Act 1 Scene 4

Question 1

Family, worthiness

Answer 1

‘worthiest cousin’ (Duncan)

Question 2

Macbeth doesn’t need payment, his seevice and loyalty are enough to make him happy

Answer 2

‘The service and the loyalty I owe,
In doing it, pays itself’ (Macbeth)

Question 3

Prince of cukberland, step he must fall down

Answer 3

(Aside) ‘The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap’ (Macbeth)

Question 4

Bright, good starts cannot see Macbeth’s black and deep desires

Answer 4

(Aside) ‘Stars, hide your fires,
Let light not see my black and deep desires’ (Macbeth)