Macbeth 2&3

Question 1

Role Reversal

Answer 1

• Macbeth leads the way with the plan to kill Banquo (“go with me”)
• He protects her this time, “Be innocent of the knowledge”
• Manipulates the murderers
• Has no moral compass

Question 2

Cunning/Deceptive

Answer 2

Asks Banquo a series of questions to decipher his whereabouts that evening.

Question 3

Perspective

Answer 3

He fears Banquo’s character because he reads his attributes perfectly: B is wise and noble (“royalty of nature”)

Question 4

Macbeth banishes the ghost of Banquo

Answer 4

• The turning point of this character
• Symbolic for banishing in his conscience. At this point he descends into tyranny.
• “Unreal mockery hence.”

Question 5

Overly ambitious/Greed for power

Answer 5

• “safely thus”
• “Fruitless crown”
• Now he wants to challenge faith and the witches prophecy.

Question 6

Unstable emotionally

Answer 6

“Then comes my fit again.”

Question 7

Performs the role of king and loyal friend to perfection. Doesn’t need his wife to prop him up.

Answer 7

• “false face”

- “I’ll request your presence” to B

Question 8

Is Macbeth descending into the world of darkness and evil?

Answer 8

• Without hesitation, he murdered 2 innocent men.

Question 9

Guilty conscience

Answer 9

“…rancours in the vessel of my peace.”

Question 10

The scene (A2, S3) Macbeth is changed and in control now

Answer 10

“meet i’the hall.”

Question 11

Manipulative just like Lady Macbeth

Answer 11

He convinces the men to commit the crime/the murder of Banquo by questioning their manhood.

Question 12

Shrews: ASks Banquo a series of pointed questions without igniting suspicion

Answer 12

“Ride you this afternoon”

Question 13

Ruthless

Answer 13

“Whos absence is no less material to me than his father’s.”

“Tis’ better there without than he within.”