Tag: Macbeth

Close Analysis of Macbeth’s Moment of Despair

What is Shakespeare trying to communicate about life in this passage spoken by the character Macbeth?

Homework: To-morrow, To-morrow and To-morrow – What’s going on inside Macbeth’s head now

In preparation for Friday’s lesson where we will analyse the Language, Structure, Semantics and the use of dramatic devices in Macbeth’s famous speech, please write a short summary of what you think is going on

Macbeth: Tracking Macbeth’s Internal Crisis

Locate, between Act 1, Scene 1 and Act 2, Scene 2, 5 quotes from Macbeth that give us some insight into his deteriorating state of mind. Make sure you include information about the context of

Definitions of Key Terms

Exploring some key terms we’re going to concentrate on during our study of Macbeth

Macbeth Act 1, Scene 4 – Forres

In this scene we gain an insight into Macbeth’s duplicity – and the methods Shakespeare is using to reveal this to us in the audience.

Macbeth: Act 1, Scene ii: Homework

We’ve launched into the reading of Macbeth with visceral vigour. Tonight’s homework is to translate the following (spoken by the bleeding and bloody Sargeant about the events in a recent battle) into contemporary English