1. Date: Tuesday 25th April 2017 Title: Macbeth – Plot and Key Quotations
Learning Objectives:
AO1: read, respond and understand texts
AO2: language analysis
AO3: context
Success Criteria
Sort the plot pictures into the correct order
Memorise and analyse 10 key quotations for the exam.
Key Words:
Plot
Character
Theme
Analysis
Date: Tuesday 25th April Title: Macbeth – Plot and Key Quotations
Task: In the back of your books, write down 5 quotations from Jekyll and Hyde and the titles and authors of 5 of the anthology poems.

2. Learning Objectives:
AO1: read, respond and understand texts
AO2: language analysis
AO3: context
Success Criteria
Sort the plot pictures into the correct order
Memorise and analyse 10 key quotations for the exam.
Key Words:
Plot
Character
Theme
Analysis
Plot Revision
On the following slide, there are 12 key plot points for Macbeth.
Your job is to copy down the plot points and put them in order! First to get all 12 correct earns 50 excellence points!

3. Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor and tells Lady Macbeth he will become King.
Macbeth gets more prophecies from the witches.
Macbeth kills the King.
Three witches tell Macbeth he will become Thane of Cawdor and King, and tell Banquo his sons will be King after.
Lady Macbeth goes mad and dies
Macbeth becomes King.
Macbeth kills the family of Macduff, Thane of Fife.
Macduff and Malcolm dress up with branches from Birnam Wood and attack Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to kill the King.
Macduff joins Malcolm, son of the King.
Macduff kills Macbeth.
Macbeth has Banquo assassinated

4. Three witches tell Macbeth he will become Thane of Cawdor and King, and tell Banquo his sons will be King after.
Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor and tells Lady Macbeth he will become King.
Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to kill the King.
Macbeth kills the King.
Macbeth becomes King.
Macbeth has Banquo assassinated.
Macbeth gets more prophecies from the witches.
Macbeth kills the family of Macduff, Thane of Fife.
Macduff joins Malcolm, son of the King.
Lady Macbeth goes mad and dies
Macduff and Malcolm dress up with branches from Birnam Wood and attack Macbeth.
Macduff kills Macbeth.

5. Learning Objectives:
AO1: read, respond and understand texts
AO2: language analysis
AO3: context
Success Criteria
Sort the plot pictures into the correct order
Memorise and analyse 10 key quotations for the exam.
Key Words:
Plot
Character
Theme
Analysis
Key Quotations
Over the next few slides, I am going to go over 10 key quotations. You need to write notes for each quotation based around the key themes and the key analytical points.

6. “Is this a dagger I see before me? The handle towards my hand?”
This is what Macbeth says just before he goes to kill King Duncan.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, supernatural, kingship, violence, guilt and good vs evil.
Rhetorical questions – suggests that he is confused.
Two interpretations of the dagger – a temptation (as it points towards his hand) or a warning
Audience reaction – depends on the staging (can the dagger be seen or not?)
The beginning of Macbeth’s downfall – his good fights with his evil.

7. “too full o’th’milk of human kindness”
This is how Lady Macbeth reacts to her husbands letter telling her of the prophecies.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, the role of women, good vs evil, ambition and violence.
Lady Macbeth is concerned about her husband’s ability to do what is needed to become king. She shows ambition in making sure she becomes more powerful in society.
Role of women – she is concerned about her husband’s masculinity and how he isn’t cruel enough. She feels like she has to make up for her husband’s lack of cruelty in order to gain the power.
Audience reaction – shock at how desperate Lady Macbeth is to have power. Could link to context – maybe she craves power because she doesn’t get it in normal society.
Contextual point: women in the 17th century had a lower social status than a man and had to follow their orders. They would be seen as the weaker sex. Lady Macbeth would go against this.

8. “Unsex me here”
This is what Lady Macbeth says when she finds out about the prophecies given to Macbeth.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, the role of women, good vs evil, ambition, violence, supernatural.
‘Unsex’ is an imperative (a command). Shows she is in control of her situation.
Role of women – wants to have all the softer feminine traits taken away and have more traditionally ‘masculine’ features in order to be more cruel
Audience reaction – shock at the violence and determination in Lady Macbeth.
Contextual point: women in the 17th century were supposed to be mothers and had soft characters. Lady Macbeth would go against this.

9. “Look like th’innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
This is what Lady Macbeth says to her husband about the murder.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, appearance vs reality, kingship, violence and good vs evil.
Animal imagery: the serpent represents evil and suggests that Macbeth needs to be sly and violent in order to become king.
Juxtaposition of the ‘innocent’ flower with the serpent – appearance vs reality.
Audience reaction – cautious of Lady Macbeth
Contextual point: society in the 17th century was very much based on religion. This could be Shakespeare referring to the serpent from Genesis (the Bible – Adam and Eve)

10. “Fair is foul and foul is fair”
This is what the witches say at the opening of the play and is repeated by Macbeth when he speaks to Banquo.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, appearance vs reality and kingship.
It basically means that appearances can be wrong and they can deceive you. This is something that many characters say throughout the play.
It is ambiguous – it almost seems like a paradox. They are saying that ambitions can be your downfall (a key theme in the play!)
Audience reaction – makes them feel uneasy right from the start because they don’t know who they can trust.
It predicts the downfall of Macbeth right from the start – Macbeth seemed like a loyal servant to Duncan, when actually, he ends up murdering him!

11. “Something wicked this way comes”
This is what the witches say when they see Macbeth coming and show him three apparitions.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, supernatural and good vs evil.
Macbeth being described as “wicked” shows just how much he has changed over the course of the play.
The witches are normally portrayed as evil. If even they describe Macbeth as ‘wicked’, it emphasises how evil he has become.
Audience reaction – disappointment in Macbeth. Scared at what might happen.
Contextual point: James I wrote a book about witchcraft called ‘Daemonologie’ as he was so obsessed with it. ‘Witches’ were usually outcasts of society and people were terrified of them.

12. “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this hand”
This is what Lady Macbeth says just before she kills herself.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: guilt, ambition, how characters change, and good vs evil.
Sensory imagery – uses the sense of smell to help the audience understand how guilty she is.
This is a massive change for Lady Macbeth. The language reflects Macbeth’s after he kills Duncan (will all Great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood from my hands?). What is ironic here is that Lady Macbeth shouted at her husband for being weak and now she is in that position.
As Macbeth’s lack of remorse grows, Lady Macbeth’s fails. Both characters change completely, but in opposite directions.
Contextual point: Lady Macbeth now seems like she has feelings and cares. This goes back to the more traditional view of a 17th century woman as weak.

13. “Let light not see my black and deep desires”
This is what Macbeth says when he is given the prophecies by the witches.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, appearance vs reality, good vs evil, kingship, good vs evil.
Throughout the play, there is a theme of light (innocence and truth) and dark (evil and violence). Macbeth here is acknowledging that his ambitions could cause trouble – he doesn’t want people to find out.
He has worried himself about the extent of his desires – he wants physical darkness so that people cannot see what he is about to do.
‘Black’ relates to night time which is associated with terror and evil.
Appearance vs reality – he wants to appear as if he is loyal, but underneath, he is ambitious and driven to become king.
Audience reaction – they see Macbeth as unpredictable and don’t know what he is capable of doing.

14. “If chance will have me king, then chance will crown me”
This is what Macbeth says when he learns of the prophecies.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: ambition, kingship, fate, the supernatural and good vs evil.
This is a good quotation to show Macbeth at the start of the play. He seems to trust fate and the witches’ predictions. It is only the influence of his wife and when he learns of who will become king after Duncan that pushes him to commit murder.
He suggests he that he does not have to physically do something to become king – he trusts it will happen without him doing anything.
Audience reaction – relief at the fact Macbeth isn’t letting the prophecy ruin his good nature.

15. “There’s daggers in men’s smiles”
This is what Donaldbain (Duncan’s son) says when he is discussing the situation in Scotland with Malcolm.
This quotation is good for questions that ask about: appearance vs reality, ambition, good vs evil.
Even a lesser character in the play has noticed that people are not what they seem.
Violent imagery – use of the word ‘dagger’ suggests that people are capable of killing, even with a smile.
Audience reaction – uneasy as they do not know who to trust. Builds tension.
Contextual point: Macbeth was written at the time of the Gunpowder Plot – a plan to overthrow power in the country. As Donaldbain and Malcolm are next in line to the throne, they fear the overthrow of power, just like Guy Fawkes’ plan to blow up Parliament.

16. Quick and useful one word quotations
Learning Objectives:
AO1: read, respond and understand texts
AO2: language analysis
AO3: context
Success Criteria
Sort the plot pictures into the correct order
Memorise and analyse 10 key quotations for the exam.
Key Words:
Plot
Character
Theme
Analysis
Quick and useful one word quotations
“Spirits” – Lady Macbeth calls on the spirits to help her showing her spirituality and linking her with the witches.
“Thunder” – used throughout the play, usually in relation to the witches to suggest danger and an uneasiness in nature.
“Dagger” – used by various characters to always take the audience back to the theme of violence and how unpredictable it is.
“Out!” – command from Lady Macbeth about trying to wash her hands clean of blood. Shows she wants to be in control and she is feeling guilty. Could also link to supernatural as she is hallucinating.

17. Learning Objectives:
AO1: read, respond and understand texts
AO2: language analysis
AO3: context
Success Criteria
Sort the plot pictures into the correct order
Memorise and analyse 10 key quotations for the exam.
Key Words:
Plot
Character
Theme
Analysis
Quick Quotation Quiz!
Turn to the back of your books. We are going to do a quotation quiz for Macbeth, An Inspector Calls and Jekyll and Hyde!