Violence Quotes

Question 1

through Macbeth’s skills in battle

Answer 1

“His brandish’d steel Which smok’d with bloody execution” (Act 1, Scene 2)

Question 2

through the presentation of Macbeth as a fierce warrior

Answer 2

“Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps” (Act 1, Scene 2)

Question 3

through Macbeth’s murder of Duncan

Answer 3

“I go, and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell” (Act 2, Scene 1)

Question 4

through the symbol of blood

Answer 4

“Go get some water And wash this filthy witness from your hand” (Act 2, Scene 2)

Question 5

Macbeth’s betrayal of Banquo

Answer 5

“It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul’s flight, If it find heaven, must find it out tonight” (Act 3, Scene 1)

Question 6

through the cycle of bloodshed caused by Macbeth

Answer 6

“blood will have blood” (Act 3, Scene 4)

Question 7

through the murder of Macduff’s family

Answer 7

through the murder of Macduff’s family: “Your castle is surpris’d; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered” (Act 4, Scene 3)

Question 8

through Lady Macbeth’s reflection on Duncan’s murder

Answer 8

“who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him” (Act 5, Scene 1)

Question 9

to control Macbeth’s thoughts

Answer 9

“my slaughterous thoughts” (Act 5, Scene 5)