© Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved.NOTESMore shall they speak, for now I am bent^44 to know
By the worst means the worst. For mine own good
All causes shall give way. I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er.
Strange things I have in head that will to hand,
Which must be acted ere they may be scanned.^45
Lady Macbeth. You lack the season of all natures,^46 sleep.
Macbeth. Come, we’ll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse^47
Is the initiate fear that wants hard use.^48
We are yet but young in deed.
[Exit.]⌘ ⌘ ⌘Scene v • A witches’ haunt.
[Thunder. Enter the Three Witches, meeting Hecate.]First Witch. Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly.
Hecate. Have I not reason, beldams^1 as you are.
Saucy and overbold? How did you dare
To trade and traffic with Macbeth
In riddles and affairs of death;
And I, the mistress of your charms,
The close contriver^2 of all harms,
Was never called to bear my part,
Or show the glory of our art?
And, which is worse, all you have done
Hath been but for a wayward son.
Spiteful and wrathful; who, as others do,
Loves for his own ends, not for you.
But make amends now: get you gone,
And at the pit of Acheron^3
Meet me i’ th’ morning: thither he
Will come to know his destiny.
Your vessels and your spells provide,
Your charms and everything beside.
I am for th’ air; this night I’ll spend
Unto a dismal and a fatal end:
Great business must be wrought ere noon.
Upon the corner of the moon
There hangs a vap’rous drop profound;
I’ll catch it ere it come to ground:
And that distilled by magic sleights^4
Shall raise such artificial sprites^5
As by the strength of their illusion
Shall draw him on to his confusion.^6- bent determined.
140 - scanned examined.
- season... natures preservative
of all living creatures. - My... self-abuse my strange
delusion. - initiate... use beginner’s
fear that will harden with
experience.
145- beldams hags.
5- close contriver secret inventor.
10- Acheron (AK uh ron) hell; in 15
Greek mythology the river of
Hades.
2025- sleights devices.
- artificial sprites spirits created
by magic. - confusion ruin.
308 UNIT 3 • FACING THE FUTURE, CONFRONTING THE PASTLIT17_SE12_U03_A3_WC.indd 308 3/14/16 1:11 AMTEACHING
Analyze Characterization
Remind students that the way a character
responds to the action or words of other
characters not only shows readers what is
most important to that character, but it can
affect the tone of a scene. Students may
have marked lines 1–9 of Scene v during their
first read. Use these lines to help students
understand how to analyze a character’s
reactions. Encourage them to talk about the
annotations that they marked. You may want
to model a close read with the class based on
the highlights shown in the text.
ANNOTATE: Have students mark details in
the lines that show the first witch’s reaction to
Hecate’s attitude and Hecate’s reaction to the
actions of the three witches, or have students
participate while you highlight them.QuEsTiON: Guide students to consider
what these details might tell them. Ask what
a reader can infer from the reactions of the
characters, and accept student responses.
Possible response: I can infer that the First
Witch is worried about how Hecate feels,
and Hecate is upset about what the three
witches did.
CONCLuDE: Help students to formulate
conclusions about the importance of these
details in the text. Ask students why the
author might have included these details.
Possible response: I see from the First Witch’s
reaction that she’s nervous about Hecate
showing up, giving readers the feeling that the
witch knows she did something wrong, and
Hecate is angry. I think Shakespeare included
Hecate so readers understand that she is the
“boss,” the head witch, and other witches are
not expected to cast spells or predict events
without her.
Remind students that indirect
characterization is one way that a writer
shows a character’s traits, using various
methods, including: showing a character’s
actions and behavior, presenting a character’s
words and thoughts, and showing how a
character affects other people. It’s up to
the reader to make inferences and draw
conclusions about a character based on the
indirect clues the writer provides. At the
same time, the writer must provide enough
information—either directly or indirectly—to
make that character seem believable.CLOSER LOOK
DIGITAL PERSPECTIVES
illuminating the Text The witches meet with
Hecate in Scene v. Hecate (pronounced HEHK-uh-
tee) was a goddess in early Greek religion. The
name in Greek means “she who works her will.”
Hecate was the chief goddess of magic and spells.
She was often honored as a protective goddess
who brought prosperity because people believed
she had the power to give or deny mortals any
gifts she chose. Shakespeare most likely included
her in the play because, as the “chief” of magic, itwas up to her to find out what the three witches
have done and, if necessary, undo or modify it.
Have students go online to research a feature of
mythology they have come across in The Tragedy
of Macbeth. Students may focus on Hecate, on
Shakespeare’s use of the three witches, who
resemble the Greek fates, or on Poseidon (whose
Roman counterpart is mentioned in Act II, Scene
ii (line 60): “Will all great Neptune’s oceans”). Ask
students to present their findings to the class.308 UNIT 3 • FACING THE FUTURE, CONFRONTING THE PAST
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