1. Re-enact 3.4 using costumes and setting desks up as the table in the front of the room. This scene shows how guilt is destroying Macbeth. It also demonstrates Shakespeare’s use of the supernatural and the unnatural appearing in grotesque form as harbingers of wickedness, moral corruption, and downfall. Here, the appearance of Banquo’s silent ghost symbolizes the corruption of Scotland’s political and moral health. In place of the dramatization of Macbeth’s acts of despotism, Shakespeare uses the scenes involving supernatural elements to increase the audience’s sense of foreboding and ill omen.
2. Ask students to comment on how the use of costumes helps the portrayal of the scene.
3. Have students do Macbeth Journal # 4:
Recall a time in your life when you were involved in a tough situation, had to make a decision about whether to turn back or push on, and found both options equally difficult. What did you do? Why?
To Read: Macbeth 3.4
Assignments Given: Word Trace due at the end of Act III, Macbeth Portfolio due at the end of the unit; keep everything!
Argument Final Draft Due on March 8 or March 19 - Your choice.
