act 2, scene 1: the dagger

Question 1

BANQUO: “i [1] last night of the three [2] -sisters. to you they have shown some [3].”

Answer 1

[1] - dreamt
[2] - weird
[3] - truth

banquo is natural and shown to be like most others; he thinks about the prophecies but knows not to interact with them.

Question 2

“is this a [1] which I see before me, the [2] toward my hand?”

Answer 2

[1] - dagger
[2] - handle

macbeth hallucinates; the dagger represents the bloody course on which he is about to embark.

Question 3

“[1], let me [2] thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”

Answer 3

[1] - come
[2] - clutch

imperatives; trying to command the dagger. he tries to win control back from his hallucinations.

Question 4

MACBETH: “I go, and it is [1]; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a [2] that [3] thee to [4] or to [5].”

Answer 4

[1] - done
[2] - knell
[3] - summons
[4] - heaven
[5] - hell