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THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH,

ACT V

^ WORD NETWORK

Add interesting words

related to time from the text

to your Word Network.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Concept Vocabulary

perturbation agitation purge

antidote pristine usurper

Why These Words? These concept words help reveal the mood of Act V.

The words are related to the existence or establishment of disorder and the

return to order. For example, the Doctor learns that Lady Macbeth has been

in a state of agitation, sleepwalking and talking aloud. He says that it is a

great perturbation of nature to be in her condition.

1. How does the concept vocabulary express the idea of the existence or
   establishment of disorder and the return to order?


2. What other words in the text connect to this concept?

Practice

Notebook The concept vocabulary words appear in Act V of Macbeth.

1. Use each concept word in a sentence that demonstrates your
   understanding of the word’s meaning.


2. Challenge yourself to replace the concept words with one or two
   synonyms. How does the word change affect the meaning of the
   sentence? For example, does one synonym have a more positive meaning
   than the other?

Word Study

Latin Root: -turb- In Act V of Macbeth, the Doctor refers to Lady

Macbeth’s sleepwalking as a “great perturbation in nature.” The word

perturbation contains the Latin root -turb-, which tends to carry a meaning

related to confusion or turmoil. Shakespeare could just as easily have used

the word disturbance instead—a synonym for perturbation that also contains

the root -turb-.

Based on your understanding of the root -turb-, write your best guesses as

to the definitions of the adjective turbid and the noun turbulence. Then, look

up each word in a thesaurus. Use the synonyms and antonyms you find to

draw conclusions about the words’ meanings. Revise your original definitions

as needed.

 STANDARDS

Language

•   Demonstrate command of the

conventions of standard English

capitalization, punctuation, and

spelling when writing.

•   Observe hyphenation conventions.

•   Consult general and specialized

reference materials, both print and

digital, to find the pronunciation of

a word or determine or clarify its

precise meaning, its part of speech,

its etymology, or its standard usage.

•   Verify the preliminary

determination of the meaning of a

word or phrase.

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TEACHING

Concept Vocabulary

Why These Words?

Possible responses:

1. The nouns perturbation (Scene i, line 8) and
   agitation (Scene i, line 10) name emotions
   people feel when their lives are disordered. A
   usurper (Scene viii, line 55) can be someone (like
   Macbeth) who unlawfully pushes out the rightful
   leader and takes over the leadership role, thus
   creating disorder. A purge (Scene iii, line 28) can
   be a purification process that puts something
   disordered back into order. An antidote (Scene iii,
   line 43) is a cure for poison or illness (that returns
   a body to order.) Something pristine (Scene iii, line
   52) is completely clean and pure—and perfectly
   well ordered.


2. Choices include murky, mar, unnatural, rule,
   fortifies, pestered, medicine, and taint.

Practice

1. Responses will vary. Accept well-written
   sentences that show understanding of each
   word’s meaning in The Tragedy of Macbeth.
   Example: Fireworks always cause agitation in my
   dog; she doesn’t understand the loud noises, so
   they scare her and make her nervous.


2. Responses will vary. Examples: Two synonyms
   for the word purge are extermination and
   purification. Obviously, the first has bad
   connotations and the second has good ones.
   Two synonyms for usurper are leader and despot.
   Usurper and despot have bad connotations, but
   leader has neutral or good connotations.

Word Network

Possible words: remembrance, consequences,

approaches, yesterdays, brief

Word Study

For more support, see Concept Vocabulary and

Word Study.

Possible responses:

Turbid might mean “confused.” Turbulence might

be a synonym for turmoil.

Synonyms for turbid include muddled, murky,

unclear, and obscure. Antonyms include clear

and distinct. Synonyms for turbulence include

disturbance, disorder, frenzy, and havoc.

Antonyms include order and decorum.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Concept Vocabulary

If students fail to see connections among the

words, then have them use two of the words in a

strong context sentence. Ask them to pair words

with dissimilar meanings such as perturbation and

antidote or usurper and purge.

Word Study

If students fail to define turbid, then use the

word in a context sentence. For example: I gazed

into the pond’s turbid water, but it was too

murky to see any fish or frogs. For Reteach

and Practice, see Word Study: Latin Root

-turb- (RP).

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