Loyalty + Betrayal

Question 1

“Till he unseamed him from th’nave to th’chaps
and fixed his head on our battlemts”

Answer 1

1.2 Line 22+23
Captain describing the loyal acts from macbeth by ruthlessly killing the traitor macdonald in a very violent way on the battlefield to raise moral of troops + turn tide of fight against norwegians

Question 2

“So they doubly redoubled strokes over the foe”

Answer 2

1.2 line 38:
Macbeth and Banquo display immense loyalty to king and country by working in tandem to defy odds and fight back as twice as hard against reinforcements

Question 3

“O worthy cousin, O worthy gentleman”

Answer 3

1.2 line 26:
Acts of loyalty are rewarded by duncan with praise and duncan gives Macbeth title of thane of cawdor

Question 4

“My thought whose murder is yet is but fantastical”

Answer 4

1.3 :
Macbeth in his soliloquy is getting his mind poisoned by regicide thoughts