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Main Events in Act 1

Explore the main events in each act of Shakespeare's Macbeth, the turning points within the play, and the important context surrounding King James I and attitudes towards women during the Jacobean era. Analyze the character development of Macbeth as a tragic hero, the role of Lady Macbeth, and the disruption of the natural order.

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Main Events in Act 1

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  1. Main Events in Act 1 Act 1 Scene 1 Scene 3 Scene 2 What happens in Act 1? Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7

  2. Main Events in Act 2

  3. Main Events in Act 3

  4. Main Events in Act 4

  5. Main Events in Act 5

  6. What are the turning points?

  7. Context – key words – regicide/gender/supernatural/kingship What do you know about James 1? Why was he important to Shakespeare? How was he different to Elizabeth 1? What do you know about attitudes towards women at the time? What does the phrase the ‘divine right of kings’ mean? How is the natural order disrupted in Macbeth?

  8. King James 1 • James I had been King of England for 3 years when the play was first performed (1606). • It is popularly believed that he was in the first audience. • James considered himself to be a descendant of Banquo (though this is debated by historians). • James I promoted the concept of the divine right of kings: the monarch is appointed by God and, therefore, any opposition to him was considered sacrilegious. • ‘Macbeth’ was written one year after the Gunpowder Plot - an attempt to kill James within the House of Lords.

  9. Context Miss Cole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQBaZ0Z9kzU&t=147s

  10. Adjectives to describe Macbeth

  11. The War ‘Hero’ For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name-- Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave; Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements.

  12. The Tragic Hero - Aristotle • He must be one who is highly renowned and prosperous- a personage like Oedipus, Thyestes, or other illustrious men of such families. A well-constructed plot should, therefore, be single in its issue, rather than double as some maintain. The change of fortune should be not from bad to good, but, reversely, from good to bad. It should come about as the result not of vice, but of some great error or frailty

  13. Macbeth – tragic hero • How is he presented at the start of the play? • Who or what convinces him to kill Duncan? • How does he feel after he has killed the king? • What causes him to have Banquo murdered? • What does the banquet scene in Act 3 show the audience about his mental state? • How does he feel when he goes back to see the witches? • How does he respond to his wife’s death? • What is he like in the final battle?

  14. Macbeth as a Tragic Hero

  15. Two sides to Macbeth • Brave • Valiant • Noble • Loving • Courageous • Determined • War hero • Ambitious • Conscience stricken • Proud • Respected • Ruthless • Cruel • Deceitful • Easily persuaded • Violent • Insane • Callous • Nihilistic • Brutal • Over-ambitious • Proud

  16. Learn • Macbeth is a brave and valiant soldier ready to die for his king, Duncan • However the prophecies have a powerful effect on him, especially when he learns the first has come true and he becomes the Thane of Cawdor • He is easily persuaded to agree to murder Duncan • He often appears weak – starts to have visions and asks lots of questions, cannot make a decision and unsure of himself • Panics just after the murder – has to rely on Lady Macbeth

  17. Learn • Later he appears more in control and less reliant on his wife • Plans to murder Banquo without even telling his wife. Ignores his visions and makes decisions quickly – gives orders rather than asks questions • At times is full of confidence, seems to ignore the death of his wife • When he realises he will also die, he ‘will not yield’ and fights to the end

  18. Diamond 9 • Cut out the shapes • Order them in a diamond • Put the event you think is the most significant to Macbeth’s character becoming evil at the top

  19. Lady Macbeth • Mind map adjectives to describe Lady Macbeth • What would the audience expect Lady Macbeth to be like based on the women at the time?

  20. Context - The role of women • Jacobean society was patriarchal. Women were regarded as both physically and emotionally ‘weaker’, needing a husband to look after them • The man was considered to be the head of a marriage and his family. • Though he had the legal right to chastise his wife, abuse could lead to prosecution. • Married couples were not able to get divorced. • Jobs were clearly gendered. In ordinary families, men were the ‘breadwinners’ while women were housewives and mothers. Though some worked as cooks or maids, women were not allowed to become lawyers, doctors, politicians etc.

  21. Lady Macbeth - Ambitious wife • What are her concerns at the beginning of the play? • How does she ask the evil spirits to change her? • How does she persuade Macbeth to kill King Duncan? • What is her role in the King’s murder? • How does she feel once she has become queen? • What is her role in the banquet scene in Act 3? • How is she presented as going mad in Act 5?

  22. Sympathy? • Lonely • Remorse • Childless • Possessed by the witches • Powerless • Guilt drives her mad • Manipulative • Deceitful • Cunning • Controlling • Lack of human feeling • Overly ambitious

  23. 10 Key Quotations • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sQUS_HEDPQ

  24. Macbeth – our core 6 • ‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’ (1.1) • Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires’ (1.3) • ‘Look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t’ (1.5) • Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this bllod clean from my hand?’ (2.2) • ‘From this moment, the very firstlings of my heart shall be/The firstling of my hand.’ (4.1) • ‘Out, damned spot! Out I say!’ (5.1)

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  26. Clues only

  27. Shakespeare – 10 mins reading and annotating + 40 minutes writing How does Shakespeare present Macbeth as a hero? In the extract … In the play as a whole Begin sentences with… Arguably Certainly Clearly Notably Surely Consequently Obviously Indisputably Perhaps Possibly Probably Writing a topic sentence should establish the topic of the paragraph using the key question words Exam Question: How does Shakespare present Lady Macbeth? Topic Sentence: Shakespeare uses a simile ‘…’ to present Lady Macbeth as evil, dishonest and manipulative. Key words Macbeth Play Acts Scenes Audience soliloquy pathetic fallacy dramatic irony

  28. The writer uses SUBJECT TERMINOLOGY ‘…’ EFFECTS

  29. How are the A0s addressed in a question? Starting with this scene how does Shakespeare present the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth? • How is the relationship presented in this scene? • How is it presented in the play as a whole?

  30. The Extract question – 50 minutes • You MUST explore both the extract and the whole text • Highlight the key words in the question • Write the focus of the question at the top of the extract • Read the extract (x2) highlight and label key points that link to the question • Find at least 4/5 quotations from the extract to write about • Plan - list key moments from the rest of the play that must link to the question

  31. Essay plan • Introduction – briefly explore the issue raised in the question • At least 3 extended paragraphs. • Begin by exploring and analysing the extract then zoom out to the rest of the play • Include relevant social and historical contextual details • Conclusion – Link back to your opening point – summarise deeper messages brought up by the question. • Start with ‘Overall,’ ‘Ultimately’ ‘In conclusion’

  32. To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus.--Our fears in Banquo Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety. There is none but he Whose being I do fear: and, under him, My Genius is rebuked; as, it is said, Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters When first they put the name of king upon me, And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like They hail'd him father to a line of kings: Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so, For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd; Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings! Rather than so, come fate into the list. And champion me to the utterance! Who's there!

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