Macbeth worksheets



Macbeth

Worksheet One

This worksheet accompanies slide 4 of Macbeth.ppt

Studying Shakespeare

Find three words or phrases in Act One, Scene Two that you do not understand, then discuss them as a class to find out what they mean. Write the phrases and their definitions

below:

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Definition: _______________________________________________________________

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Worksheet Two

This worksheet accompanies slide 6 of Macbeth.ppt

Plot summary exercise

Fill in the gaps in the passage below using the words given.

Macbeth and his friend ___________ have just won a battle for King ___________. On their way home, they come across three ___________. The witches tell Macbeth that he will become Thane of ___________ and King of ___________. They tell Banquo that his ___________ will be kings of Scotland in the future. Immediately, their first ___________ is fulfilled when Macbeth is rewarded for his bravery in battle with a title.

When he returns home, his wife ___________ Macbeth convinces him that he must murder King ___________. Macbeth ___________ Duncan to death. Next, he hires some men to kill ___________, so that his sons cannot become kings. Banquo’s ___________ comes back from the dead to haunt him. He goes to visit the ___________ again, and they warn him against ___________, who is the Thane of Fife.

They also tell him that he can only be killed by someone not of ___________ born, and when ___________ forest comes to Dunsinane. When Macbeth finds out that Macduff has gone to England, he murders his ___________. Lady Macbeth goes ___________ and believes her hands are covered in ___________. Malcolm and Macduff come to attack his castle, camouflaged by ___________ from the forest. Macduff tells Macbeth that he was cut from his mother, and he kills him. ___________ is crowned king.

Cawdor blood Macduff Duncan children ghost mad stabs

Banquo witches sleep Macduff Banquo prophecy Lady

Birnam woman branches Malcolm Scotland witches Duncan family

Worksheet Three

This worksheet accompanies slide 10 of Macbeth.ppt

Themes wordsearch

|A |G |Z |S |S |E |

|How do you feel at the end of | | | | | |

|the play and why? | | | | | |

|Which other character do you | | | | | |

|blame most of all for the | | | | | |

|events of the play? | | | | | |

|What would you have changed | | | | | |

|about your actions, and why? | | | | | |

|When in the play were you | | | | | |

|happiest? | | | | | |

|When in the play were you most| | | | | |

|unhappy? | | | | | |

|What would you do differently | | | | | |

|and why? | | | | | |

|Why do you think the witches | | | | | |

|tricked Macbeth? | | | | | |

Macbeth – The Essay

Worksheet Seven

This worksheet accompanies slide 2 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Revision

Are these statements true or false? Circle either ‘T’ or ‘F’ in each case.

|Macbeth pays someone else to kill Banquo. |T |F |

|Lady Macbeth outlives her husband. |T |F |

|Malcolm is Duncan’s son. |T |F |

|Donalbain flees to Ireland. |T |F |

|Macduff is Macbeth’s brother. |T |F |

|Duncan always suspects Macbeth of being disloyal. |T |F |

|Lady Macbeth supports Duncan’s murder. |T |F |

|The witches say that Banquo will be king. |T |F |

|Ross finds Duncan’s body. |T |F |

|Lady Macbeth takes the daggers back to the scene of the murder after Duncan has been killed.|T |F |

Worksheet Nine

This worksheet accompanies slide 4 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

The essay title

Write down the six scenes in which Lady Macbeth plays an important role and sum them

up in one or two sentences below.

1. Scene: ________________________________

Summary: ________________________________________________________________

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2. Scene: ________________________________

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3. Scene: ________________________________

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4. Scene: ________________________________

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5. Scene: ________________________________

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6. Scene: ________________________________

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Worksheet Nine

This worksheet accompanies slide 7 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Act One, Scene Five, lines 1–12

The actress playing Lady Macbeth needs to make a decision about how to read the letter.

Do you think she is excited? Amazed? Curious? Why? _____________________________

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Judging by the contents of the letter, what kind of relationship do you think Macbeth and

his wife have? _____________________________________________________________

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Imagine you are Lady Macbeth and you have to wait longer for your husband’s arrival. Write your own letter to him describing your feelings about his news and thoughts on his return.

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Worksheet Ten

This worksheet accompanies slide 15 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Act One, Scene Seven, lines 47–59

Fill in the gaps in the passage, written about Lady Macbeth’s speech in Act One, Scene Seven, lines 47–59. Select the correct words to fill in from the list below.

Lady Macbeth attacks Macbeth's (1)______________________ a number of times in this speech, accusing him of having (2)______________________ qualities that stop him from having the (3)______________________ to kill Duncan. The feminine, tender image that she describes of her breastfeeding a baby has the effect of conveying her (4)______________________ 'masculinity' because of the horrific act that she describes shortly after. She is trying to suggest that although she is (5)______________________ a woman, her mind is (6)______________________ and therefore more masculine than her husband's. In expressing this thought, she is hoping to (7)______________________ him

into agreeing to her plan.

1. thoughtlessness/masculinity/stupidity 5. hypothetically/mentally/biologically

2. feminine/childish/aggressive 6. stronger/larger/more loving

3. desire/courage/initiative 7. intimidate/shame/confuse

4. physical/identical/contradicting

Worksheet Eleven

This worksheet accompanies slide 17 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Act Two, Scene Two, lines 32–48

Find five qualities that Lady Macbeth exhibits in this scene in lines 32–47. Give

quotations to back up your points.

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Worksheet Twelve

This worksheet accompanies slides 20 and 21 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Act Three, Scene Four, lines 49–58

Which qualities does Lady Macbeth exhibit in this scene? Compare them to the qualities

she exhibited in Act Two, Scene Two.

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Act Three, Scene Four, lines 59–73

How many examples of Lady Macbeth’s mockery of her husband can you see in the

extract below? Underline them and annotate them.

Lady Macbeth: O proper stuff!

This is the very painting of your fear.

This is the air-drawn dagger which you said

Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts,

Impostors to true fear, would well become

A woman’s story at a winter’s fire,

Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself!

Why do you make such faces? When all’s done

You look but on a stool.

Macbeth: Prithee, see there!

Behold! Look! Lo! – How say you? …

Lady Macbeth: What, quite unmanned in folly?

Macbeth:

If I stand here, I saw him.

Lady Macbeth: Fie, for shame!

Worksheet Thirteen

This worksheet accompanies slide 28 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Part One

Fill in the table below by writing lists of adjectives that describe Lady Macbeth, don’t

describe her or sometimes describe her.

|Words that describe Lady Macbeth |Words that sometimes describe Lady Macbeth |Words that don’t describe Lady Macbeth |

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Worksheet Fifteen

This worksheet accompanies slide 29 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Quotations

Write the numbers 1–6 next to the quotations below to show how Lady Macbeth changes over the course of the play.

___ When you durst do it, then you were a man.

___ These deeds must not be thought

After these ways; so, it will make us mad.

___ Naught’s had, all’s spent,

Where our desire is got without content.

___ The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? – What, will these hands ne’er be

clean?

___ Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus;

And hath been from his youth. Pray you keep seat.

___ Thy letters have transported me beyond

This ignorant present…

Part One – power

On a scale of -5–5, rate how much power either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth has in the different acts of the play. A score of -5 means that Macbeth has by far the most power, 5 means that Lady Macbeth has by far the most power, and a score of 0 means that you are unsure, or that they have equal power.

Act One ____ Act Four ____

Act Two ____ Act Five ____

Act Three ____

Worksheet Sixteen

This worksheet accompanies slides 32 and 34 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Part One

Use the brainstorm below to write out your ideas about what to include when answering the first part of the essay question.

Worksheet Seventeen

This worksheet accompanies slides 35 and 36 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Part Two

Use the brainstorm below to write out your ideas about what to include when answering the first part of the essay question.

Worksheet Eighteen

This worksheet accompanies slides 37 and 38 of Macbeth – The Essay.ppt

Part Three

Use the brainstorm below to write out your ideas about what to include when answering the first part of the essay question.

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