Macbeth: GCSE 9-1 set text student edition (Collins Classroom Classics)

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Macbeth sees his first hallucination – a bloody dagger – after seeing Banquo and Fleance in the castle courtyard It is a closed-book exam, which means you will not have access to a copy of the text (other than the printed extract) in your exam

Macduff enters the castle and challenges Macbeth to a duel before admitting that he was born by Caesarean section, and is thus not “of woman born”

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Lady Macduff is advised to flee her castle with her children but refuses, saying that she has done nothing wrong

In England, Malcolm tests Macduff’s loyalty and is satisfied with Macduff’s responses. Macduff is told about the murder of his family and vows revenge Malcolm, Macduff and an army of Scottish thanes advance to Birnam Wood and use its branches for camouflageThe Macbeths host a banquet at their castle, but Macbeth hallucinates a vision of the murdered Banquo sitting at his place at the table Throughout the play, Macbeth is tormented by thoughts of the evil things he has done. However, he is caught in a spiral of evil and does not seem able to stop himself. The murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance manages to escape. The assassins return to Dunsinane to tell Macbeth There are also other minor characters in Macbeth who play a significant role in the play, such as the Three Witches and Malcolm. Macbeth is a five-act tragedy, written by William Shakespeare in 1606. Set in medieval Scotland, it mainly takes place in and around Macbeth’s castle, Dunsinane.

They offer him three new prophecies: to “beware Macduff”; that “no man of woman born” can kill him; and that he won’t be defeated unless Birnam Wood starts marching on his castle Section A of Paper 1 contains the Macbeth question and you are required to answer the one available question on the play Examiners always praise students who clearly know the plot of the texts they are studying, as having this base of knowledge leads to the best exam responses. Below you will find:

Macbeth is reported as being a brave and noble warrior; he has just killed a traitor in battle, showing his loyalty to King Duncan