MACBETH – ACT III
FRIENEMIES – Scene 1
BANQUO’S SUSPICION
“Thou hast it now – King, Cawdor,
Glamis, all as the Weird Women
promised, and I fear thou played’st
most foully for ‘t… May they not be
my oracles as well, and set me up in
hope?”
MACBETH’S SOLILOQUY
“To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our fears in
Banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that
which would be feared… there is none but he whose being I
do fear”
“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a
barren scepter in my grip… no son of mine succeeding… put
rancors in the vessel of my peace only for them.”
FRIENEMIES – Scene 1-4
MURDERERS CONVERSATION:
MAC: “Know that it was he, in the times of past, which
held you so under fortune… do you find your patience so
predominant in your nature that you can let this go?”
MURDERERS: “We are men, my liege!”
MAC: “Ay, in the catalogue you go for
me as hounds and greyhounds,
mongrels… are clept all by the name
of dogs”
FRIENEMIES – Scene 1-4
“O treachery! Fly good
Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou
mayst revenge!”
“But now I am cabined,
cribbed, confined, bound in
to saucy doubts and fears.”
“There the grown
serpent lies. The worm
that’s fled hath nature that
in time will venom breed.”
FRAME OF MIND – FLIP
MACBETH
“man” argument w/ murderers
“We have scorched the snake,
not killed it… O full of scorpions
is my mind, dear wife!”
“Better be with the dead,
whom we, to gain our peace,
have sent to peace…Duncan is
in his grave. After life’s fitful
fever he sleeps well.”
“There shall be done a deed of
dreadful note… be innocent of
the knowledge.”
“Come seeling night… and with
thy bloody and invisible hand
cancel and tear to pieces that
great bond which keeps me
pale.”
(Scene 2)
LADY MACBETH
“Not’s had, all’s spent, where our
desire is got without content. Tis
safer to be that which we destroy
than by destruction dwell in
doubtful joy.”
“Things without all remedy
should be without regard.
What’s done is done.”
ACT III SUMMARY
Transformation
of Banquo
ACT I-II QUIZ:
GREAT Open-Ended Responses
STUDENT 1: Lady Macbeth says "a little water clears us of this deed" meaning she
says just go take a bath and you'll be clean from all the blood. Lady Macbeth doesn't
view Duncan's death as a big deal. Macbeth says "will all great Neptune's ocean wash
this blood clean from my hand? No, this hanD will rather the multidunous seas
incarnadine, making the green one red." Macbeth is more freaked out about killing
Duncan than Lady Macbeth is. He says not even the greatest of Neptune's oceans can
wash this blood off of my hands. He also states that there is so much blood that it
would turn a green ocean red because his hands are covered in the king's blood.
That's how their reactions are different
STUDENT 2:
The main difference in the reactions of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth
to the murder was, Lady Macbeth could careless and Macbeth was almost
heartbroken. Lady Macbeth was overall telling Macbeth just to the wash the blood
off his hands and that will make what he did acceptable, showing that she is very
heartless. Macbeth was overall saying how nothing that he can do will make him
murdering Duncan alright, not even if he were to wash his hands in the royal seas.
Showing that Macbeth still has a heart and even though he killed the king and got
what he wanted he has to live with his decision for the rest of his life.
ACT I-II QUIZ:
GREAT analysis, but no quote references
Lady Macbeth doesn't care and is just like get over
it while Macbeth seems to be traumatized by it and
wants his soul and body to be replenished. Lady Macbeth
has always just wanted to get over it and is making it
seem like the murder was nothing but a little thing.
Macbeth on the other hand is losing his manlihood and
confidence not only from lady Macbeth but from his
nervousness of the murder.
ACT III – SCENE IV-VI
• Ghost
• Unmanly behavior
• Macbeth’s plan – blood will have blood
• Hecate’s plan
• Country’s Changing Opinion
• Banquo
• Malcolm & Donalbain
• Macduff
ACT II-III TERMINOLOGY

Divine Right of Rule: God
appoints/ chooses a person to reign
as king

Internal Conflict: Inside/Personal
forces
– Macbeth: ? ? ?
– Lady Macbeth: ? ? ?

External Conflict:
– Macbeth: ? ? ?

Comic Relief: humorous scene or
passage inserted into an otherwise
serious work
outside forces
ACT I-III REVIEW

How has Macbeth changed from the
beginning? What is Macbeth’s hamaratia?

One of the major themes of Macbeth is that
“appearances can be deceiving.” What are
some examples of where that is true from
the play?

The idea of being “manly” comes up over
and over again in the play. What are some
examples where this is true?
ACT III Quote Analysis

EXPLANATION: Write down an
explanation of who/what/where/when

IMPORTANCE/SIGNIFICANCE: Write
down why it’s significant to the story. Think
character changes, thematic ideas, etc.
EXAMPLE:
–Lady Mac: Look like
the innocent flower, but
be the serpent under ‘t.”
ACT III Quote Analysis
1)
Banquo: “Thou hast it now… and I
fear thou played foully for it!
2)
Macbeth: “We hear our bloody
cousins are bestowed in England &
Ireland not confessing their parricide,
filling hearers with strange invention”
ACT III Quote Analysis

EXPLANATION: Write down an
explanation of who/what/where/when

IMPORTANCE/SIGNIFICANCE: Write
down why it’s significant to the story. Think
character changes, thematic ideas, etc.
EXAMPLE:
–Lady Mac: Look like
the innocent flower, but
be the serpent under ‘t.”
ACT III Quote Analysis Review
1)
BANQUO: “Thou hast it now…and I fear thou played foully for it!

2)
MACBETH: “We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed in England
& Ireland not confessing their parricide, filling hearers with strange
invention”

3)
SIGNIFICANCE: First suspicion of Macbeth; Fate vs.
Free-Will
SIGNIFICANCE: Still attempting to have his
appearances be deceiving
MACBETH: “Do you find your patience so predominant in your
nature that you can let this go? (then it’s the comparison to dogs)
1)
SIGNIFICANCE: Attacking of manhood/masculinity to
encourage others to be violent
ACT III Quote Analysis
4) LADY MAC: “Naught’s had all’s spent where our
desire is got without content!… What’s done is done.
MACBETH : “Of full of scorpions is my mind! Be
innocent of the knowledge…”
5) BANQUO: “Fly… Thou mayst’ revenge!...”
MACBETH: “There the grown serpent lies. The
worm that’s fled… will venom breed.”
ACT III Quote Analysis
6) MACBETH: “Take any shape but that and my
nerves shall never tremble… thou being
gone, I am man again.”
7) MACBETH: “It will have blood they say; blood
will have blood… I am stepped in so far
that… we are but young in deed.”
ACT III Quote Analysis
7) MACBETH: “It will have blood they say;
blood will have blood… I am stepped in so
far that… we are but young in deed.”
8) HECATE: “[We] shall raise artificial
sprights… [and with] the strength of their
illusions shall draw him on to his
confusion. He shall spurn fate, scorn
death… security is man’s chiefest enemy.”
ACT iiI REVIEW
Macbeth
1. Where is everyone?
• Malcolm
• Donalbain
• MacDuff
• Fleance
2. State of Scotland?
3. Major players in
England?
REMINDER: WHO WAS THIS PLAY WRITTEN FOR?
ACT IV -Behind the Scenes

Hecate initially said that they will…
– “draw him on to his confusion. He shall
spurn fate, scorn death, and bear his
hopes above ‘bove wisdom grace and
fear. And you all know, security is
mortal’s chiefest enemy.”

New set of predictions?
– Three apparitions and
their meanings?
– Bonus one!
ACT IV -Behind the Scenes
OVER IN ENGLAND
– MacDuff comes to England in hopes of
getting Malcolm to return to Scotland and
take over/fight Macbeth.
– Malcolm’s Concern:
 “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our
tongues, was once honest. You have
loved him well. He hath not touched you
yet… You may, through me, have
wisdom to offer up a weak, poor,
innocent lamb to appease an angry
god.”
ACT IV -Behind the Scenes

MALCOM: TEST OF LOYALTY
– Macduff wants Malcolm to take back his throne, but
Malcolm says he’ll…
 Take all the women and daughters for my lust
 Take the lords’ lands and wealth
 Confound all unity on earth!
– MACDUFF’S REACTION: “O Scotland! You’re not fit
to live let alone be king. All hope for us ends here.”
– HOWEVER, Malcolm then takes it all back!!!

WAR APPROACHES
– Old Siward and King Edward (Eng.) have 10,000 men
ACT IV -Behind the Scenes
MACDUFF’S FAMILY IS MURDERED
– Ross delivers the news

“Your castle is surprised, your wife and
babes savagely slaughtered. To relate the
manner were on the quarry of these
murdered deed to add the death of you.
– Reactions
Malcolm: “Let’s make medicines of our
great revenge to cure this deadly grief…
dispute it like a man.”
 Macduff: “I shall do so, but I must also feel
it as a man. I cannot but remember such
things were that were most precious to
me.”

BIG IDEA REVIEW

One of the major themes of Macbeth is that
“appearances can be deceiving.” Explain at least
two examples where that has come up in the play.

The idea of being “manly” also comes up over
and over again in the play. Explain at least two
examples where that has come up in the play.

How have Macbeth and Lady Macbeth “reversed
roles” at this point? Explain by using details from
the beginning and current point in the play.

Fate vs Free-Will? Internal/External Conflicts
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
HEART LINE
- Uppermost main line
from edge of palm a
little below little finger
towards the index finger
-Shows: emotional
stability,romantic life,
depression, cardiac
health
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
HEAD LINE
- Edge of palm between
thumb and index finger
running straight to the other
side of the palm
-Shows: knowledge,
learning style,
communication
-Shows: creativity,
spontaneity
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
LIFE LINE
- Space between thumb and
index finger running down
towards wrist
-Shows: physical health, life
changes (length NOT
associated with life span)
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
FATE LINE
- center of bottom of the
palm towards middle or ring
finger
-Shows: life affected by
external circumstances
beyond your control
OTHER MINOR LINES
Health, Fame, Marriage, Money, and Travel
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
DANTE’S
LEVELS
OF
HELL
(pg. 9)
DANTE’S HELL
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
• Our levels of hell would
be looked at differently
today because of how
our priorities have
changed.
• However, it is important
to understand how
people of the time
ranked “evils.” Put in
modern day people
where they would fit for
each level of hell.
DANTE’S HELL
•1st Ring: In Limbo
– Un-baptized –
•2nd Ring: Lustful –
•3rd Ring: Gluttonous –
•4th Ring: Hoarders & Wasters
•5th Ring: Wrathful –
•6th Ring: Heretics –
•7th Ring: Violent
– Violent against People/Property –
– Violent against themselves –
DANTE’S HELL
•8th Ring: Fraudulent or Deliberately Evil
– Pardoners and Seducers –
– Flatterers –
– Simony (accepting money for sins) –
– Sorcerers and False Prophets –
– Corrupt Politicians –
– Hypocrites –
– Thieves –
– Fraudulent Advisors –
– Sowers of Discord –
– Falsifiers –
DANTE’S HELL
•9th Ring: Traitors
– To kin (family) –
– To politics (party/king/country) –
– To guests –
– To lords or benefactors –
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
MACBETH: ACT IV,
SCENE iii
1.
Malcolm says, “I am young, but something you may deserve of him through me, and
wisdom to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god” (IV.iii.1620). Explain what Malcolm is worried about?
2.
How does Malcolm describe his predicted reign as king on page 143 and 145?
Write down at least two lines. Why does he describe himself to Macduff like this?
3.
Macduff seems to make excuses for Malcolm to being with, but then change his
mind. How does Macduff react to these descriptions in the end (IV.iii.?
4.
Why does Malcolm say he retracts all of those earlier descriptions? (IV.iii. 133150)
5
Who is Siward and what is he doing as we speak?
6
What gift does the King of England possess (IV.iii. 170-181)? Explain it.
7
After talking in circles for some time, Ross says, “Let not your ears despise my
tongue forever” (IV.iii.231-2). What devastating news does Ross bring Macduff?
8
Of the devastating news that Macduff receives, Malcolm tells him to “Dispute it
like a man” (IV.iii.259). What does Macduff mean when he replies, “I shall do so,
but I must also feel it as a man?” (IV.iii. 260-1)
MACBETH: ACT IV
• Apparitions & Predictions
• Malcolm says, “This tyrant whose sole name blisters our tongues
was once thought honest. You have loved him well. He hath not
touched you yet. I am young, but something you may deserve of him
through me, and wisdom to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to
appease an angry god” (IV.iii.16-20). Explain what Malcolm is
worried about?
•
•
•
•
•
Malcolm’s Predicted Reign
The Test
Siward
King Edwards’s Gift
Macduff’s “Pretty Chickens”
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
MACBETH: Manliness
• MACDUFF: Of the devastating news that Macduff
receives, Malcolm tells him to “Dispute it like a man”
(IV.iii.259). What does Macduff mean when he
replies, “I shall do so, but I must also feel it as a
man?” (IV.iii. 260-1)
• What does it mean to be a “man”
today?
• With a partner, write down
lines/points in the play where
“manliness” was brought up.
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
ACT V QUICK REVIEW
 MACBETH CLAIMS THAT THE WITCHES “have cowed my
better part of man!… In a double sense, that keeps the
word of promise to our ear and breaks it to our hope!”
Explain how they tricked him.
 What becomes of Macbeth? How?
 What happens to Lady Macbeth? How?
 Who ends up ruling Scotland?
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
GRADES &
GRAD PROJECTS
POSSIBLE EXEMPTIONS:
- Grade needed in the fourth marking
period to be exempt from the final. A
“year-end” grade is given as well.
FAILURE WARNINGS:
- Minimum grades needed on the fourth
marking period and the final to PASS!
ACT iV REVIEW
Macbeth
1. Where is everyone?
• Malcolm
• Donalbain
• MacDuff
• Fleance
2. State of Scotland?
3. Major players in
England?
REMINDER: WHO WAS THIS PLAY WRITTEN FOR?
ACT V
The final “act”
ACT V
The final “act”
MACBETH
TERMS

ELIZABETHAN DRAMA: Plays that turn away
from religious subjects and begins to model ancient
_______ & ________ plays with sophisticated plots

SHAKESPEAREAN ___________: Serious play
in which the chief figures, through peculiarity of
character, pass through a serious of misfortunes,
eventually leading to a catastrophe and downfall
–
–
–
–
–
–
Act I (happiness)
Act II (conflict begins)
Shakespearean Climax,
Act III (conflict could’ve been avoided but isn’t),
Act IV (downfall/catastrophe),
Act V (consequences/aftermath)
MACBETH REVIEW
CHARACTER LIST
• SCOTLAND
•ENGLAND
 King Duncan
King Edward
• Malcolm &
Siward
Donalbain
Young Siward
 Macbeth
 Banquo
Go to England
 *Malcolm
for help
 *Macduff
 Nobles:
SUPERNATURAL
• Lennox, Ross,
3 Weird sisters & Hecate
Angus, Menteith
MACBETH REVIEW
TERMS & BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
TERMS








Elizabethan Drama
Shakespearean Tragedy
Paradox
Stage Direction
Aside
Soliloquy
Comic Relief
Internal/External Conflict
BACKGROUND
 Shakespeare’s Company
 Theater
 “Macbeth’s” Patron
MACBETH THEMES
• APPEARANCE vs. REALITY
– People look and pretend to be different than their
inner emotions/motives
• ___________: “Fair is foul and foul is fair.”
• ___________: “There’s no art to find the mind’s
construction in the
face. He was a man on
whom I built an absolute trust”
• ___________: “Sleek over your rugged looks. Look like
the
innocent flower but be the serpent
under ‘t”
• ___________: “Be innocent of the knowledge dearest
chuck. There is
MACBETH THEMES
• FATE vs. FREE WILL
• Fate: It was in the cards already. Macbeth was fated to kill
Duncan regardless of what the witches said. It was all part of
the plan/predestination.
• Free Will: Macbeth made the decision to kill Duncan and
take things into his own hands. He may not have gotten the
throne, but created that opportunity through his actions.
• AMBITION
– Macbeth’s Hamaratia - leads to his downfall
• MANHOOD/MASCULINITY
– Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Macduff
MACBETH REVIEW
• THEMES:
 Appearances can be deceiving
• Witches Paradox: “Foul is fair and fair is foul”
 Fate vs. Free Will
 Ambition
• Macbeth’s Hamaratia (ambition) drives him to his downfall
• TERMS TO KNOW (not already mentioned):






Elizabethan Drama
Shakespearean Tragedy
Comic Relief
Soliloquy
Internal/External Conflict
Background Information on Shakespeare & his time
MACBETH REVIEW
• MACBETH TEST ON MOODLE TOMORROW!
• BREAK DOWN (60 pts.)





Character Matching - 14 pts.
Correcting False Statements - 12 pts.
Multiple Choice - 14 pts.
Quote Identification - 10 pts.
Essay - 10 pts
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
*Retakes must be completed on your own time by
Tuesday, June 15th at 7:45am…NO EXCEPTIONS!
SPELLING WORD BANK
This is to use for spelling of characters. This is NOT a complete list of
answers.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
BANQUO
DONALBAIN
DUNCAN
HECATE
LADY MACBETH
MACBETH
MACDUFF
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
MALCOLM
PORTER
SIWARD
THANE OF GLAMIS
THANE OF CAWDOR
WITCHES
YOUNG SIWARD
SCENE PERFORMANCES
» You will be recreating a modernized scene or
version of Macbeth.
» It must be true to the story’s content, but can be
set anytime, anywhere.
» You must translate the dialogue to match your
new setting (dialect, slang, etc.)
» Everyone will perform your new version of
Macbeth with props/scenery.
SCENE PERFORMANCES
» Although you are changing the setting, you must stay
true to the structure/events
» Basic structure: “Lower status” wants to kill off
someone of a higher status to move up
because of predictions made.
» Consider how “Scotland, PA” accomplishes
this. SETTING:
Duncan’s – a roadside diner in Scotland, Pennsylvania
THE PLAYERS
Duncan – Owner of Duncan’s, who ends up head first in a fryer.
Mac - Assistant Manager at Duncan’s
Pat – Mac’s Wife, a cashier, who hopes for a better life than flipping burgers
McDuff – A vegetarian detective working on the murder
Banko – A frycook at Duncan’s, who begins to become suspicious of Mac
Stacey, Hector, & Jesse – Three bohemian hippies who take the place of the witches
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
SCENE PERFORMANCES ~ DUE
THURSDAY ~
Original
Modernized
 Macbeth: Why should I give up. I’d
rather see them die!
[Macduff Enters]
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
 Macduff: Turn around!
 Macbeth: Get out of here. I’ve
already taken too much of your
families blood.
 Macduff: I’m not here to talk. I’m
here to kill you!
[They fight]
 Macbeth: Careful loser. You can’t
beat me. I lead a charmed life! No
one born from a woman can kill me!
 Macduff: That’s funny. I was a Csection! So prepare to die!
SCENE PERFORMANCES
» TODAY:
 Brainstorm Setting & Character Roles
 Choose a scene
 Assign jobs
» TUESDAY:
 Re-Write the lines to fit your setting
 Rehearsal & Props
» WEDNEDSDAY:
 Finish lines, props, & rehearse
» THURSDAY: Performances
SCENE PERFORMANCES ~ DUE
THURSDAY ~
» Setting Summary:
 Type up a summary of
how your setting fits
the ENTIRE STORY of
Macbeth. Include all
characters and how
they fit, as well as
where/what the
setting is.
» Modernized Lines:
 Type out your
modernized lines by
character. Be detailed
and specific. Your lines
need to represent the
original conversation,
yet written in the style
of your new setting.
 *You must complete
the ENTIRE scene your
group selected.
SCENE PERFORMANCES
» DUE FRIDAY:
1) Summary/Explanation of Macbeth in
YOUR setting
2) Typed Modernized Lines
3) Student Names & Roles
» DUE MONDAY:
 Performance using Props