1. Critical study of Macbeth Exam question

2. Unpack the rubric How does an audience respond to Macbeth in different social – cultural – and historical (time AND place) perspectives / interpretations / and values/opinions Audience??? How = what language and dramatic forms / techniques are used to “manipulate” or influence the meaning of the words…? – and therefore – you the audience

3. Audience = me – and these directors / actors My opinion 1979 Trevor Nunn Director Judy Dench – Lady Macbeth Helen Baxendale 1997 Director Jeremy Freeston Based on – in the context of= My time? My “place”? My cultural beliefs and opinions My social group – and it’s opinions Based on – in the context of= Nunn’s time? Nunn’s “place”? Nunn’s cultural beliefs and opinions Nunn’s social group – and it’s opinions Based on – in the context of= Freeston’s time? Freeston’s “place”? Freeston’s cultural beliefs and opinions Freestons’s social group – and it’s opinions

4. “Fair is foul and foul is fair” In the context of your critical study of Macbeth, to what extent (how much) does your response to Act 1, Scene V inform your judgement of Lady Macbeth and her role in the tragedy of the play? In your response, make detailed reference to Macbeth

5. your judgement of Lady Macbeth and her role in the tragedy of the play??? Is she “fair is foul and foul is fair”?