Macbeth
Look at the following photographs and listen to the music.
What are you imagining?
How could you use exciting and interesting vocabulary to
describe it in words?
Think about the themes of ‘Macbeth’ and the impending battle on
the heath. How can you express your imagination using imagery –
similes, metaphors, personification and description using adjectives
and adverbs.
Write these down on your mind map!
Description Setting
Lightning cracked and flashed as it forked its fingers angrily across the sky.
Below, the wild heath flared, like a blazing fire, under the jagged light,
then settled back into semi-darkness whilst thunder rumbled and roared
like a ravenous beast. From the east, a biting cruel wind bent and pushed
wild, desperate trees as it violently howled and moaned across the violet
moor. Through the swirling mist, three hunched figures – in their own
spellbound thoughts - danced and circled. Why were they on the stormy
heath? Macbeth and Banquo, close to a clearing, froze in fear. Rain
lashed their faces viciously as they stared out across a desolate moor,
awaiting the impending doom.
Now think of the Battle Scene:
What can you hear, see, smell, taste and touch?
Look at the photographs and listen to the music.
What are you imagining?
Complete your mind map with words and phrases thinking about
imagery – similes, metaphors, personification and description
using adjectives and adverbs!
Battle Description