Friday 19th April Quotation

Question 1

‘Now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief’: who speaks these lines?

Answer 1

Angus

Question 2

‘Now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief’: who is Angus describing?

Answer 2

Macbeth

Question 3

What technique does Shakespeare employ here in Angus’ description of Macbeth?

Answer 3

Simile

Question 4

Why is ‘Now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief’ a simile and what does it compare?

Answer 4

It is a simile because Angus compares Macbeth’s crown and being King to a large robe that doesn’t fit a dwarf who stole them from a giant

Question 5

What two things does Angus mean by this simile?

Answer 5

The title of King does not suit Macbeth and that Macbeth knows this

Question 6

Complete the simile: ‘like a ______ _____ upon a ____________ _______’

Answer 6

‘like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief’

Question 7

Fill in the blanks: ‘N____ does he f____ his t____ / H____ l_______ about him, like a g____ r_____ u____ a d________ t____’

Answer 7

‘Now does he fell his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief’

Question 8

Fill in the blanks: ‘____ does he ____ his ____ / ____ _______ about him, like a ____ _____ ____ a ________ ____’

Answer 8

‘Now does he fell his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief’