English 10R- Thursday, 5/11/17

Homework:

-Finish reading with questions for Act IV, Scene 3.

Vocabulary Quiz:  Monday, 5/15

 I.   Act IV, Scene 2 answers to HW questions below: Review

133-137 (Act IV, Scene 2) answer the following questions:

1.    What words or phrases develop your understanding of how Lady Macduff feels about Macduff?

2.    What metaphor does Lady Macduff use to illustrate Macduff’s “madness” (line 1-4)?

3.    How does this figurative language develop a central idea in this scene?

II.   Page 137                                             Act 4.2, lines 71–97

1.   What news does the Messenger have for Lady Macduff? (lines 71-77)

2.   Paraphrase Lady Macduff’s response to the Messenger. (Lines 81-87)

3.   How do the murder of Lady Macduff and her son develop a central idea in this scene?

 III.  Scene 3 Page 139-149: Read and respond:  (Act IV, Scene 3 Lines 1-70)

What words or phrases does Macduff use to describe Macbeth?

What words or phrases does Malcolm use to describe Macbeth?

avarice:  greed

pernicious:  having a harmful effect

1.   Why does Malcolm “test” Macduff? Why might he be skeptical of Macduff’s motives?

2.   How does he test him? What kind of king does Malcolm say he would be?

3.   How does Macduff respond to all of this? (120-131)

4.   Finally, what does Malcolm reveal about his true nature? (page 147, lines 132-156)

Scene 3-Close Reading  (Homework Questions)

Macbeth:  Act IV, Scene 3

Based on pages 151-157

1.    How does Ross respond to Macduff’s questions about his family (lines 203–209)?

2.    What effect does dramatic irony have on the scene up to this point? (Think about what we already know from the previous scene.)

3.    Why does Ross say to Macduff, “Let not your ears despise my tongue forever” (line 236)?

4.    What effect does Shakespeare create through the interaction of Ross and Macduff in lines 200–243? How does he create this effect?

5.    Compare Macduff’s reaction to his family’s deaths to Lady Macduff’s reaction to Macduff’s departure in Act 4.2.

6.    What advice does Malcolm offer Macduff?

7.    What do Malcolm and Macduff resolve to do at the end of this scene?

8.    Analyze the effect of Shakespeare’s structural choice in revealing to the audience and to Macduff that his family has been murdered.