1. Macbeth

2. Learning goals: Try strategies for reading Shakespearean language
Get familiar with the characters and themes in Macbeth

3. Common Shakespearean Terms
Fie – indicates disdain or disgust “You cheated? Fie upon it!”
Hark – Listen “Hark the herald angels sing”
Hence – Away “Get thee hence”
Hie – Hurry “Hie thee hence”
Hither – Here “Hie thee hither”
Thither – There “Thither doth the sun rise.”
Hath – Has “He hath a horse.”

4. How to read difficult texts
Use the words you do know
Picture the action
Make guesses and predictions
Use what you know about language
Use what you know about people and the world
Use context
Think of similar words or words in other languages as clues
Keep your mind open to possibilities

5. Thane of Glamis, General
Macbeth
Thane of Glamis, General

6. Lady Macbeth
Wife of Macbeth

7. Duncan
King of Scotland

8. Malcolm
Prince of Scotland

9. Donalbain
Prince of Scotland

10. Friend of Macbeth, General of the King’s army
Banquo
Friend of Macbeth, General of the King’s army

11. Macduff
Thane of Fife

12. Lady Macduff
Wife of Macduff

13. Ross
Thane

14. Lennox
Thane

15. General of the English Army
Siward
General of the English Army

16. Young Siward
Son of Siward

17. Doctor

18. Gentlewoman
Attending Lady Macbeth

19. Porter
Door man

20. Seyton
Servant to Macbeth

21. Pagan goddess of farming, but also of witchcraft, ghosts and tombs
Hecate
Pagan goddess of farming, but also of witchcraft, ghosts and tombs

22. Three Witches

23. Macdonwald
Traitor to Scotland

24. Bloody Soldier

25. Macbeth thought-starters
Write answers to the following questions:
What is a traitor? When is it justifiable to turn against the leaders of your country?
If you had a chance to steal $100 million, and were 99% sure you’d get away with it, would you try?
How can you tell when someone is being dishonest with you? How can a person lie effectively?

26. Tell your elbow partner a story using the following words:

28. Macbeth Reading Questions
Read these questions before reading each scene.
Answer them as you read.
These are not meant as extra work for you to do. The questions will help you.

29. Macbeth Reading Questions
They tell you what happens in the scene, and give you an idea about what might be important.
Questions will be collected at the end of the unit and marked for completion.

30. Let’s listen: Act I, scene I

31. Let’s perform: Act I, scene I

32. Let’s read Act I