what happens when the murderers attack Banquo and Fleance? | they kill Banquo and Fleance escapes |
why do they say the “best half” got away? | he’s the main part of the witches prophesy |
how does scene 4 of act 3 begin? | they are planning the dinner party, everyone is very calm, sane, and rational |
how does Macbeth react when he sees the first murderer in the doorway? | he’s happy banquo’s dead, upset that Fleance escaped(Banquo’s son) |
who enters and takes Macbeth’s seat? | ghost of Banquo |
what is Macbeth’s initial reaction to spotting Banquo’s ghost? | he wants to know whose responsible for it |
how does Lady Macbeth explain Macbeth’s confusing statements? | it’s a condition he’s had it since childhood, just ignore it and it will go away |
what does Lady Macbeth say to Macbeth at the dinner table? | questions his manhood, he needs to pull it together, he has a room full of guest that are watching him |
why does everyone leave the party? | lady Macbeth sends them all away |
what does Macbeth plan to do the next day? | go see the weird sisters |
what does Hectate tell the 3 witches? | you shouldn’t have told Macbeth those prophecies especially with out me, because look at all the damage it has done; Macbeth will come and find you tomorrow and I will be there |
what does Lennox tell us about Macduff? | he’s living in disgrace, he is going to England to meet with Malcolm to plan to overthrow Macbeth |
what does the Lord tell Lennox? | Macbeth knows Macduff is doing and is planning for war; Lord says that there are bad things in Scotland right now |
what are the witches doing when scene 1 of act 4 opens? | making a potion in the caldron |
what is the refrain or chorus of their song? | double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron trouble |
how does Macbeth greet the witches? | secret back midnight hags |
what is the first apparition and what does it prophesy? | head with a helmet and tells him to beware of Macbeth |
what is the second apparition and what does it prophesy? | bloody child tells him that no one born of women can harm him |
what is the third apparition? | a child wearing a crown holding a tree; Macbeth wont be overthrown till Burnem wood moves to Dunsinane (Macbeth’s class) |
how does Macbeth plan to protect himself from Macduff’s threat? | going to his family |
how does Lady Macduff react when Ross tells her that Macduff has gone to England? | she believes he his a traitor to his family |
why does Lady Macduff tell her son that his father is dead? | that’s what happens to traitors |
what happens at the end of scene 2 of act 4? | the son is killed and mom runs |
how does Macduff feel about Scotland at the beginning of the scene? | needs help, bad, not a good place |
how does Macduff characterize Macbeth? | worst of the demons in hell |
how does Malcolm characterize himself initially in this scene? | horrible person with no good virtues that a king needs |
Macduff tries to persuade Malcolm that he is fit to rule, but eventually Macduff says what? | Macduff- O Scotland! Scotland! not fit to rule |
what does Malcolm say after Macduff’s outburst? | testing him to see his intentions about Scotland |
what has old Siward done? | he is England’s best king and he has ordered 10,000 troops to overthrow Macbeth |
what do we learn about the king of England? | he’s a healer |
how does Ross describe Scotland to Macduff? | a grave |
what is Macduff’s reaction to the murder of his wife and children? | devastated and angry |
how does Malcolm respond to the news? | make sure to grieve, but use that emotion to get back at Macbeth |
according to the waiting gentlewomen, what has Lady Macbeth been doing? | she gets up, puts on her robe, gets a paper folds it up and starts fake washing her hands aggressively |
when Lady Macbeth first enters the scene, what is she saying and doing? | “out, damned spot!” she is washing her hands |
what does the gentlewomen say about trading places with Lady Macbeth? | she would never if it meant her being so troubled |
what does the doctor do for Lady Macbeth? | nothing, theirs he can do |
what do the noblemen propose to do? | go to Burnem and join the English forces to help overthrow Macbeth |
what is Macbeth doing in preparation for the attack? | prepared the castle to wait it out; rumor has that Macbeth lost his mind |
how does Macbeth reassure himself in the beginning of the scene? | the prophecies (witches) |
what does Seyton tell Macbeth? | 10 thousand troop moving his way |
What does the doctor tell Macbeth about Lady Macbeth’s condition? | she’s not sick, something is troubling her to where she cant sleep |
When Macbeth tells the doctor to cure her, how does the doctor respond? | nothing he can do, she has to do it by herself |
what does Malcolm command the soldiers to do with the trees in Burnem Wood? | cut down a branch so that Macbeth can’t tell how many people their are |
what does Macbeth say about the possibility of the army attempting to besiege the castle? | finds it amusing and says that he has everything he needs in the castle |
why do the women cry out? | found Lady Macbeth cry out |
what is Macbeth’s response to Lady Macbeth’s death? | he wishes it would have happened later because he doesn’t have time to grieve |
what happens in scene 6 act 5? | army arrives at castle and gets ready to attack |
what happens between young Siward and Macbeth? | they fight and Macbeth kills young Siward |
why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth? | he was not technically born of women his mom had a sea section |
how does the play end? | Malcolm becomes king of Scotland |
Macbeth part 2
August 8, 2019