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1) Why are these lines from Act IV important in the plot of the play? You must cite from and explain these lines in your response

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1) Why are these lines from Act IV important in the plot of the play? You must cite from and explain these lines in your response. (25 points)

Ross to Macduff.

Your castle is surpris'd; your wife and babes 
Savagely slaughter'd: to relate the manner 
Were, on the quarry of these murder'd deer, 
To add the death of you.

 

2. Using these lines from Act I and Act V, explain why it was important for Shakespeare to introduce the play with the account of Macbeth's performance in the battle against Macdonwald. You must cite from and explain these lines in your response. (25 points)
 

ACT I, Scene II

But all's too weak;
For brave Macbeth,—well he deserves that name,—
Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,
Which smok'd with bloody execution,
Like valor's minion,Carv'd out his passage
Till he fac'd the slave;
And ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him

ACT V, Scene VII

What's more to do,
Which would be planted newly with the time,—
As calling home our exil'd friends abroad,
That fled the snares of watchful tyranny;
Producing forth the cruel ministers
Of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen,—
Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands
Took off her life;

 

3. Choose an event from the play. Focus on the purpose it serves in the story. Consider how the story would change if that event was altered. Form your ideas into a paragraph of at least five sentences. Make sure to include supporting evidence from the play. Your answer must cite directly from the lines of Macbeth that you read in the lesson.

Some events to consider:

The weird sisters' predictions for Macbeth and Banquo
Macbeth's murder of Banquo
The appearance of Banquo's ghost at Macbeth's coronation dinner (30 points)

 

4. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

Re write this dull sentence to make it dazzling. (15 points)

Sandra walked across the street.

 

5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

Combine these two sentences using a subordinate conjunction. (15 points)

Kate could not attend the senior class trip. 
Kate earned straight As.