Macbeth

Question 1

This hallucination symbolises Macbeth’s internal conflict—he is torn between his ambition and his morality. The dagger, leading him toward Duncan’s chamber, suggests he feels fated to commit murder. It also foreshadows the violence and paranoia that will consume him later.

Answer 1

“Is this a dagger which I see before me, / the handle toward my hand”

Question 2

Fruit

Answer 2

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown

Question 3

Macbeth compares his murders to wading through a river of blood—he has gone so far that turning back is as difficult as continuing forward. This shows his moral corruption and how his initial hesitation has been replaced by a complete surrender to violence and tyranny.

Answer 3

“I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er.”

Question 4

“Yield” implies of a loss of agency, already submitting to dark forces, suggesting ambition makes him weak.
The rhetorical questioning reveals Macbeth’s internal conflict, he instinctively knows the witches prophecy is evil, but his ambition tempts him to entertain it

Answer 4

“If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / whose horrid imagine unfix my hair”

Question 5

The verb “stay”, shoes macbeths desperation and impatience, suggesting he is immediately captivated by the witches supernatural promises
The phrase “imperfect speakers”, shows Macbeth’s awareness that their knowledge is incomplete and unnatural, but he still chooses to trust them, ambition makes him complicit with evil”

Answer 5

“Stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more”