Macbeth - Macbeth

Question 1

How is Macbeth presented at the start of the play?

Answer 1

“brave Macbeth”
“Valiant cousin”
“Bellona’s bridegroom”

Question 2

Macbeth wants to hide his true intentions:

Answer 2

“Stars hide your fires… Let not light see my black and deep desires”

“Full of scorpions is my mind”

Question 3

Macbeth is aware that he will be punished:

Answer 3

“Bloody inventions…return to plague th’ inventor”

Question 4

Dagger soliloquy:

Answer 4

“Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”
“Fatal vision”

Question 5

Macbeth feels GUILT after murdering Duncan:

Answer 5

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood”

Question 6

How is Macbeth’s vaulting ambition and need for killing portrayed?

Answer 6

“We’ve scorched the snake not killed it” (metaphor for the enemies/opps)
+ Banquo’s murder
+ Macduff’s family’s murder

Question 7

Macbeth realises the meaninglessness of life: nihilistic view

Answer 7

“She should have died hereafter”
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow”
“Out, out, brief candle!”

Question 8

Macbeth thinks he is invincible due to the 2nd set of prophecies:

Answer 8

I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield
To one of woman born.

Question 9

How is Macbeth described by the end of the play? - (Antithesis)

Answer 9

“Tyrant”
“Hellhound”
“dead butcher”