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What this project is
One truth. One square. One sentence.
You will create a 4×4 watercolor square expressing one truth you discovered about human nature this semester — ambition, conscience, love, or power.
Front: your symbol (no words). Back: one Macbeth quote + one insight sentence connecting your idea to a philosopher and a universal truth.
Front: your symbol (no words). Back: one Macbeth quote + one insight sentence connecting your idea to a philosopher and a universal truth.
Full Project Handout
Week 12 · instructions, templates & rubric
Your Planning Notes
My Central Truth
ambition consumes
fear vs. duty
conscience shapes choice
disordered love
persuasion shapes identity
power without virtue corrupts
appearances distort truth
desire vs. reason
My Thinker
Augustine
ordered love
Machiavelli
fear & appearances
Aristotle
rhetoric & virtue
Shakespeare
the play itself
My Macbeth Line or Moment
My Symbol / Image for the Front
No words on the front. Your image does all the work.
My Insight Sentence (back of square)
Insight Sentence Templates
Augustine · Disordered Love
"This piece expresses how Macbeth's disordered desire twists his judgment, echoing Augustine's belief that when love is pointed at the wrong thing the soul collapses — and showing that humans still ruin themselves when they choose ambition over moral order."
Machiavelli · Appearance & Power
"This piece expresses how Macbeth's mask of confidence slowly consumes him, echoing the Machiavellian truth that the roles we perform eventually shape who we become — a tension still visible whenever people hide their fear behind power or appearance."
Your template
"This piece expresses how [your idea], echoing [your thinker] that [their key insight] — and showing that humans still [universal truth]."
Scoring · 20 Points
Depth of Idea — one clear central truth, symbol fits, shows real moral tension6
Connection to Texts — Macbeth quote, philosopher connection, accurate and meaningful6
Craft & Care — 4×4 front is neat and intentional, no words on front, purposeful4
Reflection & Participation — quote on line 1, insight on line 2, Gallery Walk4
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