Objectives

a. Discuss the significant events of act I. b. Analyze and synthesize major events.
Macbeth Act I. Scene 1
Group 1
What is the significance of Scene 1 in Macbeth? It sets the stage and foreshadows the events to come
What key themes are conveyed in Act 1 Scene 1? appearances can be deceiving
What is the most important quote in Act 1 Scene 1 of Macbeth? fair is foul and foul is fair
Group 2
What is the dramatic irony in Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1? Duncan selecting Macbeth to be the thane of Cawdor with Macbeth
even knowing.
What is the mood of scene 1 in Macbeth? Ominous
Act 1, scene 2
Group 3
Malcome asks the captain to report the outcome of battle
What does Malcom ask the Captain to tell Duncan? from which he had just come.
What name does Macbeth deserve? How is he presented?Macbeth deserves the name of brave Macbeth, he deserves that
name as he is disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel.

The captain says, “Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops / And fixed his head upon
our battlements.”
Who is the person doing the “unseaming”? Macbeth

Who is the person being unseamed? Macdonwald

Group 4
Who is the “most disloyal traitor"? the current thane of Cawdor
What title do they give Macbeth? Thane of Cawdor

Group 5
What is the mood of Act 1 Scene 2 Macbeth? Disloyalty, urgency, and gruesome realism of battle
What is the dramatic irony in Macbeth Act 1 Scene 2? Macbeth as a war hero and a loyal servant of the king, Duncan
What key themes are conveyed in Act I, scene 2? Disloyalty, and urgency