Macbeth: Context and Social Issues - Creative Writing Tasks

English
Grade 7
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~18 mins
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A worksheet focusing on Macbeth with a particular emphasis on social issues within the Jacobean Era, featuring Creative Writing tasks and analysis of the text.

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Macbeth: Context and Social Issues - Creative Writing Tasks

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Extract from Macbeth: The Sleepwalking Scene

Here's a substantial excerpt from Macbeth, Act V, Scene I: 'She has lighted on her back again. I would, I could, I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the dignity of the whole world. I am afraid to think what I have done; look on ’t again I dare not. Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh! Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red. My hands are of your colour; but I shame to wear a heart so white. I am in blood Stepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er.'
1.
What social issue is hinted at in Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene?
[2 marks]
2.
Identify a literary technique used in the line 'making the green one red.'
[2 marks]
3.
Explain how Shakespeare uses imagery to portray guilt in this scene.
[4 marks]
4.
Discuss how social issues of power and morality are reflected in Macbeth’s character based on this excerpt.
[4 marks]
5.
Multiple Choice: Which literary device is prevalent in the phrase 'multitudinous seas incarnadine'?
Aa) Hyperbole
Bb) Alliteration
Cc) Metaphor
Dd) Personification
6.
Identify the tone of Lady Macbeth’s speech in this scene.
[2 marks]
7.
Write a creative paragraph imagining Lady Macbeth’s thoughts right after this scene, focusing on her feelings about social justice and morality.
8.
Identify one example of dramatic irony in this scene and explain its significance.
[2 marks]
9.
Analyze how Shakespeare uses imagery related to blood to comment on the corrupting influence of power.
[4 marks]

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