What is the first apparition and what does it say? | An armored head. Beware Macduff. |
What is the second apparition and what does it tell Macbeth? Why does Macbeth feel he can ignore the first apparition’s warning? | A bloody child. He won’t be harmed by a anyone born of a woman. Macbeth thinks Macduff was born of a woman. |
What is the third apparition? What does it tell Macbeth? Why does Macbeth feel he can dismiss this apparition as well? | Crowned child. Macbeth won’t be defeated until Birnam Wood meets Dunsinane Hill. He thinks that it is impossible. |
What final question does Macbeth have for the witches? What do the witches show him? | Will Banquo’s sons rule the kingdom. The witches show him 8 kings followed by the ghost of Banquo. |
What is ironic about Macbeth’s line “Infected be the air whereon they ride, and damned all those that trust them”? | It is ironic because he is trusting them. |
To where has Macduff fled? What is Macbeth’s solution to this new problem? | England. He will kill his wife and children. |
What is Macduff’s wife’s reaction to the news that Macduff has left her? | She thinks he fled out of fear and abandoned her and their children. |
How does Ross justify Macduff’s actions to his wife? | He says there is a good reason Macduff left but he can’t talk about it. |
What does Lady Macduff tell her son about Macduff? | He is dead and a traitor. |
What does Macduff’s son say about Lady Macduff? | She would be weeping if he was dead or he will have another father soon. |
Why doesn’t Lady Macduff leave after she has been warned? | She is innocent. |
Why doesn’t Malcolm initially trust Macduff? | He thinks Macduff is scheming with Macbeth. |
What do Malcolm and Macduff now call Macbeth? What do they think about how Macbeth has been running the country? | A tyrant. They are ashamed to call Scotland their home. |
How does Malcolm “test” Macduff’s allegiance? | He acts like he will be a tyrant and run the country to the ground like Macbeth. |
What kinds of things does Malcolm say he would do as king? List two. | He says he will take advantage of all the women to fulfill his lust and steal the landowner’s money. |
Who has Malcolm joined forces with? What have they already done to go against Macbeth? | King of England. 10,000 soldiers. |
Describe what Edward the Confessor, King of England, has done for his people, according to Malcolm. | He preforms miracles to heal his people. |
What news does Ross bring Macduff? What is Macduff’s immediate reaction? What does he then realize? | His wife and children were killed. He realizes that it is all his fault. |
What does Macduff vow to do at the end of scene 4? | Get revenge on Macbeth. |
Why is a doctor visiting the Macbeth household? | Lady Macbeth has been sleep walking. |
What strange behavior has Lady Macbeth been exhibiting? What does she say? | Washing her hands of blood and saying “out damned spot”. |
What does the Doctor say Lady Macbeth needs? What does he tell Lady Macbeth’s gentlewoman to do for her? | A preist. Take anything away that Lady Macbeth can hurt herself with. |
Who has gathered to fight Macbeth? Where have they planned to meet? | Caithness, Menteith, Angus, Ross, and Lennox. Birnam Wood. |
What has Macbeth does in response to the insurgence? | He prepared for war. |
What is Macbeth thinking about at the beginning of scene 3? How does he try to convince himself that he should not be afraid? | The apparitions. He thinks Macduff can’t harm him and Birnam Wood can’t move. |
What does the servant report to Macbeth? | 10,000 men are approaching. |
What does Macbeth want Seyton to do for him? | Put on his armor. |
What does Macbeth tell the Doctor to do for Lady Macbeth? What is the Doctor’s reaction to Macbeth’s request? | Cure her. She has an illness she can only cure herself. |
What orders does Malcolm give at Birnam? Why is this important? | Cut off branches and hide themselves. They will mislead Macbeth in how many soldiers they have and the 3rd apparition will come true. |
What is Macbeth’s reaction to the news of his wife’s death? | It doesn’t bother him that much. |
“Out, out brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” What does this quote mean and what does it reveal about Macbeth’s feelings about life and death? | Macbeth feels that life is meaningless at this point. |
What news does the messenger bring to Macbeth? Why is this news unsettling to him? | Birnam Wood is coming to Dunsinane. The apparition is coming true. |
Who does Macbeth kill and why does Macbeth feel he is now safe? | Young Siward. It is one less threat. |
Who shows up looking for Macbeth? | Macduff. |
Why does Macbeth hesitate to kill Macduff? | He thinks Macduff won’t be able to harm him. |
What do we learn about Macduff? | He wasn’t born of a woman. |
How does Macbeth regain some sense of manhood in his last moments of life? | He fights until his death. |
What news does Ross break to Old Siward? | His son was killed by Macbeth. |
What trophy does Macduff bring to the people of Scottland? | Macbeth’s head. |
Who becomes King? Why is this ending surprising, considering the witches’ predictions? | Malcolm. They said Banquo’s kids would be king. |
Motif: Blood. | Bloody soldier, blood on dagger, blood on hands. |
Motif: Sleep. | Duncan’s “sleep”, Macbeth’s nightmares, “Macbeth does murder sleep”. |
Motif: Reversal of Nature. | Macbeth’s murder of Duncan and Banquo, “unsex me here” -Lady Macbeth, accusation of Malcolm and Donalbain murdering their father. Nature is striking back at Macbeth. |
Motif: Visions/Hallucinations/ Supernatural Elements. | Macbeth speaks to witches, he sees a floating dagger, he sees Banquo’s ghost. |
Motif: Darkness and Night. | “Let not light see my black and deepest desires.” -Macbeth, “Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry “Hold, hold!” -Lady Macbeth, “By th’ clock ’tis day, and yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.” -Ross. |
Macbeth Act 4&5
July 23, 2019