Kingship

Question 1

What is Duncan?

Give some examples of how he was desrcibed.

Answer 1

• the example of an ideal king
• “gracious”
• “most sainted king”

Question 2

In Act 4, Scene 3, what adjectives does Malcolm use to describe a good king?

Answer 2

“justice, verity, temperance, stableness,/ Bounty, perseverence, mercy, lowliness”

Question 3

In Act 4, Scene 3, what adjectives does Malcolm use to describe a bad king?

Answer 3

“bloody,/ Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful,/ Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin/ That has a name.”

Question 4

What does the King of England, Edward, use to cure sick people?
What is he surrounded by because of this?

Answer 4

• a “healing benediction” and uses “holy prayers”

- “blessings” that “`speak him full of grace”

Question 5

What happens in the night which symbolises that evil has come over Scotland?

Answer 5

• an owl has savagely killed a falcon
• “dark night strangles the travelling lamp” (no day just night)
• horses eat each other

Question 6

Which quote shows Macbeth recognising that Duncan is a good king?

Answer 6

“hath been/ So clear in his great office, that his virtues/ Will plead like angels”