Scene 5 Act 1

Question 1

Lady Macbeth, fears about Macbeth’s nature

Answer 1

“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature, it is too full o’the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way,”

Question 2

Lady Macbeth, planning how she will convince Macbeth to kill the King

Answer 2

“Hie thee hither, that I may pour spirits in thine ear, and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round,”

Question 3

Lady Macbeth, speaking of Duncan will not be safe under her battlements

Answer 3

“The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements,”

Question 4

Lady Macbeth, asking the spirits to unsex her

Answer 4

“Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty,”

Question 5

Lady Macbeth, wanting her milk to become gall

Answer 5

“And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,”

Question 6

Lady Macbeth, greeting her husband with his foretold title

Answer 6

“Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter,”

Question 7

Lady Macbeth, describing Duncan’s fate

Answer 7

“O, never shall sun that marrow see,”

Question 8

Lady Macbeth, telling Macbeth how he should act

Answer 8

“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it,”