King Duncan

Question 1

Who is Duncan?

Answer 1

The King of Scotland

Question 2

What does he represent?

Answer 2

Good kingship: he’s honest, virtuous, and puts the country’s need before his own

Question 3

What his death symbolise?

Answer 3

The destruction of the political and social order

Question 4

What is the quote starting with, “He was a…”?

Answer 4

“He was a gentleman [Cawdor] on whom I built / An absolute trust” (Act 1 Scene 4)

Question 5

What is the quote starting with, “I have begun…”?

Answer 5

“I have begun to plant thee [Macbeth], and will labour / To make thee full of growing” (Act 1 Scene 4)

Question 6

What is the quote starting with, “We will…”?

Answer 6

“We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcom, whom we name hereafter, / The Prince of Cumberland” (Act 1 Scene 4)

Question 7

What is the quote starting with, “There’s no…”?

Answer 7

“There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face” (Act 1 Scene 4)

Question 8

What is the quote starting with, “This Duncan…”?

Answer 8

“This Duncan / Hath borne his faculties so meek” (Act 1 Scene 7)

Question 9

What is the quote starting with, “Here lay Duncan…”?

Answer 9

“Here lay Duncan / His silver skin laced with his golden blood / And his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature” (Act 2 Scene 3)