What happens after Macbeth’s soliloquy…..?

Language focus Act I scene VII Macbeth: “we will proceed no further in this business” How does Lady Macbeth convince her husband to assassinate King Duncan? Macbeth: “I am settled”

Lady Macbeth matching exercise Quotation Persuasive technique used “We fail?.....we’ll not fail!.....what cannot you and I perform on the unguarded Duncan?” Calling him a coward “When you durst do it, then you were a man” Questioning his manhood “I know….how tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me…..I would…dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done this” Reassurance “Screw your courage to the sticking place” Flattery “Wouldst thou…..live a coward?” Suggests he’s breaking a promise

Lady Macbeth matching exercise Quotation Persuasive technique used “We fail?.....we’ll not fail!.....what cannot you and I perform on the unguarded Duncan?” Flattery “When you durst do it, then you were a man” Questioning his manhood “I know….how tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me…..I would…dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done this” Suggests he’s breaking a promise “Screw your courage to the sticking place” Reassurance “Wouldst thou…..live a coward?” Calling him a coward

Act II, scene I: “Is this a dagger which I see before me?” OBJ: to analyse a second soliloquy and understand how Shakespeare uses language to convey Macbeth’s state of mind.

Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before. There's no such thing: It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one halfworld Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. A bell rings I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

What does Macbeth imagine? Why does Macbeth think he is hallucinating? Extension: Macbeth’s soliloquy contains a number of references to evil and the supernatural. Highlight words or phrases which refer to witchcraft, murder and secrecy. What does Macbeth imagine? Why does Macbeth think he is hallucinating? How does Macbeth interpret this vision? What is the dagger stained with? What time of day is it? What strange and supernatural events does Macbeth refer to? What decision does Macbeth come to by the end of the speech? Why has the castle bell been rung?

Macbeth’s rise to power Malcolm: “What will you do?....I’ll to England.” Donaldbain: “To Ireland, I….where we are, there’s daggers in men’s smiles.” Duncan’s sons - in line to the throne - flee to keep themselves safe as they are suspicious. However, this makes them look suspicious, and Macbeth is crowned King Of Scotland.

Macbeth: “To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus Macbeth: “To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus.--Our fears in Banquo Stick deep;” OBJ: to analyse a third soliloquy and understand how Shakespeare uses language to convey Macbeth’s state of mind.

Macbeth’s paranoia “To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus…..” Macbeth remembers his first meeting with the witches: Witches: (to Banquo) “lesser than Macbeth, and greater….not so happy, yet much happier…thou shalt get Kings, though thou by none” And becomes ever more suspicious of Banquo Macbeth: “O, full of scorpions is my mind dear wife! Thou know’st that Banquo and his Fleance, lives.”

He feels inferior to Banquo? To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus.--Our fears in Banquo Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety. There is none but he Whose being I do fear: and, under him, My Genius is rebuked; as, it is said, Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters When first they put the name of king upon me, And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like They hail'd him father to a line of kings: Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so, For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd; Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings! Rather than so, come fate into the list. And champion me to the utterance! Who's there! Fear of Banquo? He feels inferior to Banquo? He feels unstable as King? He fears fate? What is his plan?

Act III, scene IV: Banquo’s ghost at the banquet “blood will have blood” Watch the scene: How were you feeling when the banquet began? How did you feel when Macbeth began to shout and scream? How did you feel when Lady Macbeth sent everyone home? What were your thoughts and feelings at the end of the scene? What is Macbeth’s state of mind now?

Act IV A return visit to the witches: “Something wicked this way comes….tis Macbeth” Watch the scene: What reasons could Macbeth have to return to the witches? What does he ask of the witches? The three apparitions tell Macbeth….? How do you think Macbeth will feel now he has heard from the witches?

The witches’ prophecies “Beware Macduff” “none of woman born shall harm Macbeth” “Macbeth shall never vanquis’d be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him”

Act IV: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Macduff flees to England to try and build an army against Macbeth with Malcolm. Macbeth; suspicious and paranoid, orders the slaughter of Macduff’s wife and family. What can you conclude about Macbeth from his recent actions? Seeing Banquo’s ghost Returning to the witches Ordering the slaughter of Macduff’s family

Act V: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth has been sleep walking and a Doctor is looking after her. She continually washes her hands in her sleep, and relives the night of Duncan’s murder. Watch the scene: What parts of the murder does she relive? What do her actions tell you about how she feels about what has been done?

Act V scene V: Macbeth: “she should have died hereafter” OBJ: to analyse a fourth soliloquy and understand how Shakespeare uses language to convey Macbeth’s state of mind.

Lady Macbeth takes her own life What is Macbeth’s reaction?

She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, 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.

The final battle Malcolm and Macduff’s army march on to Macbeth. Macbeth goes into the battle confident due to the witches’ prophecies. BUT…….

Malcolm: “Let every soldier hew him down a bough and bear’t before him Malcolm: “Let every soldier hew him down a bough and bear’t before him. Thereby shall we shadow the numbers” Messenger: “As I did stand watch upon the hill, I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought the wood began to move” Macbeth: “If thou speak’st false, upon the next tree shall thou hang!”

Macbeth: “swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn brandished by man that’s of woman born” Macduff: “Turn, hellhound, turn! I have no words. My voice is my sword” Macbeth: “Thou losest…I bear a charmed life, which must not yield to one of woman born” Macduff: “I tell thee…(I) was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped….yield, coward!”

Macbeth is killed, and Malcolm is hailed King Of Scotland.

Questions to discuss Is justice served at the end of Macbeth? Who gets vengeance? Is Macbeth mostly about greed, ambition or how power can corrupt anyone? (remember, Macbeth began as a loyal soldier!) Can you understand Macbeth’s faith in what the witches tell him? Who or what do you blame for Macbeth’s downfall?