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Lesson Objective
0At the end of this
lesson we will have
studied the relationship
between Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth.
Starter
0Think back to Act 2, scene 1; how
was Macbeth feeling, immediately
prior to killing Duncan?
0Similarly, think back to Act 1; how
was Lady Macbeth feelings about
the planned death of Duncan?
Act 2, scene 2
0For this scene, the
following roles will need to
be read:
0Lady Macbeth
0Macbeth
Hark!/Peace!
It was the owl that
shriek’d, the fatal
bellman,
Which gives the
stern’st good-night.
What clues does this quote give us
that Lady Macbeth is nervous?
What imagery does Lady Macbeth
use here?
Alack! I am afraid they have
awak’d,/And ‘tis not done;
the attempt and not the
deed/Confounds us. Hark! I
laid their daggers ready;/He
could not miss ‘em. Had he
not resembled/My father as
he slept, I had done’t.
What clues does this quote give us that
Lady Macbeth is nervous?
Why could she not kill the king herself?
Is this surprising?
Who’s there?
What ho?
Didst thou not hear a
noise?
This is a sorry
sight
How can we tell that Macbeth is
nervous?
How does he feel about what he
has done?
List’ning their fear, I
could not say
‘Amen’/ When they
did say ‘God bless us.’
Why can
Macbeth not
say ‘Amen’?
What is Macbeth comparing
sleep to? What metaphors does
he use? What do they say about
his state of mind?
Methought I heard a voice
cry. ‘Sleep no more:/
Macbeth doth murder
sleep’, the innocent sleep,/
Sleep that knits up the
ravelled sleeve of care,/
The death of each day’s
life, sore labour’s bath…
Why
shall
Macbeth
‘sleep no
more’?
I’ll go no more./
I am afraid to
think what I
have done;/
Look on’t again, I
dare not.
Go get some
water/And wash this
filthy witness from
your hand./ Why did
you bring these
daggers from the
place?
Infirm of
purpose!
Give me the
daggers.
The sleeping
and the dead
Are but as
pictures; tis
the eye of
childhood
That fears the
painted devil.
What hands are here!
Ha, they pluck out mine
eyes.
Will all great Neptune’s
ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand?
What does
Macbeth say
of his
hands?
Whence
is that
knocking
?
My hands are of your colour, but I
shame/ to wear a heart so white. I
hear a knocking/ At the south entry.
Retire we to our chamber;/ A little
water clears us of this deed./ How
easy it is then!
What has Shakespeare shown us about the
relationship between husband and wife in
this scene?
Question to consider
0Why has Shakespeare not
chosen to show the actual
murder of Duncan?
0If you were directing the play/a
film version, would you insert a
scene showing the murder?
Why or why not?