Macbeth Act 1 Scene 2

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

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