Macbeth English Literature Paper 1 Section A Extract

Macbeth English Literature Paper 1 Section A

Extract • How does Shakespeare portray… in the extract? • How does Shakespeare portray … in the whole play? • 30 marks • 4 SPAG

Devices to spot! • • Alliteration Repetition Exclamatory sentences Images / imagery Metaphor Simile Personification Symbol • • • Rhyming couplet Rhyme Iambic pentameter Soliloquy Stage Direction Listing

What devices can you see? LADY MACBETH Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus And hath been from his youth. Pray you, keep seat. The fit is momentary; upon a thought He will again be well. If much you note him, You shall offend him and extend his passion. Feed and regard him not. (aside to MACBETH) Are you a man? • Imperative verb • Tone • Stage Direction • Rhetorical Question

Write up • In the extract, Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as… • Using… he conveys … • It could also suggest… • This is unusual for the time of Shakespeare, as…

Developing answers • This suggests … and could also allude to… • This could also portray… • In addition, the word “…” also suggests… • It could also mean… • It also emphasises… • This word also has connotations of…

Your own extract. How is Macbeth portrayed in this extract - and in the rest of the play? MACBETH (seeing the GHOST) Avaunt, and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee. Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold. Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with! What man dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The armed rhinoceros, or th' Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble. Or be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword. If trembling I inhabit then, protest me The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mockery, hence!

Self Assess in green! Point (linked to key word in question) Device Quotation Explanation Alternative explanation “This could also suggest…” • Context • • •