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EXTEND – The tyrant’s last stand

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STEP 1 Skim the text for gist and find out what happens between Macbeth and Macduff
Read the passage and select the sentence which best summarises it.
A: Macbeth refuses to fight and accepts defeat.
B: Macbeth faces Macduff in a final, desperate battle.
C: Macbeth seeks forgiveness from the Scottish people.
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STEP 2 Scan the passage and focus on details
Read the passage again and choose the correct alternative.

1 Macbeth initially feels ________ when he hears that Macduff was 'untimely ripped from his mother's womb'.
2 Macbeth believes the witches have ________, telling him what he wanted to hear but giving him false hopes.
3 Macduff suggests that Macbeth should ________.
4 The line 'I will not yield, / To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet' indicates Macbeth's ________.
5 The lines 'Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane, / And thou oppos'd, being of no woman born' refer to ________.
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STEP 5 Think further and prepare for your test: Macbeth, tyrant or tragic hero?
Read the introduction and passage from A.C. Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy and decide if the statements are true or false. You can use the text and your answers as revision material for your test.
A: According to Bradley, Macbeth stands out among Shakespeare's tragic heroes as he is one of the characters that undergoes a significant change.
B: The killing of Macduff's family represents Macbeth's descent into open tyranny.
C: It is only those who are close to Macbeth that suffer his tyranny.
D: Macbeth's descent into 'avarice and lechery' is surprising to the author of the extract, as these vices were not apparent in his character.
E: The author argues that Macbeth completely loses his stance and sublimity as a tragic hero.
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STEP 3 Practice paraphrasing with Macbeth
Reorder the dialogue between Macbeth and Macduff to obtain a paraphrased version of the text. Write the correct numbers (1-4) in the gaps.

MACDUFF Surrender, coward! You will be displayed as a spectacle, a warning to all. ________
MACDUFF Despair your magic! I was not born in the natural way. ________
MACBETH I will not bow down to Malcolm and endure the scorn of the masses. Though fate seems against me, I will resist and fight till the end! ________
MACBETH My courage is broken! Cursed be those who told me this! I will no longer listen to those fiends who have deceived me. I will not fight against you! ________
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STEP 4 Spotlight on the witches' prophecies
Read the witches' prophecies and select the ones that come true in this passage
A: Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.
B: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him.
C: None of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth.
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