Thursday, September 22, 2011

Macbeth Act I, scenes 4-5

Today we read through scene 4 and began working on the following assignment while reading scene 5:

Macbeth
Act I, scene 5
20pts

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.