Macbeth characters

Question 1

Duncan

Answer 1

Generous

Well-respected

Question 2

Quotes to describe Duncan

Answer 2

“More is thy due than all can pay” He can’t pay Macbeth enough
“This Duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office” he is fair and just in leadership
“Tears shall drown the wind” Macbeth describing Duncan’s death, he is well liked

Question 3

Macbeth

Answer 3

Courageous
Ambitious
Has a sympathetic side
Guilty-conscious

Question 4

Quotes to describe Macbeth

Answer 4

“For brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name”
“The prince of Cumberland: That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o’er-leap,”
“Yet I do fear thy nature; it is too full o’the milk of human kindness” lady Macbeth describing him
“Avaunt, and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;” Macbeth when he sees Banquo’s ghost

Question 5

Banquo

Answer 5

Noble
Questioning
Understanding

Question 6

Quotes to describe Banquo

Answer 6

“Our fears in Banquo Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be feared.” Macbeth describing him
“Noble Banquo that hast no less deserved” -Duncan
“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence.” Banquo not trusting the witches

Question 7

Lady Macbeth

Answer 7

Ambitious
Cunning
Quick thinking
Persuasive

Question 8

Quotes to describe Lady Macbeth

Answer 8

“All our service, In every point twice done and then done double, Were poor and single business to contend” exaggerating welcome to Duncan
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One, two. Why then ‘tis time to do’t. Hell is murky.”
“Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull Of direst cruelty: make thick my blood, Stop up th’access and passage to remorse,” wants to feel powerful and ruthless