Macbeth Plot Analysis Graphic Organizer
01.08 Macbeth Plot Analysis Graphic Organizer
Plot Elements
Element
Definition
Act in the Play
Exposition:
a device used to introduce background events. The prophecies by the witches.
Rising Action:
a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward thepoint of greatest interest.
Macbeth and Banquo's encounter with the witches
Climax:
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
Macbeth's fight with Macduff when he realizes he can in fact die
Falling Action:
the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end.
Macbeth’s brutal murders.
Resolution:
the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem
Macduff kills Macbeth and Duncan's son Malcolm becomes king.
Plot Analysis
As you read the scenes in this lesson, take notes on important events in the story. Provide the line or lines from the play that relate to the event. Stop and think for a moment about why that event is important for the story and add your thoughts in the space provided.
Choose a minimum of three events.
Event
Text Support
Why is it important to the story?
1. How now, my lord! Why do you keep alone, your companions making;
Using those thoughts which should indeed have died
With them they think on? Things without all remedy
Should be without regard: what's done is done. 2. We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it;
She'll close, and be herself; whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of her former tooth. 3’. Tis safer to be that which we destroy,
Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.
It shows that Macbeth is still overthinking his wrongful deeds.
Reflection
Choose one of the events you added to your graphic organizer and think about why it is an important piece of the plot. 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 reflection paragraph of at
Plot Elements
Element
Definition
Act in the Play
Exposition:
a device used to introduce background events. The prophecies by the witches.
Rising Action:
a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward thepoint of greatest interest.
Macbeth and Banquo's encounter with the witches
Climax:
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
Macbeth's fight with Macduff when he realizes he can in fact die
Falling Action:
the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end.
Macbeth’s brutal murders.
Resolution:
the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem
Macduff kills Macbeth and Duncan's son Malcolm becomes king.
Plot Analysis
As you read the scenes in this lesson, take notes on important events in the story. Provide the line or lines from the play that relate to the event. Stop and think for a moment about why that event is important for the story and add your thoughts in the space provided.
Choose a minimum of three events.
Event
Text Support
Why is it important to the story?
1. How now, my lord! Why do you keep alone, your companions making;
Using those thoughts which should indeed have died
With them they think on? Things without all remedy
Should be without regard: what's done is done. 2. We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it;
She'll close, and be herself; whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of her former tooth. 3’. Tis safer to be that which we destroy,
Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.
It shows that Macbeth is still overthinking his wrongful deeds.
Reflection
Choose one of the events you added to your graphic organizer and think about why it is an important piece of the plot. 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 reflection paragraph of at