Shakespeare/Macbeth/Close reading

Close reading
Embedded audio files; Specific and wider effects of language use (micro/macro).

Act I, scene iii
Questions:


 * 1) What do we learn about Macbeth in this soliloquy
 * 2) In your own words explain what Macbeth means by the first three lines? What is he thinking about doing?
 * 3) There are a number of paradoxes in this soliloquy. What does Shakespeare achieve through their use?
 * 4) What does Macbeth decide at the end of the soliloquy?

Act I, scene v
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Act II, scene i
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Act V, scene v, 19–28
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