Macbeth Act 2 Section 1 Flashcards
What do the lines btwn Banquo and Fleance reveal about the setting?
A- 12 or later
B- very dark and no stars
What was the Elizabethan theatrical custom for setting the scene?
it was customary for the actors lines to set the scene
What is Banquo’s state of mind?
very tired but unable to sleep bc he is worried
How has Duncan shown his appreciation for the hospitality he has been shown?
He was praised Lady Macbeth as a perfect hostess and given her a diamond and gives money to the servants
What is the irony in Macbeth’s words: “Being unprepared, Our will became the servant to defect, Which else should free have wrought.”?
If they had had more warning, there hospitality would have been more lavish but really murder was there preparation
When Macbeth asks Banquo to speak w/him at some time about the witches, what is Banquo’s reply?
He will as long as he can do it with a clear consience and it doesn’t conflict w/his loyalty to the King
What is Macbeth really saying when he says to the servant “Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready, She strike upon the bell.”?
it’s a signal that the guards are drunk
In Macbeth’s 2nd soliloquy, how is his state of mind revealed?
unable to separate reality and imaginings he sees a dagger flouting toward him
I he arguing w/his conscience here as in his 1st soliloquy?
No, he is imagining blood on his dagger
Is he committed to the murder?
Yes, says at end, it is not a time for words but for action
What are Macbeth’s words when he hears the bell?
I go and it is done, the bell invites me hear it not Duncan, for it is a Knell that summons the heaven or to hell
