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MACBETH

Year 10

Booklet

Macbeth- Act by Act.

Comprehension Questions

Act 1

1) Where do the witches arrange to meet Macbeth?

2) Who calls Macbeth ‘Brave Macbeth’?

3) With what title does Duncan reward Macbeth?

4) Why does Banquo think the witches might be men?

5) What do the witches tell Macbeth he will be?

6) What prophecy do they make to Banquo?

7) How does Macbeth inform Lady Macbeth of the news?

8) Who is made Prince of Cumberland?

9) Which bird does Lady Macbeth say is ‘hoarse’?

10) Complete the quote ‘But screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll will not

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Act 2

1) What is the apparition that appears to Macbeth?

2) What is the knell that Macbeth refers to?

3) Why could Lady Macbeth not kill Duncan herself?

4) What does Macbeth take from the chamber that he was meant to leave behind?

5) How does Lady Macbeth take control of the situation?

6) What do Macbeth’s bloody hands represent?

7) Who finds Duncan’s body?

8) What does Macbeth do that makes him suspicious to Macduff?

9) Who runs away, therefore creating doubt about their innocence?

10) What does the old man say Duncan’s horses did?

Act 3

1) Where is Macbeth crowned?

2) Who is suspicious of Macbeth?

3) What is the name of Banquo’s son?

4) What does Macbeth compare the murderers to?

5) Who escapes from the murderers?

6) What does Macbeth see at the banquet which scares him?

7) What is Lady Macbeth’s excuse for Macbeth’s behaviour?

8) Why is Macduff not at the banquet?

9) What does Macbeth tell Lady Macbeth he keeps in each of the Thanes’ houses?

10) Who do the witches meet with?

Act 4

1) Complete the quote: ‘Double, double, toil ______ ___________’

2) How does Macbeth greet the witches?

3) What is the first apparition that appears to Macbeth and what does it tell him?

4) What is the second apparition covered in?

5) What is the third apparition carrying?

6) How many kings are there in the parade that Macbeth sees?

7) Who is warned to flee from her castle?

8) Where does Macduff join Malcom?

9) What is Malcom’s plan?

10) Who hears of the murders of his family?

Act 5

1) What does Lady Macbeth demand she has beside her at all times?

2) What can Lady Macbeth see on her hands?

3) What does Macbeth tell ‘all reports’ to do?

4) What do the English soldiers carry before them?

5) How does Lady Macbeth die?

6) Who does Macbeth kill first?

7) What is the first thing Macduff says to Macbeth in this scene?

8) Complete the quote ‘Despair thy ________’.

9) Why does Macbeth say he will not kill Macduff?

10) What two new title for Scottish Lords does Malcom create?

Point Re-phrase the question to begin your point.

Evidence Find a quotation to support your idea.

Explain Explain how your quotation supports your point. What imagery does it create?

Help Sheet: Use this sheet as a resource to help you answer some of

the tasks on the following sheets.

Connections Linking Ideas together:

Point:

Useful Phrases

You need to use your knowledge about the time when the book was written to link your ideas to the historical context. Also make any connections with other characters/themes.

Language Which word is the most important word from your quotation? Why? What does it mean?

Audience How do you feel about what is happening? How do you think the people at the time would feel? Why?

Writer Why has the writer chosen to show the character/event in this way?

What effect is he trying to achieve?

However… On the other hand… Similarly… On the contrary… Therefore… As well as… Also… As a result of this… In addition to… Despite… Although… Furthermore… More importantly… In conclusion… Overall…

The writer portrays… The Writer illustrates… One thing I notice is… Evidence: We can see this from the line… A quotation to show this is… This is shown when it says… Explain: This shows me… This suggests… This leads me to think… Connections: During the time of… The character of links to… The writer tries to show … Language: The key word tells us… The imagery created by the key word is… One interpretation of the key word is… Audience: My opinion is… The audience would feel… Writer: The writer creates the effect… I believe that the writer does this because...

Act 1 Scene 2

Glossary

‘Disdaining Fortune’: ignoring fate

‘brandished steel’: sword ready to use

‘slave’: villain

‘valour’s minion’: bravery’s favourite

‘unseamed’: ripped in two

‘nave to th’chops’: navel to the jaw

What are our first impressions of Macbeth in

the opening of the play?

Planning

List as many adjectives as you can to describe Macbeth

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Match your adjectives to the quotation that supports

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What are our first impressions of Macbeth in

the opening of the play?

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What do we learn about Lady Macbeth’s

character in this scene?

Act 1 Scene 7 (edited)

LADY MACBETH: He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber?

MACBETH: Hath he asked for me?

LADY MACBETH: Know you not he has?

MACBETH: We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honoured me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon.

LADY MACBETH: Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard

To be the same in thine own act and valour

As thou art in desire?

MACBETH: Prithee, peace. I dare do all that may become a man: Who dares do more is none.

LADY MACBETH: What beast was’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man: And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. I have given suck, and know

How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.

MACBETH: If we should fail?

LADY MACBETH: We fail?

But screw your courage to the sticking-place

And we’ll not fail.

What do we learn about Lady Macbeth’s

character in this scene?

Planning

List as many adjectives as you can to describe Lady

Macbeth in this extract:

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Choose your 3 best adjectives and find a quotation to

support each one:

Adjective Quotation

Match the quotation with what it tells us about Lady

Macbeth’s relationship with Macbeth:

“ Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire?”

She does not want him to break his promise to her.

“ had I so sworn as you Have done to this.”

Lady Macbeth does not think about failing, like her husband does.

“We Fail?”

Lady Macbeth wants her husband to prove his manliness and stop being scared.

What is your personal Opinion of Lady Macbeth?

Do you like her? Why? Why not?

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What do we learn about Lady Macbeth’s

character in this scene?

Things you should include:

- What she is like as a person

- Her relationship with Macbeth

- You own opinion of Lady Macbeth

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How does this soliloquy illustrate Macbeth’s

internal conflict over killing King Duncan?

Planning

List as many adjectives as you can to describe Macbeth

in this extract:

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Find 3 quotations to support each idea:

Macbeth is intent on the murder

Macbeth is undecided Macbeth is horrified by the prospect of murder

Use the word grid to help you analyse the giv- en quotation and key word:

Tone How would this be said? Why?

Actions What would the body language/facial expressions be? Why?

Quotation:

“Art thou not, fatal vision,

sensible to feeling as to

sight?”

Key word?

Synonyms? Antonyms?

Link How does this link to the rest of the play? How does it link to other characters?

How does this quotation show Macbeth’s internal conflict over killing Duncan?

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How does this soliloquy illustrate Macbeth’s

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Macbeth: Act 5 Scene 5

Answer the following questions to show your understanding of the scene:

What kind of mood is Macbeth in at the beginning of this scene?

What is happening at the beginning of the scene?

What news does Seyton bring to Macbeth in this scene?

What news does the messenger bring?

With what words does Macbeth reply to the messenger’s news?

How does Macbeth respond to the news of his wife’s death?

Which one of the witches’ prophecies does Macbeth realise has come true in this

scene?

What has Macbeth decided to do by the end of the scene?

What do you think Macbeth means when he says ‘I have almost forgot the taste of fears’?

Why does Macbeth decide to stay in the castle?

What is the ‘cry within of women’ that Macbeth hears?

Annotate the section below where Macbeth is told that Lady

Macbeth has commit suicide:

- What devices have been used? What effect do these have?

- How is Macbeth feeling? How do you know?

- What are his thoughts about his own life? How do you know?

She should have died hereafter;

There would have been a time for such a word.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time,

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing. (5.5.18-28)

Write a modern translation of this section:

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Complete this double bubble map comparing the difference in Macbeth’s

character at the start of the play and at the end:

Similarities

Macbeth at the

beginning

Macbeth at the end