What does Duncan give his hostess to show his gratitude? | A Diamond |
Banquo wants the prediction made by the witches to come true for his sons. What does he refuse to do so that the prediction does come true? | Kill Duncan |
What is Macbeth anticipating in his soliloquy about the dagger? | Murdering Duncan |
What is the significance of the ringing of the bell? | It means death. It is time for Macbeth to murder Duncan. |
What did Lady Macbeth do to the guards to make them sleep? | Got them drunk. |
Why couldn’t Lady Macbeth murder the king herself? | He looks like her father |
What does Macbeth do or say to show his near hysteria after the murder? | He can’t sleep, he can’t say amen, he won’t go back, and he called the murder scene a “sorry sight” |
What does Macbeth bring with him from the murder scene, which Lady Macbeth must return? | Bloody dagger |
What does Lady Macbeth intend to do with Duncan’s blood if he’s bleeding? | Smear it on the guards |
How does Lady Macbeth react to the murder of Duncan? | Not as disturbed, takes charge |
In the opening comic interlude, the porter is pretending that he’s the gate keeper in ____ | Hell |
What evidence does Lennox give of nature harmonizing with man’s violence or the disruption of the Great Chain of Being? | Windy, screams, the combustion, birds clamoring, earthquakes, horses went crazy and broke stalls |
Who announces that Duncan has been murdered after finding his body? | Macduff |
What appearance does Lady Macbeth fake at the news? | Fainting |
Who is accused of the murder? | The guards |
Who kills the guards, and what reason does he give for his actions? | Macbeth. He said he was angry |
Why do Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, leave? | Because their father was murdered and they don’t want to be next |
Where does Malcolm go? | England |
Where does Donalbain go? | Ireland |
Who is now suspected of the murder and why? | Malcolm and Donalbain, because they left |
Who is the new king? | Macbeth |
What is Macduff implying when he says, “Lest out old robes sit easier than our new”? | He doesn’t like Macbeth being kind |
What are the two animals that are omens? | Owls and crickets |
Who refuses to attend the coronation of Macbeth at Scone? | Macduff |
Macbeth indicates that he wishes he had died before he saw this hour–the time that Duncan was dead. This is an example of | Irony |
Macbeth Act 2 Review
August 29, 2019