Shakespeare's Macbeth - Act 1
This class covers Act 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Each week covers a new scene to assist students’ awareness of Jacobean context, staging, props and audiences. It is designed for Year 10s & 11s who are fairly new to the play but want to gain a solid understanding.
Starts Tue, 13th Sep
13th Sep - 11th Oct
6pm - 7pm
Weekly on Tuesdays
5 sessions total
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Class content
Session 1
60 mins
Two short extracts from Act 1 Scene 1 and Act 1 Scene 3 introduce the witches to us. We will read the extracts aloud as a group before considering Jacobean attitudes towards witches, Shakespeare’s use of lines, meter and language to construct these threatening, strange antagonists.
Session 2
60 mins
This extract occurs while King Duncan hears news of the battle against the ‘merciless MacDonald’, revealing the bravery and courage of Duncan’s warriors. We will read the extract aloud before considering Shakespeare’s use of punctuation, lines, staging, figurative language and foreboding.
Session 3
60 mins
This 48-line extract depicts king Duncan’s decision to formally name prince Malcolm his heir, pronouncing him the Prince of Cumberland. We will consider the significance of kingship and duty before discussing the relevance of staging techniques, figurative language and the divine right of kings.
Session 4
60 mins
When Jacobean audiences first met Lady Macbeth, they would likely have had mixed feelings. After reading the extract aloud we will consider the importance of the soliloquy, stage directions, tone of voice, characters sharing lines, figurative language and foreboding.
Session 5
60 mins
By the end of Act 1, audiences would be very tense as they anticipate the Macbeths plot against Duncan. In this hour we will consider the rising tension in the plot, and look at Shakespeare’s use metaphors, repetition, personification and rhetorical questions to present the deceitful nature of the Macbeths.
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