Macbeth

Question 1

‘by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes’ - witches A4S1

Question 2

“Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair”- witches A1S1

supernatural

Answer 2

A01 - shows their reversing the good and the bad
A02 - alliteration/repetition shows they keep causing trouble
A03 - king James wrote a called demonology explaining how we should kill the witches because they reverse the bad and the good

Question 3

“Out damned spot!, out i say” - lady macbeth A5S1

Answer 3

shows guilt

Question 4

“When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain? - witches A1S1

Question 5

All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! - witches A1S3

supernatural , ambition

Question 6

“A deed without a name.” - witches A4S1

supernatural

Question 7

‘double , double , toil and trouble’ - witches A4S1

supernatural

Question 8

‘come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here’ - lady macbeth A1S5

ambition , supernatural

Question 9

‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’ - lady macbeth
A1S5

reality vs appearance

Question 10

‘when you durst do it then be a man’ - lady macbeth A1S5

reality vs apperances

Question 11

‘o valiant cousin , worthy gentlemen’ - King Duncan

themes = loyaltly and guilt

A1S1

Answer 11

adjective (worthy and valiant) = praising Macbeth quality
exclamatory sentence = king Duncan has amazing noble qualities , he is very quick to recognise great deeds of his men (he illustrates what a rightful king should do)
theme = King Duncan is incredibly loyal and generous towards his men
context = Scotland was powerful as everyone respected their position in Great Chain of Being (he is used to illustrate when a country has the rightful king who has been chosen by God in through the divine right of kings is in power)

Question 12

‘o valiant cousin , worthy gentlemen’ - King Duncan

themes = loyaltly and guilt

A1S1

Answer 12

adjective (worthy and valiant) = praising Macbeth quality
exclamatory sentence = king Duncan has amazing noble qualities , he is very quick to recognise great deeds of his men (he illustrates what a rightful king should do)
theme = King Duncan is incredibly loyal and generous towards his men
context = Scotland was powerful as everyone respected their position in Great Chain of Being (he is used to illustrate when a country has the rightful king who has been chosen by God in through the divine right of kings is in power)

Question 13

‘My worthy Cawdor’ - King Duncan

themes = kingship

A1S3

Answer 13

pronoun (my) = shows how proud King Duncan is of Macbeth
exclamatory sentence = he is so excited of what Macbeth has achieved and hes not stingy with his promotions (this makes him a really good king)
theme = King Duncan juxtaposes Macbeth as he is the rightful king and Macbeth is not.
context = Shakespeare uses him to reflect the noble values of the ruling monarchs at the time - Queen Elizabeth I/ King James I/VI (both these monarchs deserved to be king and queen , they show what happens to England when the rightful monarch is in place)

Question 14

‘o worthiest cousin! The sin of my ingratitude even now was heavy on me’ - King Duncan

themes = kingship

A1S4

Answer 14

exclamatory sentence and abstract noun (ingratitude) = king Duncan is incredibly humble and hes a really good leader.
Shakespeare uses him to reflect the noble values of the ruling monarch at the time: Queen Elizabeth I and King James I/VI.