Thesis Statements
For your Macbeth Final Five
Paragraph Essay
You have three body paragraphs
• Who is most to blame for the killing of
Duncan.
• How the shift occurred in Act III to make
Macbeth solidly most to blame and crazy, too.
• Whether Macbeth had control of his own fate
or whether the witches controlled it all.
Your Thesis Must encompass all three
ideas- Use your grammatical
constructions!
• Although Lady Macbeth is most to blame for
the initial heinous murder of Duncan,
Macbeth wrestles the power from her, in the
process casting suspicion on himself because
of his audacity, yet, ultimately, the witches
hold all the bloody cards in this game.
Another one…
• Unscrupulously taking control of the power
games in Scotland and in his marriage,
Macbeth’s public displays of his own
flourishing guilt casts unwanted suspicion on
him, negating Lady Macbeth’s initial prodding
to murder the king, but confirming that he
and no one else, holds the keys to his own
fate.
Use a subordinating conjunction to
make a subordinate clause…
• Although, Until, In order that, Since, So that,
Even though, During, When, While, etc.
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Or use an –ing phrase:
Screaming crazily at the thin air,
Solitarily plotting the death of Banquo,
Taking his warrior power back from Lady
Macbeth,