Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5 Analysis Lesson

This lesson covers key Jacobean context, an audience’s expectations, extensive analysis and questioning of the scene and possible extracts, key quotes with grade 9 analysis notes, critical theorists and relevant quotes surrounding gender, thoughtful extensive analysis on gender expectations and context, as well as a writing frame to support all students.

Key vocabulary, terminology, and paragraph structuring is included, as is an option for debate, a second writing question template, and opportunities for students to mark and improve their own work.

Quote analysis provided for:
“Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness”
“Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here”
“The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements ”

Suitable for many questions, including:

How is Lady Macbeth presented throughout the play?
How does Shakespeare present gender?
To what extent is Lady Macbeth presented as powerful throughout the play?
Explore the theme of death in Macbeth.