Macbeth 7.1

Do now: Act 4 contains great dramatic range.  For each category, identify which part of Act 4 it refers to (table groups): Ritual, Spectacle, Domestic Family Life, Horrific violation, Deception and moral complexity, Deep personal grief (Create a shared google doc. 10 minutes)

Objectives:

• identify how each scene reveals something significant about Macbeth and his character
• identify Malcolm's reasons for mistrusting Macduff

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Table groups: Macbeth only appears in the second half of Act 4 scene 1, but each of the categories (from the do now) relates to him in some way. For each category, write 2-3 sentences showing how it expresses something significant about Macbeth himself. (20 minutes)

3. Table groups: In Act 4 Scene 3, Malcolm builds a strong case for his mistrust of Macduff in the first 35 lines. List the reasons (there are at least 10!) and state the line numbers for each reason. (10 minutes)

4. Class discussion

5. Summarizer

HW: Read Act 5.1 for MONDAY