Macbeth Act V scenes 1-3

Macbeth Act V scene 1

What happened? Doctor and Gentlewoman is talking about Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth seems to be going mad. She’s sleepwalking

Doctor and Gentlewoman is talking about Lady Macbeth.

Lady Macbeth seems to be going mad.

She’s sleepwalking

What’s important! Lady Macbeth’s sickness

Lady Macbeth’s sickness

Any questions about this scene?

Macbeth Act V scene 2

What happened? Thanes are talking about the English army. Where are they meeting? What is their army mainly made of? Macbeth is fortifying his position.

Thanes are talking about the English army.

Where are they meeting?

What is their army mainly made of?

Macbeth is fortifying his position.

What’s important! The side that the thanes seem to be taking. Where they are going to meet

The side that the thanes seem to be taking.

Where they are going to meet

Any questions about this scene?

Macbeth Act V scene 3

What happened? Macbeth is gloating. Macbeth gets an update about the approaching army. Macbeth is told about Lady Macbeth’s illness, and the doctor is told to heal her.

Macbeth is gloating.

Macbeth gets an update about the approaching army.

Macbeth is told about Lady Macbeth’s illness, and the doctor is told to heal her.

What’s important? Macbeth’s ego vs. Macbeth’s insanity

Macbeth’s ego vs. Macbeth’s insanity

Any questions about this scene?

Group Work!!! Compare the difference between Macbeth’s psychological break and Lady Macbeth’s psychological break. Hypothesize why their breaks were so different.

Compare the difference between Macbeth’s psychological break and Lady Macbeth’s psychological break. Hypothesize why their breaks were so different.

Quiz Time!!! Postponed!

Postponed!