Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Macbeth Act I, scene 5

Today we viewed 2 scenes from the film. Macbeth receives the title Thane of Cawdor and the execution of the traitor Cawdor. We then read scene 5 which is the first appearance of Lady Macbeth. We will view this scene tomorrow.

We completed the following assignment in class:

Macbeth
Act I, scene 5

This is the first scene in which Lady Macbeth appears. In your notes it says that she is overly ambitious. For each of the items below you must find a line that represents it.


Lines 15-31
Lady Macbeth is worried that Macbeth lacks the ruthlessness to kill Duncan.




Lines 45-54
Lady Macbeth talks herself into being as cold and cruel as possible.




Lines 70-82
Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to put on a friendly exterior concealing his evil intentions.