Macbeth Creative Writing and Analysis Worksheet
English
Year 9
9 questions
~18 mins
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A worksheet focusing on Macbeth's character through creative writing tasks, with extracts exploring themes of nature and environment.
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Macbeth Creative Writing and Analysis Worksheet
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Extract from Macbeth's Soliloquy
Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle towards my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. / Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation, / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? / I see thee still, and on thy blade and dungeon gouts / Of blood, which was not so before. / There’s no such thing: / It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes. Now o’er the one half-world / Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse / The curtain’d sleep; witchcraft celebrates / Pale Hecate’s offerings, and wither’d murder, / Alarum’d by his sentinel, the wolf, / Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace / With Tarquin’s ravishing strides, towards his design / Moves like a ghost."
1.
Identify one literary technique used in this extract and briefly explain its effect.
[2 marks]2.
How does Shakespeare use references to nature to reflect Macbeth's state of mind?
[2 marks]3.
Multiple Choice: Which of the following best describes Macbeth’s mental state in this extract?
Aa) Calm and contemplative
Bb) Confused and disturbed
Cc) Confident and resolute
Dd) Indifferent and detached
4.
What does Macbeth’s hallucination of the dagger symbolize?
[2 marks]5.
Describe how the imagery of blood in this extract contributes to the play’s theme of violence.
6.
Identify and explain the use of personification or other technique used to describe the natural world in Macbeth's speech.
[3 marks]7.
Creative Writing: Imagine you are a forest spirit witnessing Macbeth's turmoil. Write a short poem (10 lines) describing your perception of the natural world during this chaos.
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In your own words, explain how Shakespeare links nature to Macbeth’s psychological state in this extract.
[2 marks]9.
Design a visual representation (sketch or collage) inspired by the imagery of blood and nature in Macbeth’s speech. Write a brief explanation (3-4 sentences) of your artwork.
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