Sophisticated vocab –
Macbeth
What do these words mean?
Try using them in a sentence
about a character in Macbeth.
• Usurper
• Regicide
• Subservient
• Tyrant
• Treason
• Commoner
Can you add any other good words to
the list?
, Exam Style
Question: Theme of
evil
Macbeth
Read the following extract from Act 3 Scene 2.
At this point in the play, Macbeth has just murdered Duncan and the
drunk porter keeps hearing a knocking.
Knocking within. Enter a Porter
PORTER
Here's a knocking indeed! If a
man were porter of hell-gate, he should have
old turning the key.
Knocking within
Knock, 5
knock, knock! Who's there, i' the name of
Beelzebub? Here's a farmer, that hanged
himself on the expectation of plenty: come in
time; have napkins enow about you; here
you'll sweat for't. 10
Knocking within
PORTER
Knock, 15
knock! Who's there, in the other devil's
name? Faith, here's an equivocator, that could
swear in both the scales against either scale;
who committed treason enough for God's sake,
yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come 20
in, equivocator.
Knocking within
Starting with this speech, explore how Shakespeare presents the
theme of evil.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents evil in this speech
• how Shakespeare presents evil in the play as a whole
Macbeth
What do these words mean?
Try using them in a sentence
about a character in Macbeth.
• Usurper
• Regicide
• Subservient
• Tyrant
• Treason
• Commoner
Can you add any other good words to
the list?
, Exam Style
Question: Theme of
evil
Macbeth
Read the following extract from Act 3 Scene 2.
At this point in the play, Macbeth has just murdered Duncan and the
drunk porter keeps hearing a knocking.
Knocking within. Enter a Porter
PORTER
Here's a knocking indeed! If a
man were porter of hell-gate, he should have
old turning the key.
Knocking within
Knock, 5
knock, knock! Who's there, i' the name of
Beelzebub? Here's a farmer, that hanged
himself on the expectation of plenty: come in
time; have napkins enow about you; here
you'll sweat for't. 10
Knocking within
PORTER
Knock, 15
knock! Who's there, in the other devil's
name? Faith, here's an equivocator, that could
swear in both the scales against either scale;
who committed treason enough for God's sake,
yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come 20
in, equivocator.
Knocking within
Starting with this speech, explore how Shakespeare presents the
theme of evil.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents evil in this speech
• how Shakespeare presents evil in the play as a whole
