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1. who dies in this scene?
Macduff's son
- (Son) 'He has killed me, mother: Run away, I pray you!' [Dies] (act 4, scene 2, line 80-81)
England.
9. what is the pun used by the murderer who kills the son?
egg and fry
- (Murderer) 'What, you egg! Young fry of treachery' (act 4, scene 2, lines 78-79)
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20.Who killed Macdaff's son?
Murderer
8. How does Ross think of Macduff?
'He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The fits o' the season. '
(Act 4, Scene 2, Lines 16-17)
18. How did Macduff's son react to Lady Macduff's saying to buy many husbands?
Son: "Then you’ll buy ’em to sell again."(Act 4, Scene 2, Line 41)
5. what two contrasting things does ross say could've caused Macduff to flee?
wisdom or fear
(Ross) 'You know not Whether it was his wisdom or his fear' (act 4, scene 2, line 4-5)
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22. When the son asks Lady Macduff whether his father is a traitor, what is the response of Lady Macduff?
"Ay, that he was." (Act 4, Scene 2, Line 44)
11. what is the purpose of messager to come and see lady Macduff?
Persuade lady Macduff to leave here quickly
- (Message) 'I doubt some danger does approach you nearly: If you will take a homely man’s advice, Be not found here; hence, with your little ones.' (act 4 scene 2, lines 63-65)
10. How many characters appear in this scene？ Name them.
5
Lady Macduff, ross, Macduff's son, murder, messager.
2. When Lady Macduff mentioned to her son that if his father died, what he will do?
He will be like a bird to eat whatever he has.
Son: "As birds do" (Act 4, Scene 2, line 32).
19. Lady Macduff says 'Father’d he is, and yet he’s fatherless.' (Act 4, Scene 2, Line 27). What does this mean?
Lady Macduff ironic states that Macduff abandons them and does not keep his family safe. Macduff is safe in England but his family is not safe.
17. Why does Macduff mention the owl in line11 "Her young ones in her nest — against the owl"(act 4, Scene 2, Line 11)
It symbolically represents Macbeth and also foreshadows the horror at the end of this scene.
4. When the son asked Lady Macduff what she will do if she lost her husband, what is Lady Macduff's answer?
She will buy 20 husbands from the market. Lady Macduff is mocking Macduff's masculinity.
-(Lady Macduff) 'Why, I can buy me twenty at any market.' (Act 4, Scene 2, line 40)
13. How does Ross attempt to convince Lady Macduff that her husband is doing the right thing?
he asks her to be patient because Macduff is wise, noble, and knows what's best for the country
- (Ross) 'My dearest coz, I pray you, school yourself: but, for your husband, He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The fits o’ the season.' (act 4 scene 2, lines 14-17)
3. what does Macbeth's rule bring to Scotland?
the chaos of state in Scotland.
This implies that under Macbeth they are like buoys on rough seas. - (Ross) 'but float upon a wild and violent sea' ( act 4, scene 2, line 21)
16. Is there any similarity between Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff?
They both questioned the manhood of their husbands. Lady Macduff says Macduff is a coward who abandons his wife and son.
6. why does Macduff's son think the liars and swearers are fools?
He thought they could defeat the honest men together to prevent them from being killed.
Son: "Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men, and hang up them." (Act 4, Scene 2, Lines 52-54)
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Good&evil. Ross says Macduff is noble and wise which is the opposite of Macbeth. Appearance vs reality.
No one can be truly good and honest.
Son 'Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men, and hang up them.' (Act 4, Scene 2, Lines 52-54)
12. (Son) 'Then the liars and swearers are fools, For there are liars and swearers enow to beat The honest men and hang up them.' This sentence indicates what will happen between Macbeth and McDuff next?
the conversation foreshadows the battle between Macduff and Macbeth
respectively symbolising good and evil, honest men and liars
7. what does Lady Macduff think is the reason that Macduff escapes?
Lady Macduff thinks Macduff is crazy when he escapes. He leaves his wife and children behind, and he abandons his position. They are bright and innocent but fear makes them traitors.
-(Lady Macduff) 'He had none: His flight was madness: when our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors' (Act 4, Scene 2, Lines 3-4); 'Wisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his babes, His mansion and his titles in a place From whence himself does fly? He loves us not; He wants the natural touch; for the poor wren, The most diminutive of birds, will fight — Her young ones in her nest — against the owl. All is the fear and nothing is the love; As little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason' (Act 4, Scene 2, Lines 6-13)
14. Why doesn't Ross tell lady Macduff the truth about her husband leaving?
Ross doesn't want to be caught speaking against the king, afraid of the consequences; doesn't want to be called a traitor or speak badly about Macbeth
- (Ross). 'I dare not speak much further But cruel are the times, when we are traitors And do not know ourselves, when we hold rumour'( act 4, scene 2, lines 17-19).