Macbeth Act 2 Practice

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What does Macbeth see floating in front of him on his way to kill King Duncan?

A bloody ghost

A bloody dagger

A beheaded man

A drink of poison

Who discovers the murdered King Duncan?

Macduff

Donalbain

Malcolm

Lady Macbeth

What do people believe Duncan’s sons have done?

Murdered the king themselves

Hired the servants to kill the king

Bribed Macduff to escape

Plotted to kill Macbeth

Who is crowned king after Duncan is murdered?

Donalbain

Malcolm

Macduff

Macbeth

‘O gentle lady!

‘Tis not for you to hear what I can speak;

The repetition in a woman’s ear

Would murder as it fell.’ -Macduff

This is an instance of metaphor

This is an instance of catharsis

This is an instance of the tragic flaw

This is an instance of aside

This is an instance of dramatic irony

‘The night has been unruly: where we lay,

Our chimneys were blown down; and, as they say,

Lamentings heard i’ the air; strange screams of death,

And prophesying with accents terrible

Of dire combustion and confus’d events

New hatch’d to the woeful time. The obscure bird

Clamour’d the livelong night: some say the earth

Was feverous and did shake.’ -Lennox

Man versus Nature

Natural versus the Supernatural

The ends justify the means

Violence and Peace

Gluttony

‘My hands are of your colour, but I shame

To wear a heart so white.

I hear a knocking

At the sout entry; retire we to our chamber;

A little water clears us of this deed;

How easy is it, then! Your constancy

Hath left you unattended.’ -Lady Macbeth

The ends justify the means

Motherhood

The traits of a good and decent king

Femininity and Strength

Guilt

‘These deeds must not be thought

After these ways; so, it will make us mad.’ -Lady Macbeth

Motherhood

Enjoyment versus Health

Masculinity

Violence and Peace

Guilt

‘That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold,

What hath quench’d them hath given me fire.’ – Lady Macbeth

This is an example of tragic flaw

This is an example of tragic hero

This is an example of Shakespeare’s wordplay

This is an example of catharsis

This is an example of personification

‘I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters:

To you they have show’d some truth.’ – Banquo

The danger of knowledge

The strength of love

Greed

Individual versus Society

Femininity and Beauty