1. LESSON TEN

2. YOUR STARTER
Questions you could ask:
What is happening?
How do you think Macbeth is feeling in this scene?
What is the significance of the helmet? What are the connotations of this?
What will happen in Act 4, Scene 1? Infer what you can from the images. What themes/ideas do you think the scene will explore?

3. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR TASK: ACT 3, SCENE 5
HECATE
Why does Hecate not like Macbeth? Find a quotation where she lists the characteristics she disapproves of.
Find a quotation which supports the idea that Hecate is angry with the three witches for giving Macbeth prophecies.
Explain WHY Hecate is angry with the witches for giving Macbeth the three prophecies
What does Hecate instruct the witches to do?
What does she say Macbeth will do?
WHO IS SHE?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

4. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR TASK: ACT 3, SCENE 5
HECATE
Some scholars believe that this scene wasn’t actually written by Shakespeare and added in later.
It is frequently missed out of productions. Why do you think this is?
WHO IS SHE?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

5. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
LET’S REWIND – THE END OF ACT 3, SCENE 4
What did you notice about Macbeth?
MACBETH’S LINES
WHAT THIS TELLS US ABOUT HIM
I am bent to know…
He is determined and making his own decisions.
By the worst means the worse.
He will use any method to find out his future.
For mine own good
All causes shall give way.
He sees himself as more important than anything else.
I am in blood
Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more...
He’s so deep in blood (killing) now, that there’s no point in stopping.
Returning were as tedious as go o’er
The word suggests that it is just too much effort.
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

6. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR TASK: ACT 4, SCENE 1
In this scene, Macbeth returns to the witches to find out more of his fate. By sending him back to the witches, this time of his own free will, Shakespeare is showing that Macbeth is actively encouraging his evil side...
Before we read the scene, let’s consider how Macbeth is speaking to the witches. What do his words reveal about his character?
I conjure you…
Tell me, thou unknown power…
Answer me to do what I ask you.
Tell me… shall Banquo’s issue ever reign?
I will be satisfied?
Call ‘em
Let me know…
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

7. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
AS WE READ, COMPLETE THE TABLE…
What does Macbeth find out?
What is the significance of the apparition? (Consider the imagery used to present it)
How does Macbeth react?
Key Words/Quotations
The first spirit tells him that…
The second spirit tells him that…
The third spirit tells him that…
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

8. “And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass/Which shows me many more. And some I see,/That two-fold balls and treble sceptres carry.”
CONSIDER THIS
In Shakespeare’s day, historians thought that James I was descended from Banquo.
James was King of Scotland and England (‘two-fold balls’ – the orbs of the crown jewels – 2 showing the 2 countries) and he ruled over three kingdoms – Scotland, England and Ireland (‘treble sceptres’). There are clear links between James and the Kings in this scene.
The eighth King represents James’s ancestors. He carries the ‘glass’ (mirror) showing the future of many Kings from the same family: this is where James fits in.
Did you know? Our current Queen is a descendant of James I, so they end up ruling for hundreds of years!

9. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR TASK
Find quotations for each of the following points. Write them in your book.
Macbeth is being arrogant.
Macbeth is afraid of what he has seen.
Macbeth thinks that there is nothing to worry about.
The witches are impatient with Macbeth.
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

10. What is happening in the quotation/how it supports your point?
Remember that you already have the statement or point written. You then should choose one quotation from each of the categories that you have just explored, and then write it as your sub-title.
We are focusing today on analysis. To help you I have phrased the ideas as questions.
For each quotation you need to consider:
What is happening in the quotation/how it supports your point?
What language has been used? What does it suggest? How does the language make you feel (intended effect)?
Why has Shakespeare included it in his play How could it link to the overriding message about Macbeth?
I have an example on the next slide for you…

11. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Macbeth appears to display signs of intense arrogance in the scene. He demands from the witches: “But one word more – ”
Macbeth flaunts his hubristic nature when he commands the witches to stay and listen to ‘one word more.’ His greed wants the apparitions to tell him more, even though they have already told him about his fate. Macbeth uses the connective ‘but’ to show the audience that he is not happy with these prophecies that seem to discuss the impossible. Shakespeare may want to ensure that the audiences’ negative opinion of Macbeth continues, and to highlight the chaos and devastation that occurs as a consequence of those who are hungry for even more power.
AN EXAMPLE
‘But one word more-’
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

12. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
TO FINISH: HIGHLIGHT ALL THE REFERENCES TO CHAOS IN ACT 4, SCENE 1. WHAT DOES THIS SUGGEST ABOUT THE WORLD AND ATMOSPHERE OF HE PLAY AT THIS POINT?
‘Though castles topple on their warders’ heads…’
‘Though you untie the winds and let them fight…’
CHAOS
Why include so many references to chaos in this scene? What is Shakespeare trying to achieve here?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

14. RESOURCES

15. The first spirit tells him that…
What does Macbeth find out?
What is the significance of the apparition? (Consider the imagery used to present it)
How does Macbeth react?
Key Words/Quotations
The first spirit tells him that…
The second spirit tells him that…
The third spirit tells him that…
HAP pupils

16. What does Macbeth find out?
What does the apparition look like? Why do you think it looks this way?
How does Macbeth react?
Key Words/Quotations
The first spirit tells him that he should beware Macduff, the Thane of Fife.
‘Beware Macduff! Beware the Thane of Fife’ – The instruction to ‘beware’ suggests…
The second spirit tells him that no one who was born of a woman can harm Macbeth.
Macbeth begins to question why he should fear Macduff because…
Macbeth decides to…
The third spirit tells him that Macbeth will never be defeated until Great Birnam wood moves to high Dunsinane Hill.
LAP pupils