Macbeth Character Analysis

90+ mins

Pack includes: lesson plan and student worksheets. Activities include: creating a characterisation, studying direct and indirect characterisation, identifying quotes, finding evidence for characteristics, and identifying characteristics. Students collaborate to map Macbeth’s transformation, and how his character affects and is affected by the action.

Lesson assumes that the class has already read Macbeth.

Learning objectives:

Understand the complexity of Macbeth’s character.

Analyse how Shakespeare uses various literary devices to develop Macbeth’s character.

Evaluate the transformation of Macbeth throughout the play.

Discuss the themes of ambition, power, and guilt as they relate to Macbeth’s character.