Macbeth Act 1 Sc 5- Lady Macbeth's "The Raven..." Speech

This single page handout is a scaffolded annotation guide to Lady Macbeth’s chilling “Raven” soliloquy from Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5.

It invites you to study the speech in detail and answer a series of questions to check students’ understanding regarding symbolism, vocabulary and literary devices.

This worksheet can be used in** conjunction with a reading of the play**, an introduction to the writing of Shakespeare or as a stand alone exercise, as the questions refer specifically to this speech rather than the play as a whole.

The worksheet includes a follow-on exercise where students can pair up and experiment with saying the speech aloud.

What’s included:

• A single printable worksheet for students.
• A teacher’s copy with answers.

Teaching Macbeth this year? This worksheet is part of the Mega Macbeth Workbook - 150 pages of engaging print-and-go pages to use as read-along comprehension or revision exercies.

Supplement this resource with this FREE Graph Plotting Activity on Macbeth’s Changing Character.

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