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English 10
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Acts 1V & V
DIRECTIONS: Summarize the events that occur in each scene.
 Please be sure to consider who is in the scene, where the scene is taking place, what is occurring in
the scene, why these events are important. Also, create a title for each scene.
ACT IV: SCENE i
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ACT IV: SCENE ii
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ACT IV: SCENE iii
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ACT V: SCENE i
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ACT V: SCENE ii
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ACT V: SCENE iii
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ACT V: SCENE iv
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ACT V: SCENE v
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ACT V: SCENE vi
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ACT V: SCENE vii
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ACT V: SCENE vii
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The Tragedy of Macbeth- Acts IV & V
For each of the quotations below, discuss the context. Your thorough discussion of each quotation
must be written in complete sentences and include the following: Who is the speaker and listener?
What do the words actually mean? Who or what is being discussed? What does this quotation reveal
about the character? Why is this quotation meaningful in terms of the plot so far? Finally, If any the
quotations are drawn from a soliloquy, monologue, or an aside, make that clear. If the quotation contains
a literary device we discussed, indicate it.
1. “But yet, I’ll make assurance double sure,/And take a bond of fate. Thou shall not live.” Act _____,
Scene # _____
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2. “From whence himself does he fly? He loves us not;/ ….for the poor wren,/ The most diminutive
birds, will fight,/ Her young ones in her nest against the owl.” Act _____, Scene # __________
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3. “Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief/Convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.”
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4. “Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell:/” Act _____, Scene # __________
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5. “Unnatural deeds/ Do breed unnatural troubles. Infected minds/ To their deaf pillows will discharge
their secrets.” Act _____, Scene # __________
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