Macbeth

Learning goals:1. Try strategies for reading

Shakespearean language2. Get familiar with the characters

and themes in Macbeth

Who is responsible

for the death of King

Duncan?What percentage of the responsibility does each party deserve?Create a pie chart

Act III Quiz

Act III QuizIt is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight,

If it find heaven, must find it out _______.

Act III QuizIt is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight,

If it find heaven, must find it out to-night.

Act III QuizO, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!

Thou mayst _______. O slave!

Act III QuizO, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!

Thou mayst revenge. O slave!

Act III QuizO proper stuff!

This is the very painting of your fear:This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said,Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts,Impostors to true fear, would well becomeA woman's story at a winter's fire,Authorized by her ________.

Act III QuizO proper stuff!

This is the very painting of your fear:This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said,Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts,Impostors to true fear, would well becomeA woman's story at a winter's fire,Authorized by her grandam.

Act III QuizApproach thou like the rugged Russian bear,

The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger;Take any shape but that, and my firm nervesShall never tremble: or be alive again,And dare me to the desert with thy sword;If trembling I inhabit then, protest meThe baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow!Unreal _______, hence!

Act III QuizApproach thou like the rugged Russian bear,

The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger;Take any shape but that, and my firm nervesShall never tremble: or be alive again,And dare me to the desert with thy sword;If trembling I inhabit then, protest meThe baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow!Unreal mockery, hence!

Act III Reading

Questions

Act III Reading QuestionsAct 3, Scene 11. Macbeth speaks

with Banquo and they discuss Banquo’s plans for the day. Neither one says what he really thinks. What is Banquo thinking?

Act III Reading Questions2. What is

Macbeth thinking?

Act III Reading Questions3. Macbeth then

convinces two murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance. In your mind, who is more important for Macbeth to kill? Why?

Act III Reading QuestionsAct 3, Scene 24. Lady Macbeth talks

with her husband. She, again, encourages him to act cheerful in front of his guests. Macbeth chooses not to tell Lady Macbeth about the arrangements he has made to have Banquo and Fleance killed. Why do you suppose he does this?

Act III Reading QuestionsAct 3, Scene 35. The murderers

attack and kill Banquo, but Fleance escapes. How does this relate to the witches’ prophecy?

Act III Reading QuestionsAct 3, Scene 46. At dinner, Macbeth gets a report about Banquo’s

death and Fleance’s escape. He then sees Banquo’s ghost at Macbeth’s place at the table. No one else sees the ghost. Lady Macbeth compares this to the dagger Macbeth saw. Is Banquo’s ghost really here, or is Macbeth seriously going nuts?

Act III Reading QuestionsAct 3, Scene 4:7. Does Macbeth

know how to ruin a party or what?

Act III Reading QuestionsAct 3, Scene 5:8. The witches’ boss, Hecate, makes plans to

trick Macbeth even more. Would you say that their plan is going as they wanted it to so far?

Act III Reading QuestionsAct 3, Scene 6:9. We learn from

Lennox that Macduff is in England with Malcolm, and most people now suspect that Macbeth is Duncan’s and Banquo’s murderer.

Macbeth

Let’s watch

Ian McKellan

Let’s watch

Sean Connery

Let’s watch

Orson Welles

Let’s watch Act III

Character headsWhat’s inside your character’s head?

1. Choose a character2. Cut out pictures or draw, to make a character

head collage. 3. Write the name of your character on the back.4. Later, the class will have to guess which

character you’ve chosen, based on the pictures you’ve included.

Doctor Who:The

Shakespeare Code

Let’s read Act IV

Shakespeare versus Dr.

Seusshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w2MTXBebg