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LESSON

Brave Macbeth: Names, Nouns, and Symbols

Overview

4 Activities
  • Key Stage 4
  • 1 hour
Key questions
  • How does Shakespeare use language to present the duality of the protagonist (and his wife)?
Key words
  • Adjectives
  • Adulation
  • Antimetabole
  • Brutality
  • Duality
  • Loyalty
  • Nouns
  • Pejorative
  • Power
  • Praise
  • Pronouns
  • Status
  • Symbolism
  • Valour

Lesson objectives

  1. Understanding of chronology, theme and character (AO1)
  2. Analysis of language (AO2)
  3. Reflection on contextual significance of treachery and duplicity (AO3)
  4. Accurate spelling of sophisticated vocabulary (AO4)

In this lesson