Macbeth
Learning goals: Try strategies for reading Shakespearean language 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 Quiz It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, If it find heaven, must find it out _______.
Act III Quiz It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, If it find heaven, must find it out to-night.
Act III Quiz O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst _______. O slave!
Act III Quiz O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst revenge. O slave!
Act III Quiz O 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 become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her ________.
Act III Quiz O 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 become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam.
Act III Quiz Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble: or be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword; If trembling I inhabit then, protest me The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal _______, hence!
Act III Quiz Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble: or be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword; If trembling I inhabit then, protest me The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mockery, hence!
Act III Reading Questions
Act III Reading Questions Act 3, Scene 1 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 Questions What is Macbeth thinking?
Act III Reading Questions 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 Questions Act 3, Scene 2 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 Questions Act 3, Scene 3 The murderers attack and kill Banquo, but Fleance escapes. How does this relate to the witches’ prophecy?
Act III Reading Questions Act 3, Scene 4 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 Questions Act 3, Scene 4: Does Macbeth know how to ruin a party or what?
Act III Reading Questions Act 3, Scene 5: 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 Questions Act 3, Scene 6: 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
What’s inside your character’s head? Character heads What’s inside your character’s head? Choose a character Cut out pictures or draw, to make a character head collage. Write the name of your character on the back. Later, the class will have to guess which character you’ve chosen, based on the pictures you’ve included.
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Let’s read Act IV
Shakespeare versus Dr. Seuss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w2MTXBebg