Macbeth Analysis

Macbeth Analysis

The following pages in Literature Texas Treasures: British Literature contain soliloquies from the play:

page 316, Macbeth
page 318 (bottom), Macbeth
page 320, Lady Macbeth
page 323, Macbeth
page 329, Macbeth
page 330, Lady Macbeth
page 343, Banquo
page 344, Macbeth
page 382, Lady Macbeth (speaking in a dream rather than a regular soliloquy)
Write a five-paragraph essay analyzing the use of soliloquy to develop a particular character in Macbeth.

Here are some questions to help you with brainstorming and developing a plan for your essay:

Macbeth Analysis

What specific characteristics or emotions are revealed through the use of soliloquy?
Do soliloquies give information about the character that would not otherwise be known to the audience?
Do the ideas shown by soliloquy create sympathy or make the character more easily understood by the audience?
How would the character be perceived differently by other players if the others around were aware of the inner thoughts revealed in the soliloquy/soliloquies?
Use quotes from the play as evidence in all body paragraphs of your essay. You should quote at least one soliloquy, and you may use quotes from other parts of the play as well.

Macbeth Analysis

By admin in Essays on July 29, 2016