Macbeth Quotes - Act 1, Scene 2

Question 1

The Captain says Macbeth is brave

Answer 1

‘brave MacBeth – well he deserves that name’ (Captain)

Question 2

The Captain calls him a god’s minion

Answer 2

‘Like Valour’s minion carv’d out his passage’ (Captain)

Question 3

How Macbeth executes a traitor

Answer 3

‘Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps

And fixed his head upon our battlements’ (Captain)

Question 4

Duncan asks if Macbeth and Banquo got scared

Answer 4

‘Dismay’d not this our captains, MacBeth and Banquo?’ (Duncan)

Question 5

The Captain says sarcastically how scared they were

Answer 5

‘Yes, as sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion’ (Captain)

Question 6

The Captain compares Macbeth to Jesus

Answer 6

‘meant to bathe in reeking wounds

Or memorise another Golgotha’ (Captain)

Question 7

The Captain calls him the husband of a godess

Answer 7

‘Bellona’s bridegroom’ (Captain)

Question 8

Duncan declares Macbeths new title

Answer 8

‘Go pronounce his present death

And with his former title greet MacBeth’ (Duncan)

Question 9

Duncan yet again mentions Macbeths new title

Answer 9

‘What he hath lost, noble MacBeth hath won’ (Duncan)