Macbeth

Question 1

Point for Ambition at the Beginning

Answer 1

Ambition is presented as only achievable and attainable if one possesses stereotypically male attributes.

Question 2

Quotations for Ambition at the Beginning

Answer 2

‘I do fear thy is too full o’th’milk of human kindness.’

‘Thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it.’

‘two truths are told as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme.’

Question 3

Point for Ambition in the Middle

Answer 3

The fulfilling of ambitions is presented as only rewarding if fulfilled honourably.

Question 4

Quotations for Ambition in the Middle

Answer 4

‘Nought’s had, all’s spent.’

‘tis safer to be that which we destroy than in destruction dwell in doubtful joy.’

‘To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus.’

Question 5

Point for Ambition at the End

Answer 5

Ambition is presented as only dangerous if unchecked.

Question 6

Quotations for Ambition at the End

Answer 6

‘Let me find him, Fortune, and more I beg not.’

‘dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds.’

‘His title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief.’

Question 7

Point for Betrayal at the Beginning

Answer 7

Betrayal is presented as common, albeit not to the magnitude of Macbeth.

Question 8

Quotations for Betrayal at the Beginning

Answer 8

‘Assisted by the most disloyal traitor the Thane of Cawdor.’

‘There is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.’

‘There’s daggers in men’s smiles.’

Question 8

Point for Betrayal in the Middle

Answer 8

Betrayal is presented as expected by Macbeth as he did not earn his place, so does not expect others to either. He will do whatever it takes to avoid this.

Question 9

Quotations for Betrayal in the Middle

Answer 9

‘To be thus is nothing but to be safely thus.’

‘I’ll make assurance double sure.’

‘The castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon Fife, give th’edge of the sword, his wife, his babes.’

Question 10

Point for Betrayal at the End

Answer 10

Betrayal is presented as an act that can be partaken in for the greater good.

Question 11

Quotations for Betrayal at the End

Answer 11

‘Let me find him, Fortune, and more I beg not.’

‘To leave his wife, to leave his babes, his mansion and his titles in a place from whence himself does fly?’

‘Dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds.’

Question 12

Point for Lady Macbeth at the Beginning

Answer 12

Lady Macbeth is presented as wishing to rid herself of her feminine characteristics in exchange for male attributes in order to fulfil her ambitions.

Question 13

Quotations for Lady Macbeth at the beginning

Answer 13

‘Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty.’

‘Take my milk for gall.’

‘look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’n’t.’

Question 14

Point for Lady Macbeth in the Middle

Answer 14

Lady Macbeth is presented as pessimistic about her situation, as she understands that they have worked so hard for nothing.

Question 15

Quotations for Lady Macbeth in the Middle

Answer 15

‘Nought’s had, all’s spent.’

‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy, than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.’

‘What’s done is done.’

Question 16

Point for Lady Macbeth at the End

Answer 16

Lady Macbeth is presented as going mad with guilt from her and Macbeth’s actions and crimes.

Question 17

Quotations for Lady Macbeth at the End

Answer 17

‘Out, damned spot! Out, I say!’

‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.’

‘The old man to have so much blood in him.’

‘To bed, to bed!’

‘What’s done cannot be undone.’

Question 18

Point for the Supernatural at the Beginning

Answer 18

The supernatural is presented as neither good, nor evil, but very powerful.

Question 19

Quotations for the Supernatural at the Beginning

Answer 19

‘Fair is foul and foul is fair.’

‘In thunder, lightning, or in rain?’

‘Is this a dagger which I see before me.’

‘To win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths…to betray’s in deepest consequence.’

Question 20

Point for the Supernatural in the Middle

Answer 20

The supernatural is presented as only being able to affect thoughts and opinions, not physical problems.

Question 21

Quotations for the Supernatural in the Middle

Answer 21

‘Never shake thy gory locks at me!’

‘Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren sceptre in my grip.’

‘A dagger of the mind, a false creation.’

‘the man would die and there an end; but now they rise again.’

Question 22

Point for the Supernatural at the End

Answer 22

The Supernatural is presented as being able to drastically affect multiple people, not just one.

Question 22

Quotations for the Supernatural at the End

Answer 22

‘My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still.’

‘Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.’

Question 23

Point for Guilt at the Beginning

Answer 23

Guilt is presented as leaving a physical mark the mind of the offender.

Question 24

Quotations for Guilt at the Beginning

Answer 24

‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand?’

‘I am afraid to think what I have done.’’

But wherefore could not I pronounce “Amen”? I had most need of blessing, and “Amen”. Stuck in my throat.

‘And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before. There’s no such thing”

Question 25

Point for Guilt in the Middle

Answer 25

Guilt is presented as the result of fulfilling ambition dishonourably and preventing the offenders enjoying their newfound comfort.

Question 26

Quotations for Guilt in the Middle

Answer 26

‘I am in blood stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious a go over’

‘Tis better to be that which we destroy, than in destruction dwell in doubtful joy.’

‘O full of scorpions is my mind.’

Question 27

Point for Guilt at the End

Answer 27

Guilt is presented as driving the offender mad as it tears up their mind.

Question 28

Quotations for Guilt at the End

Answer 28

‘Out, damned spot! Out, I say!’

‘Here’s the smell of blood still. All perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’

‘To bed, to bed…To bed, to bed, to bed.’

‘There’s knocking at the gate.’

‘What’s done cannot be undone.’

Question 29

Point for Loyalty at the Beginning

Answer 29

Loyalty is presented as common at the time, however Lady Macbeth and Macbeth seek to earn their own good fortune through disloyalty.

Question 30

Quotations for Loyalty at the Beginning

Answer 30

‘most disloyal traitor, the Thane of Cawdor’

‘There is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.’

‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.’

Question 31

Point for Loyalty in the Middle

Answer 31

Disloyalty is presented as punishable by death under the rule of Macbeth

Question 32

Quotations for Loyalty in the Middle

Answer 32

‘Upon the castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon Fife, give the edge of the sword to his wife, his babes.’

‘To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus.’

Question 33

Point for Loyalty at the End

Answer 33

Loyalty is presented as predominantly done to a higher power.

Question 34

Quotation for Loyalty at the End

Answer 34

‘Dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds.’

‘Now feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief.’