Macbeth hk Monday 4 March

[mscraig]

Ok Folks, remember to do these as fully as you can because they will form your notes for the play.

Copy what is italicized.

Act 2 scene 3

1. Macbeth bungles their plan.
a. Explain how.
b. How do the others react?
c. Lady Macbeth faints.
With reference to the text explain in detail why you think
she did.

Act 3 Scene 1

1. Banquo suspects Macbeth.
Why do you think he does nothing about it?
2. Explain with reference to the text why Macbeth hires
murderers.
3. Lady Macbeth is not consulted in his plan.
Explain what this suggests about their relationship now.

Act 3 Scene 2

1. Lady Macbeth is agitated.
How is this revealed?
2. She appears more composed in front of Macbeth "Gentle my
lord". What does this tell us about her?

Act 3 Scene 4

1. At the banquet scene Macbeth behaves in a very
disturbed manner. Only he sees the ghost of Banquo.
What does this behaviour tell us about the state of his mind?
2. Lady Macbeth covers up for him.
Explain how.
3. Who does he "keep" in Macduff's house?


Act 4 Scene 1

1. What does Macbeth hope to achieve by visiting the witches?
2. Discuss in detail and with reference to the text what this
tells us about the state of his mind.
3. 4 apparitions reveal themselves to him.
Bullet point what they are and what the witches prophesise.