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Which do you think is the most effective technique used by Lady Macbeth in this scene?

Write your answer on a post-it and stick it on the board.

Go through the speech and highlight short quotations that show Lady Macbeth manipulating Macbeth.

Can you identify what kind of manipulation she is using?

Consider: emotional blackmail, guilt, making him feel less of a man, seduction etc.

Let's brainstorm our ideas!

Lady Macbeth's persuasive techniques

How does Shakespeare use language to show Lady Macbeth manipulating Macbeth? 

How would you persuade somebody to do something that they didn’t want to do?

Think about a time when you’ve been in this situation.

How did you manage to convince them?

THINK - PAIR - SHARE

We will re-watch the scene

Was the hope drunk

Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?

And wakes it now to look so green and pale

At what it did so freely?

fill in the gaps!

Can you explain in your own words what Lady Macbeth is saying in this speech?

what lind of blackmail is she using against Macbeth?

Answer in your books.

doubt

angered

bullies

equal

questions

lovers

business

masculinity

Lady Macbeth........her husband into killing King Duncan.

She does this by drilling thoughts into his head and firing ........... at him. For example............[you need to find an example from the scene]

By asking him questions in this manner, she is making Macbeth .............. himself and his ............... The use of the term ‘enterprise’ makes the audience think of a ............. deal which makes them seem more like partners than ......... This would have ............ the audience at the time as women were not seen as ........... to men.

PEE

Writing on Macbeth

Focusing on 2 of the persuasive techniques Lady Macbeth uses in this scene.

'In this scene, Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth by...'

'She also uses another persuasive technique...'

Shakespeare contrasts Lady Macbeth’s fond recollections of “How tender ‘tis to love the babe” with the shocking promise that she would have “dashed the brains out” had she broken such as promise as Macbeth’s. An audience of Shakespeare’s time would have been especially shocked as women’s main role at this time was to rear children.

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