© Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved.NOTESAnd take my milk for gall,^13 you murd’ring ministers.^14
Wherever in your sightless^15 substances
You wait on^16 nature’s mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall^17 thee in the dunnest^18 smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry “Hold, hold!”
[Enter Macbeth.]
Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor!
Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter!
Thy letters have transported me beyond
This ignorant^19 present, and I feel now
The future in the instant.^20
Macbeth. My dearest love,
Duncan comes here tonight.
Lady Macbeth. And when goes hence?
Macbeth. Tomorrow, as he purposes.
Lady Macbeth. O, never
Shall sun that morrow see!
Your face, my Thane, is as a book where men
May read strange matters. To beguile the time,^21
Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue: look like th’ innocent flower,
But be the serpent under’t. He that’s coming
Must be provided for: and you shall put
This night’s great business into my dispatch;^22
Which shall to all our nights and days to come
Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.
Macbeth. We will speak further.
Lady Macbeth. Only look up clear.^23
To alter favor ever is to fear.^24
Leave all the rest to me. [Exit.]⌘ ⌘ ⌘Scene vi • Before Macbeth’s castle.
[Hautboys.^1 Torches. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain,
Banquo, Lennox, Macduff, Ross, Angus, and Attendants.]
King. This castle hath a pleasant seat;^2 the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle^3 senses.
Banquo. This guest of summer,
The temple-haunting martlet,^4 does approve^5- milk for gall kindness in
exchange for bitterness. - ministers agents.
- sightless invisible.
- wait on assist.
- pall enshroud.
- dunnest darkest.
5055- ignorant unknowing.
- instant present.
60- beguile the time deceive the
people tonight.
65(^70) 22. dispatch management.
- look up clear appear innocent.
- To alter... fear to show a
disturbed face will arouse
suspicion. - Hautboys oboes announcing
the arrival of royalty. - seat location.
- gentle soothed.
- temple-haunting martlet
martin, a bird that usually
nests in churches. In
Shakespeare’s times, martin
was a slang term for a person
who is easily deceived. - approve show.
CLOSE READ
ANNOTATE: In lines 56–61, mark
details related to time.
QUESTION: What aspects of time
do these details emphasize?
CONCLUDE: What does
Shakespeare accomplish by
focusing so intensely on time in
the first moment Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth see each other
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Remind students to focus on words that reveal
the passage of time. You may wish to model
the Close Read using the following think-aloud
format. Possible responses to questions on the
Student page are included.
ANNOTATE: As I read lines 56−58, I notice and
highlight words that are about time frame. One
clue to identifying words about time is to look
for words that show sequence or can relate to an
interval.
QUESTION: The words show that Lady Macbeth
feels the letter has transported her from the
present moment. She feels that the future is
already here.CONCLUDE: I think that Shakespeare uses time
to show how quickly Lady Macbeth and Macbeth
begin their plot against the king.PERSONALIZE FOR LEARNING
English Language Support
Figurative Language Review Scene v with
students. Many students may struggle with the
figurative language in The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Shakespeare uses a variety of similes and
metaphors throughout the play. These literary
devices add imagery to the drama. Introduce the
following lines from the play and guide students
in understanding what they mean.- Your face my Thane, is a book where
men May read strange matters (Scene
v, lines 62−63)
Possible response: Your face gives
away your thoughts that others can
read (like a book). - Look like the innocent flower; But be the
serpent under it. (Scene v, lines 65−66)
Possible response: Look innocent, but
be deadly.
Then have students discuss whether the
figurative language effectively creates
images that support the play’s tension.
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