ACT 1 REVISION: WHO SAYS?

Who says the following key quotes from Act 1?

1. “fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air.”
2. “With his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution.”
3. “Go pronounce his present death and with his former title, greet
Macbeth.”
4. “Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated
heart knock at my ribs.”
5. “Fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty.”

FINISHED QUICKLY? EXTENSION:

For each quote WHAT is the character talking about and to WHOM?
 ACT 1 REVISION: WHO SAYS?
Who says the following key quotes from Act
1?
Suggested
1. “fair is foul and foul is fair, hover
through the fog and filthy air.” Characters:
1. Macbeth
2. “With his brandished steel, which
smoked with bloody execution.” 2. Lady
Macbeth
3. “Go pronounce his present death and
with his former title, greet Macbeth.” 3. Sergeant
4. Duncan
4. “Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair
and make my seated heart knock at my 5. Witches
ribs.”
5. “Fill me from the crown to the toe
topfull of direst cruelty.”
 ACT 1 REVISION: ANSWERS
Who says the following key quotes from Act 1?
1. “fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through the fog and
filthy air.” Witches
2. “With his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody
execution.” Sergeant
3. “Go pronounce his present death and with his former
title, greet Macbeth.” Duncan
4. “Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my
seated heart knock at my ribs.” Macbeth
5. “Fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst
cruelty.” Lady Macbeth
 Act 2 Scene 1
L.O. To comment on the devices Shakespeare uses to build suspense at the start of Act 2
Match the
Challenge: Search for these devices on pages 23-24 of Macbeth
term to
and label
the definition
Subject Terminology Definition

Soliloquy a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or

phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.
For example, "the curtain of night" or "all the world's a stage."

Metaphor A comparison of two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Rhetorical question a rhyming pair of successive lines of verse, typically of the same
length.

Rhyming couplet an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or

regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Simile a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make

a point rather than to get an answer.
 Key Term
phantasmagoria
• a sequence of real or imaginary
images like that seen in a dream.
“What happened next was a
phantasmagoria of horror and
mystery."
THE DAGGER SOLILOQUY:

Working in pairs, can you identify the following

LANGUAGE DEVICES?
• A simile
• A metaphor FINISHED:
• A rhyming couplet
• A bloody image TRY THIS
• An unnatural idea EXTENSION TASK:
• A metaphor for murder
• The image of a hunter Using quotes from
• A rhetorical question the soliloquy,
• Another word for ‘crazy’ DRAW a dagger in
• Alliteration your book and
• The Queen of Witches then draw in and
• References to seeing label with quotes
• Reference to sound any missing
• References to dreaming features described
• A real dagger by Macbeth in this
soliloquy.
To stage or not to stage…

‘Is this a dagger which I

see before me?’
How might the directorial decision to stage the dagger
or not effect our interpretation of Macbeth?

An illusion sent
by the witches?
A hallucination of
Macbeth?
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The Dagger Soliloquy
1.) Starter: Fill in the blanks and comment on what its
significance may be in Macbeth’s ‘Is this a dagger I see before me’
Allusion to Allusion to Temptation or
Tarquin: Hecate: hallucination?
2.) Key term: Define
The Roman king Greek goddess of In the Middle Ages it it! Draw it!
Tarquin raped and magic, witchcraft, was believed that the
mutilated his the night, moon, devil could create Iambic Pentameter
friends wife ghosts. Her name illusions in order to
Lucrece. To means "worker lead people into
Jacobeans, he from afar" from temptation. The
was a symbol of the Greek word battle between good
betrayal and hekatos. She is and evil is known as
cruelty often depicted in psychomachia
triple form (Battle of spirits or
soul war).
Task: Comment on what each fact’s significance may be in
Macbeth’s ‘Is this a dagger I see before me’
Allusion to Tarquin: Allusion to Hecate: Temptation or hallucination?

The _____________ _______________ of In the Middle Ages it was

Tarquin raped and magic, _________, the believed that the _______
mutilated his night, moon, __________. could create ____________ in
friend’s wife Her name means order to lead people into
________. To “__________________" _______________. The battle
Jacobeans, he was a from the Greek word between good and evil is
__________ of hekatos. She is often known as _______________
betrayal and ______ depicted in _____________ (Battle of spirits or soul war).
form.
Additional evidence to support: Evidence to argue against:
 Iambic Pentameter – Recap!
• Iambic = Foot (or beat)
• Pentametre = 5 pairs of syllables, one stressed and one unstressed ( Making 10
syllables per line with a heart beat like pattern)

EG: ‘If mu- / -sic be / the food / of love, / play on’

Key Terms:
Masculine Pentametre: When each line has exactly 10 even syllables and ends
on a stressed syllable.

Feminine Pentametre: When each line has an odd number of syllables and ends
on an unstressed syllable.
• Feminine Pentameter • Masculine Pentameter

What is the rhythm revealing to us about

Macbeth’s feelings and mood in this soliloquy?

Task: Count out the syllables and annotate the

first and last lines of the soliloquy to show
where the masculine and feminine
pentameter is
- Annotate its effect
Quote explosion

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