a rhyming pair of successive lines of verse typically of the same length Stretch Why has Shakespeare chosen to use rhyming couplets in these scenes Task Look through your copy of the play which scenes feature rhyming couplets at the end ID: 697550
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Connect
Support:Rhyming couplets - a rhyming pair of successive lines of verse, typically of the same length
Stretch:
Why has Shakespeare chosen to use rhyming couplets in these scenes?
Task:
Look through your copy of the play – which scenes feature rhyming couplets at the end?Slide2
Learning Objectives & Outcomes
To
explore the structure of
Macbeth
SO THAT
You can examine and evaluate the different features of
Macbeth.
To
identify
how structure is manipulated in
Macbeth
To
analyse how the time frame effects the structure
To evaluate how structure is used throughout Macbeth
Themes: AmbitionKingshipFate & Free WillAppearance vs Reality
Context: Macbeth (1606 approx.) was Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest tragedy. The play reflects his close relationship with the Sovereign, James I. The setting of the play pays homage to James’ Scottish lineage. The theme of bad vs good kingship resonated at the royal court where the King was busy developing his English version of the theory of divine right.
Motifs:
Nature
Light vs Darkness
Childhood
Blood
Sleep
VisionsSlide3
New Information
The play is based on historical characters. The real Macbeth (1005-1057) reigned for 17 years (from 1040) before he was killed in battle by Malcolm (not Macduff). The time frame that Shakespeare adopts appears to be much smaller. Although Macbeth refers to ‘old age’ (5.3), the events of the play appear to happen in rapid succession and this is emphasised by the use of very short scenes in Act 5.
In the 29 scenes of the play, the action takes place in a range of locations, both indoors and outdoors. Elizabethan and Jacobean drama was performed in the late afternoon on an open stage. For this reason, playwrights had to convey the necessary details of an individual setting through words alone. For example, Shakespeare presents the exterior of Macbeth’s castle through the exchange between Duncan and Banquo, beginning
‘This castle hath a pleasant seat’ (1.6).
Shakespeare was inspired by two theatrical models from previous centuries when writing Macbeth:Senecan tragedy (
1st century AD)The morality play
(15th and 16th centuries)
The structure of Macbeth is strictly
chronological
.
Not all of the events are shown; some are described (Macbeth becoming king) or happen offstage (Duncan’s murder
).Slide4
Challenge
Task:Work out a timeline for the key events opposite using days, months and years.You must refer to the text to justify your decisions.
Support:
Use your knowledge from the New Information to support your reasoning
Stretch:Write a brief explanation of how Shakespeare presents the time frame in the play
Defeat of the Norwegians/rebels
Macbeth and Banquo meet the Witches
Macbeth and Banquo receive thanks from the kingDuncan’s murderMacbeth’s investiture
Banquo’s murder
Macbeth revisits the Witches
Slaughter of the
Macduff family
Macduff meets with Malcolm in EnglandThe march on Scotland
Macbeth is Killed Slide5
New Information
Shakespeare uses a variety of patterns in the play, for example, Macbeth begins and ends in a battlefield. In Act 1, Macbeth is victorious in defeating the rebels and enemy force on behalf of his king; In Act 5, it is Macbeth who is killed as a traitor to Scotland, a regicide and a usurper.
In the play, two kings are killed: the gracious King Duncan and ‘the butcher’ (5.9)
King Macbeth. Two wives die: the nurturing and loving mother Lady MacDuff, and the ‘fiend-like’ (5.9) and unnatural queen Lady Macbeth.There are two meetings between Macbeth and the Witches. In the first, Macbeth and Banquo both receive prophecies, but each deals with his supernatural visitations in a different way.
Two courts are depicted: the court of Macbeth, where courtiers are fearful and murderers seem free to visit, and the court of the English King Edward the confessor, where Malcolm finds a safe haven and subjects receive blessings from their king.
Patterns in the plotSlide6
Demonstrate
Task:Explain how Shakespeare uses structure to create the events in the play.
Write about:how Shakespeare uses structure in this extract
how Shakespeare uses structure in the play as a whole.
Support:
Consider the use of pairs to help structure the events of the play.
Stretch:Link to the contextual influence on the play.
Star Vocabulary:
Patterns
Chronological
Recurring motifs
Rhyming Couplets
Irregular sentence forms
Senecan dramatic structureRegressionRegicideUsurper
ForeshadowingContrastsSlide7
Review & Reflect
ADD an additional comment about a structural feature that they have not yet mentioned.
BUILD
on a point that they have made, possibly discuss historical or social context.
CHALLENGE an interpretation that your partner has made, you must justify your challenge.
Task:
Peer assess your work using the ABC approach as guidance – pick one and assess.