| What time is it at the beginning of Act II? | A little past midnight |
| What is the sky like at the beginning of Act II and what does it mean? | It is pitch black, which symbolizes evil |
| Sleep refers to which motif? | The first motif |
| What is a foil? | A character who is the exact opposite of another character |
| “If you shall cleave to my consent, when tis, it shall make honour for you” who, to who, and meaning? | macbeth to banquo, meaning if banquo goes along with macbeth, banquo will benefit from it |
| “So I lose none in seeking to augment it, but still keep my bosom franchised and allegiance clear, i shall be counsell’d” who, to who, and meaning? | banquo to macbeth, meaning banquo will go along with macbeth, as long as banquo does not lose his honor or go against the king |
| When is Lady Macbeth told to ring the bell? | When Macbeth’s drink is ready |
| What does the ringing of the bell really mean? | That Lady Macbeth has successfully gotten the guards drunk |
| What is a soliloquy? | Something a character performs to reveal his/her inner most thoughts |
| During Macbeth’s soliloquy, what does he see in his hallucination? | A dagger |
| What is confusing about Macbeth’s hallucination? | He somewhat realizes that he is hallucinating, but what he sees seems so real |
| Where is the dagger pointing? | Towards Duncan’s chambers |
| What starts happening to the dagger right before Macbeth’s eyes? | It starts dripping blood |
| Why does Macbeth refer to the murder as “bloody business”? | Because Macbeth is incapable of calling himself a murderer, because he knows that murderers are the lowest of the low. |
| “Now o’er the one half-world nature seems dead” means what? | Usually half of the world is light and half is dark, meaning the world is half evil all the time. the way Macbeth sees the world right now, the entire world is evil. |
| “The bell invites me” is what literary device? | Personification |
| What is a knell? | A bell indicating a funeral |
| What is happening at the beginning of scene II? | Lady Macbeth is drunk |
| How is Lady Macbeth feeling at the beginning of scene II? | Nervous |
| What did Lady Macbeth do to the guards without Macbeth knowing? | She drugged their drinks |
| “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, i had done’t” who, to who, and meaning? | Lady Macbeth to Macbeth, meaning Lady Macbeth felt that she could not kill Duncan because he resembled her father as he slept. She is lying to macbeth so she does not seem weak |
| What does macbeth say to Lady macbeth to indicate that he killed Duncan? | “I have done the deed” |
| What do one word answers show? | Nervousness and tension |
| What is weird about the situation dealing with Malcolm and Donalbain right after the murder? | Macbeth thinks he heard Malcolm and Donalbain saying things right after he killed their father like, “God bless us!” and “Amen!” but they did not say anything because they were asleep |
| Why was Macbeth unable to say “Amen”? | Because Macbeth knows his relationship with God is over |
| Why is it at the time a huge deal that Macbeth thinks he will not be able to sleep anymore? | Because Macbeth thinks that sleep is the death of each day’s life, so he will not be able to “sleep off” what he has done |
| “Macbeth shall sleep no more!” Who, to who, and meaning? | Macbeth to Lady Macbeth, meaning that he cannot sleep off what he has done |
Macbeth: Act II
August 14, 2019