Macbeth 3 &4

Question 1

Change in Macbeth after he banishes Banquo’s ghost:

Answer 1

1. ) Resigned to violence and bloodshed:
   - “Blood will have blood.”
   - “Stepped in so far… was as tedious as go’er”
2. ) Decided there will be no conflict between thought and action:
   - “Strange things I have in my head will to hand.”
3. ) Seeks out evil for the first time:
   - “I will to the weird sisters.”
4. ) Suspicious/mistrusting/deceptive:
   - Spy placed in Macduff’s home.

Question 2

Act 4, Scene 2: Macbeth’s cruelty and her lack of humanity is highlighted in this scene as he murders the innocence

Answer 2

Lady Macbeth and son, which are the opposite of Macbeth

Question 3

Act 4, Scene 1: Witches empower and endanger Macbeth with a sense of invisibility

Answer 3

1. ) “None of woman born shall hard Macbeth.”
   - “Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill.”
2. ) M becomes demanding and all powerful
   - “Answer me”
   - “let me know.”
3. ) M becomes utterly evil and devoid of a conscience in this scene. Ge replaces to witches as the embodiment of evil.
   - “The castle of Macduff I will surprise.”
4. ) He reaffirms his determination that the “very firstlings of [his] heart shall be the firstlings of [his] hand.”
   - Leads Macbeth to become rash which brings him to his eventual downfall.