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FROM: "heather compeau" <[removed]@kfpl.library.on.ca>
REC'D: 11/22/99, 1:04 PM

To the listserv,

I had a request from a Grade Eleven student yesterday for fiction titles
that are similar to the loss of conscience theme in Macbeth. The
student emphasized that it was the transition from good to evil that the
teacher wanted students to highlight in other fiction. I would
appreciate any title suggestions. Most of the reader's advisory tools
have not been very helpful with this particular theme. One suggestion
from a librarian was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" but there must be
others.

Thanks,

Heather

FROM: <[removed]@infoave.net>
REC'D: 11/22/99, 3:05 PM

I haven't read the book in a long time, and might not find it suitable for
young adults anyhow,m but Michael Corleone's descent into evil is one of
the most powerful and saddening portraits in American fiction. Maybe they
could just watch the movie. Seems like the book was kind of
not-quite-ready-for-the-high-school-reading-list.

Debbie Spear
Greenville (SC) County Library

FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
REC'D: 11/22/99, 3:17 PM

Does R. L. Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde work?

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>
> To the listserv,
>
> I had a request from a Grade Eleven student yesterday for fiction titles
> that are similar to the loss of conscience theme in Macbeth. The
> student emphasized that it was the transition from good to evil that the
> teacher wanted students to highlight in other fiction. I would
> appreciate any title suggestions. Most of the reader's advisory tools
> have not been very helpful with this particular theme. One suggestion
> from a librarian was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" but there must be
> others.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Heather
>

FROM: <[removed]@juno.com>
REC'D: 11/22/99, 3:19 PM

I always thought Scott Smith"s A Simple Plan followed Macbeth closely.
One bad choice by a basically good man and each subsequent choice is then
between the lesser of two evils as he spirals toward his destruction.
Joyce Saricks

"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and
entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
Marshall McLuhan

FROM: "Blair Ratsoy" <[removed]@picnet.org>
REC'D: 11/22/99, 4:34 PM

kipling's story "the man who would be king"...

[removed]@juno.com wrote:

> I always thought Scott Smith"s A Simple Plan followed Macbeth closely.
> One bad choice by a basically good man and each subsequent choice is then
> between the lesser of two evils as he spirals toward his destruction.
> Joyce Saricks
>
> "Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and
> entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
> Marshall McLuhan

FROM: "Theresa L. Anderson" <[removed]@boulder.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 11/24/99, 9:53 AM

How about the classics, "HEART OF DARKNESS" by Joseph Conrad and "LORD OF THE FLIES" by William Golding. That is if they haven't been assigned to read them already. (I certainly was when I was in school).
They don't really have similar plots to Macbeth but they definitely do deal with the decent of human morals and humanity in extreme situations. They are very good examples of good turning to evil.

Good luck,

Tessa

Theresa Anderson
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO

FROM: "Wendy Friedman" <[removed]@ci.sat.tx.us>
REC'D: 11/24/99, 10:43 AM

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