Here is your extract from Macbeth – Act 3 Scene 2 lines 36-56 Assessment question: “Macbeth is a ruthless and cold hearted killer.” Examine this view starting with the extract and then the wider play (Acts 1-3) Write this in your book. The first SQI paragraph you write will be on the extract. We are now going to discuss why this moment is important in Macbeth’s development from hero to villain.
night’s predators are waking up to look for their prey. Copy out the quotes from Macbeth from 3.2 and write the correct translation next to it. 1. There’s comfort yet; they are assailable. Then be thou jocund. 2. Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck 3. Night’s black agents to their prey do rouse 4. Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. night’s predators are waking up to look for their prey. Bad deeds force you to commit more bad deeds in order to find a resolution. That’s comforting. They can be killed. Then you can be cheerful. I’m not going to tell you what I plan to do my dear.
Explode quote 1 and then write an SQI to show how Macbeth seems increasingly cold and ruthless by Act 3 A02 guidance Noun ‘comfort’ Easing of someone’s feelings of grief – ironic Semi-colon creates a caesura indicating….. Logical, calm reasoning adverb ‘then’ Adjective ‘cheerful’ = light-hearted / joyful Short statement sentences In reply to Lady Macbeth’s reassurance that Banquo and his children cannot live forever, Macbeth replies …………. 1. There’s comfort yet; they are assailable. Then be thou jocund. A01 word wall for Macbeth Calm / rational / controlled / emotionally detached / business-like / Methodical / clipped / authoritative / measured
Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck Imperative verb “be” Colloquial term of endearment “chuck” – condescending?
3. Night’s black agents to their prey do rouse Nocturnal imagery / colour imagery – supernatural imagery? Noun ‘agents’ Noun’ prey’
4. Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. Riddle / epigram Syntax positions ‘ill’ at the end of the sentence for emphasis paradox