ACT 4 scene 1

Question 1

what does the quote ‘something wicked this way come’ emphasises?

Answer 1

• emphasises that Macbeth is more evil than them and represents dehumanisation.

Question 2

‘Macbeth, beware Macduff, beware the Thane of Fife. dismiss me. Enough’

Answer 2

• foreshadowing that Macbeth will kill Macduff

- siclical nature of how the play ends.

Question 3

‘be bloody, bold and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man-

Answer 3

… for none of women born shall harm Macbeth’

Question 4

‘great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill, shall come against him’

Answer 4

• manipulating through equivocation

- convinced invincible.

Question 5

‘damn’d all those that trust them’

Answer 5

• element of irony

- damning himself.

Question 6

‘the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand.

Answer 6

-tyrant

Question 7

‘his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls,

Answer 7

… that trace him in his line: no boasting like a fool;’