Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 1 – Summary & Analysis
That evening Banquo and his son Fleance walk through a torch-lit hall in Inverness. Fleance remarks the time, after midnight, but Banquo responds he wishes to stay awake despite his fatigue ...
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Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 2 – Summary & Analysis
Lady Macbeth enters as her husband departs, imagining Macbeth killing the king. She then hears her husband cry out and worries that he has awoken the chamberlains; she cannot understand how ...
Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 3 – Summary & Analysis
A porter moves through the hallway, going to answer the knocking. He grumbles about the noise, mocks the person doing the knocking and, after comparing himself to a porter at the gates of he...
Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 4 – Summary & Analysis
Outside the castle Ross, a thane, walks with an old man and discusses recent events and their abnormal nature. While it is daytime it is dark outside, an owl killed a falcon last Tuesday and...
Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 1 – Summary & Analysis
Banquo, in the royal palace in Forees, wonders about Macbeth’s impending coronation and thus the prophecies of the weird sisters; the witches said Macbeth would be king so will their second ...
Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 2 – Summary & Analysis
Lady Macbeth, located somewhere else in the castle, is troubled and sends a servant to get her husband. Macbeth enters and admits he too is unsettled, as his mind is ‘full of scorpions’ as t...
Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 3 – Summary & Analysis
In a wooded park outside the grounds of the palace the two murderers who met Macbeth (and a third) wait at dusk for Banquo and Fleance. When the father and son arrive the murderers confront ...
Identifying Your Audience – English Comprehension Guide
Previously we identified the importance of realising who your audience is and how this is central to shaping not only what you write about but how you write it. In this resource we will look...
Breaking Down the Question – English Composition Guide
Previously we have looked at the importance of considering the PCLM marking scheme that your answer will be graded by when approaching the question for the Part B and Composition sections. B...
Different Language Genres – English Composition Guide
As mentioned previously you have to consider your audience and how to write to them when considering your answer for the Part B and Composition sections. However, while you do so there is an...