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The Tragedy of Macbeth: Act i
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Shakespearean Tragedy: Soliloquies and Asides
Characters in Shakespearean tragedies often reveal their private thoughts through soliloquies,
long speeches to themselves or the audience, or asides, shorter speeches that the other
characters cannot hear.
Directions: Use this chart to record the soliloquies and asides in Act One that provide insight
into the characters that speak them. An example has been done for you.
Soliloquy or Aside?
Insight
Scene 3, lines 117–120
Aside
Macbeth wants the throne;
he believes the witches’
prophecies.
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Act i
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