Macbeth

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Macbeth
Worksheet One
This worksheet accompanies slide 4 of Macbeth.ppt

Studying Shakespeare
Find three words or phrases in Act One, Scene Two that you do not understand, then
discuss them as a class to find out what they mean. Write the phrases and their definitions
below:
1. ______________________________________________________________________
Definition: _______________________________________________________________
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2. ______________________________________________________________________
Definition: _______________________________________________________________
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3. ______________________________________________________________________
Definition: _______________________________________________________________
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Worksheet Two
This worksheet accompanies slide 6 of Macbeth.ppt

Plot summary exercise

Fill in the gaps in the passage below using the words given.
Macbeth and his friend ___________ have just won a battle for King
___________. On their way home, they come across three ___________. The
witches tell Macbeth that he will become Thane of ___________ and King of
___________. They tell Banquo that his ___________ will be kings of Scotland
in the future. Immediately, their first ___________ is fulfilled when Macbeth is
rewarded for his bravery in battle with a title.
When he returns home, his wife ___________ Macbeth convinces him that he
must murder King ___________. Macbeth ___________ Duncan to death.
Next, he hires some men to kill ___________, so that his sons cannot become
kings. Banquos ___________ comes back from the dead to haunt him. He goes
to visit the ___________ again, and they warn him against ___________, who
is the Thane of Fife.
They also tell him that he can only be killed by someone not of ___________
born, and when ___________ forest comes to Dunsinane. When Macbeth finds
out that Macduff has gone to England, he murders his ___________. Lady
Macbeth goes ___________ and believes her hands are covered in
___________. Malcolm and Macduff come to attack his castle, camouflaged by
___________ from the forest. Macduff tells Macbeth that he was cut from his
mother, and he kills him. ___________ is crowned king.
Cawdor

blood

Banquo
Birnam

Macduff
witches

woman

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sleep

branches

Duncan

children

Macduff
Malcolm

ghost

Banquo

Scotland

witches

mad
prophecy
Duncan

stabs
Lady
family
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Worksheet Three
This worksheet accompanies slide 10 of Macbeth.ppt

Themes wordsearch

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List ten themes in Macbeth that you can see in the wordsearch above.
1. _________________________________ 6. __________________________________
2. _________________________________ 7. __________________________________
3. _________________________________ 8. __________________________________
4. _________________________________ 9. __________________________________
5. _________________________________ 10. _________________________________

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Worksheet Four
This worksheet accompanies slide 15 of Macbeth.ppt

Is this a dagger?
Reread Macbeths Is this a dagger? speech in Act Two, Scene One. Then have a look at
the excerpts below and write the modern-day equivalents next to each one.
Come, let me clutch thee: ____________________________________________________
Theres no such thing. / It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes: _____
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Or art thou but / A dagger of the mind: _________________________________________
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I have thee not and yet I see thee still! __________________________________________
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I see thee still; / And, on thy blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood: _____________________
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Mine eyes are made the fools othe other senses: _________________________________
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Nature seems dead: _________________________________________________________
Thou marshallst me the way that I was going: ___________________________________

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Worksheet Five
This worksheet accompanies slide 16 of Macbeth.ppt

Headline techniques
Think of at least one headline that contains an example of the following linguistic
techniques:
Emotive language:

Alliteration:

Pun:

Facts:

Question:

" .. .F ir e b u r n
a n d c a u ld r o n
b u b b le ."

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Worksheet Six
This worksheet accompanies slide 20 of Macbeth.ppt

In the hotseat
Fill in the table below from the points of view of each of the characters.

Macbeth

Lady
Macbeth

King
Duncan

Macduff

Banquo

How do you feel

at the end of the
play and why?
Which other
character do you
blame most of
all for the events
of the play?
What would you
have changed
about your
actions, and
why?
When in the play
were you
happiest?
When in the play
were you most
unhappy?
What would you
do differently
and why?
Why do you
think the witches
tricked
Macbeth?

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Macbeth The Essay

Worksheet Seven
This worksheet accompanies slide 2 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Revision
Are these statements true or false? Circle either T or F in each case.
Macbeth pays someone else to kill Banquo.

Lady Macbeth outlives her husband.

Malcolm is Duncans son.

Donalbain flees to Ireland.

Macduff is Macbeths brother.

Duncan always suspects Macbeth of being disloyal.

Lady Macbeth supports Duncans murder.

The witches say that Banquo will be king.

Ross finds Duncans body.

Lady Macbeth takes the daggers back to the scene of

the murder after Duncan has been killed.

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Worksheet Nine
This worksheet accompanies slide 4 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

The essay title

Write down the six scenes in which Lady Macbeth plays an important role and sum them
up in one or two sentences below.
1. Scene: ________________________________
Summary: ________________________________________________________________
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2. Scene: ________________________________
Summary: ________________________________________________________________
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3. Scene: ________________________________
Summary: ________________________________________________________________
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4. Scene: ________________________________
Summary: ________________________________________________________________
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5. Scene: ________________________________
Summary: ________________________________________________________________
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6. Scene: ________________________________
Summary: ________________________________________________________________
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Worksheet Nine
This worksheet accompanies slide 7 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Act One, Scene Five, lines 112

The actress playing Lady Macbeth needs to make a decision about how to read the letter.
Do you think she is excited? Amazed? Curious? Why? _____________________________
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Judging by the contents of the letter, what kind of relationship do you think Macbeth and
his wife have? _____________________________________________________________
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Macbeth
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Imagine you are Lady Macbeth and you have to wait longer for your husbands arrival.
Write your own letter to him describing your feelings about his news and thoughts on his
return.
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Worksheet Ten
This worksheet accompanies slide 15 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Act One, Scene Seven, lines 4759

Fill in the gaps in the passage, written about Lady Macbeths speech in Act One, Scene
Seven, lines 4759. Select the correct words to fill in from the list below.
Lady Macbeth attacks Macbeth's (1)______________________ a number of times in this
speech, accusing him of having (2)______________________ qualities that stop him from
having the (3)______________________ to kill Duncan. The feminine, tender image that
she describes of her breastfeeding a baby has the effect of conveying her
(4)______________________ 'masculinity' because of the horrific act that she describes
shortly after. She is trying to suggest that although she is (5)______________________ a
woman, her mind is (6)______________________ and therefore more masculine than her
husband's. In expressing this thought, she is hoping to (7)______________________ him
into agreeing to her plan.
1.
2.
3.
4.

thoughtlessness/masculinity/stupidity
feminine/childish/aggressive
desire/courage/initiative
physical/identical/contradicting

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5. hypothetically/mentally/biologically
6. stronger/larger/more loving
7. intimidate/shame/confuse

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Worksheet Eleven
This worksheet accompanies slide 17 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Act Two, Scene Two, lines 3248

Find five qualities that Lady Macbeth exhibits in this scene in lines 3247. Give
quotations to back up your points.

Quality

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Evidence

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Worksheet Twelve
This worksheet accompanies slides 20 and 21 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Act Three, Scene Four, lines 4958

Which qualities does Lady Macbeth exhibit in this scene? Compare them to the qualities
she exhibited in Act Two, Scene Two.
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Act Three, Scene Four, lines 5973
How many examples of Lady Macbeths mockery of her husband can you see in the
extract below? Underline them and annotate them.
Lady Macbeth:

O proper stuff!

This is the very painting of your fear.

This is the air-drawn dagger which you said
Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts,
Impostors to true fear, would well become
A womans story at a winters fire,
Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself!
Why do you make such faces? When alls done
You look but on a stool.
Macbeth:

Prithee, see there!

Behold! Look! Lo! How say you?

Lady Macbeth:

What, quite unmanned in folly?

Macbeth:
If I stand here, I saw him.
Lady Macbeth:

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Fie, for shame!

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Worksheet Thirteen
This worksheet accompanies slide 28 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Part One
Fill in the table below by writing lists of adjectives that describe Lady Macbeth, dont
describe her or sometimes describe her.
Words that describe Lady
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Words that sometimes

describe Lady Macbeth

Words that dont describe

Lady Macbeth

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Worksheet Fifteen
This worksheet accompanies slide 29 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Quotations
Write the numbers 16 next to the quotations below to show how Lady Macbeth changes
over the course of the play.
___ When you durst do it, then you were a man.
___ These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad.
___ Naughts had, alls spent,
Where our desire is got without content.
___ The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands neer be
clean?
___ Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus;
And hath been from his youth. Pray you keep seat.
___ Thy letters have transported me beyond
This ignorant present

Part One power

On a scale of -55, rate how much power either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth has in the
different acts of the play. A score of -5 means that Macbeth has by far the most power, 5
means that Lady Macbeth has by far the most power, and a score of 0 means that you are
unsure, or that they have equal power.
Act One ____

Act Four ____

Act Two ____

Act Five ____

Act Three ____

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Worksheet Sixteen
This worksheet accompanies slides 32 and 34 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Part One
Use the brainstorm below to write out your ideas about what to include when answering
the first part of the essay question.

Part One

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Worksheet Seventeen
This worksheet accompanies slides 35 and 36 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Part Two
Use the brainstorm below to write out your ideas about what to include when answering
the first part of the essay question.

Part Two

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Worksheet Eighteen
This worksheet accompanies slides 37 and 38 of Macbeth The Essay.ppt

Part Three
Use the brainstorm below to write out your ideas about what to include when answering
the first part of the essay question.

Part Three

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