But all’s too weak … execution | But all’s too weak for brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution |
Which ne’er shook….battlements | Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseamed him from the nave to th’chops, And fixed his head upon our battlements |
The merciless Macdonwald …upon him | The merciless Macdonwald – worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him |
who came to fight for the rebels from Ireland? | kerns and gallowglasses |
What did the Norwegian lord do when the kerns had only just been defeated? | But the Norweyan Lord, surveying vantage, With fresh arms and new supplies of men, Began a fresh assault |
The Captain’s reply to Duncan’s question, whether this didn’t alarm Banquo and Macbeth? | Yes – As sparrows eagles or the hare the lion, If I say sooth I must report they were As cannons overcharged with double cracks |
What does Ross call the Thane of Cawdor? | that most disloyal traitor |
What does Duncan say decisively regarding the Thane of Cawdor? | “No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death, And with his former title greet Macbeth |
Macbeth Act 1 Scene 2
August 13, 2019