Tag: Shakespeare

Our Final Essay

A unifying essay that, at its best, will allow you to explore Macbeth’s multiple layers of meaning. The context, the authorial intention, the characters’ internal world and external presentation and your response as a reader will all intertwine to create an analysis that is uniquely yours.

Close Analysis of Macbeth’s Moment of Despair

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

Macbeth: Equivocation – A little bit of Analysis

Tonight’s homework is to write up one of the examples of Macbeth’s equivocation that we discussed in class today. You should include: An outline of what equivocation Macbeth is engaging in A quotation that supports

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 3, The Blasted Heath

Translation of Banquo’s insights into the witches’ intentions.