Warm-up
What does Macbeth’s belief in ghosts say about his character? How would that make him look to others?
Standards ELACC11-12W1: Write
arguments to support claims…, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
ELACC11-12SL5: Make strategic use of digital media…in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
ELACC11-12SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions…building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
ELACC11-12RL2: Determine two or more themes or central ideas of text and analyze their development over the course of the text…
Essential Question
How does textual evidence influence our physical perceptions of a character?
What does the structure of a scene have in common with the plot structure of an entire play?
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Act III, Scene 4
The murderers tell Macbeth that they killed Banquo but failed to kill Fleance.
Macbeth makes a toast to Banquo, at which point Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost.
Lady Macbeth attempts to calm Macbeth down, but he is already paranoid and planning the murder of Macduff.
Macbeth decides to go see the Weird Sisters.
Setting: Hall in the palace
Act III, Scene 5Hecate, the goddess of the lower
world who represents the spirit of ancient witchcraft, calls the weird sisters to her to complain that her own part in Macbeth's downfall has been overlooked and that she now wishes personally to make his downfall complete.
*The scene is unnecessary to understanding the play and was probably not written by Shakespeare.
Setting: a heath
Act III, Scene 6
Lennox tells a rebel lord that he is suspicious that Macbeth killed Duncan because he killed the guards.
Macduff has fled from Scotland to join forces with Malcolm in England.
They have requested help from England's King Edward the Confessor.
Setting: Duncan’s castle
Activity ChoicesIllustrations/writing What does Banquo’s
ghost look like? What does Macbeth do
when the ghost appears?
Provide textual support.
Tableaux Plot out the important
“pictures” that would represent Act III, Scene 4. (Do this first on paper.)
Try to pick out “pictures” representing exposition, climax, denouement.
Turn in the paper for approval, then have pictures taken.
Exit SlipSummarize everything we have read
so far in 5-7 sentences.
HomeworkRead Act IV.
Act IV, Scene 1Macbeth revisits the witches.
a floating head warns him to beware Macduff.
a bloody child tells him he won’t be defeated
a crowned child holding a tree tells him that he is safe until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill.
a procession of eight crowned kings walks by, the last carrying a mirror. Banquo’s ghost walks at the end of the line.
The witches perform a mad dance and then vanish before explaining the last vision.
Setting: a cavern with a boiling cauldron
Act IV, Scene 2
Lady Macduff comforts and is comforted by her young son.
Although warned by the Thane of Ross to escape before it is too late, Lady Macduff is encountered by Macbeth's henchmen, who brutally kill both her and her son.
Setting: Fife. Macduff’s castle
Act IV, Scene 1Malcolm (Duncan’s son) tests the
loyalty of Macduff.Malcolm makes Macduff angry at
Macbeth.Ross tells Macduff that his family has
been killed. Macduff joins the rebel army and also
declares revenge against Macbeth.England’s king (Edward the
Confessor) is helping Malcolm.
Setting: England. In front of the King’s palace
