Chaos, confusion & creepiness…interpreting Macbeth.

GCSE English Literature

by Sue Harding | Sep 24, 2019 | GCSE English Literature

Well, the Witches are experts at all three. The stage directions of ‘Thunder and Lightning’ start the play in chaos and disorder. All is unpredictability. Why do the Witches choose Macbeth and not Banquo? The fact Macbeth is at first presented as loyal and very...

About that meeting… Analysing language in Macbeth. Act I scene i.

GCSE English Literature

by Sue Harding | Sep 24, 2019 | GCSE English Literature

Addressing AO2 – analysing how language creates meaning.  The play is named after Macbeth not the Witches, yet their influence is felt from the beginning and even in their absence. Macbeth’s name is first mentioned by the Witches who decide when and where they will...