MACBETH 1

MACBETH 1

1. TO EXPLORE HOW AN AUTHOR CREATES TENSION

   • ,SELECT APPROPRIATE QUOTES (PEEL)

2. GRABBING THE AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION

   • EVILNESS OF THE WITCHES,  THE AUDIENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN FASCINATED BUT HORRIFIED AT THEM.
   • grotesque, macabre, monstrous, ugly, unnatural

3. The opening chapter

   • The vicious way that Macbeth dealt with the traitor in the battle. LOYAL,BRAVE,A STRONG SOLDIER , with his friend Banquo at his side. He is rewarded by being given the title Thane of Cawdor.

4. dramatic effects

   • why are the witches bought onto the set so early? quieten audience, to grab attention with fear, to create mystery, dramatic irony ( predicting and for telling the audience what will happen)
   • sound effects, storms, banging, using words to describe as there were no modern special effects.

5. James1 of England

   • Royal patron to Shakespeare. Afraid of witchcraft, put them to death. Black death, no minstrals,  Shakespeare would have had a good relationship with the king. 
   • Why did he need the patronage so much? Where did he go to get his historical information? First impressions count!

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