character analysis : macbeth xx

Question 1

1. how does macbeth change from the beginning of the play to the end?

Answer 1

he is a brave warrior and a leader at the start but at the end of the play after he lets his ambition takeover and after murdering many people he realises that he is doomed and briefly returns to his heroic self.

Question 2

2. what a soliloquy?

Answer 2

a speech performed by a character, often depicting that person thinking or talking aloud to his or herself

Question 3

3. is macbeth confident in killing the king?

Answer 3

no, he repeatedly questions himself about his motives for killing the king but is eventually persuaded to continue by his forceful wife

Question 4

4. what does macbeth find himself in after killing duncan?

Answer 4

a spiral of evil which he saw no escape

Question 5

5. how did his actions change as he continues to kill

Answer 5

his actions become less heroic and more cowardly as he continues to murder and terrorise others in order to hold on to his power

Question 6

6. how is macbeth ambitious?

Answer 6

at the beginning macbeth is thane of glamis. he quickly becomes the more powerful Thane of Cawdor and then murders his way to become and remain king of scotland. Witches predictions seem to waken the ambition already in him and he is spurred on by himself

Question 7

7. how is macbeth brave?

Answer 7

start of the play, macbeth shows that he is a mighty warrior when he leads scottish troops to victory over an invading force.

duncan, the king rewards him by making him thane of cawdor.

at the end of the play, when he knows he is about to die, macbeth regains some of his old bravery, as he faces macduff in single combat

Question 8

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