Macduff

Question 1

What phrase expresses the horror of the situation in Act 2, Scene 3?

Answer 1

O horror, horror, horror/Tongue nor hear cannot conceive, nor name thee

Question 2

What does the phrase ‘Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope’ refer to?

Answer 2

The Lord’s anointed temple and stole thence the life o’th’building

Question 3

What does the line ‘bleed, bleed, poor country/Great tyranny’ signify in Act 4, Scene 3?

Answer 3

The suffering of the country under tyranny

Question 4

What question does Malcolm pose about the fitness to govern in Act 4, Scene 3?

Answer 4

Fit to govern?/No, not to live. O nation miserable!

Question 5

Who refers to Macduff as ‘this noble passion,/Child of integrity’?

Answer 5

Malcolm

Question 6

What does Macduff express when he says, ‘But I must also feel it as a man’?

Answer 6

His acknowledgment of grief and humanity

Question 7

What does the phrase ‘Let me find him, Fortune’ signify in Act 5, Scene 7?

Answer 7

A plea for fate to bring him to the confrontation

Question 8

What is significant about the line ‘Macduff was from his mother’s womb/ Untimely ripped’?

Answer 8

It indicates Macduff’s unique birth that makes him a threat to Macbeth