Quotes: Act 1 Scene 6

Question 1

King Duncan complimenting Macbeth’s castle

Answer 1

“This castle hath a pleasant seat”

King Duncan

Question 2

Lady Macbeth conceal her true nature when she greets Duncan

Answer 2

“All our service, in every point twice done, and then done double, were poor and single business to contend against those honours deep and broad wherewith your majesty loads our house”

Lady Macbeth

Question 3

Lady Macbeth tells Duncan that she and Macbeth are loyal to him forever.

Answer 3

“Your servants ever”

Lady Macbeth

Question 4

Where is the irony in this scene?

Answer 4

Irony predominates throughout the scene.
The chief victim, Duncan enters the place of his execution full of praise for the beauty of its setting and surroundings.
He compliments Lady Macbeth, the chief architect of his murder.
She, in turn, is eloquently convincing in her protestations of loyalty to the man she intends to make her victim.

Question 5

How is the irony of Duncan’s situation visually expressed in this scene?

Answer 5

At the close of the scene when Lady Macbeth leads him by the hand into the castle and to his doom.

Question 6

How does Duncan interpret Macbeth’s haste?

Answer 6

He interprets Macbeth’s haste in reaching the castle before him as a sign of great love and consideration.