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Useful resource for use alongside teaching Act 1 of the play - Information presented in concise bullet point note form. Ideal for revision lessons, or to give to students as catch up / revision / to support in class.

List of slides included:

• Act 1 Scene 1: Setting a dark tone
• Scene 1: The witches’ language
• Act 1 Scene 2: Introducing the hero
• Act 1 Scene 3: The Prophecies
• Act 1 Scene 3: The seeds of ambition
• Act 1 Scene 4: At Duncan’s Court
• Act 1 Scene 4: Dramatic irony
• Act 1 Scene 5: Lady Macbeth’s Introduction
• Act 1 Scene 5: Character Analysis
• Act 1 Scene 6: Duncan’s Arrival
• Act 1 Scene 6: Symbolism and Imagery
• Act 1 Scene 7: Macbeth’s Soliloquy
• Act 1 Scene 7: The Persuasion
• Themes throughout Act 1
• Character development in Act 1
• Historical and Social context
• “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” analysis
• “When the hurlyburly’s done” analysis
• “There to meet with Macbeth” analysis
• “What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won.” analysis
• “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.” analysis
• “Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.” analysis
• “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.” analysis
• “Is this a dagger which I see before me?” analysis