Macbeth Quotes - Act 2 Scene 1

Question 1

Darkness motif

Answer 1

“there’s husbandry in heaven; their candles are all out”

Question 2

Banquo resists the prophecy

Answer 2

“A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, and yet I would not sleep. Merciful powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to in repose”

Question 3

Banquo - clueless to the crimes

Answer 3

“The kings a-bed. He hath been in unusual pleasure”
“the diamond he greets your wife withal”

Question 4

Banquo’s loyalty

Answer 4

“My bosom franchised and allegiance clear”

Question 5

Macbeth lies about the prophecy

Answer 5

“I think not of them”

Question 6

Macbeth’s cheeky suggestion

Answer 6

“If you shall cleave to my consent, when ‘tis, it shall make honour for you”

Question 7

Macbeth’s hallucination

Answer 7

“Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle towards my hand”
“Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not and yet I see thee still”

Question 8

Unnatural

Answer 8

“Nature seems dead”

Question 9

Murder

Answer 9

“I go and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell”