macbeth

Question 1

what does the quote “is this a dagger which i see before me” mean

Answer 1

macbeth is hallucinating and we infer that he is becoming obsessed with the control he has

Question 2

what does the quote “will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against the deep damnation” mean

Answer 2

macbeth realises what a good king duncan was and he feels even more guilty about murdering him

Question 3

what does the quote “the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand” mean

Answer 3

macbeth now acts without hesitating to kill banqo - this contrasts with how he worried about killing duncan in act 1 scene 7

Question 4

what is the divine right of kings? (mention this in the intro)

Answer 4

a king in Shakespeare’s time was thought to rule by ‘divine right’. This meant that God had chosen that person directly to rule over others. The killing of a king was therefore considered to be just about the worst crime that anyone could commit.

Question 5

context of macbeth (mention in the conclusion)

Answer 5

His seeming impregnability as stated by the witches is in fact his fateful and inevitable downfall.

Question 6

3 ways to describe macbeth in the play

Answer 6

conflicted
supernatural
violence

Question 7

how do you structure the macbeth question?

Answer 7

intro
peeepel- on the extract X2
peeepel- on the play as a whole X2
conclusion
EFFECT ON THE AUDIENCE

Question 8

what’s the quote for act 2 scene 1?

Answer 8

“is this a dagger which i see before me”

Question 9

which quote is in act 1 scene 7?

Answer 9

“will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against the deep damnation”

Question 10

which quote is in act 4 scene 1?

Answer 10

“the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand”