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She has just received the news that King Duncan will be spending the night at her castle.  \nThe raven himself is hoarse  \nThat croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood,  \nStop up th’access and passage to remorse That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose nor keep peace between Th’effect and it. Come to my woman’s breasts,  \nAnd take my milk for gall, you murd’ring minsters, Wherever in your sightless substances  \nYou wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest 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!’  \nStarting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman.  \nWrite about:  \n􀁸 how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in this speech  \n􀁸 how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in the play as a whole.  \n[30 marks] SPaG [4 marks]  \nMacbeth  \nAt this point in the play, Banquo and Macbeth have just met the witches. The witches have just told Macbeth he will one day be the King of Scotland.  \n\n| BANQUO\u003Cbr>Good sir, why do you start; and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? I' the name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed\u003Cbr>Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner You greet with present grace and great prediction Of noble having and of royal hope,\u003Cbr>That he seems rapt withal: to me you speak not. If you can look into the seeds of time,\u003Cbr>And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear Your favours nor your hate.\u003Cbr>First Witch\u003Cbr>Hail!\u003Cbr>Second Witch\u003Cbr>Hail!\u003Cbr>Third Witch\u003Cbr>Hail!\u003Cbr>First Witch\u003Cbr>Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.\u003Cbr>Second Witch\u003Cbr>Not so happy, yet much happier.\u003Cbr>Third Witch\u003Cbr>Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none:\u003Cbr>So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!\u003Cbr>First Witch\u003Cbr>Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!\u003Cbr>MACBETH\u003Cbr>Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more: By Sinel's death I know I am thane of Glamis; But how of Cawdor? The thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman; and to be king Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way\u003Cbr>With such prophetic greeting? Speak, I charge you.\u003Cbr>(The Witches vanish) | 5\u003Cbr>10\u003Cbr>15\u003Cbr>20\u003Cbr>25 |\n| --- | --- |\n\nStarting with this conversation, explain how far Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a character who believes in the supernatural power of the witches.  \nWrite about:  \n􀁸 How Shakespeare presents Macbeth’s reaction to the witches here  \n􀁸 How Shakespeare presents his beliefs in them elsewhere in the play.  \nMacbeth  \nRead the following question from Act 5 Scene 3 of Macbeth and then answer the question that follows. At this point in the play Macbeth is under siege from the English army.  \nStarting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a hero. 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