This scene is a very small scene after Banquo’s and Duncan’s sons have defeated Macbeth on which they congratulate them self on. A quote to prove this is “Your cause of sorrow Must not be measur’d by his worth,”

This scene is a small one only including 3 characters (Ross, Macduff and an old man) and in this scene the 2 thanes are wondering what to do as the king has been murdered and his 2 sons,Malcom and Donalbain have run away (which has made likely suspects of their fathers death even though we know that it was Macbeth). Ross has decided to go a quote to prove this is “.”

In this scene the others find out that Duncan is dead. This makes Macbeth worried because they start to suspect people but also Malcom and Donaldbain are scared because they might be next. A quote to prove this is ” there are daggers in men’s smiles,” which means they might be smiling but then will kill you when you least expect it. To prove Macbeth’s worriedness and lady Macbeth’s assistance is that she fainted to take the tension of Macbeth’s shoulders. Continue reading

To get this badge I will explain 3 types of language Shakespeare uses in the play Macbeth.

Dramatic irony is when the audience know something that the characters in the play do not. A good example of this is when Macbeth murdered Duncan but the other characters in the play do not and they don’t find out that he did it for the whole play.

A soliloquy is when a character in a play speak to themselves but no one else is there and no one else can hear what the character is saying, it is a bit like thinking out loud. A very famous example of this in Macbeth is Macbeth’s soliloquy on whether to kill Duncan or not but at the end of it he decides to kill him and does it.

Rhyme and blank verse are another types of language Shakespeare would of used back in the day which are rhyming and non rhyming verses. Also Shakespeare would use equal syllables in lines in a verse.

They are in the play because without them the play would have less tension and less of a reason to get jealous which leads up to Macbeth killing Duncan. Therefore I know why the witches are important.

To earn this badge I will break down and define the 3 lines below.

I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.                                       Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell                                             That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

To define  you have to start from the begining or to know what has happened before these three lines and who says them. Macbeth is saying those lines in a soliloquy after he has decided to kill King Duncan.Next you must look up any words in a dictionary if you have to, if not skip to the next step which is try and work out the meaning line by line or word by word if you must. A word I don’t understand is “knell” and the result I got in the dictionary is the sound of a bell when rung.Now I know what the first line means ,which is ( in Macbeth’s point of view) I will go and that is final the bell invites me. The second and third line mean you can’t hear it Duncan but the sound of the bell summons you to heaven or hell.

This scene is about Macbeth deciding whether to kill Duncan or not. There is a big soliloquy that Macbeth says in this scene which is when Macbeth decides to him. A quote to prove this is ” Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell, that summons thee to heaven or to hell.”

I am working on the soliloquy badge and have memorised Macbeth’s soliloquy in act 2 scene 1 (the first 12 lines) I will perform it on the first week back.

The scene starts of with a soliloquy by Macbeth on whether he should kill King Duncan or not and at the end of the soliloquy he has still not decided to go on with the murder. Then Lady Macbeth comes and persuades him by teasing him and questioning his masculinity, to change his mind. Finally he changes his mind and is ready to kill King Duncan. A quote to prove why he thinks he shouldn’t kill Duncan ‘Could trammel up the consequences and catch.’