Macbeth Day 5 (3/2) and Day 6 (3/5)
Agenda
• Warm up
• Subtext
• Inflection review
• 1.5 – subtext lines
• 1.6 and 1.7 listen
• Soliloquy
• Motivations
Warm up
People have different ideas about
what is considered masculine
and what is considered
feminine. List 5 attributes or
activities that you consider
masculine and 5 that you
consider feminine. Do you
think that your list is pretty
typical, or would it anger a lot
of people? Explain your
answer
Masculine
Feminine
Listen to 1.5 and 1.6
1.5-1.6 Character of Lady Macbeth
1.5
• Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband
telling about his promotion and saying that
King Duncan will be visiting in their castle
tonight. She greets him with plans of regicide.
1.6
• Lady Macbeth welcomes Duncan to Inverness
Listen to 1.5 and 1.6
1.5-Character of Lady Macbeth
Lines 15-31 and 44-60: Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy
1. How is she reacting to the news of the prophecy?
How is it similar/different from Macbeth’s reactions
2. What does she think of her husband? From what
we’ve seen, do you think she is right about him?
3. She talks at times about her gender—wishing to be
less feminine (“unsex me here”)—why would she
have this opinion? What is it about femininity you
think she is rejecting and why?
Subtext
• What a person is thinking/feeling as he says
something.
• Example: “You’ve made me very happy.”
– You just promoted me to a better job
– You just told me I won the lottery.
– You just wrecked my new car.
“Oh, no you won’t”
• Create 3 different subtexts for this line. What
is the person thinking or feeling when he says
it?
Subtext in Shakespeare
Text:
YOUNG SIWARD: What is thy name
MACBETH: Thou’lt be afraid to hear it
Subtext:
YOUNG SIWARD
MAcbeth
Subtext in Shakespeare
Text:
YOUNG SIWARD: What is thy name
MACBETH: Thou’lt be afraid to hear it
Subtext:
YOUNG SIWARD: This is boring. I wish I were back
in Kansas with Dorothy
Macbeth: I am going to scare the wits out of this
little ner
Subtext in Shakespeare
Text:
YOUNG SIWARD: What is thy name
MACBETH: Thou’lt be afraid to hear it
Subtext:
YOUNG SIWARD: I am scared spitless of this
monster
Macbeth: I am going to rip this kid apart
Subtext in Shakespeare
Text:
YOUNG SIWARD: What is thy name
MACBETH: Thou’lt be afraid to hear it
Subtext:
YOUNG SIWARD: I hate this killer
Macbeth: What is the use of fighting any longer