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A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to shakespeare's macbeth, covering key themes, characters, and plot points. It delves into macbeth's descent into evil, the role of ambition and fate, and the consequences of unchecked power. Ideal for students studying macbeth in high school or university, offering insights into the play's complexities and providing a valuable resource for exam preparation.
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Banquo remembers the witches' prophesy for Macbeth, but what does he fear Macbeth has done to achieve it - Answer He hopes Macbeth did not kill Duncan to become king
What other part of the prophecy does Banquo recall - Answer Banquo's children will be Kings What must happen to Fleance - Answer He must die. In He must die How is Macbeth's view of this murder different from his view about Duncan's murder? What does this suggest about his character? - Answer Macbeth is not hesitant. Lady Macbeth is not involved at all. Macbeth is also not killing this time around, Macbeth is becoming a more cruel and cold-blooded person How does Lady Macbeth feel now that the murder is done? - Answer They aren't satisfied even though Duncan is dead. They don't have joy in their situation
. What has happened to her relationship? - Answer Macbeth is separating himself from Lady Macbeth. He is also not telling her his thoughts and how he feels.
What causes Macbeth to feel "imperfect" now?Has he been "perfect" before this point? - Answer One of his plans has failed. Yes Who is the "grown serpent," and who is the "worm that's fled"?Why does Macbeth use this comparison? - Answer The grown serpent is Banquo, the worm that's fled is Fleance. Banquo was a problem now and Fleance isn't a problem yet but will be hy can't Macbeth take his place at the banquet table? How does this reveal the beginning of Macbeth's actual deterioration? - Answer The ghost of Banquo. Macbeth's mental health is becoming unstable To whom is Macbeth speaking when he says, "Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake/ Thy gory locks at me"? In what way are his words true?
Answer He is hallucinating about Duncan again. She tests his manhood by comparing him to a woman How does the horrible image of the risen dead (lines 79-82) reflect Macbeth's evil deeds? - Answer Everytime Macbeth kills someone they come back to haunt him What is ironic about Macbeth's toast to Banquo? - Answer He wants to toast to Banquo and act like he loves Banquo but the ghosts appear to remind him that he doesnt love him. What does Macbeth mean by "It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood"? - Answer He means that murder causes more murder What does Macbeth reveal about Macduff?What does this suggest? - Answer Macduff is not going to obey Macbeth's order. That Macduff may be suspicious of his actions.
What will bring Macbeth's ruin? What does Hecate say is "mortal's chiefest enemy"? - Answer Their illusion of magic and his hopes. Security What is Lennox's tone? Pity Provide evidence. - Answer "How it did grieve Macbeth" Who is referred to as a "tyrant" by Lennox and the other Lord? - Answer Macbeth Where are Malcolm and Macduff? - Answer England What is Macduff asking King Edward? - Answer He wants him to call to arms the commander of the English forces For what is Macbeth preparing? - Answer going to war
What is implied by "our suffering country/ Under a hand accursed"? - Answer That the country of Scotland is suffering because Macbeth is in power. Macbeth is the "under a hand accursed" Describe the things the witches throw into their cauldron. Why are these kinds of ingredients appropriate for the witches? - Answer They are brewing an evil potion. All things that are dismembered or chopped off from parts. What is the couplet that is repeated in this scene? - Answer Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. How is the state of the kingdom under Macbeth's rule reflected in the images of dismemberment? - Answer They are shown as broken/cut off of one thing. In pieces To whom is the witch referring when she says, "Something wicked this way comes' '? What is ironic about this statement? - Answer She Is referring to Macbeth. She says something instead of someone. This shows he has lost some of his humanity
"double sure" and do what anyway? - Answer He will kill Macduff anyway. What is the third apparition? - Answer A child holding a tree branch that says Macbeth will not be destroyed until the Birnam wood moves toward Dunsinane. What does Macbeth still demand to know (lines 101-102)? What does he threaten if he does not get an answer? - Answer Macbeth wants to know if Banquo kids will still be King. Macbeth says they will have a curse on them. What do the witches then show Macbeth? What does this imply? How does Macbeth react? - Answer Shows eight Kings and Banquo. That the Banquo King line will go on forever. Macbeth is mad that Banquo's kids will still be Kings even though he asked After the witches vanish, what is ironic about Macbeth's words, "And damned all those that trust them"? - Answer He trusts the witches so he is damning himself. Macbeth has already condemned himself
Where has Macduff gone? Why? - Answer England, to pray the king to come to his aid and to get help to take out Macbeth Macbeth expresses that he will begin to act impulsively so that his plans will be carried out. What evil does he intend for Macduff's castle?
What theme is reflected in Lady Macduff's words, "to do harm/ Is often laudable, to do good sometime/ Accounted dangerous folly"? - Answer "Fair is foul, foul is fair". Being innocent doesn't protect you from danger What becomes of Lady Macduff and her son? - Answer Lady Macduff's son dies and she runs away crying "Murder!" and ends up dying later on. How does Malcolm want to react to the situation with Scotland? - Answer He wants to mourn about what has happened. How does Macduff differ in how he wants to react to the situation? - Answer He wants to fight instead of mourning. Malcolm says "This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,/ Was once thought honest." Who is the tyrant, and to what concept is this tied? - Answer Macbeth
Because he knows Macbeth and Macduff once had a good relationship, what does he feel Macduff may do to "appease an angry god"? - Answer Macduff may give up Malcom to make Macbeth happy. Macduff claims he is not treacherous, but_______is - Answer Macbeth In saying, "though the brightest star fell: Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace," Malcolm compares Macbeth to whom?To what concept is this linked? - Answer Lucifie, Fair is foul, foul is fair Because Malcolm is too nervous to trust Macduff, what does Macduff fear will be Scotland's fate? - Answer Scotland will fall What does Malcolm feel will be a problem even if Macbeth is defeated? What does he say about what his own reign would be compared to Macbeth's? How does Macduff react to this? - Answer He says that nothing can be worse than Macbeth being King. What is Macduff implying when he says, "But fear not yet/ To take upon you what is yours: you may/ Convey your pleasures in a spacious
Having realized that Macduff is trustworthy, Malcolm wants to join forces with Macduff. What good news had he kept secret about "Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men"? - Answer England has given him troops to go to Scotland to take down Macbeth. What powers are attributed to King Edward, the historical Edward the Confessor? - Answer He apparently has the power to heal the sick. What does Ross report as being common and everyday in Scotland? - Answer The screams and groans in the air, with violent sorrow. Ross tells Macduff that his wife and children are well and "at peace." What is the double meaning for these words? - Answer That they are dead and are at peace. Ross uses synecdoche, figurative language where a part of something stands for the whole, when he says, "Let not your ears despise my tongue forever." What does he mean? - Answer He doesn't want
Macduff to be angry about what he has to say about the true fate of his family. What news does Ross then deliver to Macduff? - Answer That his wife and kids were murdered When he says, "To relate the manner,/ were, on the quarry of these murdered deer, To add the death of you," - Answer Ross is saying that telling the way Macduff's family died would kill Macduff. What do Banquo's words, "...my duties/ Are with a most indissoluble tie/ Forever knit," imply about his character - Answer They imply that he is dedicated to his duties or that he wants to get away. Why is Macbeth so interested in Banquo's plans? - Answer So he can tell how long he will be gone, and plan to kill his son. Macbeth wants to make sure Banquo returns in time for what - Answer For a feast
What thematic idea is connected to Macbeth's statement that he will "wail [Banquo's] fall" even though he has him killed - Answer Fair is foul and foul is fair What specific instructions does Macbeth give for the murder - Answer They have to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance How does Malcolm encourage Macduff to react to this grief? - Answer He talks about reprimanding Macbeth for his crimes and serving justice to him and to the people he killed. What is meant by "The night is long that never finds the day"? - Answer The neverending evil that Macbeth brought to Scotland.
What has changed about the language in this scene? It changed into Prose. Why might Shakespeare have chosen to make this change? - Answer Lady Macbeth is going insane. The doctor and the gentlewoman are describing Lady Macbeth's recent behavior. What has she been doing? - Answer She has been sleepwalking What does the gentlewoman say she will not tell the doctor? - Answer What Lady Macbeth has said in her sleep She is either very supportive of Lady Macbeth or is scared to tell what Lady Macbeth has been saying. What does Lady Macbeth's sleeplessness represent? - Answer Her sleeplessness represents the amount of guilt that she feels. What does Lady Macbeth now insist on always having near her? - Answer She keeps a candle, Lady Macbeth is now afraid of the dark she once called for.