1) What do the nurse (gentlewoman) and the doctor see?
Macbeth sleep-walking and constantly washing her hands.2) What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!...will these hands never be clean.”
She is trying to wash the blood of her stand but is so overwhelmed with guilt it is nearly impossible to get out.3) What is wrong with Lady Macbeth at this point of the play?
She's gone crazy with the guilt or the spirits that have taken over her body.
She's gone crazy with the guilt or the spirits that have taken over her body.
Scene 2
1) What happens in this scene?
1) What happens in this scene?
The Scottish forces and the English forces begin collaborating
What new characters are introduced?
Angus, Caithness, Meintith
Why?
To show how massive the amount of people that are against Macbeth.
2) What is the significance of the scene?
To show the amount of people from Scotland as well as England that want to overthrow Macbeth.3) What is meant when Caithness says, “Some say he’d mad; others that lesser hate him do call it valiant fury”?
Some say he's crazy, others see it as bravery.
Some say he's crazy, others see it as bravery.
Scene 3
1) How would you describe Macbeth’s attitude and mood in this scene? He seems nervous and somewhat scared and goes over the divisions to reinforce himself.
2) Why isn’t Macbeth afraid?
1) How would you describe Macbeth’s attitude and mood in this scene? He seems nervous and somewhat scared and goes over the divisions to reinforce himself.
2) Why isn’t Macbeth afraid?
Because no one born a woman is able to defeat him, and did not believe that the woods will ever attack his castle.
Do his soldier’s seem afraid?
Yes.
Why or why not?
Because they know that Macbeth has become crazy.
Scene 4
1) What does Malcolm order the soldiers to do?
To cut down the limbs of trees and use them as camouflage.
Scene 5
1) What is meant when Macbeth says, “She should have died here-after”? She should have died later so he would be able to mourn for her death when he is not busy in the midst of a war.
2) What is the significance of the following quote, “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is told no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”?
1) What is meant when Macbeth says, “She should have died here-after”? She should have died later so he would be able to mourn for her death when he is not busy in the midst of a war.
2) What is the significance of the following quote, “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is told no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”?
Life is meaningless and a brief thing that means nothing, it is coming for them.
Scene 6
1) What is important about this scene?
Scene 6
1) What is important about this scene?
It is important because it is when the English and Scottish forces reach Dunsinane.
Scene 7
1) Who does Macbeth kill in this scene?
1) Who does Macbeth kill in this scene?
Young Siward
What is significant about this death?
It shows that Macbeth cannot be killed by anyone woman-born.
Scene 8
1) What happens in this scene?
Scene 8
1) What happens in this scene?
Macduff confronts Macbeth and kills him
2) Why does Macbeth lose heart in the fight against Macduff?
2) Why does Macbeth lose heart in the fight against Macduff?
He learns that Macduff was untimely ripped from his mother's whom.
3) Who is named king at the end of the play?
3) Who is named king at the end of the play?
Malcolm
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