Macbeth

Question 1

“Stay, ___ ___________ speakers, tell me ____”

Answer 1

You, imperfect, more
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3
Presents the intrigue of Macbeth

Question 2

“Look like the _________ _______, But be the _____ under’t”

Answer 2

Innocent, Flower, serpent
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 5
She manipulates him into putting on a cascade while being ruthless to be able to achieve his goal. This is significant as it instigates Macbeth to kill Duncan which is the peripeteia for his mental state falling

Question 3

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”

Answer 3

Witches- Act 1 Scene 1
This quote is repeated by Macbeth, which suggests the connection between the Witches and Macbeth

Question 4

“The Prince of Cumberland! - That is a step On ______ I must ____ down, or else ________. For in my way it lies”

Answer 4

Which, fall, o’erleap
Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 4
Illustrates that Macbeth is having darker thoughts surrounding the idea of regicide

Question 5

“Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”

Answer 5

Witches- Act 1 Scene 3

Question 6

“Sons, kinsmen, thanks, And you whose places are the nearest, know We will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter The Prince of Cumberland; which honour must Not be accompanied invest him only”

Answer 6

Duncan- Act 1 Scene 4

Question 7

” If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir”

Answer 7

Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3

Question 8

“Art thou afeard To be the same in _____ own ___ and ______, As thou art in _______”

Answer 8

Thine, act, valour, desire
Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7
This act of emasculation is an attempt to manipulate Mcbeth into killing Duncan, which instigates the demise of Macbeth’s mental state

Question 9

“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What though art promised”

Answer 9

Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 5

Question 10

“But screw your courage to the sticking-place And we’ll not fail”

Answer 10

Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7

Question 11

“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”

Answer 11

Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3

Question 12

” I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself And falls on the other”

Answer 12

Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7
Suggest that Mcbeth now is ready to perform regicide, thus is evidence of the demise of his mental state

Question 13

“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses

Answer 13

Duncan- Act 1 Scene 6

Question 14

“The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence”

Answer 14

Banquo- Act 1 Scene 3

Question 15

“Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!”

Answer 15

Macduff- Act 2 Scene 4

Question 16

“I’m afraid to think of what I have done”

Answer 16

Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 2

Question 17

“unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps
And fix’d his head upon our battlements”

Answer 17

Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 2
This use of violent imagery presents him as a great and fierce warrior, suggesting he ripped Macdonald open

Question 18

“All hail Mcbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.”

Answer 18

Witches- Act 1 Scene 3
The use of dramatic irony implants the idea that Macbeth could be at higher political stature

Question 19

“Cannot be ill, cannot be good.”

Answer 19

Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 3
Illustrates the start of the demise of Mcbeths mental state as he is ntrigued by the concept of being king, this his thoughts are getting ever darker

Question 20

“Let not light see my black and deep desires”

Answer 20

Macbeth Act 1 Scene 4
Manichean imagery suggests that Macbeth wants to hide his true desires from the “light”, which could have connotations of a diety, in this case, most probably God as Scotland is a very Catholic country in this time period. This all illustrates Macbeth’s desires to be that of evil and thus is dramatic irony of his lust to perform regicide

Question 21

“And chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round”

Answer 21

Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 5
Illustrates that Lady Macbeth is attempting to convince Macbeth that he should perform regicide to become liking, this is significant as this want to manipulate Macbeth instigates a line of murders committed by Macbeth or due to Macbeth, which in turn leads to the demise of his mental state

Question 22

“then you were a man”

Answer 22

Lady Macbeth- Act 1 Scene 7
This act of emasculation is an attempt to manipulate Mcbeth into killing Duncan, which instigates the demise of Macbeth’s mental state

Question 23

“Is this a dagger which I see before me”

Answer 23

Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 1
This use of a rhetorical question amplifies the theme of paranoia as it presents Macbeth having hallucinations, thus illustrating the demise of his mindset

Question 24

“I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more: Macbeth does murder sleep”

Answer 24

Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 2
This amplifies the idea of the demise of Macbeths’ mental state, as it suggests that he hears voices in addition to not being able to sleep due to his increased paranoia

Question 25

“Will all Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No”

Answer 25

Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 2
Suggests that the blood on his hand will not wash off due to its seemingly limitless volume, suggesting that he is visualising bloody hands.

Question 26

“My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white”

Answer 26

Lady Macbeth- Act 2 Scene 2
This metaphor amplifies the idea that Lady Macbeth uses humiliation to manipulate Macbeth, in this case, it is to make him act innocent as she is calling him a coward, as he is worried about the regicide that he has just performed, thus she is trying to make him be more manly, and brave. Therefore, she calls him a coward top make him act less cowardly so he will not be suspiciously guilty

Question 27

“To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus”

Answer 27

Macbeth- Act 3 Scene 1
He doesn’t care about being king, he wants to be safe. This presents the evolution of his paranoia as once he wanted to be king now this doesn’t matter to him, he just wants to be safe with a good lineage

Question 28

“We have scorch’d the snake, not kill’d it”

Answer 28

Macbeth- Act 3 Scene 2
This religious metaphor amplifies the idea of Macbeths’ paranoia, as he has not yet killed Duncans children

Question 29

“In the affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly”

Answer 29

Macbeth- Act 3 Scene 2
Presents the idea that Macbeth cant sleep due to the paranoia forming into nightmares

Question 30

“O, full of the scorpions is my mind, dear wife!”

Answer 30

Macbeth- Act 3 Scene 2
This exclamatory metaphor illustrates the stress that Macbeth is feeling by suggesting that he has a headache. This illustrates an increase in the paranoia felt by Macbeth as his paranoia has now evolved into causing Macbeth physical pain and torment

Question 31

“I am in blood stepp’d in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er”

Answer 31

Macbeth- Act 3 Scene 4
This illustrates Macbeths’ guilt as it suggests that Macbeth cant redeem himself