Guided Note-takiug
Mucbsth Act III
Banquo speala ofhis fear that
Macbeth asks Banquo three questions:
1)
2)
3)
Macbeth is curious about this beause
In his soliloqtry, Macbeth spealc of his fear
Banquo__
of
Banquo because he believes that
What evidence has Banquo given so far to justi$ Macbeth,s
fear?
Macbeth also feels tlut he has murderej Duncan only to serv*
because
Macbeth meets with
trryo
Macbeth gives these two
whom he spu:ks with about
reasons far
killing Banquo:
1)
2)
Macbeth instruce these two men to
Macbethwants Fleance dead because
Scene 2:
When Lady lvlacbeth is alone, she expresses doubt about
what
does hilacbeth me*n when he says
"we have scorched
the snake, not
killed it...-
why doesn't Macbeth tell Lady Macbeth of his plans to kill Banquo and Fleance?
Guided Note.teking
Macbeth Act III
Who is this?
The two murderers are joined bY
Ttrc murderers completc only half the job because
This scene takes place in
Logically,
that
has ercaped.
The murderers bring news
back to tell Macbeth, but he never shows up in the play again. whv?
appea$ at the banquet in the form
of
Macbeth is unzure whether the apparitron is
Lady Macbeth explains her husband's "craziness" by sayng
shows up at the banquet as a result of
refuses to attend the banquet because
Scene 5:
joins the other witches and complains that
Scene
6l
begrns to suspect Mac-beth. He is suspicious because
Macduffhas left Scotland to go to
because
shouldhave gone
Macbeth and the Apparitions
Act 4 Scene 1
By the pricking of my thumbs
Somethinq wicked this way comes
After seeing Banquo's ghost, Macbeth begins to wony about his future.
He goes back to see the witches to find out what will happen to him.
Macbeth chooses to hear the witches' nevvs from their'masters'the evil spirits.
How now, you secret, black, and midnight hagsl
The first apparition that they show him is
The first apparition warns:
Draw the first apparition above.
Thou hast harped
my fear aright
How does Macbeth feel as he sees and hears from this apparition?
The second appartion is
The second apparition warns:
What is this,
Draw the second apparition above
That rises like the
issue
of a king
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How does Macbeth feel as he sees and hears from this appantion?
The third apparition is
The third appantion wams:
Snatt Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom?
How does Macbeth feel as he sees and hears from the third apparition?
Macbeth asks about the wrtches'original prophecy to Banquo. They show him a vision of
Horrible
This deed
l'll
do before this purpose cool
This will mean that Macduff will have a motive to attack Macbeth. Does Macbeth have
any reason to fear him?
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MACBETH
ACT FIVE, SCENE THREE
. FILI
IN THE BLANKS FROM THE TABLE BELOW
At-ca5t[ewiththedoctorandotherattendants,lvtacbethdismissesreports
at[," he
that he has been receiving about his men deserting him. "Let them
announces, confident that he
Dunsinane
Hitt.
Cannot'
-
with fear" until Birnam Wood moveS up
Malcotm" as he
He seetm to scorn arry chattenge from "the
was born to a woman. Ctearty, Macbeth is ctinging to the witches' prophecies as
that he iS invutnerabte
are
and
if they
He sneers at the men who have
-
betrayed him and shows no respect for his enemy, insutUng them
--
as
Engtish. He
declares his determination never to display any doubts or fears.
Just at this point, in the middte of this boastfut swaggering, in comes a seMant who is
_-_-catting him "--obviousty so
that he has gone pate- Macbeth mocks how white the servant is,
This servant informs tlacbeth
faced" and '--tivered."
Engtish approaching and ftlacbeth sends him away'
that there are
Alone, he feets that he has tived too tong and he voices his misery at how his tife has
turned
out.
-
His betief is that people shoutd be abte
to took forward to four things in their
He knows that he has not earned
old age, 'hgnour, [ove, obedience, troops of
any of these and, instead, witt onty have the 'curses" of peopte around him though they
witt be too frightened of him to tetl him their true feetings.
His
-."
offiCer,
, enters, confirming the
reports.
lvtacbeth is resotved to
fight to the death and he sends for his armour. Seyton says that it is not yet
necessary but Macbeth insists.
i4acbeth asks the doctor about Lady Macbeth's condition, the doctor
reptying that she is not "sick" but rather she is
"-
with thick-
coming fancies." Ctearty referring to himself as we[[ as to his wife, Macbeth
asks the doctor whether or not he can cure "a mind diseased" by removing
painfut memories from
it. When the doctor repties that such pat'ients must
treat themsetves, Macbeth reatiser that he cannot be hetped and returm to the idea of
fighting. He tel.ls the doctor how grateful he woutd be if the doctor coutd cure his country.
The
__--
here is of remedies and cteansing medicines to rid Scottand of its present
disease, by which he means the Engtish force. Macbeth puts on his armour and goes to
fight.
The doctor, atone, wishes he were away from here.
troubled
tity
soft-tiving
guarantees
taint
ten thousand
frightened
boy
invincibte
cream
fly
friends
Sq[on
Dunsinane
imagery
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U4ACBETH
cfErlE IEru
Af.r EltrE
arlrltR
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ii\.l
FILL IN THE BLANKS FROM THE TABLE BELOW
lvtatcotm's army, inctuding Siward, tdacduff, Menteith, Young Siward
(Siward's son), Caithness and Angus, is
approachin$
Matcotm
hopes that victory is near so that Scottand witt soon be a safe and
country.
Siward asks the name of
the
ahead and is totd by
that it is Bimam. trtatcotm suggests that every soldier cuts down
a branch and carries
it
above him so that
it witl act ES--,
conceating their exact numbers from the enemy.
5iwardsaysthat..the-tyrant',,Macbeth,issti[tinDunsinane
Castte and
it
seems
that he witl wait there until i,ratcotm's army arrives
nearby. Matcotm confirms that this is A'lacbeth's
he were to teave
best
because
if
the castte, even more of his troops woutd find the
opportunity to escape and
l,tany have atready done so and
those stitt with him are there reluctantty as "constrained things.
"
-.
/vtacduffiskeentogetonwiththeworkof,,-,,andSiwardagrees
that the tinre is ctose for att to be decided. Atthough their thoughts witt tett
their hopes, it is the "strokes" of fighting that witl
settte the
camouftage
wood
Dunsinane
outcome
desert
tactic
Menteith
peacefut
confident
sotdiership
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MACBETH
ACT FIVE, SCENE FIVE
FILL IN THE BLANKS FROA{ THE TABLE BELOW
trlacbeth is stitt determined to stay within Dunsinane Castte as he thinks that
it is too
fortifiedtobecaptured.lnsteadofcarryingtheir-intobattte,therefore,hesays
that they shoutd be hung on the castte's outer watts. He betieves that the enemy wilt camp
outsidehiscastteuntittheyd.ieof-anddisease.Hesaysthatifdesertersfromhis
army had not joine.d the enemy troops and so reinforced their numbers, he might have gone
outside the castle to fight
"_--
to
There is a cry that Macbeth hears and he observes how tittte it now disturbs him to hear
in the night. There was once a time, he cornments, that zuch a noise would have
madehishairstandonendbutnotanymore:heistoousedtothe-thatwoutd
once have startted
him.
When asked about the
noise,
tetts [lacbeth that Lady
Macbeth is dead.
tr1acbethhasnotimetogrieveforhiswifenowandheobserveshow-tifeis.
Day after day, life goes on but it is certain that the tives of everyone in the past have ended
"--._--
death-" ln an
performance
on--,
extended_,
in
Macbeth collpares tife to a brief
tiny, timited tirne when a person witt have his moment but after
that, he disappears. He says that tife is insignificant"
a
An-messengerenter5,baretyabtetorepeatwhathethinkhehasseen.
Ordered to dc so by lrtacbeth, the messenger tetts how he
think
he has seen the wood move.
lnthefaceoflrtracbeth,5anger,herepeatshisc[aim,caltingit..amoving-.,,
lrtacbeth swears to hang the servant
care
if
he is lying but,
if he, fulacbeth, is the one to be hanged.
that he had no need to fear
untit
if
he is not tying, then he does not
He repeats to himsetf the witches'
wood moved up Dunsinane Hitt, as he takes in
the fact that this is what is happening. He decides to put on his armour and go to fight as
staying within the castle is no,v pointless. Now tired
of tife, he is determined to die in his
armour.
Birnam
dusty
Seyton
famine
banners
assurance
beard
horrors
incredulous
beard
shrieks
meaningtess
stage
grove
metaphor
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