Planning and writing the 'for' section of Macbeth's soliloquy | English

Starter quiz

Which of these words might you use if you were writing from the first person perspective?
- my ✓
- we ✓
- they
- he
- I ✓
What is true of each character at this point in the play?
- King Duncan
  
  ⇔
  
  has gone to stay at Macbeth's castle ✓
- Macbeth
  
  ⇔
  
  is having an internal conflict about what to do ✓
- Lady Macbeth
  
  ⇔
  
  wants Macbeth to kill Duncan ✓
What is true of a rhetorical question?
- it does not need a question mark at the end
- it does not expect an answer ✓
- it needs a question mark at the end ✓
- it can be used to draw an audience in ✓
Match each word to the Shakespearean form.
- wilt
  
  ⇔
  
  will ✓
- mine
  
  ⇔
  
  my ✓
- whither
  
  ⇔
  
  where ✓
- art
  
  ⇔
  
  are ✓
Which of the following is an exclamatory sentence?
- What are we going to do?
- What a dilemma this is! ✓
- How terrible!
- How awful!
Which of the following are reasons not to kill Duncan?
- Macbeth could be revealed as a traitor. ✓
- Macbeth wants to please his wife.
- Macbeth wants to be king himself.
- Macbeth is fond of Duncan. ✓

In what order are we writing our soliloquy?
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  reasons against killing Duncan
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  reasons for killing Duncan
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  visualisation of the dagger as one final sign that Macbeth should kill Duncan
What are the reasons Macbeth should kill Duncan?
- He does not want to betray his king.
- He is ambitious. ✓
- He has a manipulative wife who wants him to become king himself. ✓
- He likes Duncan and is hosting him at his house.
A 'modal verb' is a type of what?
- doing verb
- being verb
- auxiliary verb ✓
Which of the following are modal verbs?
- might ✓
- make
- will ✓
- could ✓
- listen
Match the modal verb to the correct definition.
- will
  
  ⇔
  
  shows that something is definitely going to happen ✓
- could
  
  ⇔
  
  shows that something may happen ✓
- must
  
  ⇔
  
  shows that something really should happen ✓
What is true of an adverbial complex sentence?
- it contains a main clause and a relative clause
- it contains an adverbial clause connected to a main clause ✓
- the adverbial clause can come before or after the main clause ✓
- it always includes a subordinating conjunction ✓
- it always includes a relative pronoun

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A soliloquy occurs when a character voices their thoughts and feelings aloud.
This soliloquy outlines Macbeth's dilemma.
Soliloquies can feature a range of sentence types, rhetorical questions and modal verbs.
A soliloquy is written from the first person perspective.

Pupils might include the part where Macbeth sees the dagger, which is what they will write in the closing in the subsequent lesson.

Make sure pupils understand that they are writing about the visualisation of the dagger in the next section of the soliloquy.

Soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
Rhetorical question - a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer
Modal verb - a type of auxiliary verb that helps us to talk about how likely, possible, necessary or obligatory something is
Adverbial complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause