1. LESSON NINE
@SPryke2

2. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR STARTER: WHAT HAPPENS IN ACT 3, SCENE 4?
MACBETH
BANQUO’S GHOST
Infer as much as you can from the picture.
Questions you could ask:
What is happening?
How do you think Macbeth is feeling in this scene?
How do you think those witnessing the events would feel?
What about Lady Macbeth? How would she feel?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

3. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS: ACT 3, SCENE 4
Why are they having a banquet in the first place?
Where does Banquo’s ghost sit?
How does Macbeth react to seeing Banquo’s ghost? How is he feeling?
If you were a guest at the banquet, how would Macbeth make you feel?
How does Lady Macbeth react to her husband during this scene?
What does the Ghost look like? How do you know this?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

4. YOUR TASK: EXPLODE YOUR QUOTATION
On the screen, you will see a series of quotations from Act 3, Scene 4. Copy the quotations into your books and analyse as much as you can from them. This is a skill you will need across GCSE Literature and GCSE Language.
In this quotation, Macbeth is describing Banquo’s ghost.
Repetition of ‘b’ sounds creates the effect of…
Macbeth is describing the ghost. He is feeling…
‘Thy bones are marrowless,
thy blood is cold’.
Blood is associated with violence and murder, which shows that Macbeth cannot stop thinking about what he has done.
Contrast – blood is usually hot, therefore the ghost is dead. It’s a chilling sight.
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

5. YOUR TASK: EXPLODE YOUR QUOTATION
The adjective ‘gory’ suggests Banquo’s hair is…
This implies Macbeth is haunted by the violence of Banquo’s murder.
In this quotation, Macbeth is addressing Banquo’s Ghost directly.
Banquo’s ghost is shaking his head at Macbeth in this quotation. Perhaps Banquo is shaking his head because…
‘Thou canst not say I did it. Never
shake thy gory locks at me.’
The imperative ‘never’ suggests Macbeth is feeling…
‘Thou canst not say I did it.’ – What does this tell us about Macbeth and his guilt?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

6. YOUR TASK: EXPLODE YOUR QUOTATION
Connotations of the devil include…
The fact that Banquo’s ghost might ‘appal the devil’ suggests that what Macbeth is seeing is…
In this quotation, Lady Macbeth has just asked her husband whether he is a man.
Macbeth acknowledges that he is a ‘bold man’, saying that he is … to look upon Banquo’s ghost.
‘Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that
Which might appal the devil.’
How do you think an audience would react to seeing Banquo’s ghost?
What is Macbeth’s state of mind here?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

7. YOUR TASK: EXPLODE YOUR QUOTATION
In this quotation, Macbeth is addressing Banquo’s ghost directly.
Try this quotation without any prompts.
*speculation - sight
What is Macbeth saying here?
‘Thou hast no speculation in those eyes
Which thou dost glare with.’
What are the connotations of ‘glare’? How is Banquo’s ghost staring at Macbeth?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

8. ‘Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR TASK: EXPLODE YOUR QUOTATION
Macbeth says he has ‘firm nerves’ but is this really the case?
In this quotation, Macbeth is asking Banquo’s ghost to take on any form but the bloody corpse he is.
‘Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
Shall never tremble.’
Why does Macbeth want Banquo to take another form? What does this suggest about his guilt?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

9. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
FURTHER ANALYSIS
Why does Macbeth compare Banquo and Fleance to snakes?
When have snakes / serpents been referred to before?
How does Macbeth act as a leader and impose order at the start of this scene? How does Macbeth’s behaviour reflect his wife’s previous act as the perfect hostess?
Banquo’s ghost was played by an actor. Macbeth doesn’t see him at first.
What is the effect?
In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth said ‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know’
How good is he at demonstrating that?
Higher ability version at end of slide
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

10. YOUR TASK
Add an extra row!
Did you think about Macbeth’s feelings before he even sees the ghost?
“But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in too saucy doubts and fears” p.65
When Macbeth sees the ghost, it reveals lots of things about how he is feeling, or his state of mind.
Draw a grid.
Decide on 4 different emotions or feelings you think Macbeth has in this scene. Write these in the FIRST column.
Then find a quotation from Act 3, Scene 4 to back up each feeling in your SECOND column.
Explain how your quotation matches your point – what does it mean? Is there any interesting language you can pick out? Write this in your THIRD column.
Table at the end of the slide
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

11. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
TO FINISH: DISCUSS
Does Macbeth's apparent insanity in Act 3, Scene 4 render him a more sympathetic character or is this his punishment for his 'vaulting ambition that o'erleaps itself'?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

13. RESOURCES

14. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
FURTHER ANALYSIS
How does the structure of the dialogue and Macbeth’s line length build tension?
How does Macbeth act as a leader and impose order at the start of this scene? How does Macbeth’s behaviour reflect his wife’s previous act as the perfect hostess?
Banquo’s ghost was played by an actor. Macbeth doesn’t see him at first.
What is the effect?
What does the disorder at the end of this scene symbolise to the audience?
HAP version
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

15. FEAR SUSPICION Banquo’s ghost
Macbeth’s state of mind – emotion/feeling.
Quotation which supports this emotion.
Explain how your quotation shows this emotion.
Banquo is shaking his head at Macbeth, showing that he blames him for his death. Macbeth is imagining this, so he is feeling guilty for his friend’s death.
FEAR
SUSPICION
LAP grid

16. Banquo’s ghost Macbeth’s state of mind – emotion/feeling.
Quotation which supports this emotion.
Explain how your quotation shows this emotion.
HAP grid