Ambition And Deception -

Question 1

Events

Answer 1

1) the witches predictions have profound effects on Macbeth
2) Macbeths soliloquies show his hidden ambitions
3) lady Macbeth shows her ambition by planning and manipulating Macbeth into killing Duncan and telling him to hide his desires
4) Macbeth lies to banquo that he never thinks of the witches
5) manipulates the murders into killing banquo which removes his obstacle to becoming king

Question 2

Motifs

Answer 2

Hell and damnation
Evil - black and dark
Clothing

Question 3

Stay you imperfect speakers
Speak I charge you

Answer 3

Show macbeths hidden ambition as he wants to find out more and is intrigued
Imperatives
Not scared of the witches

Question 4

Think upon what hath chanced and at more time

Answer 4

Influenced by what the witches have said and wants to speak more about it
Thinking of them in his head
Soliloquies

Question 5

Let light not see my black and deep desires

Answer 5

Dark hidden thoughts that he wants to be unloyal to the king

Question 6

Wouldst not play false

Answer 6

Lady Macbeth already plotting but believes that Macbeth isn’t capable of lying however audience knows he is already having dark desires

Question 7

Look like the innocent flower but with a serpent undert

Answer 7

Act innocent but be evil within
Hide the desires

Question 8

It were done quickly

Answer 8

Macbeth is conflicted and sums up the pros and cons of what he is about to do

Question 9

I think not of them

Answer 9

Lies to banquo saying that he never thinks of the witches

Question 10

When you durst do it then you were a man

Answer 10

Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into killing DUncan

Question 11

Fruitless crown

Answer 11

Macbeths soliloquy shows that he sees banquo as a threat and he must remove him as an obstacle

Question 12

In the catalogue you go for men

Answer 12

Convinces the murders to kill banquo and fleance by calling them cowardly

Question 13

Be innocent in knowledge

Answer 13

Change in his behaviour no longer wants lady Macbeth involved
Capable of doing it by himself

Question 14

My seated heart knock at my ribs

Answer 14

He’s scared of what he’s thinking

Question 15

Prince of Cumberland this is a step on which I must fall down or else O erleap

Answer 15

Unhappy with Malcolm as next king cause him to think about killing Duncan

Question 16

Two full of the milk of human kindness

Answer 16

Lady Macbeth believes he’s too kind to kill she calls on the evil spirits to unsex her and give her the power of a man

Question 17

Fill me from Crown to toe top full of direst cruelty

Answer 17

Hungry for the Power so-called on the evil spirits

Question 18

Vaulting ambition

Answer 18

Desires to be higher in the divine right of kings but knows that the ‘bloody instructions … return to plague the inventor’

Question 19

You must kill both Banquo and his son Fleance

Answer 19

Macbeth is that ambitious that he killed his oldest friend

Question 20

In the catalogue you go for men

Answer 20

Parallels Lady Macbeth

Question 21

I conjure you by that which you profess tell me

Answer 21

Still insecure about his crown returns to the witches to find out how to protect his position

Question 22

The castle of Macduff I will surprise

Answer 22

Macbeth goes to slaughter Macduff to protect his position but instead kills his innocent Family

Question 23

Bring thou this fiend of Scotland myself within my sword length set him

Answer 23

Macduff wants to kill Macbeth to get revenge for his family