Saturday

Question 1

Lady Macduff compares MacDou’s flight to an unnatural act, implying that even a small bird would defend his family. Her lament highlights her feelings of abandonment and foreshadows are danger that will soon befall them

Answer 1

He loves us, not; he wants the natural touch; for the poor wren, the diminutive of birds, will fight, her young ones in her nest, against the owl

Question 2

As she speaks with Ross, Lady McDowell reflects on the current state of the world, where evil deeds are rewarded and good people are punished

Answer 2

I am in this earthly world, where to do harm is often laudable, to do good sometime accounted dangerous Folly