LO: how is Fate connected to Act 1
of Macbeth?
What does the word fate mean?
A predetermined set of events
LO: how is Fate connected to Act 1
of Macbeth?
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LO: how is Fate connected to Act 1
of Macbeth?
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5
Strongly Agree
Neutral
10
Strongly Disagree
I am a libra because
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Everything happens for a reason
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There is no such thing as fate
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My life has definitely 100% been influenced by fate
WHO IS THE WITCH?
James I was the king of England when Macbeth was written. The case
of the North Berwick witches had frightened the king and he wrote a
book on the subject entitled ‘Deamonologie’ and appealed to parliament
to pass the following act in 1563 which was still a part of English law
until 1951!
“if any person shall use any invocation or conjuration of any evil or
wicked spirit; 2. or shal, covenant with, entertain, employ, feed or
reward any evil or cursed spirit to or for any intent or purpose; 3. or
take up any dead man, woman or child out of the grave, - or the skin,
bone, or any part of the dead person, to be employed or used in any
manner of witchcraft, sorcery, charm, or enchantment; 4. or shall
use, practice, or exercise any sort of witchcraft, sorcery, charm or
enchantment; 5. whereby any person shall be destroyed, killed,
wasted, consumed, pined, or lamed in any part of the body; 6. that
every such person being convicted shall suffer death.”
How are the witches connected to Fate in the play?
The witches reveal Macbeths fate at the start
of the story, so they are directly related to fate
in Macbeth
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LO: how is Fate connected to Act 1
of Macbeth?
What is fate?
What did people think of witches in Shakespeare’s
time?
What is the role of the witches in the play?
Why are the witches to blame for Macbeth’s fate?
Witches were considered sinful and evil in
Victorian times
The witches in the play were used as a tool to
tell Macbeth and Banquo of their fates
When the witches tell Macbeth that he is going
to be king they put him in the mindset of being
king, which is a contributor to Macbeth killing
Duncan, so the witches could be considered
responsible for Macbeth fate
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What does the word below mean
FORESHADOW
To reference future events
Good is bad and bad is good
What does the word below mean
FORE
SHADOW
Foreshadow means to provide a hint or clue about what is
going to happen in the future
How is Macbeth’s fate in the play foreshadowed in the opening
scene?
The witches tell him of his fate
How else does the audience know something bad is going to
happen?
The way the witches are introduced
How does the weather reflect the mood of a scene (what is happening/or going
to happen)?
The quality of the weather generally parallels which direction the plot will go
YouTube - The Omen (1976) Part 5 of 11
Pathetic Fallacy: gives human qualities to weather
1. “angry wind”
2. "Droning wind"
3. "The wind blew serenely"
In films, books or plays pathetic fallacy is used to foreshadow what is going
to happen
How does the weather in the opening scene foreshadow Macbeth’s fate in the
play?
It is stormy, generally a bad omen, which sets the mood for Macbeth's fate
Fate, Foreshadow, Pathetic Fallacy
➢ Red- I’m really not sure
about…
➢ Amber – OK, but I would
like to practice…
➢ Green – I’m confident in
my ability to…
What do each of the words below mean?
➢Fate
➢Events that are predetermined
➢Foreshadow
➢To reference future events, usually subtly
➢Pathetic Fallacy
➢A fallacy is a belief centered around false information