Macbeth - Literature Analysis Worksheet
English
GCSE
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A worksheet covering Macbeth with an emphasis on essay writing and comprehension practice, focusing on a key excerpt from the play.
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Macbeth - Literature Analysis Worksheet
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Extract from Macbeth – Act 2, Scene 1
Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward 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 yet, in form as palpable / As this which now I draw. / Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going; / And such an instrument I was to use. / Mine eyes are made the fools of the other senses, / Or else worth all the rest.
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Describe the imagery used in this excerpt and its significance to Macbeth's state of mind.
[3 marks]2.
Identify and explain the use of any dramatic techniques present in this passage.
[3 marks]3.
What is the significance of the phrase 'heat-oppressed brain' in understanding Macbeth's mental state?
[2 marks]4.
In your own words, analyse how Shakespeare uses imagery to depict Macbeth’s hallucination.
[6 marks]5.
Explain the contrast between Macbeth’s physical and mental states as depicted in this extract.
[3 marks]6.
How does this extract prepare the audience for the subsequent events in the play?
[3 marks]7.
Identify a literary device used in the phrase 'fool of the other senses' and explain its effect.
[2 marks]8.
Write a creative paragraph imagining Macbeth's thoughts just before this soliloquy begins, based on the extract.
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