KS3 English Shakespeare Macbeth - Mapping Macbeth's Emotions During His Soliloquy

In Act 2, Scene 1 Macbeth is deciding whether to kill Duncan or not. Read Macbeth’s soliloquy to students from ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me?’

Ask students to listen carefully as you read aloud to them – try to be quite dramatic and theatrical!
Instruct students to jot down any words or phrases that they think are especially important.
With a copy of Macbeth’s Soliloquy, give pairs three highlighters to share. They must identify how Macbeth is feeling at the prospect of murdering King Duncan, exploring three possible choices:

1) Macbeth is intent on the murder.
2) Macbeth is undecided.
3) Macbeth is horrified by the prospect of murder.

They’re to use 3 different colours to represent each of the three choices. They should try to highlight each line in a colour.

Issue the Macbeth Chart to students. They’re to create a line graph which illustrates Macbeth’s decision making.

This resource is taken from my KS3 Macbeth SOW which you can buy from my shop.