MacBeth

Question 1

Quote that shows the witches’ subversion of nature and is repeated by Macbeth in A1S3

Answer 1

Witches- ‘fair is foul and foul is fair.’ A1S1

Question 2

Quote that shows Macbeth’s bravery

Answer 2

Sargent - ‘unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps.’ A1S2

Question 3

Quote that foreshadows Macbeth’s betrayal

Answer 3

Ross - ‘That most disloyal traitor, the thane of cawdor.’ A1S2

Question 4

Quote that shows Macbeth’s captivation with the witches

Answer 4

Macbeth - ‘melted as breath into the wind. Would the had stayed.’ A1S3

Question 5

Quote that shows Banquo’s disbelief of the witches

Answer 5

Banquo - ‘Have we eaten on the insane root?’ A1S3

Question 6

Quote that shows the King’s debt to Macbeth

Answer 6

Ross - ‘His praises do contend which should be thine or his.’ A1S3

Question 7

Quote that shows Macbeth disbelief that he has been made TOC

Answer 7

Macbeth - ‘Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?’ A1S3

Question 8

Quote that shows Banquo warning Macbeth of evil.

Answer 8

Banquo - ‘The instruments of darkness tell us truths; win us with honest trifles to betray in deepest consequence.’ A1S3

Question 9

Quote that shows Macbeth’s misgivings at killing Duncan

Answer 9

Macbeth - ‘Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs.’ A1S3

Question 10

Quote from King Duncan showing the debt he owes to Macbeth

Answer 10

Duncan - ‘More is thy due than all can pay.’ A1S4

Question 11

quote that shows MacBeth plotting his usurping of the king by eliminating his heir.

Answer 11

Macbeth - ‘That is a step on which I must fall down or else o’erleap.’ A1S4

Question 12

Quote showing Lady Macbeth questioning Macbeth’s masculinity

Answer 12

Lady MacBeth - ‘Too full of the milk of human kindness.’ A1S5

Question 13

Quote showing Lady Macbeth asking for strength

Answer 13

Lady Macbeth - ‘Take my milk for gall.’ A1S5

Question 14

Quote of lady Macbeth commanding MacBeth to be discreet.

Answer 14

Lady MacBeth - ‘ Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t.’ A1S5

Question 15

Quote showing that Macbeth understands the repercussions of killing Duncan.

Answer 15

MacBeth - ‘We’d jump the life to come.’ A1S7

Question 16

Quote showing Lady Macbeth pressuring Macbeth into murder

Answer 16

Lady MacBeth - ‘Plucked the boneless gums from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out had I so sworn as you have done this.’ A1S7

Question 17

Quote showing Macbeth refusing to murder Duncan at first.

Answer 17

MacBeth - ‘I dare do all that may become a man, who dares do more is none.’ A1S7

Question 18

Quote showing Macbeth’s resignation to the deed

Answer 18

Macbeth - ‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know.’ A1S7

Question 19

Quote showing Lady MacBeth giving an excuse to not kill Duncan herself.

Answer 19

Lady MacBeth - ‘Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t.’ A2S2

Question 20

Quote showing MacBeth’s start on a path of evil after having murdered Duncan.

Answer 20

Macbeth - ‘They had seen me with these hangman’s hands [..] I could not say Amen’ A2S2

Question 21

Quote showing MacBeth’s regret at killing Duncan

Answer 21

Macbeth - ‘Had I but died an hour before this chance i had liv’d a blessed time.’ A2S3

Question 22

Quote showing how Duncan’s murder has upset the natural order.

Answer 22

Old Man - ‘A falcon, towering in her pride of place,

Was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d.’ A2S4

Question 23

Quote form MacBeth showing his paranoia about Banquo.

Answer 23

Macbeth - ‘To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep.’ A3S1

Question 24

Quote from MacBeth showing his paranoia about his enemies in general.

Answer 24

MacBeth - ‘We have scorched the snake, not killed it.’ A3S3

Question 25

Quote from MacBeth showing that he knows his actions will have consequences on earth.

Answer 25

MacBeth - ‘Blood will have blood.’ A3S4

Question 26

Quote showing witches referring to Macbeth as evil.

Answer 26

Witches - W ‘Something wicked this way comes’ A4S1

Question 27

Stage direction showing Banquo’s sons

Answer 27

A show of Eight Kings, the last with a glass in his hand; GHOST OF BANQUO following’ A4S1

Question 28

Quote showing MacDuff’s lamenting over Scotland

Answer 28

Macduff - ‘Oh nation miserable!’ A4S3

Question 29

Quote showing Lady MacBeth’s Guilt

Answer 29

Lady MacBeth - ‘Out, damned spot! Out, I say!’ A5S1

Question 30

Quote from Lady MacBeth graphically showing her guilt

Answer 30

Lady MacBeth - ‘Who would have tought the old man to have had so much blood in him?’ A5S1

Question 31

Quote referencing clothing and MacBeth’s downfall.

Answer 31

Angus - ‘Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief.’ A5S2

Question 32

MacBeth’s reaction to Lady MacBeth’s death

Answer 32

Macbeth - ‘She should have died hereafter’ A5S5

Question 33

MacBeth trying to understand life

Answer 33

Macbeth - ‘it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’ A5S5

Question 34

MacBeth resigning himself to fight

Answer 34

MacBeth - ‘They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, but bear-like I must fight the course.’ A5S7

Question 35

Stage direction showing MacBeth’s death

Answer 35

Re-enter MACDUFF, with MACBETH’s head