your programme 'MACBETH'.
I enclose payment in the form of:
*Bank Draft in Singapore currency S$20
*Personal cheque US$12
*Delete one
ENTRY FORM
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LEVEL ONE - CODE BREAKING Write the decoded message clearly and accurately
on the lines below.
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LEVEL TWO - Buried Treasure and LEVEL THREE - Question Answers Write your
answers to the five buried treasure questions clearly and accurately in the
spaces below.
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OCCUPATION .............................. AGE ............
PROGRAMME OBTAINED FROM .........................................
(p10)
README.TXT
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* This is the Shareware version of MACBETH *
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* Read or print the manual MANUAL.TXT on Disk 1 for instructions *
* on running the programme and how to register with the author *
* who is a poor impoverished school teacher from Singapore *
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Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #2200
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
COMMAND COM 25276 7-24-87 12:00a
ANSWERS PIC 16391 3-15-90 9:46p
CHECK 4 2-01-90 6:23a
CLUES 300 3-25-90 8:18p
CONFIG MAC 25 3-26-90 8:50a
MACBETH EXE 155166 4-04-90 11:27p
PMMAC BAS 16391 4-05-90 7:06a
REGISTER 17 4-05-90 7:08a
RIDDLES PIC 16391 3-15-90 9:43p
SCREEN BAS 4103 1-04-80 4:30p
TREASURE BAS 16391 2-20-90 10:11p
MANUAL TXT 19190 4-04-90 10:32p
AUTOEXEC BAT 85 3-26-90 9:50a
README BAT 34 4-04-90 11:52p
README TXT 1155 4-05-90 6:41a
GO BAT 38 1-18-88 1:38p
GO TXT 540 5-03-90 6:08p
FILE2200 TXT 2147 5-20-90 6:08p
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