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Macbeth display quotation bunting

Last updated: 11/12/2025
Contributor: Izzy Bostock
Macbeth display quotation bunting
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
English
Resource type
Display/posters
Author
William Shakespeare
Title
Macbeth

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Help students improve their recall and understanding of important quotations from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. This resource is ideal for GCSE English Literature students studying Macbeth for their GCSE Literature exams.  

What's included

  • Customisable quotation display for learning key Macbeth quotations
  • Pre-formatted materials ready for immediate classroom use
  • Supports mastery of essential quotations for exams

Available as an editable PowerPoint for subscribers only, allowing you to adapt the resource with different fonts and designs as required.

Macbeth display quotation bunting resource

This Macbeth display featuring prominent quotations from the play is ideal to use as bunting or a visual display in the classroom. Being able to regularly see and recall these quotations supports students as they study the play or when they are in a revision for assessment or main exam period.

Each of the 17 PowerPoint slides contains a quotation with scene number so that students can identify the location of each quotation to contextualise it within the play as a whole. This resource could also be useful for essay or activity planning, opening up classroom discussions about which quotations would be relevant for particular tasks students are working on. 

Key features of this resource

This Macbeth display quotation bunting resource features 17 major quotations from the play, including those said by the characters of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Malcom. The quotation is featured within a hand layout, referencing the significance of hands, especially those covered in blood (or seemingly so), throughout the play. 

Each quotation is accompanied by the following to help students place it within the context of the play:

  • Act and scene number
  • Character who says the quotation
  • Relevant themes that are highlighted in the quote
  • Important language and imagery techniques that are included within the quotation

How to use this Macbeth display quotation bunting resource

This resource is perfect for:

  • Learning and revising key quotations from the play
  • Building understanding of the play and Shakespeare's use of character, language and imagery to explore key themes
  • Supporting improved understanding of main characters and their motivations
  • GCSE English Literature assessment and exam preparation
  • Reinforcing quotation recall for revision at KS4

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A sample extract from this resource:

 

Act 1 Scene 1: 'Fair is foul and foul is fair.' 

Character: The witches

Themes: Appearance versus reality

Language and imagery: Alliteration, assonance

 

Act 2 Scene 2: 'Stars hide your fires/ Let not light see my black and deep desires.'

Character: Macbeth

Themes: Ambition and power

Language and imagery: Metaphor, personification 

 

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