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Macbeth Act III Quotations

DIRECTIONS: For each quotation, list the speaker, the person being spoken to, and the meaning of the line in the context of the scene.

If you were absent on Wednesday, February 19, complete either the odd or even number quotations.

1.
Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
…and I fear Thou play’dst most foully for’t.

2.
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.

3.
I am one, my liege,
Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world
Hath so incensed that I am reckless what
I do to spite the world.

4.
’Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

5.
O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!
Thou mayst revenge .

6.
Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake
Thy gory locks at me.

7.
Shame itself!
Why do you make such faces?
When all’s done, You look but on a stool.

8.
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

9.
He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear
His hopes ’bove wisdom, grace, and fear:

10.
Thither Macduff Is gone to pray the holy king, upon his aid…
And this report
Hath so exasperate the king that he
Prepares for some attempt of war.

Théodore Chassériau, “The Ghost of Banquo,” 1855

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Othello Vocabulary

othelloPlease study the following words for your vocabulary test, which will be given on Wednesday, February 26.

HATRED/ANGER
abhor
odious
provocation

REPUTATION
eminent
infamous
restitution
taint

RUDE
barbarous
insolent
peevish
vexation

MANNERS
civility
discreet
tranquil

THOUGHT/BELIEF
beguile
credulous
ruminate
veritable

Choose two additional words from the remainder of the list to study.

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Macbeth Act II Quotations

DIRECTIONS: For each quotation, list the speaker, the person being spoken to, and the meaning of the line in the context of the scene.

If you were absent on Thursday, February 13, complete either the odd or even number quotations.

1.
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee.

2.
Had he not resembled
My father as he slept, I had done’t.

3.
Methought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more!
Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care…

4.
This my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.

5.
Get on your nightgown, lest occasion call us
And show us to be watchers.

6.
What’s the business,
That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley
The sleepers of the house? Speak, speak!

7.
O, yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them.

8.
There’s daggers in men’s smiles; the near in blood,
The nearer bloody.

9.
Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s two sons,
Are stol’n away and fled, which puts upon them
Suspicion of the deed.

10.
He is already named, and gone to Scone
To be invested.

Scene from the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth starring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench

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Macbeth Act I Quotations

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DIRECTIONS: For each quotation, list the speaker, the person being spoken to, and the meaning of the line in the context of the scene.

If you were absent on Friday, February 7, complete either the odd or even number quotations.

1.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Hover through the fog and filthy air.

2.
So foul and fair a day I have not seen—

3.
All hail, Macbeth!  Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!

4.
If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me,
Without my stir.

5.
…There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face

6.
Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way.

7.
Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full
Of direst cruelty!

8.
I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself
And falls on the other—

9.
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums,
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you…

10.
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place
And we’ll not fail.

“Macbeth and the Witches,” Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741-1825)

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Macbeth Visual Reference

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This map includes all of the sites referenced in Macbeth, including the castles, towns, and battle sites. Click on the picture to enlarge.

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Castle Glamis

King Malcolm II of Scotland was murdered at the original Castle Glamis in 1034. None of that building survives. The building you see here was constructed in the fifteenth century. Shakespeare used the facts of the actual murder to help craft the play, although the play’s action relocates historical events to suit his dramatic purposes.

inverness-castleInverness Castle

In the play, the murder of King Duncan and the subsequent action takes place at Inverness Castle. King Macbeth ruled from Inverness, but his castle was pulled down by the son of King Duncan after his death. The current structure was built in the 1800s and is in private hands.

cawdorCawdor Castle

Because Macbeth is named Thane of Cawdor, many assume that the action of the play takes place at Cawdor Castle. This building dates from the late fourteenth century. The official site for the castle has a page about its connection to Macbeth here.

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Macbeth Final Writing

chasseriau_macbethNow that we have completed our reading of Macbeth, you will be submitting an analytical essay of the play as your final assessment. The objective is to reveal your knowledge of how evidence presented in Macbeth supports a major theme of the work.

In your essay, you will select a theme from the ones introduced in the Macbeth Anticipation Guide. Your task is to show, through specific evidence from the text, how Shakespeare presents the theme and the conclusion Shakespeare draws about it. For example, if you pick the statement Patriotism requires obedience to the government authority, you would need to consider Macbeth’s actions (he knowingly kills the king and usurps the throne), Malcolm and Donalbain’s position (although Malcolm is named Duncan’s heir, the nobles follow Macbeth as the new king), and Macduff’s decision to distance himself from Macbeth’s court.

As evidence, you need to consider character actions, speeches, and even scenes. When you record information to use as your support, remember to include the Act and Scene numbers. For example, if you are discussing Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene, you would need to reference V.1 (Act V, Scene 1). If you quote a particular line, then you would use the line numbers as well:

“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” (V.1, 31)

You may also include your Act and Scene reference within the paragraph itself. If you do that, then any direct quotation you include would only need to list the line numbers after the quote:

The price of ambition is the main topic of conversation between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Act I, Scene 7. At this point in the play, Macbeth is having second thoughts about killing King Duncan. Lady Macbeth chides Macbeth to stick with his original decision, telling him, “But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we’ll not fail.” (60-61).

If you are including multiple lines of dialogue, then you need to indent and single-space the quotation:

Banquo, impressed with the witches’ prophecies to Macbeth, asks for a prophecy of his own. The witches’ reply is less specific:

First Witch: Lesser than Macbeth, but greater.
Second Witch: Not so happy, but happier.
Third Witch: Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!
First Witch: Banquo and Macbeth, all hail! (I.3, 65-69)

You will use the version of Macbeth printed in the textbook for your Act, Scene, and line references.

A printed draft of the essay is due in class Monday, February 25 for peer review and commenting. You will receive a grade for your participation in the peer review session, so be sure you have a draft ready to go! Your final essay of no more than 750 words (three double-spaced pages) should be submitted to Edmodo by the end of the day Wednesday, February 27. You will upload your essay to the posted assignment in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format. Other formats do not permit me to make annotations for your review. See me if you have submission issues.

Good luck, and happy writing!

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