| Which of the following is a theme from Macbeth? | Ambition unchecked can lead to corruption. |
| Which theme from Macbeth do these lines support?If good, why do I yield to that suggestionWhose horrid image doth unfix my hairAnd make my seated heart knock at my ribs,Against the use of nature? | Ambition unchecked can lead to corruption. |
| In a response of three to five sentences, explain how Macbeth changes throughout the scene in this lesson. Use the lines from Group A, when he first hears the weird sisters’ greeting, and Group B, the aside he makes after he learns he has been named Thane of Cawdor, to support your answer.Group ABy Sinel’s death I know I am Thane of Glamis;But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives,A prosperous gentleman; and to be KingStands not within the prospect of belief,No more than to be Cawdor. Group B[Aside.] Two truths are told,As happy prologues to the swelling actOf the imperial (royal) theme-…If good, why do I yield to that suggestionWhose horrid image doth unfix my hairAnd make my seated heart knock at my ribs,Against the use of nature? Present fearsAre less than horrible imaginings:My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,Shakes so my single state of man that functionIs smother’d in surmise, and nothing isBut what is not. | Macbeth finds it unbelievable that he should be called King or Thane of Cawdor. He thinks it is very strange and demands to know why. However, once he realizes he has miraculously indeed inherited both of these titles, he only wonders if the weird sisters’ are right of the third, “King.” His mind races, changing him to think out-of-character thoughts for him. Macbeth struggles to decide what action to take, but even considers murdering the king to make this part of the weird sisters’ prediction true. |
English 4, 1.05 Macbeth Language and Themes Quiz
July 6, 2019